Xiao Bing shook his head and smiled bitterly, “I’m just a superior warrior.”
“So what?” The princess stared at Xiao Bing with fascination. “You’re the most handsome man in my eyes.”
Indeed it was something worth bragging about. But Xiao Bing decided to pull her back to reality, before it became too late. Though he could regard it as a one night stand, the princess might not. He did not want to be missed by this princess of R country.
Xiao Bing answered implicitly, “I don’t think this will work out. Your family will not agree.”
“What are you scared of? My grandpas love me and they will respect my choice. Besides, they are both warriors. If they know my boyfriend is also a warrior, they will be delighted.”
“But you’re from a royal family. What will your emperor grandpa say about your marriage to a warrior?”
Princess Nami snorted, “If he does not approve, I can just renounce my identity as a princess. Besides, who I will marry is not their concern. You just don’t like me, do you?”
Xiao Bing was startled. He had not expected that the princess would be so obsessed with him that she was willing to give up anything to be with him. Against his will, Xiao Bing spoke sternly, “We are not meant to be together. I’m handsome, while you are just so normal. You don’t deserve me!”
Princess Nami was startled, then she said, “I can go for plastic surgery!”
“Damn!”
Xiao Bing looked at Princess Nami’s perfect countenance. He believed that even a small change would do great harm to her beauty. Xiao Bing found there was nearly nothing he could do to this girl.
Xiao Bing had to repeat his opinion. “Anyway, I’m not interested in you now. If you do love me, I’ll consider giving you an opportunity later,” Xiao Bing said, with a sullen face.
“Okay.” Princess Nami knew that her customary tantrums were useless in front of this man. Sometimes it was even counter-productive. So she agreed hurriedly, and smiled sweetly, “I’ll wait for your answer…”
Xiao Bing was a loss for words. This mask was far less handsome than his original face. But he had not expected that the princess would be so obsessed by his charm. He felt that it was a pity that he could not be a pornstar in this country.
In the next hours, Princess Nami kept making eyes at Xiao Bing. On one hand, Xiao Bing’s vanity was flattered. On the other hand, he found it slightly uncomfortable.
During, dinner Xiao Bing went to the bathroom. There, he took out of a stack of money and held them out to the man beside him. “Can I borrow your phone for ten minutes. I need to make a call.”
The man was initially startled. But when he saw the money, he instantly gave his phone to Xiao Bing, because the money could buy four or five phones, that were similar to his.
Xiao Bing took it and quickly called Zhang Yitong. Xiao Bing said directly, “Does this fake identity know anyone in Jingdong? Like two sisters? Did he have any girlfriend or ex-girlfriend?”
Zhang Yitong had a bitter smile, “Brother Bing, I gave you his identity because his background is simple and few people know him. His only flaw was that he was lustful and always flirting with women. It will be hard for me to find out about all the women he had been with.”
“But I suppose at least you can find out who are the women he had been with, in Jingdong?”
“It will be like looking for a needle in a haystack. If he’s still alive we can dig the answer out of his mouth. But he has been long dead in the wilderness. We came across his body, which is why we allowed you to take his identity. Because a dead man will never talk. But it also makes it hard for us to find out about the women you want to know about, unless you give me a few more days.”
Xiao Bing cursed inwardly and feigned chagrin, “Never mind. I am using someone else’s phone. I got to go.”
Xiao Bing hung up. It seemed that he had to act according to circumstances tonight.
After he had returned the phone, Xiao Bing walked out of the bathroom and found the princess, “Let’s get back to the manor.”
“Okay.” The princess rose to her feet and left the restaurant with Xiao Bing, with a happy smile on her face.
Then Xiao Bing found himself being followed like before. He did not know if the stalkers were sent by those two girls. He did not believe that his encounter with those girls was a fluke. Did this Aoki Ichiro offend others in Jingdong? It would cause trouble for Xiao Bing if that was the case.
After he took the princess back to the manor, Xiao Bing called the woman. Though he did not know who she was, he decided to settle this problem tonight. If she recognized the princess and came here, his identity would be exposed. Xiao Bing could not let that happen, even if the possibility was very small.
Since he did not know how to address her, he did not speak after the call went through. After 3 or 4 seconds’ of silence, Xiao Bing heard the woman sigh, “You have not called me for such a long time. Now you don’t even want to speak to me?”
“That’s not true.” Xiao Bing smiled awkwardly, “Where are you?”
“Room 304, Jeupan Hotel. I’m here waiting for you, alone.”
“Okay.”
After he hung up, he looked around and found that he was not being followed anymore. It seemed that they had stopped trailing him, since he entered the manor. So he drove to a telephone box and said quickly, “Monitor, I need you to use the resources to find out all the information about the occupant in room 304, Jeupan Hotel. I need to know it in ten minutes.”
“You’ll know it in 5 minutes.”
Monitor hung up soon after. After 4 minutes’ waiting, Xiao Bing got his call. “She’s a woman called Kiyomto Sachiko, 26-years-old. She has a sister called Kiyomto Kaneari, 20-years-old. They are both the daughters of a martial arts club owner in Minami. The club is quite famous among the locals. The owner was Kiyomto Minichi, who had been Aoki Ichiro’s teacher for over one month. Later Aoki Ichiro defeated his teacher and left. It happened a year ago. But I don’t know about his relationship with his teacher’s daughters.
Xiao Bing let out a sigh of relief and said, “I know now. Your information is quite helpful.”
Xiao Bing felt slightly relieved after he hung up. He knew who that woman was and Aoki Ichiro being Kiyomo Minichi’s student. From Kiyomto Sachiko’s attitude toward him, Xiao Bing deemed that Aoki Ichiro and Kiyomto Sachiko had shared an intimate relationship. They might even be promised to each other privately, otherwise the younger girl, who might be Kiyomto Sachiko’s sister, would not have been so agitated.
Xiao Bing was guessing about Aoki Ichiro’s story with Kiyomto Sachiko, while driving toward the hotel. Aoki Ichiro was Kiyomto Sachiko’s father’s student, but he deemed their teacher-student relationship as not stable. After all Aoki Ichiro had been his student for only one month. Xiao Bing surmised that he had not planned to further this relationship. But during this time Aoki Ichiro hooked up with Kiyomto Sachiko. But his relationship with Kiyomto Sachiko could not have ended. Otherwise she would not have been so thrilled when she saw Aoki Ichiro.
Gradually, he framed his answers. Then Xiao Bing parked his car and went to the third floor by the elevator.
What should he say when he met Kiyomto Sachiko?
Should I be dynamic or a little bit cold?
Actually the easiest way was to tell Kiyomto Sachiko that he had already fallen in love with another woman, just as what he had told the princess. In this way she would forget about him, which would make Kiyomto Sachiko move on and save him from a lot of trouble. After all the real Aoki Ichiro was dead. He was doing this woman a favor.
But he was afraid that Kiyomto Kaneari might not be as innocent as she looked. If she knew that Xiao Bing had chosen another woman over her sister, she might cause trouble. Though he did not fear for it, there were still some chances that he might be exposed. Before Xiao Bing accomplished his mission, he did not want to draw any extra attention.
Anyway, Xiao Bing decided to play it by ear.
Xiao Bing knocked on the door, then Kiyomto Sachiko answered it, in her pajama.
