Chapter 117 - Speak To Each Other

The only problem that she encountered was bad friends who tried to take advantage of the gullible artist.

But Yu Yan was different. She had enemies both inside and outside and her husband was not any better. 

Feng Mian was silent for a while as she looked at her best friend. In the end, she spoke out, "Are you jealous, Yu Yan?"

"Maybe a bit." Yu Yan put out a wry smile. "But even if I'm jealous, I know that we're different and that I can't change my condition that much. I'm simply thinking about what I want to do in the future and how to build my own family. Would it be possible for me to have a warm family like yours?"

"I think you can."

Yu Yan was startled at the rapid response. She looked at her best friend in confusion. "What makes you so sure?"

Feng Mian looked at Yu Yan. "That's because a child might not necessarily experience the same thing as their parents. The time is different and I know the Yu Yan I know will be able to provide them with the best to make sure that they'll not be sad."

"You're even more confident than me."

"Of course! You're the bravest person I have ever met! Excluding Zhang Liang," Feng Mian paused for a moment. "Well, bravest female then."

Yu Yan was stunned then laughed. She didn't know why but when she was talking with Feng Mian, she felt that her burden was lighter. All that she needed to do was to speak more with her husband regarding this matter and settled it cleanly.

"Would you like to have dinner with us? It'll be time for dinner soon."

"Long Ying might be searching for me if I come back too late." Yu Yan furrowed her brows.

Feng Mian grinned. "is that a problem? We just need to invite him here and have dinner together."

"Eh?"

"I'll ask Liang to make a call."

"Wait! He's not someone…you should invite." Yu Yan knew very well about Long Ying's real identity and also his dealing in the underworld. It would be strange for someone like him to be invited to a business' house just like that, right?

But Feng Mian didn't listen and Zhang Liang called Long Ying over easily.

"You're saying that you want me to come to your place to have dinner?" Long Ying was resisting the urge to throw the phone in his hand. He thought that Zhang Liang was already crazy to ask him. Did that man want to be associated with Dragon Clan Head and got problem with the authorities?

Not to mention… Feng Mian's brother was not exactly an ordinary person and might even target him if he dared to appear.

"Don't worry, I'll ensure your safety in my residence."

"That's what you say last time but I nearly got my *ss kicked because of that… person."

"You're the one who offended her first." Zhang Liang rolled his eyes. "Also, your wife is here and will stay for dinner. If you want to have lonely dinner alone in your place, you're free not to come."

Crack!

The pen on Long Ying's other hand snapped into two. Lan Huo, who was watching Long Ying from the side, felt as if he should buy metal pen for Long Ying. Whenever Long Ying got bad news when he was working in the office, he would destroy his pen by snapping them into two cleanly.

Looking at the cut, Lan Huo really lamented that Long Ying was not a professional pen snapper.

"You're asking for it, Liang! Are you going to invite the others?"

"Not now. They're all currently busy."

"Fine, I'll go there."

Zhang Liang hung up and looked at his wife along with Yu Yan. "It's done, he'll come here for dinner."

"That's great! I'll inform Chef Lu to prepare more food!" Feng Mian said excitedly and rushed over to the kitchen. 

"Mian'er, don't run in the house!"

"I know!"

Zhang Liang could only smile helplessly when he saw that his wife was still running like a kid. Thanks to their morning training, Feng Mian's stamina had increased but it was still quite poor in overall.

He glanced to the side and saw Yu Yan fidgeted. "Quarreling with Ying?"

"We just have some disagreement." Yu Yan smiled, refusing to talk about this matter with outsider. It was her private matter and shouldn't be talked with others easily.

Zhang Liang merely nodded. He looked at Yu Yan as he thought about her gaze when she saw them back then. When he met this woman for the first time, she was more active and mischievous but she looked a bit loss today. It seemed that there was something that was weighing her mind.

'Yesterday was New Year. Oh, I think I know the problem.'

"Are you worrying about Long Family tradition? It's not going to affect you."

Yu Yan's body stiffened as she looked at Zhang Liang's direction with disbelief. Zhou Xi An had told her yesterday that only those who were close members of Long Family will ever know about the tradition and everything related to it. There was no way an outsider would be left alive if they ever found out about this matter.

But Zhang Liang… knew?

"Don't look so surprised, there are some other people who knows about this matter as well." Zhang Liang looked at Yu Yan. "Tell me your concern and I might be able to help you a bit. You seem to be troubled when you look at our family interaction just now."

"I just… think that this place is really warm." Yu Yan bit her lips. "It's very contrasting with how it is in Long Family."

"That's obvious with how stuck up that Old Long is," Zhang Liang snorted. "Are you worried that your family will end up like how Old Long is? Given Ying's personality and how he cares for you, I doubt it."

Yu Yan was stunned. She looked at Zhang Liang with a dumbfounded expression, unsure how she should tread this topic.

Zhang Liang smiled faintly. "What determines the atmosphere in your family is obviously your interaction with each other. I admit that being born in the prominent family means that I don't exactly have normal childhood but it didn't deprive me from experiencing the warmth that my parents give me. Feelings and also your interaction with each other matters a lot when it comes to having a family."

Stopping for a bit, Zhang Liang then continued, "If you're still worried, just talk to Ying about it. That blockhead will not understand until you say it out loudly. He's quite dense just like some other annoying people."

Yu Yan nodded. Her minds had started to think about this.

Right, she should just talk about her concern to Long Ying and let them talked about it. So far, they hadn't had any discussion about having children nor building a family or whatever. However, they would have to talk about it sooner or later and it would be good to be decided about it from the very beginning.

With that in mind, Yu Yan felt much better.

She felt that her decision to come visit Feng Mian at this time was correct.

"I already inform the kitchen. Do you want to play some games while waiting?" Feng Mian asked while holding her phone with a grin. "There's a game that I have been hooked on lately."

"Oh, show me. You're usually bad at games, so let me see whether I can defeat you again."

"Ugh, stop showing off."

The two girls were still playing on their phone when Long Ying came to their residence. He didn't exactly go inside through the usual way and instead slipped inside and appeared at the front door, knocking on it. He could enter inside directly but he didn't want to disrespect Zhang Liang. The only reason why he slipped inside was simply to avoid people seeing him entering Zhang Liang's residence and possibly create trouble for the two of them. 

Zhang Liang opened the door and smiled faintly when he saw Long Ying stood there. "You've decided to come?"

"Shut your trap. Why do you even want me to be in your residence? Are you not afraid of getting arrested?"

"If I'm afraid of that, I'll never invite you our small circle of friends. Anyway, just enjoy tonight's dinner."

"Wait."

"What is it?" Zhang Liang asked in lazy tone.

"You didn't ask me to come here just for dinner, right?" Long Ying stared back at Zhang Liang solemnly. He knew how treacherous a businessman could be and Zhang Liang would definitely be at the top of pyramid when it was talking about this matter.

This man… was terribly annoying. There must be some hidden agenda he had when he called him here.

"Why do you think I call you here, Ying?" Zhang Liang asked back, his lips curled up to form a cold smile.