by Catofdreams
"Okay, everyone! It's time for battle! Our new gear will definitely make this a lot easier… hehe…", Mao Cheng immediately commanded the group.
"Yes, sir!", the others shouted in unison as they went back to their car and opened the trunk. They took all the gear they needed and moved towards the front door, except for two of them, who stood guard outside the gate.
As they all held their new weapons, they all had smug looks on their faces. As they were about to start the battle, they started wearing the necessary protection they needed… an apron and a hairnet.
The new top of the line weapons they had were a mop that had a rotating end, a vacuum cleaner, a piece of cloth, and a spray bottle filled with cleaning solution. Unlike before, where they only had a normal mop, a broomstick and a towel for cleaning, they were now equipped with better cleaning tools since they had to guard the house for a while.
"Are you ready for war?", Mao Cheng asked his soldiers, who tightly held their weapons in their hands.
"SIR YES SIR!", they all enthusiastically answered in unison.
"Good!", Mao Cheng was proud of his boys. He turned towards the house. With vigor, he gave his soldiers the command to start the war.
"Go! Annihilate every single speck of dirt you see!"
Xue Yan arrived at the airport in just a few seconds after she left her home. She needed to arrive first since she had to plan some things as soon as she arrived.
Security at the airport is always tight. Xue Yan didn't want to go through inspections since she didn't have anything illegal and she felt that it was going to be a waste of time for her. She once again used the move that she used in moving from her house to the airport.
"Fluttering Ghost Steps!"
Xue Yan gracefully moved towards the gatehouse for her flight. Her steps were incredibly quick, unable to be detected by human eyes. Even cultivators with a decent level would have difficulty seeing her at the speed she was moving at.
As soon as she arrived, she quickly examined the place. She needed a place she can watch her husband from. She found a small coffee stall at the corner of the gatehouse that seemed like a suitable place for her to do her duty.
She ordered a brewed coffee and sat down on one of the chairs they had. She patiently waited for her husband to arrive while sipping on her coffee. People around her looked at her in awe. They saw her as a beautiful foreigner. She was wearing a suit, so they also thought that she was on a business trip and was about to go back to her home country.
After thirty minutes, she knew that Lang Jie was already nearby. She gave him some of her qi so she could pinpoint his exact location anywhere in the world.
Her eyes immediately directed towards the checkpoint at the entrance of the gatehouse as she felt her husband's presence right around the corner.
"Ah, I'm having cold feet. It's my first time going overseas."
Xue Yan's eyes brightened as she heard her husband's voice.
Lang Jie was going through an inspection. He was talking to a male co-worker, who seemed quite close to him.
"Don't worry, it's not so bad. And the place we're going to is quite nice as well.", he reassured Lang Jie. Xue Yan was glad that her husband had someone he could rely on while working.
"Ah… we still have around thirty minutes before we can board the plane. You should get some coffee since you seem pretty depressed.", Lang Jie's co-worker tried to cheer up Lang Jie, who really did have a sad look on his face.
"I could've spent this empty thirty minutes with my wife! I should've left a bit later!", Lang Jie ranted at his co-worker.
Xue Yan couldn't help but blush after hearing how much her husband wanted to be with her. She wanted to go and leap towards his arms right away, but she had to contain herself.
"Man, you really love your wife a lot, huh? I wish I could relate to your problems…", his co-worker let out an awkward laugh as he felt jealousy towards Lang Jie's happy married life.
"Don't worry Yang Wei, you're a great man! I'm sure you'll find someone for you soon…", Lang Jie was supposed to be the one getting consoled, but he ended up being the one consoling his co-worker.
"Who knows? We might even find your destined partner while we're overseas!", Lang Jie really wanted to find Yang Wei a good partner. Ever since he started working at their company, Yang Wei had taken good care of him. Lang Jie knew that he was an extremely kind person, so he deserved to be happy with a woman. He also had decent looks, so it shouldn't be hard for him to find a partner.
"Haha! I hope so! Maybe I can find myself a beautiful foreign woman I can bring back home!", Yang Wei immediately cheered up. Even if it was extremely unlikely, it was still possible.
Xue Yan continued watching her husband happily converse with his co-worker. She enjoyed just watching and listening to her husband talk about work and other matters. This was the first time she saw how her husband acted when she was not around, and she was quite satisfied seeing that he was very well-behaved.
She was also worried that he'd be accompanied by a female, but she felt relieved that that was not the case. Xue Yan's smile grew wider and wider as she continued watching him, but she noticed that his working kept glancing her way and looked away as soon as they made eye contact.
"Um… Lang Jie…", Yang Wei whispered towards Lang Jie.
"Hmm…? What is it?", Lang Jie responded.
"Do you know that woman over there?", Yang Wei discreetly pointed towards the woman sitting by a coffee stall at the corner.
Lang Jie looked and met eyes with Xue Yan, who averted her gaze. Even if her disguise was impeccable, she was still afraid of being recognized.
"I don't think so… Why?", Lang Jie asked Yang Wei, who let out a sigh of relief.
"It's nothing… she kept staring at our direction, so I thought you had something to do with that beautiful woman.", Yang Wei responded.
"Oh? Are you perhaps interested in her?", Lang Jie's eyes perked as he realized that the loveless Yang Wei finally found someone he was interested in.
"N-no! I just find her attractive, that's all!", Yang Wei felt flustered as Lang Jie pointed out the truth.
"Ohoh! Do you want me to help you?", Lang Jie had a playful expression on his face.
"No no! It's fine really!", Yang Wei's face was now as red as a ripe tomato.
"Don't worry, I got you brother!", Lang Jie reassured him as he stood up and made his way towards the coffee stall. He really wanted to make it up to his senior co-worker, who had always taken care of him well.
Yang Wei wanted to stop him, but he was already close to the coffee stall. He was too embarrassed to get close to the beautiful woman.
Meanwhile, Xue Yan, who was watching her husband approach her, was sweating bullets. She felt the sweat run all over her body. She had never felt so much nervousness before. The feelings of fear she felt when she was about to face Heavenly Tribulations when she was younger couldn't even compare to the feeling of fear she was feeling now. If she got caught, her husband might be mad at her, or even worse… she felt that he might even come to hate her!
'Quick, Xue Yan… think of what to do! You're an immortal for heaven's sake!', Xue Yan tried to think of a way out, but before she could find a solution, Lang Jie was already standing in front of her.
His radiant smile pulled on Xue Yan's guilt as he put out his hand for a handshake.
"Hello! My name's Lang Jie!"
CHAPTER 9 – “A DILEMMA THAT EVEN AN IMMORTAL CULTIVATOR HAS DIFFICULTY FACING”
"Ah… Hello…"
Xue Yan shyly responded. It was hard for her to look at her husband directly smiling at her. Even though she knew that there was no way that Lang Jie could see through her disguise, she was still scared of the extremely small chance that he might figure it out.
"Are you busy?", Lang Jie's radiant expression pierced straight through Xue Yan's heart. She could feel the guilt weighing down on her heart.
"N-no…", she managed to respond. She wanted to turn him away so she co
uld return to stalking him from further away, but there was no way she could let down her husband's expectations.
"Good! Me and my friend are also free!", Lang Jie looked back towards his friend and gestured towards Yang Wei to come over.
Yang Wei tried to refuse, but Lang Jie's persistence made him give in. He shyly walked towards them.
"This is my friend! His name is Yang Wei!", Lang Jie proudly introduced his co-worker, who bowed towards Xue Yan as soon as he was introduced. Yang Wei was unable to say a single word, but his flushed face revealed that he really was interested in the beautiful lady.
"H-hello… my name is Xue…", in the spur of the moment, Xue Yan almost said her real name. Her eyes darted around the area, trying to look for a word that she could use as her name. Her eyes landed on her coffee cup, which had the store's name on it: Jin Coffee
"Jin! Xue Jin!", she managed to make up a name in time. Thankfully, she managed to cover her slip up. Although she accidentally revealed her real last name, there should be plenty of people in the world with the same last name as her.
"Oh, wow! What a coincidence! My wife's last name is also Xue!", Lang Jie tried to continue the conversation while giving glances towards Yang Wei, who was still cowering in silence. Lang Jie now realized why his co-worker was still single despite being a great person.
"What a coincidence indeed…", Xue Yan smiled at him. She felt relieved that he didn't recognize her.
Lang Jie started nudging Yang Wei with his elbow, urging him to speak up.
"A-ah… great weather we have today…", Yang Wei scratched his head and continued avoiding looking at Xue Yan. He had never been this nervous before. Lang Jie continued nudging him to tell him that he had to talk more.
"S-so… what brings a foreigner like you here?", Yang Wei finally managed to ask the beautiful woman in front of him a question. Lang Jie had a proud look on his face as soon as he heard his co-worker speak.
Xue Yan tried to assess the situation. What was she supposed to say in that situation? Her husband wanted to hook her up with his co-worker, and she was never one to be able to say no to her husband, but her heart belongs to him. She didn't want to do anything that would make her be considered unfaithful.
"Ah… I actually live here with my husband. I'm just flying overseas for business.", she immediately shot down any chance that Yang Wei had. Lang Jie couldn't hide his disappointed face as he felt that he had led his co-worker to be hurt. Yang Wei, however, felt relieved. He felt that it was too hard to communicate with women that he was interested in, but if the woman already had someone else, he no longer felt the need to pursue her.
"I see! It's hard to believe that such a pretty woman such as yourself lives in this country.", Yang Wei talked as if nothing ever happened. The burden on his shoulders had already been lifted, making him capable of normal conversation once again, but as Yang Wei clearly started gaining confidence to talk, Lang Jie and Xue Yan both looked at him in a strange manner.
'I-is he into that kind of thing? Is he a homewrecker?'
They both simultaneously thought of the same thing. Yang Wei looked at both of them and felt that his image was being tarnished in the minds of the two.
"Look… whatever both of you are thinking, I'm sure you're wrong. I don't have any ulterior motives at all!", Yang Wei let out a sigh as he tried to clean his sullied image, but Lang Jie and Xue Yan still had suspicious looks on their faces.
"Ah, you mentioned that you also had a husband, right? Lang Jie over here is also married. Tell her about the beautiful wife you always brag about!", Yang Wei tried to change the topic. Xue Yan's eyes immediately lit up as soon as he heard that his husband always bragged about her.
"Oh? Tell me more about your wife…", Xue Yan leaned on the table. She really wanted to hear about how her husband talks about her.
"You should hear him talk every time we take a break from work. All he talks about is his wife!", Yang Wei responded while letting out a laugh.
Lang Jie felt embarrassed.
"It's not my fault my wife is so beautiful!", he angrily snorted at Yang Wei. Xue Yan couldn't help but blush.
"Yeah, yeah. Everyone in the office wants to meet this perfect wife of yours since you keep bragging about her, you know?", Yang Wei playfully teased Lang Jie.
"Hmph! None of you are worthy enough to meet her!", Lang Jie retorted.
Yang Wei laughed once again. He was telling the truth when he said that everyone wanted to meet Lang Jie's wife. Ever since he joined the company, he would keep bragging about his wife to everyone. Naturally, everyone wanted to meet this so-called perfect wife of his.
Xue Yan felt like she was about to burst from happiness after hearing how her husband is during work. She felt extremely lucky, being married to such a great man.
"Well, you should introduce her to them, Mister Lang Jie.", Xue Yan smiled at him.
Lang Jie sighed.
"Well, to be honest… I do have my worries.", Lang Jie had a sorrowful look on his face. Perhaps it was because this was the first time that he'll be apart from his wife for a while that he felt sad enough to share his problems.
"Oh? The bright and cheerful Lang Jie had problems?", Yang Wei was shocked as he heard Lang Jie talk. This was the first time that he saw the man feeling down.
"Of course, I do…", Lang Jie responded as he let out another sigh.
Before he could continue talking, they heard an announcement being made through the speakers.
"Passengers of Flight CCA11, the plane is now ready for boarding. Please proceed to the third gate."
"Oh, that's our flight!", Yang Wei immediately stood up as soon as he heard the announcement.
"You're right…", Lang Jie also stood up.
"It was nice talking to you, Miss Xue Jin.", Yang Wei politely bowed towards Xue Yan.
"Same here… If we meet again, don't hesitate to call out to us!", Lang Jie followed suit.
"No need to be so formal…", Xue Yan told them as she stood up and took her luggage. As she walked past them, she smiled towards them.
"We're now friends anyways... and we're even in the same flight!", Xue Yan told them with a bright expression as she turned around and continued walking. She was in a great mood after hearing about her husband.
"Ah… whoever married her is one lucky fellow… if only she wasn't married…", Yang Wei let out a sigh of disappointment after seeing that the woman's personality was as pretty as her appearance.
"You say that, but you're useless against single women...", Lang Jie playfully teased Yang Wei, who just laughed it off.
As Xue Yan walked past them, Lang Jie felt extremely homesick. He felt that he might just be imagining things, but he thought that the way Xue Jin moved and the way she spoke was identical to his wife's. They even had the same last name. But those weren't the ones that made him feel that she was identical to his wife.
As she passed by, Lang Jie's sense of smell immediately made him feel like he was at home. The familiar smell of the woman who lies beside him every night. He looked at the beautiful woman that walked away from them and he swore he saw Xue Yan's silhouette, but when he blinked, he saw that it was Xue Jin.
Lang Jie let out a sigh as they made their way towards the gate. His heart had already started longing for home.
"It hasn't even been a day yet… how am I supposed to survive a week?"
As Lang Jie sat down on his seat in the plane, he immediately took out his phone and messaged Xue Yan.
"Honey, how are you? I just boarded the plane. I hope you're doing well there."
Lang Jie sighed as he sent the message. He really missed her a lot, even if it's only been a few hours.
*DING*
A phone's ringtone suddenly rang as soon as Lang Jie sent his message. The ringtone was also the same as Xue Yan's. Even if it was close to impossible, he looked over towards where the sound came from, hoping that it might be Xue Yan.
On the seat where the sound came from sat Xue Jin. She had
a large smile on her face as she was reading something from her phone.
'Her husband probably messaged her… I wish Xue Yan would message me too…', Lang Jie thought of how lucky Xue Jin was, but not long after, his phone started vibrating.
"I'm fine darling! I miss you so much already… Stay safe, okay?"
Now Lang Jie was the one smiling like a fool as he read the message he just received.
"What are you doing now honey? You can go out and have fun or go shopping if you want. I left you some money to spend, and if you ever need more, just ask me, okay?"