"This is just a flesh wound. More importantly, I defeated the sparkly Godzilla! Praise me." Lu Xia smiled girlishly.
Seeing her cuteness, Lu AnLing didn't know whether to praise her or scold her but with the eyes of Tang Bingyi and Kang Liu Ran starring right at her, Lu AnLing touched Lu Xia's cheek softly and said,
"Fine. You did amazing but I'm still not happy that you got hurt..."
Lu AnLing felt like this was all her fault and, indirectly it was. Lu Xia did this for her but she did not expect the turn of events to be so painful to see.
As Lu AnLing caressed and spoke to Lu Xia, Tang Bingyi watched and she couldn't help but smile. The two really cared for one another. But at the same time, Tang Bingyi felt a bit jealous. Feeling such a thing, she tried to hide it.
Suddenly, Lu AnLing turned to Tang Bingyi and smiled.
"Xia told me you stood up for her, thank you so much." Lu AnLing said to Tang Bingyi.
Hearing this, Tang Bingyi shook her head. "No... she helped me out first so now we're even."
"Even? Hmmm..." Lu AnLing said as she looked between Lu Xia and Tang Bingyi with a cute smile plastered on her face. "You know what, I think what would truly make it even is if you two became friends."
Hearing this, Tang Bingyi raised her eyebrows curiously, "How so?"
"Well I hate seeing my friends get hurt and both you and Xia got hurt. So to make it up to me, you guys should get to know each other."
Tang Bingyi didn't mind the idea, but she still frowned for a second and said, "I didn't get hurt."
Grabbing her hands, Lu AnLing put them together like they were praying and said, "A slap stings not only the receiver but the giver also."
Lu AnLing held Tang Bingyi's hands as gently as she had touched Lu Xia's cheek. From this, Tang Bingyi felt tremendous warmth wash through her body and she unconsciously blushed.
Having a friend was nice. It was warm and bright like she was laying in a grass field at the beginning of summer...
Lu AnLing: "So? What do you say?"
Tang Bingyi nodded.
Seeing this, Lu Xia burst through the little world Tang Bingyi and Lu AnLing had created and said,
"Yayyy! I have a new bestie!"
Hearing this, Tang Bingyi burst out in laughter. This shocked both Kang Liu Ran and Lu AnLing but Lu AnLing was glad to see this.
Suddenly, a surprised voice of Elder Tang said, "What's going on?"
The three girls and Kang Liu Ran turned to look at the old man who stood side by side with Elder Kang.
After Kang Nianxi had found the two, the two old men had decided to make their way back into the hall. They'd joined up with Kang Mu and Mo Ruyi. A bit busy preparing for the events that would soon transpire, Mo Ruyi handed Kang Mei Xue and Kang Mingyu to Elder Kang to take care of for a while. The two old men were glad to have the little rascals to play with so they accepted.
As they walked through the hall, they played a bit with the kids and then, when they were having a serious conversation Elder Tang heard something he seldom ever did.
Tang Bingyi had laughed?
Elder Tang turned to see if it had actually happened and when he saw Tang Bingyi's bright face, The elder felt his heart warm.
Meanwhile, the kids, who had noticed Lu AnLing, ran to her instantly. They had been searching for her all night but the woman had been nowhere to be found.
As Lu AnLing bent down to pat both on their heads, Tang Bingyi unconsciously showed Elder Tang a bright smile, "I made a new friend."
Tang Bingyi was going to introduce Lu Xia but Kang Liu Ran stopped her by saying,
"Let me," Then he walked over, greeted the elders and then he took Lu Xia's hand. "Grandfather, Elder Tang, let me introduce you to my wife, Lu Xia."
Hearing the surname Lu, Elder Kang looked to Lu AnLing.
Elder Kang: "Are you also Lili's granddaughter?"
Lu Xia did not know what to say to this so Lu AnLing answered for her. "Yes. She's my cousin."
Elder Kang's face twisted with curiosity. What was with Kang boys falling in love with Lu women? Not that he was complaining but it was strange, to say the least...
Looking at Lu Xia, Elder Kang smiled and then he warmly welcomed Lu Xia to the family. After he did this, he looked towards Lu AnLing, who stood by Tang Bingyi, smiling at the two children at her feet and said,
"How are you doing?"
Lu AnLing smiled and said, "I'm doing well."
Hearing this, Elder Kang smiled. The way they had said this was a bit strange but that was to be expected because they were speaking in code.
"I see you like Lu AnLing. Is it because her name is Lu?" Elder Tang observed Lu AnLing, realizing something in the way the girl's eyes shone, he then leaned into Elder Kang and said, "Now that I look at her, she looks a bit like Lu Li Jing..."
Elder Trang raised his eyebrows. "Is she your secret love child? Or maybe the child of your secret love child?"
Elder Kang slapped Elder Tang on the arm. "Are you crazy. No!... but I can tell you that she is family."
Hearing this, Elder Tang didn't know what to say so he just stared at his old friend curiously.
"Just sit back and watch!" Elder Kang laughed.
***
As soon as Kang Jun had walked back into the hall, the first person he had laid eyes on was his grandmother.
Kang Jun looked into his grandmother's eyes and said, "Hello, Grandmother."
The old woman smiled. "Boy, it's been so long. I heard you were looking for me?"
Not caring about where they were, Kang Jun frowned and said, "I want custody of my daughter."
Hearing this, Feng Zhengyi's eyes sharpened. "Your Grandfather told you I see..."
Kang Jun: "Regardless. I want my daughter. Will you transfer custody to me or not?"
Feng Zhengyi could see that Kang Jun was not here to play games or waste time. Seeing how serious he was, Feng Zhengyi couldn't help but feel elated. This was what she wanted to see; a ruthless Kang Jun... the one capable of ruining a person's life.
Laughing, Feng Zhengyi said, "I refuse."
"Why?" Kang Jun said, with annoyance.
Feng Zhengyi: "A daughter needs a mother."
Hearing this, Kang Jun glared at the old woman and then he said, "Are fathers useless to their children?"
"Compared to a mother? Yes." Feng Zhengyi said without hesitation, she then looked passed Kang Jun towards Mo Ruyi and said, "You should understand this best, Your mother almost singlehandedly raised you and your brothers... Qiao Lan might not be Mei Xue's biological mother, but she's been the girls only mother for more than 6 years."
Kang Jun clutched his fists. "But she's abusing her."
"I see no marks on her," After saying this, Feng Zhengyi's eyes landed coldly on Kang Mingyu who stayed close to Kang Mei Xue.
Feng Zhengyi crosses her arms across her chest.
Kang Jun: "There is more than one kind of abuse. Regardless of this, Qiao Lan is not fit to raise my daughter—"
"And you think that you are? You won't even have time to spend with her. After that, Feng Yan, that irresponsible little vixen, will be left to raise them? What woman, apart from your mother, of course, would be willing to raise her husbands bastard child with a whore."
Kang Jun: "Whore?"
"What else do you call a woman who sleeps with a rich man, and then holds him hostage by bringing her pregnancy to term? If the bitch didn't die she would have probably tried to forcefully marry into the family. What a disaster that would have been!" Feng Zhengyi said with disgust.
Kang Jun's face twisted at every word. A whore? A bitch? How dare his grandmother call Lu AnLing, the mother of his children, that. Kang Jun did not show much emotion on his face but listening to the woman speak caused his hands to twitch.
Feng Zhengyi saw this clearly.
Feng Zhengyi: "Though, If Kang Mei Xue is truly being abused, I'll take her to live with me."
Hearing this, Kang Jun's heart froze. Looking at his grandmother's serious expression he felt anger like no other bubble within him.
"Such an abnormal nomadic lifestyle isn't good for a young child. You'll be damning her to a life as a recluse!" Kang Jun could barely control his emotions now.
"And you have no say in the matter." Feng Zhengyi's words were final as she raised her head to look over Kang Jun's demeanor. Seeing that he was beginning to seep killing intent, Feng Zhengyi clicked her tongue. "Boy, you simply must learn how to control that temper of yours. It's unbecoming."
Kang Jun didn't answer the woman, he just looked at her with eyes full of disgust.
Seeing this, Feng Zhengyi sighed and said, "Let me give you some advice. Children and marriage are nothing but a nuisance for a man like you. Just focus on more important things. You're only 34 right now. This is a prime time to advance your career and make yourself known."
Crossing her arm over her chest, Feng Zhengyi then said, "Despite the blood, and despite temperament, you're the pride and joy of this family. I'll always be on your side."
After saying this, Feng Zhengyi left Kang Jun frozen in place as he tried to control his anger.
Whether Feng Zhengyi liked it or not, Kang Jun was going to get his daughter back.
His grandmother might be powerful and connected but no one could fight the law. Kang Jun would make sure of it, but before he did this, he was going to have to defeat a few other enemies first.
Kang Jun's gaze swept across his family members.
Just as he did this, Kang Mu walked up to the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Thank you for gathering here today. As most of you might already know, today is a special day..."
Kang Mu continued to give a speech, most of which Kang Jun didn't bother to listen to. He just liked at Lu AnLing, Kang Mei Xue and Kang Mingyu.
Kang Mu: "... I welcome to the stage, my son, Jun and his fiancée, Feng Yan."
The crowd erupted in claps.
Hearing her name being called, Feng Yan walked on the stage. As she did this, Kang Jun looked at Lu AnLing softly from across the crowd and made his way up to the stage.
Once there, Feng Yan and Kang Jun stood side by side and nerves began eating away at Feng Yan.
Feng Yang waited until the crowd had stopped clapping. After they did, Feng Yan cleared her throat. Looking at her sister who stood by her mother, Feng Yan felt her heart clench.
Even if she had always been the lesser daughter in her mother's eyes, Feng Yan feared what this turn of events would do to their already strained relationship.
For a second Feng Yan couldn't speak but then, she looked away, to see Kang Jun whose eyes did not leave Lu AnLing and sighed.
Feng Yan: "Kang Jun and I are not getting engaged. Actually...."
"I'm married." Kang Jun said with no hesitation. He then looked to the stairs which led to the stage and held out his hand. "I'm happy to introduce my wife, Lu AnLing."
Hearing her name being called, Lu AnLing walked up on the stage elegantly despite her heart beating like a jackhammer in her chest.
Taking Kang Jun's hand, she looked into his warm eyes and then towards the crowd.
Ready to be judged.
Seeing this scene unfold, Kang Mei Xue who stood by Kang Mingyu and her great-grandfather blinked, as if trying to see if everything that was happening was a dream, and said,
"Does this mean aunties is my mommy, now?"
Everyone around her heard this, and they all laughed at how cute that question was, but Lu Xia, on the other hand, looked at the girl sadly, sighed and whispered,
"She always was..."
Well, this is the end of Volume Four! Volume Five is starting tomorrow, with a bit more chapters on the engagement part, then there will be a Kang Family meeting, and this time, it includes LAL and LX. But that's not the only interesting part! Before this happens something very interesting will happen at the engagement party.
Wife?
Did Kang Jun say wife?
Everyone was frozen. They couldn't believe what they had just heard. Many turned their heads to look at Kang Mu but even the man himself was shocked and had no idea what to say.
Seeing the way the people froze, Kang Jun signaled to a man near a projector. Seeing this, the man turned it on.
Once the man did, Kang Jun and Lu AnLing's marriage certificate was revealed for everyone to see.
Looking at it many people begin to gasp.
The whole room exploded into a chaos of questions and shock but because they knew who Kang Jun was, no one dared asked a single question.
The main branch of the Kang family did not speak either. They just remained quiet for a moment but then they began to whisper amongst themselves.
After the party was to end, there would probably be a family meeting. This was sure...
Looking up at the stage, Feng Zhengyi glared at Lu AnLing who held on tightly to Kang Jun's hand and a couple tables over, sat Qiao Lan, Rong Yue Wan, and Kang Nianxi.
"That bitch!" Rong Yue Wan said, trying to hold herself back from running up onto the stage and clawing Lu AnLing's eyes out.
Seeing such a ravenous look in Rong Yue Wan's eyes, Qiao Lan sighed.
"I doubt he loves her. She's just a toy for him to become the heir..." While saying this, Qiao Lan believed in her own words 100 percent and so did Rong Yue Wan but Kang Nianxi was not so sure.
He hated Kang Jun with a passion but because he hated him so much he could easily notice the change that occured in him when he was with Lu AnLing.
That day he had found out that both of his brothers had found love, and he knew what his brothers would do in order to protect their loves. It was the same he would do for Wang Tingting if he was more intelligent and capable...
For the first time, Kang Nianxi began to lose the will to fight for the title of the heir. Before this moment, Kang Nianxi knew that Kang Jun didn't want to be the heir. If he did, he would have married long ago but now, everything was over for him. Kang Nianxi had lost the battle and shockingly, he decided to take it like a man.
He stood up from his spot and clapped for his elder brother like many others in the room had begun to do.
Seeing this, Qiao Lan frowned. "You're giving up already?"
"Everything is done. You and I both know what this marriage means..." Kang Nianxi said. He could not deny the truth.
Kang Nianxi's words made Qiao Lan speechless for a second. But then, a thought suddenly appeared in her mind, "Don't be foolish. I bet grandfather and grandmother don't know. As long as they don't accept, that Lu AnLing girl will not become part of the Kang family!"
As she said this, Feng Zhengyi walked by the table where Qiao Lan and company sat. The old woman's face seemed normal but the aura surrounding her was somewhat dark.
Due to Qiao Lan's words, Feng Zhengyi frowned. "Tell me everything you know about this, Lu AnLing."
Hearing this, Kang Nianxi felt his body shiver without his permission. He was glad that Wang Tingting wasn't there, or else Wang Tingting would experience something he would never wish on his worst enemy; feeling the residue wrath of his grandmother.
Meanwhile, down where Elder Kang and Elder Tang sat, Elder Tang began to laugh hard. So hard, in fact, that he almost became out of breath.
Everyone who was around him looked at the old man with complete confusion.
"Your family is always a mess, isn't it?"
Elder Kang rolled his eyes.
Elsewhere, Mother Tang looked up at the stage with wide eyes but she did not speak a word.
It was Lu AnLing...
It had been a long time since she had seen the girl. She had grown so much since then. And she had even married into the Kang family? Mother Tang could not believe it even if it had been revealed in front of her very eyes.
Realizing how transparent she was being, Mother Tang took a deep breath and stopped herself.
Beside mother Tang, Tang Yiling looked up at the stage with a glare.
"She's not even pretty..." the woman grumbled.
Hearing this, Mother Tang hit Tang Yiling on the head. "Just because you're jealous, don't insult another person! It isn't the Tang way."
After saying this, Mother Tang made her way to the table where Tang Bingyi and Elder Tang were.
Before she followed her aunt, Tang Yiling looked up at the stage and rolled her eyes. Then, she looked back at her aunt with a frown. Tang Yiling didn't believe she had said anything wrong, in the first place. She was just telling the truth. Lu AnLing was not the prettiest of women, mostly when compared to herself. Tang Yiling believed Kang Jun could have done much better.
If only she had met him first...
Once at the table where Elder Tang sat with Elder Kang, Madame Tang introduced herself to Elder Kang.
Elder Kang turned to Elder Tang and said, "Wow! It's really been years... Your daughter has really grown. Every day she reminds me more and more of Liane."
Elder Tang laughed. "Yes, I agree. Huian and her twin brother really resemble Liane. Only Lang looked like me..."
Thinking of his eldest son, Elder Tang began to feel his heart fill with sorrow. But just as it began to fill his mind, Tang Yiling appeared and greeted everyone.
Seeing both his granddaughters and his daughter here with him, all seemingly resembling Liane in one way or another, Elder Tang sighed and tried to feel better.
***
Looking at Kang Jun and Lu AnLing happily holding hands in front of her, Feng Yan began to feel a bit sick. She was unsure of what to do but since her job was done, Feng Yan walked off the stage and headed towards her mother and sister. Feng Yan was afraid to raise her head so she didn't.
Once Feng Yan stopped, right in front of her mother, she felt cold air envelop her. She felt her mothers distaste for her, her hate.... but in the end, this was better compared to indifference.
Though even if that was what she believed, Feng Yan was still afraid to see her mother's disappointed face.
Just as she struggled with this thought, Mother Feng moved swiftly.
Thinking she was about to receive a slap, Feng Yan flinched but then, feeling her mothers arms wrap around her like a barrier of protection, Feng Yan lifted her head up.
"Darling, I'm proud of you..." Mother Feng said. Feng Yan was shocked about what her mother had just said to her. Those were words that she seldom heard.
"W-why?" Feng Yan said with confusion.
Mother Feng: "No woman should degrade herself and pine after a man who is clearly not interested in them and already in love with someone else."
Hearing this, Feng Yan expected her heart to squeeze. Kang Jun was the first person she had loved so completely, but instead, her mother's words created happiness within her which even shocked Feng Yan.
Deep in her heart, she thanked Kang Jun for breaking her heart and Lu AnLing for winning the battle...
Because Feng Yan had won a more important war.
There will be only one chapter today. I'm so sorry but I caught a cold (thanks a lot auntie). I was fine up until yesterday around noon but then I suddenly felt horrible so I wasn't able to finish writing the second chapter. So, I'll rest and write for the next two days, and I'll be back on Sunday, with hopefully around 4-5 chapter mini mass release to publish. Thank you all for your patience!
Also, sorry if there are more mistakes in this one, I took some medication and I feel really drowsy.
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