Chapter 70 The Fang Family Five Years Later

When Fang Chuning woke up, she felt like her head was splitting. She had drunk alcohol before, but this time she must have overdone it.

The sky was already bright outside the curtains. The only fortunate thing was that she didn’t have classes today. She raised her arms to stretch lazily, and noticed something strange out of the corner of her eye. She tugged at the pajamas she was wearing, feeling a bit confused.

Who had changed her clothes??

Before she could figure it out, there was a knock on the door. “Are you up?”

It was a man’s voice.

Fang Chuning’s brain short-circuited. The pajamas… he couldn’t have helped her change, could he!?

After all, by the time she got home last night, there shouldn’t have been any servants around.

Fang Chuning got out of bed, rubbed her groggy head and called out towards the door: “I’m up.”

“Breakfast is ready. If you’re not feeling well, I can massage your head for you.” Seeming to guess that she would have a headache when she got up, he didn’t open the door directly, but asked for her opinion through the closed door.

Fang Chuning quickly changed her clothes and finished washing up. When she opened the door, she found he was still standing outside, dressed in light casual clothes with his long hair tied back, giving him a gentle, refreshing air. He looked much more pleasing to the eye.

“I’ve prepared something to help with your hangover. You’ll feel better after drinking it.”

As he spoke, he suddenly reached out a hand. Because her mind was foggy from the alcohol, Fang Chuning’s reaction was a bit slow. She allowed that slightly cool hand to rest on her forehead, then heard the man say: “Good, no fever. Go eat breakfast quickly.”

Breakfast was as sumptuous as usual. After eating a bit, she couldn’t hold back anymore. “Who changed my clothes?”

The man was standing to the side serving her breakfast. Hearing this, his beautiful eyes blinked innocently. “You changed them yourself. Don’t you remember anything from last night?”

Her memory stopped at the point of leaving Eric’s house. After that, she must have been very drunk, as she couldn’t recall anything at all.

“I changed them myself?” How could she have changed her own clothes in that drunken state?

“Mm.” Li Yipeng’s expression didn’t change as he used a knife and fork to pick up a piece of cauliflower and place it on the plate in front of her. “After you got back last night, you went straight to your room and told me not to disturb you.”

Is that so?

Fang Chuning couldn’t remember at all, but he didn’t seem to be lying. She chalked it up to her poor alcohol tolerance, forgetting everything after getting drunk.

She had thought today would be a comfortable weekend, where she could stay home and rest quietly all day. But just around noon, unexpected visitors arrived.

Visiting a friend’s house for the first time, Eric seemed very excited. His eyes were wide open with curiosity as he looked around. “Ning, your home is so beautiful.”

That look of wonder was as if he’d entered another world.

Fang Chuning was sunbathing when she heard this. She glanced at him and said, “Your home is much more beautiful than mine.”

She was telling the truth. Although this mansion was also large, how could it compare to the grandeur of his castle?

After she finished speaking, the youth remained silent for a long time. The sudden quiet made Fang Chuning curious. She lifted her gaze from her manga, and met a pair of bright green eyes full of curiosity, crouched beside her.

“What are you reading?”

Those eyes blinked, as clear as green crystals.

She was really curious how a dark nest could raise a child to be so “pure”.

“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” Fang Chuning told him the book’s title.

“Is it interesting?”

He seemed extremely curious, crouching there with only his eyes visible above his hands gripping the sofa chair. He looked very much like he wanted to see but didn’t dare disturb her, just like when they first met and he secretly crouched to the side to watch TV with her.

Fang Chuning found it a bit amusing. Before she could say anything, a clear and pleasant voice came: “If Young Master Eric likes it, I can immediately have someone find a second copy for you.”

She looked up to see Li Yipeng walking over with tea and snacks. Since he came to live here, the servants in the house seemed like decorations, as he did almost everything himself.

The blonde youth was unmoved, and answered just as he had on the plane: “No, I want to read with Ning.”

Li Yipeng’s narrow eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn’t say anything more.

As if they had planned it, Tang Jiali also arrived not long after. As soon as he arrived, he rushed over to her. “I heard senior was kidnapped yesterday. Are you alright?”

She had just managed to persuade the blonde to sit and read on his own, and Fang Chuning was enjoying the leisure of watering flowers in the afternoon when a handsome face with red, teary eyes suddenly appeared before her, making her eyelid twitch violently.

“If something had happened, would I be standing here?” Fang Chuning moved two steps to the side.

Tang Jiali rubbed his eyes. “It’s all my fault. If I had insisted on going out with you yesterday, this wouldn’t have happened…”

Seeing the youth’s guilty expression, Fang Chuning sighed: “It’s not your fault. You don’t need to think that way.”

Tang Jiali kept rubbing his eyes and clinging to her side, muttering and taking all the blame on himself.

After a while, seeing that the young woman wasn’t paying much attention to him, he finally glanced elsewhere. Spotting the blonde youth sitting and seriously reading the manga, his expression suddenly changed. “What’s that idiot doing here?”

Fang Chuning frowned slightly. “He’s my guest.” She finished with a displeased look at him.

Tang Jiali pouted sullenly. “I’m sorry.”

He apologized verbally, but he still looked at the blonde with displeasure. Taking advantage of the young woman’s focus on watering flowers, he walked over and glanced at the manga for a moment before saying in a low, mocking tone: “You like reading this kind of childish book?”

Eric’s concentration was broken, and he stared at him blankly.

Tang Jiali met his eyes with a hint of malice. “Senior hates childish guys like you the most.”

Eric’s eyes widened, looking extremely innocent. “Why? Ning was reading it too just now.”

“It’s okay for girls to read, but boys who read it will be disliked.”

Eric didn’t understand why boys reading it would be disliked. He didn’t want to be disliked. “Then I won’t read it.”

“You’ve already read it.”

The blonde youth looked helpless, his light green eyes looking to him for help.

Surprised that he was so easily fooled, truly an idiot, Tang Jiali raised the corner of his mouth and pretended to be kind as he reached out his hand. “Give me the book. If you leave senior now, she won’t dislike you.”

Eric stared at him without blinking, then suddenly said with certainty: “You’re lying to me.”

Tsk, seems he’s not so easy to deal with after all. Sticking to senior like glue, so annoying, Tang Jiali thought to himself.

It wasn’t until after afternoon tea time that Fang Chuning finally had some peace and quiet. She sat on the swing chair in the garden, continuing to read her manga.

The crimson sunset glow fell on the young woman. The tail end of summer, with an early autumn breeze gently blowing the girl’s night-black curls. Her lowered eyelashes and quiet profile created a scene like a painting, intoxicating to behold.

Li Yipeng stood at a distance, silently watching for quite a while before slowly walking over. “It’s getting dark. Let’s go inside to read.”

Fang Chuning raised her eyes to look at the distant sky, her heart unusually calm. After a long while, she smiled slightly at him. “Alright.”

Time flies, five years later.

In five years, Z City had undergone great changes. The list of wealthy individuals was reranked. Apart from the Fang family still standing at the top of the pyramid, all the rankings below had been reshuffled. The Tang family, which used to be right behind the Fang family in second place, was pushed to third. The new second place didn’t have a ranking before. It was said their assets were always in F Country before, and only recently transferred to the domestic market.

Most ordinary people don’t pay much attention to the wealthy rankings. They’re more concerned with the current trends in the entertainment industry.

In the past year, new faces have been constantly emerging in the entertainment circle. Their numbers are like bamboo shoots sprouting after rain on a mountain. Whoever has potential and backing can rise to the top.

A year ago, everyone thought this way, both inside and outside the circle. Until the appearance of prince. Prince translated means “wang zi”. No one knows this prince’s identity or background. Everyone came to know him through a heavenly song.

Without any footage or publicity, he shook the entire country with a single song, and even became popular overseas.

If they had to describe the feeling of hearing the song for the first time in one sentence, it would be “ears getting pregnant”. Because it was in French, most people couldn’t understand the lyrics, but the voice and melody were irresistibly good.

Of course, it’s impossible to stay popular forever with just one song. Because the person behind the song refused to show themselves, fans were going crazy. Just as enthusiasm was starting to wane, the second song came out, this time with a live performance by the artist himself.

A man with a heavenly voice and an angelic face – everyone went mad for him.

Prince is what fans call him when they look up to him.

A year has passed, and even though information about him is much scarcer compared to other celebrities, his popularity has only increased.

Noble, cold, mysterious – this is how everyone who has seen him describes him.

Outside the entertainment circle, the biggest recent news is that the Fang family’s heir who has been studying abroad is about to return to the country. Before the return, news of an engagement between the Fang and Tang families also spread. Top global luxury fashion brands even made a special weekly magazine for the two families’ heirs.

Released worldwide.

When the news came out, even people with no connection to this circle became interested. Especially after rumors spread that their prince had a past relationship with this Fang family heir, their gossip reached a peak.

[Is this for real? I don’t believe it! Our prince is the purest and cleanest, someone must be spreading rumors!] [So what if they’re rich? Claiming to have dated whoever’s popular. Who is this Fang family heir anyway? Never heard of them, don’t know them.] [The person above is clearly a frog from the bottom of a well in the slums. Don’t even know the world’s richest person. Just a small fraction of their wealth is more than you could earn in eight lifetimes.] [Isn’t calling them the world’s richest a bit exaggerated……] [If you think it’s exaggerated, you can look up the wealth rankings of various countries yourself.] [Wuwuwu being rich is so nice. I bought that magazine, they’re both so good looking! So envious and jealous!] [I bought it too. I’ve got my eye on a couple outfit they were wearing, planning to get it.] [Fang family heir…… I want to say we used to be in the same school /covers face. She was very famous at our school, the new star student council president. Then she suddenly transferred without a word. I heard it was because of a broken heart……] [You can tell the person above is rich. Please spill more tea!] [+1 for more details] [+111111]

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For a time, people’s attention on the Fang family heir reached a fever pitch. There was admiration, envy, even jealousy. Some people even found out the exact time this heir would return to the country, planning to stake out at the airport to see if she was really as beautiful as in the magazine.