After Transmigrating to Become Lady Skylark - Chapter 18

Chapter 18

“Why would anyone not like ice cream?”

Last night, because of her failed attempt at a bribe, Jin Chaoyan sat in the kitchen for half an hour before she felt better. She was then tormented by menstrual cramps all night and was left exhausted. After catching up on a full morning of sleep, she sat in the luxurious wheelchair that Chinatsu had ordered, looking at the podocarpus tree with Hibird’s villa, and pondered this question.

Hibird folded its wings and landed on the back of her luxurious electric wheelchair, calling out in a soft, thin voice, “Jin Chaoyan~ Jin Chaoyan~”

Jin Chaoyan came back to her senses, seeing the expectation in the little bird’s beady eyes. She immediately took control of her Hermès orange wheelchair, pushed a button, and the high wheelchair glided forward.

The wooden steps in the corridor near her residence had all been fitted with ramps for easy access. She sat in the wheelchair with Hibird perched behind her head, and the two of them happily went for a leisurely stroll through the vast mansion, feeling the gentle breeze on their faces, which held the same look of contentment.

“…Madam, is this what you’re doing?”

Tetsuya Kusakabe, who was usually in a hurry, stopped with a surprised expression when he saw Chaoyan sitting in a wheelchair, enjoying the breeze. He stared at the wheelchair, and his gaze became one of shock and uncertainty.

“I don’t feel like walking these days,” Jin Chaoyan showed him the wheelchair’s various modes of operation and even turned a full circle in place. “And I’m also practicing my driving skills. What do you think? Isn’t my vehicle nice?”

Tetsuya Kusakabe: “…?”

His face literally said, This can be called a car?

Chaoyan understood and seriously countered, “It has four wheels and is electric. Why isn’t it a car?”

She patted the two sturdy wheels at the back of the wheelchair and then nudged the two small wheels in front with the tip of her flat shoe. She and Hibird, who had landed on top of her head, stared intently at Kusakabe.

Tetsuya Kusakabe was almost convinced by her.

Fortunately, Chaoyan quickly changed the subject and didn’t continue to show off her wheelchair skills. “By the way, I just went for a spin around the courtyard. Why is the garden so big and full of plants, but there isn’t a single cherry blossom tree?”

Based on the customs of this country and Kyoya’s love for traditional Japanese style, shouldn’t his residence be filled with cherry blossoms?

Hearing that word, Tetsuya Kusakabe’s expression was even more horrified than when he saw her in the wheelchair. He bit off the grass stalk in his mouth and even made a hand gesture to her. “No, no, no, Madam, please do not mention that word—”

“Hmm?”

The woman, whose thoughts were led to cherry blossoms by ice cream, tilted her head.

But before Kusakabe could say anything, Hibird, which had been on top of her head, suddenly spread its wings and flew. It circled her a few times, saying as it flew, “Bite-to-death~ Bite-to-death~”

The woman, who had never heard the bird say this word before, looked up in surprise. “Eh? Why did he even teach you that? Be a good bird, Hibird, don’t learn that.”

When the little yellow bird landed back on her shoulder, Chaoyan saw that while Kusakabe had recovered from his exaggerated expression, he was still looking quite shaken. Finally, he opened his mouth and managed to answer,

“Because of some past events… in short, Kyoya Hibari doesn’t like cherry blossoms or anything related to them.”

After the cherry blossom incident back then, Kyoya had people pull up all the cherry blossom trees on campus, in town, and along the river bank, causing a famous cherry blossom viewing spot to close permanently.

But Kusakabe didn’t say the rest of it.

Evidently, Chaoyan understood what he meant, because she was silently staring at the nails she had painfully manicured. The beautiful flower on the edge of her right index finger had been ruined—

So… it wasn’t because her nail was too long last night?

“Wuu…”

In the study.

A man, standing as straight as a pine tree in his dark navy yukata, was handling business. He heard a video call request pop up on his phone. He glanced at it, expressionlessly about to swipe it away, but the wooden door was suddenly slid open, and a strange mechanical sound, moving from far to near, then near to far, came from outside.

His finger paused on the screen. “Tetsuya Kusakabe , what’s that noise?”

Kusakabe, who was about to report on his work, instinctively replied, “It’s the madam practicing driving.”

…Practicing driving in the courtyard?

Before the man could say anything, an incredibly enthusiastic greeting came from the phone. ” Kyoya, haven’t you missed my voice after so long?”

His thoughts were interrupted. He looked down at the connected video call. A faint smile appeared on his usually expressionless face, and he said in a very magnetic voice, “Oh? Bouncing Horse, you’re still alive.”

“…” The handsome, blond man on the screen was silent for a second, then his face instantly showed a look of sorrow. “Is that any way to talk to your teacher who you haven’t seen in a long time and who just escaped from danger, Kyoya? That’s going too far!”

Seeing that the other person was about to go on a long monologue, Kyoya Hibari raised his hand and pressed the mute button. The screen immediately became a lively silent film.

Tetsuya Kusakabe, who had been about to report on his work, tried to reason with him. “Mr. Kyoya, please don’t do that. Recently, allied families and Vongola forces all over the world have been attacked by Millefiore. The Cavallone Family just escaped from their pursuit, and Mr. Dino is worried about your safety—”

He was halfway through his sentence when Kyoya directly threw the phone to him.

“You handle it.”

“…”

Kusakabe instinctively caught it and unmuted the call.

Seeing the person on the screen change, Dino on the other end of the line smoothly and confidently changed the subject, showing no embarrassment at being ignored by his beloved disciple. “Kyoya threw the phone to you again? Perfect. Let me have Romario say hi to you too!”

“Good day, Mr. Dino.” Kusakabe greeted him politely.

Before they could say more, a loud crash came from the courtyard. Due to the wooden structure of the mansion, a slight vibration was felt in the room.

Kyoya Hibari’s writing stopped. He expressionlessly commanded, “Tetsuya Kusakabe, go and make her be quiet.”

“…Yes.”

Kusakabe could only hold the phone and ask Dino to wait a moment. He walked towards the woman in the distant courtyard who was practicing reversing and parallel parking in her wheelchair, only to have crashed into a railing. He said to her,

“Madam, first, please be careful, and second…”

“What, what ‘madam’?” Dino, who was on the video call, thought his ears were malfunctioning. He even repeated the honorific that Kusakabe had just said in Japanese a few times, then turned to Romario to confirm if he heard the word correctly.

Seeing Chaoyan give him an “OK” sign from a distance and slowly drive her wheelchair away from the area, Kusakabe turned his attention back to the phone and saw that Dino had almost stuck his face to the camera, his eyes filled with gossip.

He was silent for a moment. “It’s a long story—”

“Then make it short!”

Dino didn’t understand the complexity on his face and even peered towards the camera. “Damn it, I know you’re good at hiding information, but you don’t need to hide a big happy event like a marriage! Kyoya, come and tell me exactly when this happened!”

“There’s nothing to tell you.”

The cold, ruthless voice came through the phone.

Dino’s face immediately showed two big, fake teardrops. “Wuwu, you ungrateful disciple…” He looked back at Kusakabe. “I knew I couldn’t count on him. Kusakabe, you tell me. When did he get married? To whom? How did they meet…?”

Countless gossip questions poured out.

Kusakabe: “…”

He didn’t know the specifics either. But with Dino’s questions, he remembered more than two years ago when Mr. Kyoya suddenly had him contact the ward office to have them bring a marriage registration form to the mansion.

At the time, Kusakabe was greatly shocked. First, he wondered if there was a major crisis in the financial department that required the boss to personally engage in an alliance with another conglomerate. After ruling out that possibility, he nervously looked at his boss, who seemed to have finally found spring, “May I ask… should we inform the Vongola people, and plan for the wedding and wedding gifts…?”

But Kyoya Hibari looked at him with an expression that said, “What are you talking about?” He even yawned at these boring suggestions. “No need. Don’t do anything unnecessary, Tetsu.”

“Have the head of the medical research department come see me.”

Kusakabe’s shock was immediately replaced by a change of subject, and with the instincts of a corporate slave, he replied, “Yes, sir. Is there a problem with a new project?”

“No.”

The man casually tossed a medical report to him. There was no extra emotion in his gray-blue phoenix eyes, and his tone was indifferent:

“Have him evaluate how many days this woman has left to live.”

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