After Transmigrating to Become Lady Skylark - Chapter 28

Chapter 28

Cockpit.

Jin Chaoyan heard the call from the cabin and instinctively answered, “Mr. Kyoya? …Yes, I’ll contact ground control immediately… if we change the route, it will still take an hour to land at the target airport…”

Because she was focused on the instrument panel and thinking about the sudden landing request to be made to the destination airport, Jin Chaoyan didn’t ask too many questions. But after the communication was cut off, she couldn’t help but wonder: Was something wrong in the cabin?

Meanwhile, in the cabin lavatory.

Jin Chaoyan changed out of her nightgown and held up the dark purple shirt against herself in the mirror. For a moment, she was genuinely torn between wearing the shirt to create a more intimate atmosphere and going without it for an even more intimate effect.

A moment later, seeing her own cheeks flush without any alcohol, Jin Chaoyan took a deep breath, rubbed her face, and warned herself not to overthink things. The man outside had a marriage of convenience and was living separately from the original host. He likely had no romantic thoughts in his head.

Moreover, according to the anime’s setting, Kyoya Hibari was probably not interested in even looking at a weak herbivore like her, who had no combat ability.

Good.

As long as she wasn’t awkward, the awkwardness would belong to someone else.

After a final bout of self-hypnosis, Jin Chaoyan calmly put on the shirt. She casually buttoned it up from the collar down, and when she looked down, she saw that the hem of the shirt just barely reached her knees. She still felt completely insecure, with a chilly sensation.

So she opened the door, poked her head out, and asked, “Um… dear, can I borrow another jacket?”

When she needed something, Jin Chaoyan was always clever enough to use sweet words.

The man, hearing the sound, put down the phone he had hung on the wall. He turned his head slightly and saw her head with its messy long hair poking out from behind the door. A strand of fine hair was wrapped around her neck. His gaze swept over her slightly fawning smile, her slightly crooked collar, her rolled-up sleeves, and the longest part of the hem that vaguely reached her knees.

He didn’t say anything, so Jin Chaoyan couldn’t tell if he agreed. Seeing him looking at the clothes on her body, she thought for a moment and tried to suggest, “If you don’t want to lend it, can I just buy it?”

—Use his card to buy his clothes?

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Kyoya Hibari’s phoenix-like eyes. He walked over to the cabinet that Hibird had opened earlier, pressed a button on the other side, and in the rising clothes rack, he casually took out a suit jacket and threw it towards Jin Chaoyan. His voice was faint as he reminded her:

“You buttoned the wrong button.”

Before he could blurt out a lecture about discipline, Jin Chaoyan quickly caught the jacket and immediately replied, “Yes, yes, I’ll correct it right away. Please, Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, be magnanimous and spare me this time.”

Hearing the long-unheard title “Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee,” Kyoya raised an eyebrow, but Jin Chaoyan didn’t notice his expression. She happily caught the little bird that was flying towards her, chirping “Chaoyan,” then returned to the lavatory and closed the intricately carved door again.

Forty minutes later.

Tetsuya Kusakabe’s voice sounded over the cabin broadcast, “Excuse me, Kyoya Hibari. We have successfully contacted J City ground control and received landing approval. The plane is preparing to lower its altitude. Please be sure to be safe.”

Jin Chaoyan, who was sitting on the single seat across the aisle from Kyoya, took out her seatbelt and fastened it. Because Hibird was perched on her head, she kept her head down and her movements small. Even so, she still caught a very faint scent.

But based on her recent interactions with him, Jin Chaoyan didn’t think Kyoya Hibari was the type of person who would wear perfume.

Could it be a long-lasting laundry detergent?

She quickly dismissed this guess. Based on the fact that the man’s suits were almost never the same style, Kyoya didn’t seem like the type of person who would wear the same clothes over and over again. And this scent wasn’t entirely a floral one used in laundry detergent…

But if she had to describe it, Jin Chaoyan didn’t know how.

She was lost in her wild guesses. When she came back to her senses, she realized that the plane had already landed at the airport. She looked out the cabin window and saw a row of red light signs that were particularly bright in the night, with the words “Welcome to XX Airport” written in Chinese.

In that instant, she had a sense of déjà vu, as if the wall between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds had been broken.

It wasn’t until the private jet had stopped completely and the cabin door was connected to the airport boarding bridge that she looked at the city she remembered visiting before. She found that the overall design of the airport was completely different from what she remembered, and she was certain again that she was in a completely different timeline.

A hint of nostalgia and regret appeared in her purple eyes. Jin Chaoyan came back to her senses and belatedly asked the man across the aisle, “Is this your destination?”

“No.”

Kyoya Hibari turned his head slightly and glanced at the shirt and jacket on her. Perhaps the light in the cabin was too bright, making his gray-blue eyes bright as well. In any case, his classic, cold, and beautiful face softened, giving the illusion of a slight smile.

Jin Chaoyan heard him ask in his captivatingly good-sounding voice, “Do you want to wear this outfit and go to Italy with me for over ten hours?”

“…!”

The person who felt she was being mocked for no reason responded by unbuckling her seatbelt with a decisive sound. She grabbed the slightly groggy Hibird from the top of her head, put it in her suit pocket, and quickly headed towards the cabin door, wishing she could be at the airport’s luxury duty-free shops in the next second.

She walked to the door, just as the cockpit and cabin doors were opened. She ran right into Tetsuya Kusakabe, who was suddenly startled and dropped the blade of grass he had just been chewing on:

“Madam?!”

“Why are you here?”

Especially when he saw the purple shirt on her and the obviously oversized black suit jacket, and realized that her long, pale legs were exposed, Tetsuya Kusakabe’s pupils dilated in shock. He stumbled back half a step, and when he opened his mouth again, he didn’t know where to look.

And this time, his mouth opened and closed for a long time without a single word coming out, as if he had lost the ability to speak.

Jin Chaoyan’s awkwardness was almost cured, but now, seeing his eyes darting around, she raised her hand and scratched her cheek. She managed to say, “Well… it’s a long story. Anyway, I need to go to the duty-free shop to buy some clothes.”

Tetsuya Kusakabe nodded and replied, “Okay, I understand. I got it. Don’t worry, I’ll contact the airport staff right away to escort you. Do you have a specific brand store in mind?”

No, what do you understand?

Jin Chaoyan’s expression was strange, but she refused to guess what was going through Kusakabe’s mind. She stepped out of the boarding bridge, turned a corner, and immediately saw people coming and going in the airport’s arrival hall at the end of the corridor. There must have been other flights arriving nearby.

Seeing the handsome men and beautiful women with Chinese features walking by, Jin Chaoyan looked down at her overly large suit and the empty hem of her shirt. She tried a few times but couldn’t take another step. Just then, Hibird poked half of its fluffy head out of her jacket pocket and called out to her:

“Chaoyan~ Chaoyan~”

Jin Chaoyan looked down and met its gaze, then decisively took it and went back into the cabin.

Hearing the footsteps returning, Kyoya Hibari, who had turned off the bright cabin lights and was about to go back to rest, suddenly opened his eyes. He looked at the woman who had walked up to him. Then he watched as she held Hibird and had it peck him on the cheek.

Although Hibird didn’t know why Jin Chaoyan suddenly wanted it to kiss its owner, after doing so, it flapped its wings and happily chirped, “Kyoya~”

“Hmm?”

The man responded in a low voice, using only the airport lights outside the window for illumination. His dark, indistinct eyes met the woman’s. He was asking her why she was being so unusually sweet with his pet again.

“Ahem, there are a lot of people outside,” Jin Chaoyan said, tactfully changing the subject.

“Then do you want me to bite all of those herding herbivores to death?” Kyoya raised one eyebrow slightly.

No! Don’t go on a rampage in my beautiful hometown! Not even in a different timeline!

After shaking her head like a rattle, Jin Chaoyan raised her hand and rested it on the back of his chair, trying to share the brilliant idea she had just come up with:

“I… It’s not good for me to go out dressed like this. So… I remember you have a Mist attribute ring, right? You’re so powerful, you can definitely create an illusion or a mist that others can’t see me through, right?”

“Oh.”

Kyoya nodded slightly, looking at her with a half-smile. “You want me to use the attribute I dislike the most, act as the illusionist I hate the most, and help you deceive yourself?”

How can a mouth with a temperature of 37 degrees say such cold words?

Knowing that this person was mostly unyielding, Jin Chaoyan gently placed Hibird on his shoulder. She put her hands together in a sincere prayer gesture, and her violet eyes were full of pleading:

“Please, my all-powerful husband.”

“I refuse.”

So blunt. As expected of you, you dog-man.

Jin Chaoyan expressionlessly recalled the expiration date of the “Marriage of Convenience Agreement.” Thinking that this life would have to last for another six months, she decided that when she returned, she would consult a lawyer on how to unilaterally end this frustrating fake marriage.

Since being coquettish didn’t work, she didn’t waste any more expressions or emotions. She turned and walked away, not forgetting to take Hibird from his shoulder again.

“Wait.”

Kyoya Hibari suddenly called out to her.

Jin Chaoyan turned back, quite surprised. She didn’t know why he had changed his mind so quickly today. She looked at the person, whose face was half-lit and half-hidden in the shadows, like a large beast resting in the dark. She heard him say slowly:

“Is that the only thing you have to say?”

The woman was stumped by his question.

Then she finally remembered that she hadn’t brought her phone, ID, or bag, so even if she went to the duty-free shop, she wouldn’t be able to pay.

But it didn’t matter. She could just borrow some from Tetsuya Kusakabe for now!

“Not entirely,” the person standing there thought about it, then resolutely made a waving gesture to him. “But isn’t it useless to beg you?”

After seeing her disappearing back in the corridor, Kyoya Hibari’s lips curled up slightly. He took out his phone and dialed a number:

“Tetsuya Kusakabe, have someone clear the area for her.”

“And, charge all her purchases to my account.”

…

Two hours later.

Italy, Vongola Headquarters.

In the old castle with sky-blue spires, a figure walked a little faster through the corridor with murals, heading towards the office at the end.

Along the way, people occasionally stopped to greet him:

“Good day, Lord Gokudera.”

“Good afternoon, Lord Storm Guardian.”

He nodded coldly and politely knocked on the heavy wooden door. After getting permission from the person inside, his emerald eyes, under his silver-medium-length hair, immediately filled with a gentle, smiling expression like a spring breeze. “Tenth Generation, good day. The latest information is that Hibari and his wife will arrive in Italy together this time. I have a spy who got a photo of his wife at the airport beforehand.”

“Oh! That’s the ultimate good news!” A voice suddenly came from the window. The sunset outside shone down, illuminating the other person’s orange shirt and black tie.

“Hahaha, I never thought we would meet again for this reason. Gokudera, hurry and show us the picture. I’m quite curious.” Not far away, someone in the rest area put down his hot tea and stood up with a smile.

“Gokudera-kun.” At this moment, the person behind the desk stood up. His sunset-like Sky-colored eyes looked at the person who had just entered. After a slight smile, he looked at the other two guardians who had already arrived in the room. Then he asked thoughtfully:

“Will Hibari-senpai really bring his wife with him this time?”

He just felt that something wasn’t right.

“Did your Hyper Intuition sense something?” The tile on the floor next to the table opened to the side. A little baby in a pure white isolation suit slowly rose up on a small sofa, looking at Tsunayoshi Sawada with curious pure black eyes.

“I can’t put my finger on it yet.” Tsunayoshi Sawada shook his head after a moment’s thought. He then saw that Yamamoto and Ryohei had already placed their hands on Gokudera’s shoulders, one on each side. The Storm Guardian, whose personality had become more stable in recent years, instantly became agitated. He smiled, and then he heard a knock on the door.

“…Boss, am I late?”

A woman with a long, dark purple pineapple hairstyle pulled open the door and asked with a hint of caution in her voice.

“Of course not—” The indoor projector came down. Lambo appeared on the video call that had already been opened. After greeting all his older brothers and sisters, he looked at Chrome with a hint of curiosity. “But, does she know about our gossip? Lambo-sama remembers that she wasn’t added to the group chat.”

Hearing his voice, the woman’s expression changed instantly. She looked at the boss with a sad expression. “Boss, am I not worthy of your trust?”

Tsunayoshi Sawada was stunned for a moment.

He then belatedly remembered why Chrome hadn’t been added to that stupid group chat. After Lambo’s dangerous conclusion that “Hibari is no good,” a bunch of grown men in the chat started guessing what was wrong with Hibari-senpai’s body. They even sent links to many male enhancement advertisements and discussed the product’s effectiveness. In the end, they all agreed to use this Millefiore attack as an excuse to give him a collection order and also have a comprehensive physical examination.

—Was this something that a lady like Chrome should know?!

“Wait…”

Tsunayoshi Sawada felt a long-lost heartbreak. As he instinctively showed a comforting smile, he frantically thought about how to come up with an excuse to get out of this.

But a mist suddenly filled the area where the woman was standing. The misty vapor flowed from her sleeves. A three-pronged trident with carved patterns gradually formed in her palm. A low laugh spread throughout the office:

“Kufufu… Tsunayoshi Sawada, are you bullying my Chrome?”

“Mukuro.”

The Vongola Tenth Generation Godfather, who was suddenly pointed at by the trident, felt a headache coming on. He raised his hand to push the tip of the trident away and was about to explain the situation to Mukuro when he heard Lambo ask with exceptional eagerness from the video:

“Has the Cloud Guardian arrived yet? When are you guys having the physical exam? Lambo-sama wants to see his report right now!”

“Physical exam? Kyoya Hibari?” Upon hearing these two words linked together, the mist dissipated. The man standing in the room was wearing a black military overcoat with an open collar. The hand with the black glove rotated his weapon. He tilted his head, and his crimson eyes with the number “six” looked at the screen.

Being a man himself, he instantly thought of something interesting. “Is there a story about him that I can laugh at?”

Takeshi Yamamoto looked over and rubbed the scar on the back of his neck. He suddenly said, “Mukuro, your illusion has become a reality, right? You’ve been soaking in the Vindice prison for so many years. I think you need a physical exam too!”

“That’s the ultimate truth! You should join our ranks of mature men too!” The married older brother Ryohei also looked at him with a menacing gaze.

Rokudo Mukuro: “?”

He spun his trident and announced with a smile that today was the day the Vongola would be destroyed.

“Stop all the noise.” Reborn stroked the green lizard perched on his head. He turned Leon into a gun and fired a shot in the noisy room, causing everyone to look at him. He then curled his lips. “Hibari will arrive sooner or later. But, we can see what his wife looks like beforehand. Didn’t you guys guess she was an assassin or a swordsman before? Gokudera said he has a picture.”

All eyes immediately gathered on the Storm Guardian.

Gokudera endured their curious gazes. He opened his phone, connected to another projection system in the room, and under their bated breath, he had his subordinate send the picture directly. In the chat history, a picture slowly loaded. After a long time, it slowly scrolled down inch by inch—

After a long wait of more than ten seconds.

A jawline covered by a mask slowly appeared in the picture, followed by a pale neck.

Lambo began to laugh unceremoniously: “That’s it? As expected, the idiot Gokudera is unreliable. This person is completely covered by a mask. There isn’t even a side profile. You weren’t cheated into using a random photo to get the job done, were you?”

“Idiot cow, of course my subordinate has evidence that confirms her close relationship with Hibari.”

That’s what he said, but Gokudera hadn’t vetted the photo beforehand. The moment he got the news, he came to Tsunayoshi Sawada’s office.

He was a little nervous, but then he saw the woman’s collar appear in the picture. After the purple shirt and black suit collar captivated everyone’s attention, there was also a tender yellow little bird squatting on her shoulder.

“It’s Hibird!”

“I’m certain now. She really is Hibari’s wife.”

Unlike others who identified the owner by the pet, Rokudo Mukuro raised an eyebrow slightly. “Oh my, those clothes don’t seem to fit her well…” A moment later, his eyes were filled with great interest. He commented: “She’s wearing Kyoya Hibari’s suit.”

“Hmm…”

Ryohei Sasagawa, with his silver-gray hair, stood in front of the picture and looked at the legs at the bottom of the photo. He pondered for a moment. “But from the picture, it’s ultimately not like Kyoya has a problem.”

“?”

Everyone looked at him, the only married man in the room, with a questioning look in their eyes.

“Lawn Head, did you see something?” Gokudera asked curiously.

Ryohei moved away a little and used his hand to point at a mark under the hem of the woman’s clothes on the screen. “She’s dressed like that, and there’s a mark like this on her skin. Hana was like this too when she and I first started dating.”

“!”

Lambo was practically pressed against the camera. “Really? Elaborate, tell us in detail.”

“Lambo, get out of the chat.” Tsunayoshi Sawada looked at the minor who wanted to get in on the action and raised the remote control, trying to turn off the video call with Lambo.

Just then—

Yamamoto rubbed the back of his head and asked with a sincere tone, “Really? If their life is harmonious, then how could he let his wife appear alone at the airport in that state?”

The room was silent for two seconds.

Rokudo Mukuro suddenly laughed, happy to stir up trouble at this moment. He deliberately said, “I have heard that some guys who are ‘not so good’ might have some… peculiar preferences in that area.”

The others: “…?”

Reborn watched their reactions and gave a snort. “It seems that the only way to know the answers to all of this is when Hibari’s physical examination report comes out.”

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