novelxo Chapter 1503
"A woman?" Levi sized Monique up and said sarcastically, "She? Are you kidding me? Which part of her actually made you guys think that she's a woman? She's flat-chested and has such short hair... If it wasn't because she's staying in the female dormitory, would you be able to tell that she's a woman?"
Woman!
Levi had always been popular with women, and he knew exactly how to please them. In his eyes, other than Mia Kyle, who was unreasonable, women should be gentle and beautiful.
Every time he saw those beautiful women, even if he was angry or sad, he would feel happy in an instant. However, even if he and Monique were not on bad terms, he would still think that she was nothing like a woman at all.
In fact, Levi was not wrong. Monique indeed did not look like how a 19-year-old girl should look.
Monique was born and raised in an old-fashioned martial arts family. Her family favored boys over girls and their unshared martial arts were only passed down to their sons. In their feudal minds, the daughters would eventually marry into another family, which meant, their unique martial arts would be passed down to outsiders. Hence, one of the most important rules within the Zellweger family was their daughter-in- laws must give birth to a male descendant or they are not allowed to stop trying.
Monique's grandfather, Owen Zellweger had only one son, which was Monique's father, Carl Zellweger. Needless to say, the responsibility of giving birth to a boy and passing down their martial arts to him had naturally fallen on Carl's shoulders.
At that time, Carl's wife, Brenda had given birth to two children but both of them were daughters. Carl pitied his wife and thought that it was fine to have daughters. He didn't want Brenda to conceive again, but the old-fashioned grandfather, Owen, had a problem with that, and would not stop making a fuss over it. Hence, in order not to make life difficult for her husband, Brenda decided to try for another child. When she was pregnant, Brenda went for an antenatal checkup to find out the gender of the child. When she found out that Monique was a girl, she had thought of giving her up. However, Carl felt that doing so would be harmful for Brenda's body, so he insisted that Brenda gave birth to Monique.
On the day of Monique's birth, Carl paid a nurse and put on a show to fool Owen. He brought a baby boy, who belonged to another family, to Owen, making Owen believe that the child that Brenda had given birth to was a boy.
Later, Carl tried everything he could to conceal Monique's identity. Slowly, he began to treat Monique like a boy and even Monique thought that she was a boy herself. She thought that she had to go to the gents like others boys would. It was one day when she finally realised that she was different that she confronted Carl about it. And that was how Owen found out that Monique was actually a girl. Now that only "grandson" in the family had become a granddaughter, Owen was so infuriated that he passed out. It actually took the doctors several hours to resuscitate him.
Since then, Owen had been in poor health. He was worried that he might pass away at any time but there was yet a male descendant. Hence, he began to make a fuss over it, forcing Carl to try for another child. However, Carl loved Brenda very much. He did not want her to go through any more pain, so he rejected Owen's request. Subsequently, Owen actually forced Carl to give birth to another child with another women, or he would commit suicide.
Fortunately, Carl did not waver under Owen's threat. He chose to stand firmly by his wife and his children. Even Owen was threatening him with death, he refused to give in, and once again made Owen faint from exasperation.
At that time, Monique was still young, so she was still an ignorant little girl. The only thing that she noticed was her grandfather, who used to favour her, started despising her the moment he found out that she was not a boy. Every time he saw her, he would shake his head and sigh, grumbling that she was a girl.
From then on, because of Monique's pent-up anger, she secretly vowed to master the family's martial art. She told herself that she must be better than any of the men in her family. She must not let anyone look down upon her.
After learning that Monique was a girl, Owen forbade Carl from teaching Monique anymore of their family martial arts. However, Monique continued to pester her father, asking him to teach her. Carl doted on Monique so he secretly taught her. Monique was interested in martial arts and Carl was willing to teach her. Moreover, Carl thought that not only was Monique not inferior to any of the boys, she was easily more outstanding than many of them. In short, Carl was very proud of her. Then, by the time when Owen finally found out that Carl had been teaching Monique in secret, Monique had already grown into a beautiful young lady.
Monique's beauty was not quite the same as that of ordinary girls. Instead of being gentle and feminine, she gave off a confident and suave vibe. On top of that, she had long, silky hair, which made her look even more beautiful.
Apart from being born into a well to do family, Monique was beautiful and capable too. Hence, when she finally turned eighteen, her relatives and neighbors were eager to introduce men to her.
Monique's focus had never been on dating and falling in love with boys. All she wanted was to prove her ability and let her grandfather know that she was on par with any of the guys out there. Hence, she applied for the special forces and managed to get in on her first try.
According to Owen's conservative thinking, guys would either practice martial arts or serve the country. Hence, in order to prove that she was more powerful than boys, Monique chose to be a soldier to prove her
abilities.
Before joining the army, Monique cut off her long silky hair and kept a crew cut like other male soldiers.
However, she had gone through puberty earlier than her peers. Hence, although she was young, she had a voluptuous figure. Needless to say, her busty assets interfered with her training, so she decided to decided to use a chest binder, to make things more convenient for herself.
Because of that, she hardly exuded the femininity of a young woman. Besides her face, she didn't look like a woman at all. Moreover, she was excellent in hand-to-hand combat, which made the male soldiers feel like she was one of them. Eventually, all of them began to ignore the fact that she was a girl.
Monique did not say a word and lowered her head. Levi thought that he had hit her soft spot, so he laughed evilly and said, "Monique, being flat chested is not your fault. You don't have to be sad over it. Besides, you may not be able to get married in the future anyway, so there wouldn't be anyone who would care about your flat chest."
Monique hated such remarks the most. She glared at Levi and said, "You're just a useless piece of sh*t! If it weren't for your father, do you actually think that you'll be able to get into Red Eagle?" Levi raised his eyebrows. "What? What did you say?"
Levi admitted that he joined Red Eagle through unconventional means. However, he could stay in the team because he had proven that he had what it took. It had nothing to do with his father at all. Monique replied, "Huh, don't tell me you didn't know that one of our comrades, who had been training for more than four months, had to leave because you?"