The Guide to Conquering Earthlings

Chapter 18

Fortunately, before Xie Cheng's liver was further angered, the bridge was finally repaired, and Xie Cheng had just completed the data collection work for this research trip, so Lan Xi followed him back from the mountain village to the Rong City city center.

The first thing to do after returning to Rong City was to put the charity project to build a new rural health center on the agenda. Xie Cheng felt that it was imperative and arduous to eliminate the villagers' superstition towards Wang Cun Yi's medical skills.

In addition, because he had not been in the company for several consecutive days, Xie Cheng naturally also had a pile of things to deal with, and Lan Xi also had her own things to do.

The first thing was to properly thank Wan Yan.

So at noon, Lan Xi asked Wan Yan to come to the restaurant and decided to treat her to a meal.

Although she didn't have a background and wasn't from a privileged family, Wan Yan was actually quite a nice person!

"Thank you so much for telling me about President Wu's information. You were absolutely right that President Wu is very enthusiastic and kind. I went there and he paid us the balance the same day!"

Lan Xi said sincerely: "Also, you are very selfless. You even said in advance that the results of this job would be enjoyed by me alone. You stubbornly refused to jointly claim this payment chasing task with me in the system and gave me all the credit!"

But Wan Yan, as always being an employee who had the company at heart, was neither arrogant nor impetuous. Her face did not show any pride because of Lan Xi's praise. She had achieved not rejoicing in possessions or grieving over oneself!

She only seemed to care about the company's business: "Isn't President Xie on a business trip alone these days? How did you come back with him? Did something happen?"

Lan Xi was very moved. After she married Xie Cheng in the future, the company would also be her property. Seeing an employee like Wan Yan working hard to earn money for her made Lan Xi feel that she should show her stance in advance.

"Don't worry about the company and Xie Cheng," Lan Xi patted Wan Yan on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "Leave those worries to me. I remember your kindness. Just give me a year or two. When I get married to Xie Cheng, I will definitely give you a promotion and a raise..."

!!!

Wan Yan was shocked.

She stared at Lan Xi in front of her, feeling irritated while also incredulous.

How could someone so shamelessly talk about planning to hook up with her boss! She had even planned to marry Xie Cheng and become the boss's wife?!

Wouldn't a normal person with feelings for Xie Cheng be silently enduring like herself, secretly making plans and taking action in private?

What gave Lan Xi the confidence to say this so arrogantly in front of Wan Yan?

Wan Yan didn't understand how Lan Xi could do this. Could it be because... excessive beauty really is a weapon?

Did she think she was so beautiful that even Xie Cheng would fall for her?

Wan Yan wanted to sneer at first, but when her gaze met Lan Xi's face, she couldn't laugh anymore.

There had always been many women chasing after Xie Cheng, but he was dedicated to his career and extremely cold and indifferent to the opposite sex. Even a childhood friend like Wan Yan only had a few more opportunities to meet him, but each time, even when Wan Yan tried her best, Xie Cheng showed no sign of being moved at all.

At the charity party last time, Xie Cheng didn't even give her a bouquet, but tactlessly gave her a whole pile of stuffed buns! This made Wan Yan cry while eating all the stuffed buns that night. Her mouth was in heaven but her heart felt like it had fallen into an ice cellar, experiencing the agony of fire and ice. The next day when she weighed herself, she had gained one and a half kilos.

At this moment, she desperately wanted to convince herself that Xie Cheng would not be interested in Lan Xi.

But...

But Lan Xi was indeed extremely beautiful. If he had to face such a face every day, and then there's her figure... Xie Cheng was also a hot-blooded normal man. What if he lost control and something happened...

Moreover, Wan Yan had already keenly noticed that after returning from the mountain village trip this time, Xie Cheng's attitude towards Lan Xi had subtly changed.

But they probably hadn't slept together yet.

Because the body language between two people who had slept together wouldn't be like this.

But the current state could not represent the future. Moreover, Lan Xi had openly stated that she wanted to pursue Xie Cheng for the future and become the boss's wife. She would probably have increasingly obvious offensives going forward.

Wan Yan began to feel anxious. She had to do something to stop Lan Xi.

Lan Xi was unaware of what Wan Yan was thinking. She just felt more and more comfortable on Earth recently.

Xie Cheng often arranged for her to attend meetings and work with him again instead of stubbornly avoiding her; she was getting along very happily with Xie Cheng’s sister and her future sister-in-law, Liang Di; and her down-to-earth self was even maintaining friendship with Wan Yan, an employee without a background in the company; plus with the Mu Yi star people’s super powerful memory and data processing capabilities, Lan Xi was also very efficient and professional in her work, winning unanimous acclaim.

"Everything is very good, no problem. You don't need to teach me anything else."

When Wang Zhiqiang returned from his business trip and found Lan Xi, Lan Xi described her recent life on Earth with such a sentence.

Wang Zhiqiang was obviously relieved: "That's good."

"By the way, Princess, I have arranged a welcome banquet to greet you this weekend. I've been so busy with work and overtime recently that I haven't been able to immediately gather people to welcome you. I really owe you an apology."

Wang Zhiqiang introduced: “Actually, apart from me, there are also people from our planet who have settled on Earth for business or personal reasons after traveling to Earth. Because of your arrival on Earth, I took this opportunity to reconnect and gather some more information again, and I’m currently working to improve the Mu Yi Star Fellow Townsmen Association on Earth. So far, I have re-established the first batch of contacts, they are all tribesmen around my age or even older. Next, I will re-establish contacts with tribesmen around your age."

"The tribesmen in the first batch of contacts are all eagerly looking forward to meeting you, so I recently arranged a social gathering. I booked a high-end clubhouse, and the rest of the drinks and food expenses will be paid by our tribesmen!"

When he said this, Wang Zhiqiang couldn't help but feel a little proud: "I won’t boast about other things, but all the tribesmen of my age who can still remain on Earth and thrive in various industries must now be the most wealthy and powerful elites in their respective fields. Their names resound loudly– there’s President Zhang who's on the Forbes Rich List; President Lin from the real estate industry; President Qin from the biopharmaceutical company...”

"At the social gathering, I’ll introduce them to you one by one. In the future on Earth, if you need anything, just say the word, and our tribesmen can get it done!" Wang Zhiqiang bragged quite a bit, "As for those around your age in the second batch, they are also extraordinary. After this first social gathering goes smoothly, I’ll finish establishing the network for the second batch, and then we’ll have a second meeting."

"I’ll send you the specific location and time of the first social gathering!"

...

After bidding farewell to Wang Zhiqiang, Lan Xi had just sat down humming a song when Wan Yan came over.

She chatted with Lan Xi about this and that, which was something Wan Yan often did recently. She often chatted with Lan Xi and asked her a lot of questions.

The guidebook said this is how intimate friends are on Earth, so Lan Xi didn’t think much of it.

At this moment, Lan Xi’s cell phone text message tone rang.

Lan Xi took out her cell phone and glanced at the screen—

"Time and location of the social gathering..."

It should be Wang Zhiqiang's message.

Lan Xi turned off her phone and looked up to find Wan Yan looking inquisitively at her cell phone.

Seeing Lan Xi look at her, Wan Yan smiled and said, “Your phone case is so nice, can I try the feel? I’ll buy one too if it’s good.”

"Sure!"

Lan Xi nodded and handed over her phone.

...

Wan Yan smiled and took Lan Xi's phone. Then, when Lan Xi was off guard, she turned on the phone screen.

Just now when she took a quick look, Wan Yan could only vaguely see the word "social gathering." This time she finally saw the whole message—

"Time and location of the social gathering: 6pm Saturday at the Jinlin Clubhouse."

Wan Yan kept her expression calm. After praising the phone case again for being nice-looking, she then returned the phone.

She had finally caught Lan Xi's fox tail!

Wan Yan was extremely excited.

Wan Yan knew that a woman who looked like Lan Xi would not be satisfied with just hooking one man. Sure enough, she was going to a social gathering this Saturday.

Hmph, chasing after Xie Cheng while looking for the next target at the same time—how shameless could she be!

Wan Yan sneered, of course she would inform Xie Cheng about this piece of news immediately in a natural way without looking deliberate.

Luckily, it seemed that even the heavens were helping her. That afternoon, because of an issue with a financial report, Wan Yan happened to have the perfect excuse to go into Xie Cheng's office to ask him to sign some documents.

While Xie Cheng was reviewing the financial reports, Wan Yan naturally brought up: "Senior, I heard from HR earlier that there may be an employee team building activity organized during the weekends in the near future, going to the beach or somewhere else. Is that true?"

"Mm."

"That's great! Lan Xi has been asking me about it. She's really looking forward to this kind of activity. I have to hurry and tell her the news!" Wan Yan smiled, then seemed to suddenly remember something. "But the team building won't be this weekend right?"

Xie Cheng, who had not even lifted his head and was just staring at the financial reports, clearly paused in his actions when Wan Yan mentioned Lan Xi. "It won't be."

He added: "It won't be this weekend. The plans for the team building activity haven't been finalized yet, it won't happen so soon."

Wan Yan bit her lip, and pretended to breathe a sigh of relief. "That's good too. Lan Xi has a matchmaking event at Jinlin Club this Saturday night! Fortunately it's not this weekend, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to attend the team building!"

Sure enough, the four words "Jinlin Club" successfully made Xie Cheng frown.

It was widely known that Jinlin Club was a high-end private club. To be a member there, one had to either be an upper society elite or a top-tier nouveau riche. For a regular girl of average means like Lan Xi to attend a matchmaking event there meant something very obvious.

Wan Yan covered her mouth as if she had said something wrong, looking very apologetic to Lan Xi. "Ah, she told me to keep it a secret. Senior, just pretend you didn't know okay? Don't let her find out I accidentally let it slip, or she'll be really mad at me."

Xie Cheng didn't ask anything further. He just furrowed his brows with a displeased expression, seemingly lost in thought.

Seeing him like this, Wan Yan felt a mix of satisfaction and disappointment.

She was satisfied that Lan Xi's vulgar gold-digging ways had finally been exposed in front of Xie Cheng. Yet she also felt disappointed that this woman had already gradually attracted Xie Cheng's attention, causing him to have an emotional reaction.

In her heart, she both hoped that Xie Cheng would directly go to the club on Saturday night to "catch her in the act" and expose Lan Xi's true colors. Yet she also hoped that he wouldn't go, wishing that he would distance himself from Lan Xi from just hearing about this.

But it was alright, Wan Yan cheered herself on. No matter what, as long as Xie Cheng sees through what kind of person Lan Xi really is, that's good enough.

...

Lan Xi was rather looking forward to being able to attend the gathering of fellow Mu Yi star immigrants that Saturday night. After all, Wang Zhiqiang was the only person from Mu Yi star she had met since arriving on Earth.

There was strength in numbers. She had temporarily conquered Xie Cheng, but to further use this to conquer Earth, she would need more manpower. She had to make long term plans to solidify her future rule over Earth.

To this end, Lan Xi was already filled with anticipation on Friday evening after work.

It was just that before leaving work, Xie Cheng called her into his office.

He asked her some questions about data, then while flipping through documents, he glanced up at Lan Xi once. "Do you have any plans this weekend?"

Xie Cheng pressed his lips into a line. "If you have any special arrangements, remember to report them to me."

He said that, then unnaturally averted his gaze and added: "Don't forget, aside from our employee relationship, we also have another kind of relationship. In theory, you need to be on standby 24 hours a day. So I want to understand your schedule in advance, especially meeting other men - you need to notify me beforehand even more."

Naturally, wasn't a romantic relationship a 24 hour on standby kind of relationship?

Unfortunately, Lan Xi had to lie this time.

They were all her fellow countrymen, a group of aliens. It was hard for everyone to get together and speak freely. She couldn't allow an Earth person to mix into the gathering! How else could they speak freely and discuss plans to conquer Earth!

"No, no meetings with men. Not a single one." Lan Xi's face didn't redden and her heart didn't race. She said with complete sincerity: "I'm planning on staying home on Saturday to earnestly study the company's business and make preparations to work overtime better in the future!"

Xie Cheng looked at her for a moment without saying anything.

It looks like he believed it!

Lan Xi complimented him a few more times, repeatedly reassuring him before happily leaving with a smile, convinced everything would go perfectly.

...

Looking at her back view, Xie Cheng felt rather irritated as he tugged at his tie.

He knew he shouldn't interfere but Xie Cheng couldn't stand by as things happened right before his eyes.

Statistics showed that many girls who suffered sexual assault in their youth, even when they grew up and clearly understood the harm those past experiences caused, due to the trauma imprinted on them since childhood, they would often easily develop a self-destructive psychological state. As a result, it was very easy for their lives to continue down that dark path from the past.

A large proportion of fallen women were victims of sexual assault in their youth. However, if they didn't have strong guardianship and supervision, as well as proper psychological counseling and support, it was very easy for these girls to fall back into the abyss again.

Lan Xi was too beautiful. With her looks, she was inherently prone to being corroded by the temptations of the outside world. Moreover, her social and comprehension abilities were clearly problematic.

If she also stumbled into a predator's trap...

The kind of people going in and out of places like Jinlin Club were all people high in status and power. An idiot like Lan Xi going there would definitely be taken advantage of without anything left.

So was it believable when she said she had no Saturday night plans?

Xie Cheng didn't know.

But coincidentally, he also had no arrangements on Saturday night, plus as a frequent host of business banquets and entertainment, he happened to be a member of Jinlin Club as well.

...

Having a rare chance to meet her compatriots on an alien planet, Lan Xi dressed very formally. She maxed out her credit card to buy an expensive dress, determined to attend elegantly dressed.

Naturally, upon arriving at the club, Lan Xi felt it was all worth it.

With one look, all the people coming and going were either wealthy or nobility. In every brick and wallpaper of the club, one could feel the extravagant luxurious atmosphere.

The service staff were respectful and humble. Champagne and desserts could be seen everywhere. The lavish decor...

Lan Xi finally had some feelings of being a princess again.

Wang Zhiqiang was very proud. "Princess, isn't this arrangement not bad right?"

When Lan Xi pushed the door of the private room open, inside was a group of middle-aged and elderly people with dignified and stately bearings, wearing either black suits or formal dresses. They immediately stood up upon seeing her and respectfully bent at the waist to bow down before Lan Xi.

"Princess, have you noticed these people are all very familiar?" Wang Zhiqiang arrogantly introduced the members one by one to Lan Xi.

Lan Xi nearly got lost among the string of titles - presidents, chairmen, major shareholders, managing partners...

What was even more excited than her was this group of peak achievers in the eyes of Earth -

"Princess! To think I'd get to see you again in my lifetime after coming to Earth. You may not remember me. I'm the neighbor of your second aunt's husband's third aunt's son's family..."

"After leaving Mu Yi star, I've missed the imperial capital this whole time. What's it like there now? Has it changed a lot?"

"The last time I saw royalty was at Your Majesty's accession ceremony! In a blink, Princess has grown up so much!"

...

No matter what race, upon reaching a certain age, there would be feelings of nostalgia towards one's homeland, like fallen leaves returning to their roots. This group of usually stoic and stern peak achievers upon seeing Lan Xi, were almost moved to tears as they pulled her aside to reminisce about the past on Mu Yi star and inquired considerately about her current situation -

"Princess, do you plan to stay on Earth for long this time? Have you encountered any difficulties? We arrived and settled on Earth early on, so we have some resources..."

She didn't have any difficulties, but...

Lan Xi thought about the debt on her credit card. "Do you have money? Give me some money."

Just as Lan Xi's abilities were strength, sensitivity towards the weather, superb memory, and exceptional data analysis, these Mu Yi star immigrants before her also each had their own unique strengths.

Having secretly blended into Earth early on, relying on their own talents, they had now deeply embedded themselves across different fields, built up their businesses, and what they did not lack at all was money.

President Lin of that real estate company immediately showed an obliging attitude: “Princess, how much do you want?”

Lan Xi held out her palm and made a gesture, somewhat embarrassedly said: “Five thousand, is that okay?”

Working is really difficult, money does not come easily. After coming to Earth, Lan Xi only realized that having money to spend is not a law of nature. Five thousand yuan is often several months of living expenses for many earthlings!

President Lin confirmed: “Five thousand? Is five thousand enough, Princess?”

“Enough, enough.”

“Okay! Give me an account, I’ll go back and arrange for someone to transfer the 50 million out as soon as possible in batches!”

50 million?!

Lan Xi couldn’t help but stare widely: “You’re so rich?!”

Before President Lin could answer, several other presidents immediately expressed that they also wanted to donate generously —

"Princess, if it's not enough for you, I have some too."

"Me too."

......

Lan Xi laughed so much that she could barely close her mouth. She immediately took out the payroll card that Wang Zhiqiang had handled for her: "Quick, transfer it to me, transfer it to me quickly."

Since Lan Xi had already issued such a clear instruction, the other presidents immediately took out their mobile phones one by one with dignified attitude and issued instructions to their finance department.

It’s just......

Soon, President Lin, who took action first, showed embarrassment on his face and walked to Lan Xi —

"Princess, I can't transfer the money in."

He tidied up his words and explained: “My financial officer reported to me that your card is a second-class bank card. On Earth, the daily transfer in and out limit for second-class cards is 10,000 yuan. So we can only transfer 10,000 yuan. And the annual transfer in limit for your second-class card is 200,000 yuan."

Wang Zhiqiang, who handled the card, was a little embarrassed. He touched his nose: “Princess, to crack down on financial fraud, banks are very strictly managed now, especially for issuing first-class cards. Auditing is very difficult to pass. I could only issue a second-class card for you......"

If it was a second-class card, then according to the limit...

20,000 per year, just to collect President Lin's 50 million, it would take...

“250 years, Princess!”

Wang Zhiqiang fawned: “Let’s take it slow. You'll have 50 million as a rich Earth woman after 250 years!”

President Lin thought for a while and came up with another idea: “I’m in real estate development. Princess, things like properties, you can sell them for cash in the future. Why don't I transfer the ownership of ten properties to you now?”

“That won’t work either...” Wang Zhiqiang said embarrassingly, “When the Princess applied for her ID previously, it was registered as an out-of-town resident. Now there’s a purchase restriction, she can’t buy property in Rong City......" He forced an awkward laugh, “It’s too difficult to get Rong City residency......”

“......”

Seeing the atmosphere was wrong, Wang Zhiqiang sneaked out first. He pretended to look at the time: “Oh, Princess, it’s this time already. I have to call my wife. I’ll go out first and let you guys continue!”

“......” I don’t believe your nonsense! Whether Earth will be destroyed or become extinct after 250 years is questionable!

Forget it, at least got 10,000 first for now.

Lan Xi thought for a while and came up with a clever idea: “Do you guys have cash? Just give me all your cash first.”

As soon as she commanded this, President Lin, who moved the fastest, immediately took out all the cash from his wallet at the first instance and stuffed it into Lan Xi's hand: “Princess, take this money.”

“I have some too! Princess, is this enough?”

“Princess, use mine!”

“Princess......”

Just as Lan Xi was happily accepting money one by one, enjoying being called “Princess”, she heard a voice coming from outside the private room, then the door of the private room was pushed open forcefully.

“Sir, this private room is for other members' private events. If you don't have an invitation letter for this event, you cannot......"

Pushing the door and entering against the server's obstruction was an angry-looking man.

Xie Cheng?

Looking at the person at the door, Lan Xi's heart beat like a drum.

She didn’t know how Xie Cheng ended up here.

Xie Cheng across from her had a sullen face and stared fiercely at Lan Xi and the money in Lan Xi's hands.

The atmosphere was a bit tense.

However, Wang Zhiqiang's excited voice broke the silence —

"Princess, I just reported to my wife, and I can go home late tonight......"

Wang Zhiqiang, who had just pretended to make a phone call, really made a call this time. It was rare to have this kind of gathering, so he persuaded his wife to get permission to return home late tonight. Feeling that the timing in the private room should be about right, he slipped back in......

As a result......

As a result, as soon as he pushed open the door, he was frightened by Xie Cheng at the door —

“President...Xie?”

At that moment, Wang Zhiqiang was so frightened that he almost had a heart attack.

Damn his loose mouth, how did “Princess” slip out so easily?

How much did Xie Cheng hear when he came in?

Could it be that the identity he had endured humiliation and changed his name to hide for more than ten years was going to be completely exposed today?

Not only Wang Zhiqiang, Lan Xi was also a little overwhelmed for a while.

She felt guilty as if caught cheating, and was equally afraid of her identity being exposed.

On Earth TV shows, aliens would always be reported and taken to the dissection table. Especially with her status as the Princess of Mu Yi Star, how could she still accomplish the great mission of conquering Earth?

"Princess?"

Sure enough, Xie Cheng frowned and repeated these two words solemnly.

Lan Xi argued: “You heard wrong!”

Xie Cheng paused, glared at Lan Xi, then looked at everyone else in the room, gritting his teeth: “He, him, and him, all called you Princess. I heard it all clearly.” His voice was gloomy, “I know very clearly already!”

It’s over.

Lan Xi didn't expect her Princess identity to be exposed like this...

Just as she was racking her brains about any possibility of a last struggle, she heard Xie Cheng speak again.

His tone was angry: “Princess! So you are actually a Princess!”

They all know she's a Princess now. Why is he still acting like this...

Since her identity was already exposed, Lan Xi was straightforward too. She reminded in a friendly manner: “You already know I’m a Princess. You need to watch your words...”

As a result, before she could finish, Xie Cheng pulled her over angrily.

He furiously said: “You don't have to emphasize your Princess identity.”

“I already know very clearly!” Xie Cheng looked around at the various middle-aged men in the room, “Didn’t you tell me you didn't have any special plans for the weekend, especially not to see men? You said you’d stay at home to study the company's business properly?”

“Turns out you’re very capable, Lan Xi. You openly violated your promise and became a KTV princess behind my back!”

!!!

“And you even remind me to watch my words. What, can’t say anything if I don’t choose you as a princess here and give you money to spend money on you?”

“......”