Chapter 50
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The airplane used by the Liao family is already in the air.
"Dad, the view is really beautiful when you see the clouds," Miku said to her father, who turned his gaze outside the window.
"Yeah, you even said it felt like relief in your chest," Shuji replied to his sister, also looking out the airplane window.
Shuji remembered Lixue when he looked outside.
"Are we near the Palawan airport?" Miku asked her brother and father, turning her gaze to the one beside her.
"Yes, Miku," Raiden replied to his daughter.
Miku just nodded to her father. She put on a wireless headset and played music on her cellphone.
A few minutes later, they finally arrived at the airport. They got off the plane, and Shuji helped his sister with the luggage she was carrying.
"Anata no sutsukesu wa omoidesu, anata wa koko ni todomarimasu ka?" Shuji joked to his sister as he placed their bags in the cart.
(Your suitcases are heavy, will you stay here?)
"Ie, nimotsu wa omoku arimasen." Miku replied to her brother.
(No, my luggage is not heavy.)
"Anata wa ichinenkan-mono o hakonde imasu, watashitachi wa hon'no sujitsu koko ni imasu." Shuji replied to his sister.
(You have been carrying things for a year, we are only here for a few days.)
Miku glared at her brother and then stuck close to their father. Shuji just shook his head and pushed the cart. They stopped at a man. Their father spoke to him and put the suitcases in the taxi's trunk.
"Where are we going, Papa?" Shuji asked his father once they were inside the car.
"To a friend I know," Raiden replied to his two children.
The taxi they were riding in stopped at a hotel and resort. Shuji looked around to see if it was near the forest. The place where they stopped was far away. The hotel and resort in front of them are very different.
"There are many stores around the hotel and resort, and various buildings and houses nearby," Shuji replied as they got out of the taxi.
Shuji and his father took the luggage out of the taxi's trunk. They entered the entrance of the resort and hotel. The staff asked them, and Raiden said he knew the owner of the hotel and resort.
"Welcome to my resort, my friend," greeted an old woman and man.
"Thank you, buddy," Raiden replied, smiling at each other.
"Who is this young lady and young man?" the old woman asked as she looked at the person behind.
"My children, my friend," Raiden replied to his two friends.
"Sila na 'yan? gwapo ug gwapa imong anak." the old woman commented.
(Is that them? Your children are handsome and beautiful.)
"Oo, usa sa kanila adunay na girlfriend?" the old man asked, and Raiden laughed.
(Yes, one of them already has a girlfriend?)
Raiden knows a little Bisaya, but he is not fluent in speaking the language of other places.
"Parehas silang ulitawo, apan, ang usa nag-date," Raiden replied before looking at his two children.
(They're both single, but one is dating,)
"Gusto nako ibalik sa ila ang akong duha ka anak." the old man replied, Raiden just shook his head.
(I would like to introduce my two children to them.)
They walked to the hotel room where Raiden's family would be staying.
"I would prefer not to set up my two children, they are the ones who will choose the person they will love," Raiden replied.
"Ikasubo, pila ka tuig ang inyong mga anak ug babaye?" the elderly woman asked.
(It's such a pity, how old are you, hijo and hija?)
"Huh?" Shuji and Miku asked in unison.
"How old are you, hijo and hija?" the old woman asked, giving her husband a disapproving look.
"I'm 29 years old and my sister is 22," Shuji replied to the two elderly people.
"You can get married now, hijo," the old man said.
"Thank you!" Shuji replied and said goodbye as he entered the room.
They chose a bed and a room for three.
"The room is okay for you?" the old woman asked.
"Yes, simple but looks elegant," Raiden replied.
"I'll be able to sleep now," Miku said as she lay down on the bed.
"Miku Liao!" Shuji shouted at his sister, along with the owner of the resort and hotel.
"Here is the brochure of the tourist spots in Palawan if you want our staff to accompany you," the old woman offered, but Raiden, Shuji, and Miku just shook their heads.
"Dili, ang anak ni Jiang ania sa isla, dad-on namon siya sa ilang isla." Raiden replied to his two companions.
(No, my friend, Jiang's daughter is already here on the island, we will go visit her on their island.)
"Really? It's been a long time since the Chen family was last here, ever since Jiang's wife and youngest child died in the fire," the old man replied.
"That's why, many of my acquaintances who are also their business partners went to their island earlier, Jiang's daughter is there," the old woman answered.
The siblings, Miku and Shuji, especially Shuji, just listened when they heard what his father was talking about with his friends.
"There is island near here?" Shuji asked about the conversation.
The elders turned to him and nodded.
"Yes, it's near if you're taking a vehicle, but if you're walking, it's far," the old man answered.
"We will go to her when I find out she's here, his father is also here, I just spoke to him earlier," Raiden replied.
"They're probably on vacation, aren't they? Don't they live in another country?" the old man replied.
Raiden didn't say anything anymore he just looked at his eldest son, Shuji.
"We hope you have a happy vacation here," the old woman said.
"Just approach my manager, he will help you with what you need," the old man said.
"Salamat sa imong kapikas, kauban." Raiden replied to his companions.
(Thank you, my friend.)
They were left behind, and they took out the items from the suitcase and hung them in the cabinet. Except for the important items and others. They decided to go to sleep because, they were tired of traveling.
The next day, Shuji did not sleep well. He took the box of his cigarette and lit it before emitting smoke.
"You're so sleepy, brother.." Miku said teasingly to her sibling when she saw him on the balcony of their room.
"Yeah, how about you?" Shuji asked his sister.
"Kind of, why are you smoking this early?" Miku asked her brother.
Shuji just nodded to his sister. He blew smoke again and just closed his eyes. He felt nervous and his heart was beating. He suddenly thought of Lixue, near the place where they were but, unable to meet again.
"Kids, it's time for breakfast," Raiden called out to his two children.
They turned and nodded, Raiden frowned at what he saw in Shuji's hand.
"I'll do it later, I'm just finishing this," Shuji said to his father, showing what he was holding.
"Throw that away, Shuji," Raiden told his son.
Shuji couldn't answer and stomped out his cigarette.
Before joining his father and sister.
Lixue got up and did push-up warm-ups on the floor. She looked at the calendar and just shook her head afterward.
"Just 3 days left..." Lixue said to herself and started counting.
'Saturday..' Lixue said to herself.
When Lixue finished counting, she pinned up her hair and twisted it. She left the room and encountered the person cleaning their mansion.
Lixue went straight to the dining hall of the mansion. She sat down in her seat and went to the kitchen to make coffee and to cook, bacon with eggs.
"Tamen xiang he nin, nin fuqin zai dujia shengdi he jiudian de huoban jiaotan." one of Lixue's family members said.
(They want to talk to you, your father's partners at the resort and hotel.)
He bowed down first before looking up again.
"He shi he de?" Lixue said to their servant as she turned her gaze.
(Where, and when?)
"Jintian zaoshang shi dian zhong, zai nin de bangongshi." Lixue's servant replied to her.
(This morning at ten o'clock, in your office.)
"I can't make it this morning because I have something to attend to, maybe tomorrow morning." Lixue replied to their servant.
"Why, Lady Lixue?" the servant asked.
"Angels duty," Lixue replied to her servant.
Their crew on the island became quiet, they were not ordinary people who were taking care of it. Their servant/bodyguard has angelic blood, and immediately the servant left Lixue's side.
"Lixue..." Jiang called from the mind of his daughter.
"Dad?" Lixue called out to her father, closing her eyes.
"Nin hai zai dao shang ma?" Jiang asked his daughter in his mind.
(Are you still on the island?)
"Shi de, wo 4 yue 17 ri reng zai zheli, wo jiang fanhui Manila, weisheme, baba?" Lixue asked her father in her mind.
(Yes, I will still be here on April 17, I will return to Manila, why, Dad?)
Nin de ninong Raiden yu wo jiaotan, tamen jintian zai ba la wang dujia, nin de meimei fanhui riben zhiqian, wo xianzai jiang jin wo suo neng qu feilubin." Jiang replied, and Lixue was surprised by what she heard.
(Your godfather Raiden and I are chatting, they are on vacation in Palawan today, your sister will return to Japan soon, I will now go to the Philippines as much as I can.)
"Really now?" Lixue asked her father.
"Yes, now finish your mission quickly, I know you can do it, I'll talk to your godfather later," Jiang replied to his daughter.
"Weisheme?" Lixue asked her father in her mind.
(Why?)
"Because, I plan for us to meet tomorrow," Jiang replied to his daughter.
Lixue couldn't respond to what her father said. She gave the person passing by the food she had eaten. She went straight to her room and took the equipment for the mission while talking to her father.
The next day, Jiang's plan is for them to meet and explain to all his bestfriends the truth with each of their families.
"I need to inform my colleague about the place I found out about," Lixue said to herself.
After talking to her father, Lixue took a shower. Lixue messaged her colleagues through the private website of their agency account.
Lixue has already gone to the Gayag family's mansion. She kept watch around the area and climbed over the fence without being seen by the guards.
She opened the wireless headset that connects to her colleagues in the underground secret agent agency.
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