“When I was fifteen…” Long Hongwen remembered it very clearly.
When Long Yunting was fifteen, he was fourteen, only one year younger than Long Yunting.
He was as rebellious as he could have been back then.
He didn't want to comply with the arrangements made by his family.
Long Xingzhou looked at him and smiled, his expression cold.
"Not fifteen years old."
Long Xingzhou's cold gaze swept over the group, and for some reason, they felt incredibly guilty.
"He was four or five years old. He was different from us from a young age. Think about what you did when you were four or five years old, and what he did. At that time, what was the difference between him and someone who joined the army?"
“Brother, who remembers memories from when they were four or five years old?” Long Bai’an protested in a low voice.
“Long Bai’an, don’t think you can act recklessly just because you’re the youngest,” Long Xingzhou scolded in a low voice. “You’re the least qualified person to say anything bad about Yun Ting.”
"I didn't refer to my second brother. I respect him..."
Long Bai'an felt wronged.
None of them would say anything to their second brother; they respected him from the bottom of their hearts. If it weren't for his leadership, they wouldn't have the autonomy to make their own choices today, and they might have ended up like their three elders, entering the ministry and living their lives in a routine manner.
“If you respect him, you should also respect the people he cares about,” Long Xingzhou narrowed his eyes, his gaze growing colder. “Have you ever seen him want anything? Wasn’t everything arranged by the old man and the elders in the family? Even his marriage was forced upon him. Fortunately, he likes Sheng Qian, and I’m afraid that’s the only thing he got his wish for.”
Long Xingzhou's words silenced everyone.
If they lose even what gave Long Yunting his wish, they'd be utterly despicable.
"If you hear anything like this again, don't blame me for turning against you as your older brother," Long Xingzhou said this harshly to his brothers for the first time.
Everyone froze.
No one ever asked Long Yunting what he wanted or what he wanted to do.
*
When Sheng Qian and Elder Long came out and saw the group returning to the living room, Sheng Qian first greeted Long Xingzhou, "Big Brother."
"When did you get back?"
"I got back yesterday, took care of a few things, and came over here," Sheng Qian glanced around and nodded slightly to Jin Ruoxuan. "If you need any help with your engagement ceremony, just let me know. I can't do anything else, but I can still offer some suggestions."
“Everything has been arranged at home, and our engagement was decided according to the agreement between our two families, so you don’t need to worry about these things for us,” Long Xingzhou then asked, “Where is Yunting?”
“He’s still out there and might not be back for a while,” Sheng Qian said. “I’ll go home and check on him first.”
"Thanks a lot."
Long Xingzhou's words have a double meaning.
Sheng Qian smiled and said, "It's what I should do."
"Qian, we've arranged to go for a walk outside today. Would you like to come with us?" Lan Peizhi asked Sheng Qian with a smile, holding Jin Ruoxuan's hand.
"Are you going to look at dresses?" Sheng Qian asked.
“That is indeed a plan,” Jin Ruoxuan said, her eyes flashing slightly. “Xiao Qian, I remember you’re currently in the clothing business…”
"It's a bit late for me to make it for you now, but the shop has dresses like that. Why don't you go and see if there's anything suitable? Consider it a small engagement gift from your sister-in-law!"
Upon hearing this, Jin Ruoxuan's eyes flashed with joy. "Great! We were just about to go to your shop to see if there's anything suitable. You've been busy lately, so you don't need to handle the dress yourself."
She didn't have that kind of weight, and Jin Ruoxuan knew her place.
“Let’s have lunch first,” Long Xingzhou added.
During lunch, everyone tried to avoid unpleasant topics from the past and instead chose to chat about pleasant things.
The meal went smoothly without incident.
Sheng Qian drove here, so when they went out, apart from the other two cars that needed drivers, Long Lannuo happily ran over to Sheng Qian's side and took the passenger seat!
"Second sister-in-law, can you teach me to drive? Is that okay?"
Long Lannuo had a very good attitude towards Sheng Qian from the beginning. Sheng Qian was happy to teach her, but she was short on time and couldn't usually find the time to teach her.
"If there's time..."
"Lan Nuo," Hou Guifang sat in the back seat and, upon hearing Long Lan Nuo's words, said disapprovingly, "Your sister-in-law is busy with business and doesn't have time to play around with you here."
"Mom, I'm not kidding, I'm serious. Learning to drive is so cool! I really want to learn. If my sister-in-law teaches me, I can learn, right?" Before, her family wouldn't let her learn because they were worried about her getting into an accident.
With her sister-in-law leading the way, she wasn't afraid.
"You're almost graduating, why do you still like to fool around?"
The reason why Long Hongwen studied for so long was entirely because he chose a different major and studied for an extra year or two.
Otherwise, I would have graduated long ago.
Not only Long Hongwen, but Long Yucheng also chose a similar major, so their study period was slightly different. According to the regular university process, they would have graduated long ago.
It must be said that all of the Long family members are academically gifted and have their own areas of pride in school.
Unlike those from Longxingzhou who enjoy traveling and trading, they each aspire to different things, but their desires are generally the same.
It's either scientific research or technology.
Long Hongwen is in the field of thermomechanics, such as the equipment that Sheng Qian is familiar with.
Longyu City is involved in aerospace research, and that's the area of knowledge he's currently exposed to.
Long Lanno pursued biological research, while Long Bai'an focused on agricultural research, which was relatively more demanding for them, as they often had to endure sun and rain.
Long Shaotian is studying astronomy abroad.
It's safe to say that things won't be easy for this family from now on.
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