Chameleon: My True Face 154 Complicated Selection?

She didn't realise Wuxing had such strong feelings for Dongmei else she would act earlier. Wuxing was her only chance to avoid having multiple men to achieve evolution so she couldn't give up this easily.

Dongmei was friendly so Anna definitely wanted to become her friend and start from that.

"Dongmei, can I call you by your name?" She asked with a smile as she watched Dongmei's head cuddling into his neck. Both Anna and Katherine sat down across them so it was hard to avoid this view.

Dongmei pulled away from Wuxing, only wrapping her fingers with his own and replied as her corners lifted in a similar manner.

"Of course. Chameleon's friends are my friends as well. You can call me how you wish~" Her speech had a really positive vibe to it, sounding like not Dongmei at all. Naturally, she only behaved like that in front of Wuxing.

"Mhmm, thank you. I wonder, how did you two meet? You must have known each other for months already, right?" Anna asked with a bright light in her eyes, expecting an interesting answer.

Even though Dongmei didn't mind the question, treating it as a training for the real questioning in front of her grandparents, Wuxing wasn't really satisfied.

He gazed at Anna with a look saying, 'Didn't I already tell you about it?' Unfortunately, Anna didn't even glance at him, focusing on Dongmei instead.

"I don't want to talk about the details but the moment I met Chameleon, I knew that he was special. I'm a doctor so I took care of him when he was injured and I gave in to his advances. His smooth-talking abilities were too good." Dongmei described vaguely, deciding not to say too much stuff that was connecting Chameleon with Wuxing.

Anna knew Dongmei would try to deflect the answers onto Wuxing but that didn't stop her from continuing.

"Mhmm, Chameleon did mention something about it but don't you think its too early to marry? You guys didn't know each other for long after all."

The longer Anna stalled their marriage, the more chances they would have together. She knew she had time during the selection but it would definitely be harder later on.

Dongmei snickered at that question and turn to Wuxing, peeking straight into his eyes.

"Well, you would have to ask Chameleon about it. He was the one who proposed to me," Dongmei muttered, still beaming with ecstasy after that moment.

This put Anna off guard but she still waited for Wuxing to reply if he wants. Him proposing to someone else on the same day he agreed to have dinner with her was a hard blow to take.

Surprisingly, Wuxing didn't hide from answering and instead caught Dongmei's face, caressing her cheek while aiming it so she would look at him before confessing how he felt.

"I'm always cautious about any relationships I start as I need to fully trust someone before I reveal my true self. With Dongmei it was different. I felt like I can trust her from the moment I met her and each day we were separated from each other, I couldn't help but think about her. If she is not the one for me, I don't know who is."

At the end of his speech, Dongmei was already out of breath, realising her lungs stopped working in anticipation for his words, wanting to fully focus on them.

"Hu… How could I say no to him, tell me?" Dongmei asked after taking a deep breath and leaned over, leaving a peck on Wuxing's lips.

'Yeah… I also wouldn't…' Anna thought in her mind, not brave enough to speak it out. As long as Dongmei didn't know about her feelings for Wuxing, she was in the advantage.

Wuxing knew that such conversation will lead to nothing so he let go of Dongmei and finally focused on some more relevant subjects.

"Okay, how about we talk about something more important now? The selection? It starts tomorrow. Do you have any details?" He directed his question to Katherine who has been silent the whole time.

Scarlet was listening attentively, trying to fight back the sleep as the information were crucial to her future.

"We still have no actual details as we will receive them on the spot but I can tell you the selection this year will be special. I don't know if other ability users were involved in that decision but I can already tell that the course was not made for normal humans." Katherine described as she opened the more detailed information that she asked for that morning.

"Huh? Really?" Wuxing asked curiously, excited to know the new updates.

"I think they are trying to gather most ability users who will take part in the future event. Now that all Spirits have their own host, most of them would naturally flock to Seven Stars." Katherine continued before adding, "I guess the higher-ups must also have some ability users."

"Can I see what you have?" Wuxing glanced at the data on her small projector, wanting to see it.

Katherine didn't have problems with that and didn't show any emotions when she replied.

"Sure. Do you want me to sit on your lap or you will sit on mine?" There was no space to sit anywhere next to her as there were only five seats at the back of the limousine and she didn't mind being shameless.

"It's okay, I will lean over." It wasn't a problem for Wuxing as he rubbed Dongmei's palm to assure her and walked up to Katherine.

He supported himself on the arms of the seat and looked down at her watch. The fresh smell coming from her body made him unconsciously move a little bit closer to her but she ignored it and simply presented the date she had.

"I only have the general information about the area they will use and the staff that will take part in the selection. Look." She pointed at the list of names. "All higher-ups are involved in this selection in one way or another. This is not normal."

He shifted to the side to see the names better and just as he expected, he didn't know most of them. There was only one that caught his attention.

"General Long as well? Hahahaha!" He immediately busted out laughing when he noticed this familiar name.

"Yes." Katherine nodded, knowing his circumstances. "Aside from him, there are many others too. I think that they want to use this selection to create a team for the upcoming event. They might know more than we do."

Katherine's suspicion was really believable, after all, they were doing exactly the same.

'Devil Face, do you know anything about this?' Wuxing asked in his mind but just as he expected, there was no reply.

"Is your—" He wanted to ask Katherine about her situation but she answered before he finished. "Yes. She has been away from time to time. I don't mind though. She has been working hard for me all those years."

"I guess you are right," Wuxing muttered as he began pulling out, wanting to return to his seat when the driver hit on breaks right when he let go of any support.

With how things worked, Wuxing didn't stand a chance against physics and was immediately rag-dolled forward, straight at her.

"I apologize. Someone cut me off." They heard the driver through the intercom but his words couldn't explain their position.

One of Wuxing's knees were bumped against the back of Katherine seat while his legs were bent on both sides of her head, holding him from away from her face with just a few centimetres separating them.

"I guess you really wanted to sit on my lap in the end, huh?" Katerine asked calmly as she touched her lips, not moving even a bit from her original position.

"Are you guys, okay?" Dongmei asked with worry in her eyes and Wuxing finally pulled away from Katherine, sitting back next to Dongmei. "I'm fine. I shouldn't have been standing as the car was driving."

"Mhmm, good." Dongmei breathed out relieved and looked casually to the side. "Huh, Scarlet, what happened?" 

She noticed that Scarlet was tilting her head to the side. They forgot there was one person in the car that still didn't know anything. 

Scarlet caught Dongmei's hand and asked pitifully, "Uhmm… Can I maybe know what you guys are talking about? What ability users? What Spirits? What hosts? Why it's always me who doesn't know anything…" 

"Awwww, poor Scarlet." Dongmei found her really cute and hugged her like an elder sister. "I will join you in listening as I'm still little clueless myself. I think we still have some time before we arrive."

Wuxing wanted to say something but Anna spoke first, giggling to herself.

"Alright, let this big sister explain, hehe."

Chapter end