Lyca expected a lot of things in this eting. She expected her uncle would ask Shen Qui for a fight in the ring. She expected her uncle Wai to ask Shen Qui to try out his new designs. She also expected Uncle Wai's daughter would flirt with Shen Qui.
Lyca's expectations didn't end there. She also expected her grandfather to at least show a little doubt towards Shen Qui.
Oh well! She was wrong.
First and foremost, her grandfather liked her husband. He was laughing with him and seed to forget that Lyca was still there, dozing off. The older man was in an excellent mood even when they were already eating. In fact, he insisted that Shen Qui sit next to him. Of course, Lyca had to sit next to her husband too.
Then after dinner, the old man asked Shen Qui to play chess against him. The two continued playing chess and ignored everyone else, including Lyca.
Well, they didn't really ignore her as she also went to her grandfather's study to take a nap while the two were enjoying their tea.
"This tea is excellent!" Old Man Tang nodded. "I didn't know that you could brew a tea like this." He stared at Shen Qui before bringing his eyes back to the Chess Board. "May I know who taught you this kind of brewing?"
Shen Qui smiled. "It's my late uncle."
"Late uncle I heard he was with you on the streets before Old Man Huang found you?"
Shen Qui nodded. "We were on the streets for a few years." But that was only because his uncle was injured. He was wounded for a few years and was unable to find a decent job.
"Hmmm. I understand."
Since the old man didn't ask any other questions, Shen Qui just continued playing without saying anything. Seeing the boring ga, Lyca yawned. She was trying to sleep, but she found the couch too uncomfortable. "Grandfather, I will go out for a while."
"Hmmm."
Lyca leaned and kissed Shen Qui on the cheeks before leaving without saying anything else. She slowly closed the door and turned around.
*CRASH*
The loud sound of glass breaking interrupted the silence outside of Old Man Tang's office.
"Jesus Christ! Why do you have a dagger in your hand?" Lyca's cousin, Tang Fangi, exclaid.
"Why are you eavesdropping outside of grandfather's office?" Lyca asked.
"I was about to knock on the door!"
"You have been standing there for more than three minutes." Lyca squinted.
"I "Tang Fangi gulped her fear away. "I was just trying to see if if grandfather would say sothing."
"Sothing?" Lyca lifted an eyebrow.
"Well I I wanted to know if he would talk to you about my engagent."
"Engagent?" Lyca lifted an eyebrow. "Soone agreed to marry you?"
"You You are so rude! That's why I never liked you!"
"Hmmm. So? Who agreed to marry you?" Lyca's curiosity spiked. "Not all people in the Tang Clan liked her, and she was very aware of that. One of them is Tang Wai and Major An's daughter Tang Fangi. Growing up, the two never liked each other. Since Tang Fangi was older than Lyca, she wanted to boss Lyca around but never succeeded and would end up getting in trouble instead.
This woman liked to sche and would do her best to get Lyca in trouble, but Lyca recorded most of their conversation, and sotis, Lyca would actually bring a video recorder with her. This ruined all the plans that the child Tang Fangi tried to frad Lyca.
Moreover, because of the proof, many people her age never liked Tang Fangi. In fact, most of her cousins ignored her and were very rude, calling her a scheming concubine and other nasty nas. This made Tang Fangi hate Lyca to the point of using her image as a target board for her darts!
"Why would I tell you?"
"Oh? You think I will snatch him?" Lyca chuckled as she slowly withdrew the dagger from her cousin's neck. "Do you want to tell grandfather not to make this engagent?" Judging from Tang Fangi's words, it was evident that Old Man Tang had the last say about this marriage.
"What? Why would you do that? Can you just mind your own business?"
"I'm too free and bored. I need to do sothing. Why don't you let et this man? Hm?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Lyca smirked. "You were already sleeping with him, right? Hehe are you pregnant?"
"You "Tang Fangi's face reddened. Seeing this, Lyca snorted.
"Why don't you just tell your mother that you already love this guy?" Lyca asked. Tang Fangi grew up in a very different household. Her mother had a very dominant attitude, while her father was the other way around. Moreover, her mother used to punish her the military way when she was still a kid.
Lyca recalled that Major An used to let her daughter run miles every ti she makes mistakes. Not only this, she would let her do challenging exercises to the point of fainting. While her father tried to stop this, Tang Wai is very helpless in front of his wife. In the end, he would cower and just let his wife do everything that she wanted.
One ti, Lyca rembered Tang Ruyi gossiping that Major An made her daughter roll like a barrel right after eating because of her grades. In the end, she vomited all the food that she just ate before fainting.
It was a pretty harsh punishnt.
"Why why would I tell her that?" Tang Fangi asked.
"I don't know," Lyca shrugged. "Just saying."
"You You are really shaless!" Tang Fangi hissed. "You just want to get in trouble!"
Lyca laughed. Every ti her mother punished Tang Fangi because of her sches, she would always bla Lyca. Instead of thinking about why Major An punished her, she would feel that it was all Lyca's fault.
Lyca thought that this thinking is quite abnormal and was too lazy to interact with her. This woman doesn't need any advice. She needed therapy!
Lyca walked away from Tang Fangi. A smirk was plastered on her face.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Tang Fangi followed her towards the stairs.
"Food," Lyca answered.
"You are still as greedy as ever!"
"I don't get fat." Lyca's answer only made Tang Fangi more irritated. Everyone in the Tang Family knew that she was soone who quickly earned kilograms of weight just from one party. Lyca's words felt like she was mocking her!
"Hmph!" Tang Fangi's face was already dark, but she still decided to follow Lyca.
"Stay away from ," Lyca said.
"Why should I?"
"People might think we are friends."
"You "
Lyca continued walking. Her destination was, of course, the kitchen. Everyone in the living room was doing their own things. So were talking. So were laughing, and so were playing board gas. Her father and her Uncle Second were drinking by the bar, and her mother was talking to one of her cousins.
"I want to ask you sothing."
"Hm?" Lyca looked at Tang Fangi.
"You and the Xu Family are still enemies?"
"Why do you want to know?" Lyca said as she opened one of the two-door fridge. After grabbing a few fruits, she looked at Tang Fangi, who was just staring at her, her face unreadable.
"I I just I am curious."
"I don't understand what you are talking about." Lyca started eating the grapes.
"Can you stop treating like a fool?"
"You are a fool. Don't need to treat you like one."
"You hoh!" Tang Fangi closed her eyes and took a deep deep breath. She needed to cleanse herself from too much irritation. She always knew that Lyca is this type of woman! Spending a lot of ti with Lyca would kill soone earlier! "Can you just answer my question?"
"I already answered your question."
"Lyca, can you just "
"I said I don't understand." Wasn't that a precise answer? Why was this woman so angry? "Too much anger can kill people," Lyca added.
"I really hate you. Do you know that?"
"Know," Lyca chuckled.
"Then can you tell if you are still enemies with them?"
"The Xu Family and I don't know each other."
"Stop lying! I heard my father asked my mother's help to save aunt Nini from Long Family. And I heard my mother said that it's difficult since Xu Family backs long Family. She said that the Tang Family is a military family, and one mishap could kill or imprison the whole Family. Being in the military ans it would be very easy to label you us traitor!"
"Oh, you were eavesdropping?"
"That's not my point!" Tang Fangi eyed the knife to Lyca's left. For a few seconds, she was tempted to stab Lyca's languid gaze. However, she knew that she wouldn't be able to beat Lyca. She would only end up in the hospital if she fight against her. "Can you just tell the truth?"
Lyca stared at her and blinked. She already answered Tang Fangi's question, ah.
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