When the hover car entered a forest of buildings, Ling Lan saw the towering skyscrapers, and the feeling that she had arrived in the future intensified. Because almost every floor had a parking deck, Ling Lan saw countless hover cars hanging from the skyscrapers along the way. It gave her the illusion that she was looking at a gigantic Christmas tree, filled with dazzling jewels and a very special sight to behold. Who asked those hover cars to come in all sorts of colours? Ling Lan couldn't help but think that way.
Very soon, Ling Lan arrived at her destination. Ling-Zero-Seven hovered in the air for a moment, then sent a request to the building they were about to land on. Very soon, the other party sent the parking location: Area B, Number 77-9.
The hover car began to circle around the building, and when it reached a certain side, the car began to ascend. After ascending an unknown number of floors, the hover car finally landed on an empty parking deck.
After Ling-Zero-Seven parked, the car door opened automatically. When Lan Luofeng got off, she leaned out at an unintentional angle, allowing Ling Lan to catch a glimpse of the floor beneath her mum's feet... and then, tragedy struck.
The floor was completely transparent, allowing her to see the scene below. And so, Ling Lan was completely floored.
Hells, so she was afraid of heights! Having been bedridden since young, she had never known she had such a fatal weakness...
Ling Lan was in tears. For the first time, she felt that transmigrating to the future was a tragic thing. She had already discovered that, after leaving home, all she could see were skyscrapers of more than a hundred storeys. Add to that the fact that the hover car could freely travel up to a hundred metres in the air, and this proved that she would never be able to escape life in the skies in the future.
Ling Lan was conflicted. How was she supposed to live like this? Oblivious to the impending disaster, Lan Luofeng brought her into the skyscraper and into the fully transparent sightseeing lift.
What happened next was as expected. Ling Lan fainted magnificently. Oh, no, she fell asleep. At least, that was what Ling Lan's mum Lan Luofeng thought. She ignored the two pools of hot tears at the corners of Ling Lan's eyes.
Well, even if she saw it, she would think that it was her baby's sleepy tears. Look, it looked so fresh and cute!
Ling Lan didn't know how long she fainted … cough cough, she didn't know how long she slept, but she was woken up by an ear-piercing sound. She opened her eyes, which were still a little round, and saw a female T-Rex spitting fire indiscriminately.
"Lan Luofeng, do you still have the right to stand here?" The woman who spoke was quite pretty, but her arrogant peacock look was a little ugly. She didn't have much of a temperament.
At first glance, Ling Lan categorized that person as annoying. She didn't like anyone who dared to ridicule her mother.
However, Ling Lan also felt that it was a little strange because she had never seen anyone who wasn't good-looking. Everyone looked decent. Ling Lan thought that the technology of the future world would be very advanced. Perhaps the appearance could be adjusted in the mother's womb?
Uh, Ling Lan, what do you take the fetus for? A program or a machine? What adjustment …
Later, Ling Lan found out that it was actually very simple. Just as Ling Lan had guessed, it had something to do with technology. However, it wasn't innate, but acquired. If one's appearance didn't conform to the norm, they could use beauty restoration agents to change it. It sounded nice, but it was actually the same principle as plastic surgery. However, the technology was so advanced that it could be fixed with injections. There was no need for surgery at all.
Of course, this didn't exclude the fact that there were some extremists who, for the sake of infuriating beauty, would choose to use surgery directly if medicine didn't work.
Lan Luofeng didn't say anything, only glancing coldly at the woman. Then, she pretended that the woman didn't exist and prepared to carry her daughter into one of the empty VIP rooms.
Lan Luofeng's disregard angered the woman even more. She grabbed Lan Luofeng's shoulder and was about to speak when Lan Luofeng suppressed her anger and said, "Let go!"
Before the woman could let go, Chamberlain Ling Qin, who had been a few steps away, darted forward and flicked his finger lightly.
The woman yelped and took a step back, involuntarily letting go of Lan Luofeng. Ling Lan's eyes flashed. She hadn't expected the quiet and gentle Chamberlain Ling Qin to be a combat expert. That almost imperceptible movement had been caught by Ling Lan's sharp eyes.
"Mistress, you and Young Master go into the VIP room first. There are too many people here, so I don't want to disturb you." Expressionlessly, Ling Qin kept the woman away from Lan Luofeng. If he hadn't been so far away from Lan Luofeng just now, this woman would never have had the chance to grab his mistress.
Ling Qin was vexed, thinking that he had been too careless, allowing the woman to get close to Mistress and Young Master. If the woman had harbored ill intentions … Ling Qin broke out in cold sweat at the thought.
Actually, Ling Qin was blaming himself too much. For an expert of his level, if someone had really harbored ill intentions towards Lan Luofeng and Ling Lan, he would definitely have sensed it and taken precautions. The reason he had been caught off guard was because Ling Qin hadn't sensed any killing intent from the people around him. Moreover, the VIP room was specially provided for females, so the people around him were either noble ladies or members of powerful families. This had caused Ling Qin to subconsciously slow down his steps.
"Alright, Uncle Qin!" Lan Luofeng had no interest in bickering with that woman and letting the people around them watch a good show.
Ever since Ling Xiao's sacrifice and the severing of ties with the Ling family, Lan Luofeng knew that she would be ostracized by some of the noble ladies. The Ling family hadn't done much in all these years, but had been busy trying to form marriage alliances with various noble families. Although they hadn't managed to establish ties with any of the major families, they had still managed to get in touch with some of the minor branches of those families.
The woman who had grabbed Lan Luofeng was one of the Ling family's in-laws. When the marriage alliance had started, it had been because she had taken a liking to Ling Susheng and Ling Xiao's influence in the military, and had hoped that the Ling family would be able to help her family through them … but unexpectedly, Major General Ling Xiao had died on the battlefield, and the Ling family had lost to Ling Lan in their fight for military glory, thus being forced to leave Doha. This had ruined her previous plans. And the cause of all this had been Lan Luofeng's scheme. Because of her resentment, she had rushed up like a mad dog the moment she saw Lan Luofeng, ready to vent her anger with words. Lan Luofeng wasn't surprised by this.
However, Lan Luofeng didn't care. She had never had any intention of fighting for fame or fortune. If not for the fact that she wanted her baby to go out and broaden his horizons, she wouldn't even have wanted to go out. She would have focused on staying at home, so why would she care about being ostracized by others?
It had to be said that Lan Luofeng was a proud and aloof woman. When Ling Xiao had still been around, she had still been willing to deal with these noble ladies for Ling Xiao's sake. But now, she had no such thoughts. Ling Xiao's death had already taken away half of her soul. She had kept the other half to raise Ling Lan, and to protect the military glory that Ling Xiao had sacrificed himself for.
Lan Luofeng ignored the whispers around her because of what had just happened, and walked into one of the empty VIP rooms. At the same time, the VIP waiter waiting outside followed her in to provide attentive service.
Ling Lan sighed. The d * mned social class system still hadn't been eliminated even after ten thousand years. Equality really only existed in theory.
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