Chapter 149 - Paying A Visit (2)

"Let me accompany you. It's quite windy right now, so it'll be better for you to not stay outside for a long time."

It was summer, right…. Yu Yan wanted to retort that way but decided not to when she saw San Xia's serious gaze. 

"Let's go."

"Mhm."

…

The next day, Yu Yan invited Feng Mian to her mansion, in which her best friend happily obliged. Only Long Ying and Zhang Liang both pulled a long face when they met each other in the mansion.

"Never in my wildest dream I think of you coming here…" Long Ying grunted. 

Zhang Liang arched his eyebrows. "That should be my line."

"No reporters?"

"I already clean them up. The security camera also has been settled, so no one will have a record of this visit."

Long Ying nodded. Those who didn't know might think that they were meeting for some secret dealings while in truth… they were only coming here because their wives wanted to meet with each other. Sometime, the truth was a bit hard to accept, especially in this kind of matters.

At this time, Yu Yan had pulled Feng Mian inside and they toured the mansion. Afterwards, Yu Yan brought Feng Mian to the living room. "How's your work so far?"

"Hehehe, I made progress since I'm going to publish the second series." Feng Mian grinned. The second series of her painting depicted her journey after her marriage with Zhang Liang.

"Still doing commissions?"

"Yep. I don't accept that much each time, but it's still quite a lot in total. How about you? You disappeared for the past few weeks." Feng Mian glanced at her best friend.

"I'm busy training." Yu Yan shrugged. "Well, I'm already married to Long Ying but there's no wedding party like yours."

"…You mean wedding ceremony. I don't hold wedding reception." Feng Mian shuddered at the thought of standing at the stage for hours. If Zhang Liang wanted to, it was highly possible for them to hold it, but she was more used to a humble wedding where they just have simple ceremony then held dinner. That was how her parents got married to each other back in their youth. Because of that, she refused when Zhang Liang wanted to hold wedding reception.

"Ah yeah…" Yu Yan nodded.

"Will you hold it?"

"Probably not. Ying said that it's not possible with his position to flaunt my existence as his wife."

Feng Mian held Yu Yan's hand tighter. There was concern in her eyes while Yu Yan waved her hand lightly and laughed faintly. "There's no worry, I can accept that as long as he didn't leave me."

It was just a ceremony. Even if she didn't have one, it would not change the fact that she was married to Long Ying. As for not announcing it to the whole world, it was another matter altogether. With him being the underworld leader… it would only complicate matters if he had to announce the matter.

"Alright. I wish you happiness."

"Thanks~."

Feng Mian took out her phone and then she recalled something. "I checked my emails."

"Oh?"

"The video that you sent to me is protected but I asked for Zhang Liang's help to decrypt it… it's not a video of how your parents ask you to work, is it?" Feng Mian looked at Yu Yan. When she saw the video and how Yu Xin was trying to force Yu Yan to drink the drink, she wished that she was there and slapped that insolent woman.

How dare she tried to drug her sister openly after failing to do it covertly? Did she not have any feelings for her own sister?

Yu Yan paused for a moment then nodded. "Yeah. You see it?"

"Mhm…. I really wish I can slap that si… no, that annoying Miss from Yu Family." Feng Mian didn't even want to say that Yu Xin was Yu Yan's sister. She herself didn't have sister but a brother and it was needless to say that the two of them would not want harm to happen to each other.

But Yu Yan's family… they instead pushed their own daughter to the abyss. How ironic.

Shouldn't parents be the one who cared the most for their children?

"Not everyone can have perfect family, especially those at the upper class society." Yu Yan sighed. "When money becomes something important, there are people who can even sell their own children. Even poor people often do that but the only difference is that they don't have any choice to live while those at the upper society do it for power, money, and influence."

And besides, arranged marriage was often because of political reasons too. Even in this modern world there was still a lot of people who could easily sold out other people for their own benefit.

"I'm sure you'll be happy." Feng Mian hugged Yu Yan and said slowly, "Live better than them and show to them that it doesn't matter how much they try to bring you down. You'll stand and prevail."

"Hmm, that's obvious." Yu Yan smiled. "Now, shall we head to the kitchen and cook together."

"Uh, wait, Yan'er, your cooking is a bit bland. Let me do the cooking and you prepare the ingredients."

"Nonsense, I have already improved!"

The two of them headed to the kitchen and stayed there for a long time. It was not until Zhang Liang and Long Ying called them for lunch did they come out from the kitchen, all wet…

Both men were speechless.

Did their wives play with water in the kitchen?

Zhang Liang and Feng Mian didn't stay for a long time. After the lunch and also Feng Mian borrowing clothes from Yu Yan, the two of them left.

Long Ying glanced at Yu Yan. "What are you two doing in the kitchen? Even if you destroy the kitchen, I don't think it's possible for you two to be soaked as if there's rain inside."

Yu Yan pursed her lips. "You don't need to know. I'll prepare myself for the wedding reception."

As for the wedding ceremony, Yu Yan was not invited. She also had no intention of coming since Yu Family had already kicked her out. What was the point of showing up there when she was not part of their family? She had no intention of latching herself to that annoying family either.

After some contemplation, Yu Yan picked long red dress. In any case, the wedding reception would be western themed, so Yu Xin would be wearing white dress. It wouldn't clash with her when she wore red dress.

Long Ying also wore suit and used contact lenses to cover his pupil. Looking at Yu Yan, who was dressed elegantly, he smiled. His eyes turned kinder as he wished that he could hold her at all time.

"You still need to hide your silver eyes?" Yu Yan noticed the contact lenses almost immediately. She had gotten used to see his beautiful silver eyes whenever she saw him. Now that it changed to dark brown, she could instantly recognize it. 

"Mhm, it's not suitable for me to show my silver eyes."

There were some people from upper class society who would know about his real identity, so he chose to cover it up by wearing contact lenses. Besides, the fact that Dragon Clan Head had silver pupil was not exactly a secret.

"Let's go."

"Mhm~."

When Lan Huo saw the two of them hold each other's hand as they walked out of the mansion, he could keep a straight face. After being force fed with dog food for the past year, he could more or less already being immune to it. Of course, he still wished that the two of them wouldn't flaunt their loves like that.

"Only Lan Huo?"

"An Lin will follow from a distance. If you need help, he'll come right away." Long Ying was more determined to protect her by himself, though. He would not allow her to leave on her own anymore in fear that she would get embroiled in some nasty events thanks to his father.

That annoying old man would do anything he wanted without even caring for the consequences as long as he could expand Long Family. It was thanks to Long Shao Huai and Long Ying's grandfather's method that Long Family became the overlord in City A.

However, Long Ying personally hated their heartless method.

Children who were born in Long Family could not even experience normal childhood nor the warmth their family provided because of the brutal training and other things.

The wedding reception was held in Grand Gold Hotel, one of the hotels that was owned by Zhang Corporation. It was very likely that almost all the famous hotels all around the country belonged to their corporation. Only in some cities there were other competitors who were locally influential.

Yu Yan glanced outside and noticed that there were a lot of people. Her eyes widened as she tried to take a look around her and recalled some of their names. "I didn't expect there are a lot of people who will come here for them."

"Bao Family is still influential. Not to mention, his business is pretty good lately." Long Ying's tone was calm. He knew very well about the fact that Bao Tu could advance faster because the cost was greatly reduced, which in turn, increased his own profit.

"I see…."

"What?"

"I didn't expect it to last this long. I thought that it's going to end sooner." Yu Yan showed a helpless yet mischievous smile.