Chapter 113 - Dinner In Long Family (3)

Yu Yan clenched her fist but looking at how Long Ying was gripping her hand tighter, she knew that he was warning her to not do anything. She didn't want to put him in difficult position, so she stayed silent.

There were things that she would never be able to understand, such was the relationship of Long Ying with his family members. 

'I hate this.'

But this also made Yu Yan felt that she understood a bit that Long Ying must be holding himself back when he saw her being treated unfairly by her family members. His condition himself was not ideal and it was clear that his family members were all against him. 

They didn't want him to live well.

"Long Shu Xing, fix your clothes." Long Shao Huai spat out.

"Yes, Father." Long Shu Xing quickly buttoned his t-shirt and properly adjusted his clothes. He didn't really like to be ordered by his father, but he was also a person who knew that he shouldn't make things difficult for himself. His father would not care that much about him.

Long Shao Huai looked at a glance at Long Shu Ting. "When will you have your second child?"

"We're trying, Father," Long Shu Ting answered calmly.

Zhou Xi An gripped her son's hand tighter and looked back at Long Shao Huai calmly. But it was clear that her back was already drenched with sweat. She knew very well the power of the man before her, so she didn't dare to say anything that might displease him or put him in bad mood.

"Do better!"

"Yes, Father."

Long Shao Huai then glanced at Long Ying. "Keep the seat for the time being. I don't care for your private affairs but I want you to be the same person as ever."

"Yes, Mr. Long." Long Ying looked back calmly. There were not even any ripples of emotion within his words when he spoke at Long Shao Huai. His way of addressing was not any different than how he addressed a stranger.

Afterwards, Long Shao Huai didn't say anything more and started eating. The atmosphere in the area was extremely cold, so cold that one might be able to freeze water in this temperature.

Yu Yan didn't have appetite even though there were a lot of delicious food served in front of her right now.

"Eat more," Long Ying said in low tone.

Looking at Long Ying's expression, Yu Yan nodded faintly then glanced down at her own plate. She forced herself to eat but still felt so stifled with the cold atmosphere. It didn't feel like a family dinner but instead, it felt as if they were inside a battlefield.

However, the other members of Long Family were eating calmly. No one was speaking nor there was anyone who made any other noise other than their tableware. Their dining etiquette was so perfect that it could make ordinary people cry in comparison.

Even the troublemaker Long Shu Xing eat perfectly with elegance.

After the torturing dinner, Long Shao Huai stood up. "You have a month to clean up your mess, Long Shu Xing. Also, I want you to finish the deal soon, Long Shu Ting."

"Yes, Father," The two brothers answered in unison.

Long Shao Huai didn't even take another glance at Long Ying as he walked into the house with Wang Yue Er following behind him. All the time, she was staying silent near him and did whatever it was possible to minimize her presence. If one didn't know better, they might not realize that she was present at all.

"Finally that old man left." Long Shu Xing heaved a sigh of relief. He glared at his brothers. "I'm not in the mood to argue with you anymore. I have to go."

Yu Yan could guess that Long Shu Xing must be out to clean up his mess, whatever it was. His father's warning must be something that not even the troublemaker of Long Family dared to ignore.

"Take care, Second Brother."

"Hmph."

Long Shu Ting stood up carefully. He looked at his wife and nodded. "You can relax a bit. I just want to go to the bathroom to wash my hand."

"I want to come too, Father."

Father?

Yu Yan looked at the young boy as she recalled her own childhood. Back then, she always called her mother and father as 'Mommy' and 'Daddy' because it would sound closer. The boys her age back then were also the same.

But in here, they couldn't even call their parents like that?

"Come here."

As the two of them going, Yu Yan turned to look at Long Ying. There were thousands of questions she wanted to ask him right now. Long Ying seemed to be able to guess what the first thing she wanted to ask as he immediately explained without batting an eyelid. 

"Wang Yue Er is in political marriage with Long Shao Huai. She's an obedient person who will follow whatever arrangement Long Family had without asking any question."

In other words, she couldn't even become a mother.

If Long Shao Huai didn't permit it, Wang Yue Er couldn't even see her children. No matter how much she wanted to, she would not be allowed to be the mother of her children and they had to grow up while learning to be the successors of Long Family.

"What is Long Family tradition?" Yu Yan asked carefully.

Long Ying didn't answer directly and then turned his head to look at Zhou Xi An. She had walked to their direction and smiled elegantly, yet there was a trace of sadness in her eyes. "Do you really want to know, Sister in law?"

Hearing her calling her as sister in law made Yu Yan a bit surprised. She had seen that Zhou Xi An was a bit warmer but as a person from Zhou Family, it would be impossible for her to be a simple person.

"Yes." Yu Yan nodded. She knew that knowing this secret might mean that she would be involved in Long Family matters deeply. But she also didn't want to keep being in the dark and didn't know anything about something that might be important.

"Third Brother in law, have you told her about your silver eyes?"

Silver eyes?

Yu Yan looked at Long Ying as if asking him question.

Long Ying looked at Yu Yan. "You might think it's strange but there are some families who inherited some kind of ability from their ancestors. Long Family adopted daughter who had silver eyes and it's from thereon this family lineage had one silver eyes person per generation."

"It's not just some anomaly?" Yu Yan asked slowly.

"No. Those who had silver eyes can see in the darkness." Long Ying looked at Yu Yan and smiled bitterly. "Even if the place is total darkness, I can still see things as if it's daylight. It's because of this anomaly that I can live in the underworld much better than ordinary people."

When it came to do things that could only be done in the middle of the night, Long Ying was the best. His opponents couldn't see in the dark but he could.

"That's…"

"Only the close member of Long Family knows this secret." Zhou Xi An looked at Yu Yan and sighed silently. "From the moment you know this, you'll never be able to get out of Long Family alive. And if you try to leak out this secret outside, you'll be punished."

Yu Yan was silent. She looked at Long Ying. "Long Family is not the only one."

"No. The origins are unclear but there are several powerful families who are powerful because of a special ability. As for their surname, it had been changed several times since if they have a daughter that was married away, the surname would change to that of the husband." Long Ying was calm. This was not exactly a secret in his close friends' circle.

"But in the past few decades, the families who have these descendants are keeping them closely and prevent them from being married away. Even if they have a daughter, they would instead ask the man to be married into their family."

Yu Yan looked at Long Ying as he explained calmly but she felt that it was not that simple. There must be something else that Long Ying kept from her. 

"Then, the tradition…?"

"Only the Long Family Head can have children. If the other brothers have children, they had to be raised by the Long Family Head unless they're born with silver eyes," Zhou Xi An replied on Long Ying's behalf. 

"Those with silver eyes will be thrown to Dragon Clan from the moment they could walk by themselves. The fates of the descendants of Long Family are determined from the moment they're born. And women who were married to this family could not make any decision.. Why do you think mother in law is chosen? It's because she's a passive person and will never question Father in law's decision."