1 Year Of Beginning

Zhang Liang arched his eyebrows. He looked at Feng Mian in front of him with a slight smile on his lips. When he heard that Yu Yan had come to visit Feng Mian's mother, he decided to take a short visit to the hospital. Secretary He was against it since he had a lot of work, but Zhang Liang still went in the end. He could finish all of it by sacrificing some of his sleep.

"Mian'er, who's that?" Yu Yan asked from the back.

Hearing her best friend's voice, Feng Mian pulled the door, attempting to close it. Yu Yan could definitely recognize Zhang Liang everywhere. After being an employee in the company for years, she would be a complete idiot if she could not recognize her boss.

Zhang Liang's leg was inserted between the door and the wall. Even though Feng Mian had used all her power to close the door, she could not. Her eyes were glaring dagger at Zhang Liang's leg, hoping to tear it apart.

Just what did he eat to make him able to not change his expression when she was trying to squeeze his leg?

"Zha… President Zhang?" Yu Yan nearly yelled when she saw Zhang Liang on the door. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at Feng Mian's dark expression and Zhang Liang's amused expression. Right now, Zhang Liang didn't look like the scary boss he had always been in the company.

Rather, he looked like a man who was teasing someone close to him.

Teasing…

And Zhang Liang.

No! The two words didn't match! Yu Yan pushed the thoughts to the back of her mind as she stared at the two people in front of her. Someone better give her an explanation for whatever happened here.

"Good evening, Miss Yu," Zhang Liang greeted calmly.

Feng Mian felt like slamming the door on Zhang Liang's face. If only she could muster more strength, by now, the door would have surely closed on his face. It would be even better if his face was at the front.

Yu Yan's mind blanked a bit before she could bring herself to speak. "G…Good evening, President."

Feng Mian glared at Zhang Liang. "What are you doing here?"

Zhang Liang arched his eyebrows. "Isn't it normal for me to pick up my wife?"

Wife…

WIFE…

Why did he say wife?

Feng Mian wanted to cry right now. She thought that Zhang Liang planned to make it a secret from everyone. This was why she never thought of telling Yu Yan about her deal with him.

But why did he suddenly appear before her like this?

Behind her, Yu Yan's reaction was not any better. She looked at Feng Mian and Zhang Liang as if seeing an alien. As the one who interacted with Feng Mian the most in the company, she knew very well that these two never interacted before. After all, Feng Mian always tried to hide from Zhang Liang because she was afraid of catching his attention.

Besides, her performance was not any better than most of the employees there. She didn't stand out at all.

But now.

He said WIFE?

"Feng Mian, he's…" Yu Yan couldn't continue with her words. She didn't even think that everything that happened right now was true. It felt like a dream.

Feng Mian looked at her best friend's expression and sighed in resignation. Her brain couldn't think of anything to refute Zhang Liang's words. Besides, it would be possible to check the registration and found out that the two of them were already married to one another.

It was registered and legal in front of the law.

"Yes," Feng Mian replied through gritted teeth. She nodded her head slowly. "He's my husband."

'WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?'

Yu Yan internally screamed inside her mind. If only they were not in the hospital and Feng Mian's mother had just fallen asleep, she would surely have screamed out loudly. Her eyes were looking at Feng Mian in disbelief, feeling that she must have encountered something wrong.

Feng Mian walked to Yu Yan and leaned in. The two of them were of similar height, with Yu Yan slightly taller but not by much. "Keep this a secret, understand?"

Yu Yan noticed the tone Feng Mian used was serious. She pushed her feelings down and nodded her head repeatedly. "Don't worry, your secret is safe with me."

"That's go…"

"But~," Yu Yan's eyes twinkled in interest. "Girl, you better tell me everything juicy. I'll be waiting for your stories."

Feng Mian: "…" there's nothing between us….

Seeing that Yu Yan winked at her with a playful grin, Feng Mian knew that her best friend would never let her off without some interesting stories in the future. She smiled bitterly. Later, she would need to prepare some stories to share to Yu Yan and it must be something that Zhang Liang approved to share.

On the back, Zhang Liang studied Yu Yan's expression carefully. He had just asked his friend to do some more investigation about Feng Mian and Yu Yan. When Feng Mian looked down when he talked about her resume before, he noticed an unusual glint in her eyes.

It was something that shouldn't belong to a girl who didn't know the world.

A glint filled with ruthlessness yet at the same time dejection and helplessness. It was as if she was giving up on something.

It was later he found out about a little scandal in her university days. The university tried all they could to erase that mark in their record because it was embarrassing that their disciple was caught for trying to claim other's work as theirs. But who is Zhang Liang? With enough time, he managed to dig out the secret with his people's investigation.

Feng Mian's past best friend was a double faced person. She must have intervened a lot during Feng Mian's early days in her university. It was one of the reasons why she could not get accepted in any of the studios for her internship.

Zhang Liang looked at the two girls whispering in front of him with a slight smile. 'But thanks to her, I got a capable intern in my company.'

Today, he wanted to see whether Yu Yan would be like that person or not. He knew that some people just got close to other people because of the advantage they could have. However, when he saw the playful glint in Yu Yan's eyes, he knew for sure that the two of them didn't care for anything like that.

They just befriend each other because they are who they are.

Background and others didn't matter at all.

Seeing that, Zhang Liang's smile turned brighter. Right now, he hadn't realized it, but he had been doing things more than necessary. After all, normally, he wouldn't care about people around Feng Mian especially for this contract marriage.