Girl, There's Something Wrong With You - Chapter 37

When he initially received the edict from Taicheng, Cheng Jinyang made a resolute decision to respond to the call after a thorough analysis with the shogunate and a careful discussion with Miss Wang.

He came with a heart full of patriotic fervor, determined to shed his last drop of blood for the future of humanity.

However, upon learning that the Liyang army contained “a certain number” of high-level demons, he realized that this battle was likely unwinnable.

Last time, fighting a particularly fast Batwing Demon in the dream realm almost killed me. If seven or eight of them come at once, how can I possibly fight? Without Xiaoli acting as my battery, we are all merely fifth-grade at best!

But for the sake of loyalty and patriotism, why should I fear for my life? Yet needless sacrifice is not my wish. It’s better to preserve my remaining strength and fight another day!

Time to leave!

Rushing back to the Shenwu Army camp, Cheng Jinyang immediately went to visit the two battlefield commanders, Bian Wangzhi and Zhong Yanzhou.

In the rear command camp, they had naturally seen him transform into Iron Man and wipe out all the nearby Liyang army outposts.

These military outposts are like creep colonies in a strategy game; they are essential logistical buildings for urban guerrilla warfare, greatly supporting the cleanup of surrounding areas.

Now, the Liyang army had been completely stunned by Cheng Jinyang’s series of attacks, forced to abandon further outpost construction. The isolated squads could only hold out alone, buying Jiankang a critically important strategic advantage.

Of course, the two commanders were not fools. They immediately wanted to direct the Shenwu and Yulin armies to quickly sweep the remaining areas and drive the Liyang army completely out of the city before they could regroup.

As long as the Liyang army was forced out of the town and exposed in the open fields without building cover, Jiankang could use military satellites for precise long-range artillery strikes, tipping the scales of victory by half.

Then this Cheng clan leader suddenly said he wanted to leave early?

What a joke!

You’ve already done the hardest part. Don’t you want the glory you deserve from the follow-up?

Then they heard Cheng Jinyang patiently explain that signs of a large group of demons had been discovered near Jingkou, and he needed to return quickly to oversee the defenses. However, the four thousand Northern Army troops he brought could stay to help the court continue to fight the rebellious Liyang army.

The two commanders were silent for a moment before reluctantly agreeing, saying that if that was the case, there was no other way. However, procedurally, he still needed to seek approval from Taicheng to avoid unnecessary criticism.

Cheng Jinyang naturally agreed, then hurriedly and secretly summoned his staff officers, including Liu Daojian, quietly hinting that they should preserve their strength and avoid hard clashes with the Liyang army, especially being wary of “high-level ability users.”

The staff officers were shocked: What? The Liyang army has high-level ability users?

But that’s easy enough. The veteran may not be able to fight, but they can’t be incompetent. We can ensure the commanders here have nothing to say about our effort.

Cheng Jinyang, both amused and exasperated, said there’s no need to overdo it.

We still need to uphold righteousness.

However, the chances of winning this war are very slim. Even if we give it our all, victory is impossible, so just keep that in mind.

After dealing with the commanders and settling the soldiers, the final step was to fool the girls… More precisely, to convince them why they needed to retreat early.

Directly mentioning Xie Guyan’s existence would be very dangerous, especially to the demon-distrusting Miss Wang.

She even had such a hard time accepting the gentle and adorable Xiaoli; if she knew about Xie Guyan, she would flip out!

If Mother-in-law killed the daughter-in-law with a single palm strike, I’d end up being the fool.

Xie Guyan had already gone ahead to Jingkou. When Cheng Jinyang returned to the basement, he found the girls resting in the room.

Ah Zhi was taking a shower in the bathroom, Miss Wang was reading on the sofa, Cui Xiaoniang was watching a drama, Xiao Wangshu was playing a game. Li Qingwan and Chu Qingqing were running on the treadmill (wait, where did the treadmill come from?), and Sister Xiao Pei was busy handing them towels and water, making tea for everyone, cleaning, and so on, as busy as a bee.

Hey, when the demonization connection suddenly broke on the battlefield, weren’t you all worried about me?

“Jinyang, you’re back!” Sister Xiao Pei, just finishing washing a towel, noticed his presence and hurried over to ask, “What happened back then? Why did we suddenly lose contact with you?”

“Uh, I don’t know what happened either…” Cheng Jinyang pulled out his prepared excuse, saying he had no clue, it was like the phone line just suddenly cut off, and he had no idea why.

After all, Miss Wang might not be good at other things, but her mind is sharp. The more elaborate the lie, the more likely she is to detect flaws. Better to offer no excuse and let her guess!

There’s no way she can tell I’m lying, right? To his surprise, Wang Wanrou kept reading, seemingly uninterested in the conversation.

“I see.” Sister Xiao Pei clasped her hands together, tilting her head slightly with a relieved smile, “As long as you’re okay, everyone can rest easy.”

“Yeah, right.” Xiao Wangshu, pressing her game console with her right hand, typed with her left, “Sister Xiao Pei, this big pig is like a cockroach. Even if the whole Shenwu Army died, he wouldn’t.”

Cui Xiaoniang paused her drama, then excitedly ran over to tattle:

“Jinyang, it’s not that we weren’t worried, it’s because Wanrou said you definitely weren’t in trouble…”

“Isn’t my life at stake? Couldn’t Wanrou be wrong?” Cheng Jinyang exclaimed, “She said it, and you just believed it?”

“Even if we were worried, we couldn’t leave the camp.” Cui Xiaoniang replied, aggrieved, “The commanders of the Shenwu Army know our identities and wouldn’t let us search for you on the battlefield.”

“Jinyang’s back?” The bathroom door opened, and Xing Yuanzhi walked out in a bathrobe, scrutinizing him up and down, “Hmm, as long as you didn’t lose any parts.”

“I’m not a robot, how could I lose parts?” Cheng Jinyang pretended to be sorrowful, “Yuanzhi, while I was out there, life or death unknown, you had the mind to take a bath?”

“Ahem.” Xing Yuanzhi coughed, “It was Wanrou who said you were definitely fine…”

“Wanrou!” Cheng Jinyang said angrily, “When I suddenly lost contact, weren’t you worried about me at all?”

“Everything was within my calculations, what’s there to worry about?” Miss Wang didn’t even lift her head.

“What if you had calculated it wrong?” Cheng Jinyang tried again.

“But isn’t it right?” Wang Wanrou raised her head with a helpless expression as if to say “I really can’t do anything about you”.

Cheng Jinyang was speechless with anger but secretly delighted: Even the wisest make mistakes. This time, didn’t I fool Miss Wang too?

Meanwhile, at the Liyang military base in the south.

The returning clones lined up, entering life-sized brainwashing devices to have their memories wiped.

After all, they were used as disposable tools. Once used and not discarded, their mission-related information needed to be erased for the next use.

One of the clones, standing in line, suddenly looked up at the brainwashing device.

A faint light flickered in its eyes.