Chapter 107 - School Reunion (2)

The days were peaceful for Yu Yan. She had started to get used to the fact that Long Ying didn't want to leave her alone when it was night time. At the same time, the time for school reunion was fast approaching.

"Ying, today there's school reunion. Do you have work today?"

Long Ying shook his head. He still remembered that there was school reunion today and purposely made sure that his schedule was empty. "No. There's no work today. Do you want to go now?"

"It's still a bit early." Yu Yan glanced at the clock, but she still nodded. "Well, there's nothing wrong with preparing early. Do you still remember the boys in high school, Ying?"

"I only remember some." There were like 40 odds something students in their class back then. Long Ying didn't remember everyone because he rarely interacted with more than half of them. In addition, the students also often ostracized him because of his black glasses he wore almost every day.

Yu Yan nodded. She also only remembered some of her female classmates. Thinking about it, she mostly spent her time with Long Ying rather than with her other friends back then. Also, it has been eight years since she last saw them, so her memory was no longer that good.

"How about the girls?"

"I only remember you."

Yu Yan: "…" are you lying?

But Long Ying genuinely no longer remembered his classmates that much. The girls didn't really like him back then, so he could barely remember them either.

The two of them finished their preparation and departed early. The location of the reunion was in one of the good hotel there. Looking at the brand, Yu Yan clicked her tongue.

"Why do I feel that all the hotels around here all belongs to Zhang Corporation?"

"Zhang Xue, Zhang Liang's twin brother, owned most of the expensive hotels in the capital city. It's hard for you to find any place that didn't belong to them in this place. If you go to other cities, you will be able to find other hotels that didn't belong to them."

Yu Yan nodded. She had heard about Zhang Family influence and certainly knew that it was one that dominated two fields. Come to think about it, Long Family also dominated one field, right?

The field of firearms….

No wonder that they also had Dragon Clan to help them behind the scenes. It was much more dangerous compared to sweets and also hotels.

"Yu Yan!" Zhou Wei waved her hand when she saw Yu Yan came. She was dressed lavishly and as part of Zhou Family, it would be weirder for her to not be dressed lavishly.

"Zhou Wei." Yu Yan nodded. "You're early."

"Hehehe, I'm one of the few who arranged the school reunion. You look fine. The rumors in the internet didn't bother you at all?" Zhou Wei asked.

Not everyone was supportive of Yu Yan as there were many others who were also saying that Yu Yan was such a heartless woman to not care about what her mother and sister experienced. Not only that, she was also the one who sold them out when the matter was something so private that should have been discussed by themselves.

Though, thanks to her, Yu Xin would be famous if she wished to ever become an actress as almost everyone knew her in the negative way.

Yu Yan shrugged. "They can say anything and I'll still not care in the slightest bit. Why do you think I should care about what other people are saying when they didn't even understand the real situation? They're just spouting their opinion based on what was presented before them without knowing the background story."

"That's true."

Zhou Wei sneaked a glance at Yu Yan, feeling that even though Yu Yan came from not so rich family, the woman always looked like she was glowing. Even back in high school, Zhou Wei had long idolized Yu Yan and wished that she could be like the other party.

But she never realized that behind the happy expression that Yu Yan always showed was a bitter reality of a broken family.

"This is….?" Zhou Wei finally noticed Long Ying, who was standing slightly behind Yu Yan.

Yu Yan's eyes flickered as she giggled. "You can't possibly forget him, right?"

Since they were meeting their friends from high school, Long Ying switched back to his usual black glasses. Right now, he did look like a suspicious person but since he came with Yu Yan, no one dared to quest him.

Zhou Wei blinked her eyes before she blurted out, "Long Ying?"

"Now you remember."

"Yeah. I didn't expect the two of you are still together." Zhou Wei grinned. "It seems that since the two of you are best friend in high school, the friendship lasted even after you have grown up."

Yu Yan cleared her throat. "He's my husband now, Zhou Wei."

Husband?

Zhou Wei looked at Yu Yan with disbelief. Everyone in their class knew that these two were always together during break time but there was no one who ever thought that these two would ever get married. After all, the two of them didn't look like they were so into each other…

Right?

But looking at Yu Yan's happy expression, Zhou Wei could guess that these two were actually loving each other.

"Congratulations! Damn, I didn't know that you're actually married to Long Ying. Hahaha! No wonder that there's a rumor that you actually married your first love in the internet. And that your first love is actually your schoolmate. To think that it's true."

Yu Yan was speechless. Who in the world actually spread that? Well, it was not wrong, but she definitely didn't want everyone to talk about it. 

Zhou Wei was naturally a bit loud and her voice attracted the others' attention. They started to come forward and began to inquire more curiously.

"Really? You two really got married?"

"Damn! And here I thought you only accompany him because he's bullied back then."

"Whoa, he's really your first crush! Tell me more! I want all the juicy news!"

Yu Yan laughed at her high school classmates' enthusiasm. She didn't remember them at first but as she talked to them, it felt as if she had returned back to high school. At that time, children never needed to worry about anything other than their grades.

Some of them had already started to wear a mask and hide their emotion, but many of them were still pure and just showed their happiness and sadness blatantly. They might change in the future because of the society but when they recalled this time, it would be a golden memory.

And for Yu Yan, her memory from high school would always the best.

"Long Ying," one of the male there greeted. He raised a glass. "Care for a drink?"

Long Ying looked at him and nodded. "Huo Dan Lang, you're here."

"There's no work for me to do, so I would like to stay behind and have some fun." Huo Dan Lang was a big man and known to be a bully back in high school. His target at first was Long Ying but after knowing the other real identity, he became as timid as a mouse and never dared to get close to Long Ying in the slightest bit. 

Due to some incidents, he started to interact more with Long Ying and they buried the hatched. Though, Huo Dan Lang knew that he would never be able to get any closer than just friend to Long Ying.

"I see. I thought you get into dispute again with the neighboring gang."

"%^&! You really know my problem." Huo Dan Lang cursed a bit. "Oh well, it's near your territory but don't worry, we won't pull Dra…your clan into it."

Long Ying nodded. He was not worried at all. If they dared to make use of him and his clan, they have to be ready to pay with their lives. It wouldn't be easy for them to make use of him and his clan as they wished.

"But I'm surprised."

"Hmm?"

"Someone like you can have a normal love life and even settle down. I didn't even dare to get close to my crush." Huo Dan Lang smiled bitterly. He was the son of the leader of a local gang in the capital city. Given his position, he knew very well that getting close to a woman might cost their lives. He had someone he liked but he kept his distance away because he knew that his enemies might use her to be his weakness. 

It was too dangerous.

Long Ying nodded solemnly. "I know what I'm doing."

"Be careful."

"Hmm."

Long Ying looked at the glass in his hand as his lips formed a cruel smile. Those who dared to lay their hands on his wife would have to be ready to face hell.. He would protect her properly and never ever let her got hurt.