1 Year Of Beginning

Klep!

As they entered the house, Feng Mian breathed a sigh of relief. She was feeling suffocated when she saw Zhang Liang berated Su Anya like that. Even though she felt touched when she heard his words, her brain also reminded her to be wary of him.

If he could be so harsh to Su Anya, would he do the same to her if she offended him?

"Is it too much for you to see?" Zhang Liang asked and looked at Feng Mian's expression. Seeing her staring back at him with her clear eyes, he noticed that there was something off.

"I'm fine," Feng Mian brushed his hand away from her. She smiled lightly. "Thank you for standing up for me."

"You're my wife, so I'm just doing what's necessary."

Zhang Liang had long wanted to tell his father to stop with all those unnecessary blind dates. However, his father would never let him off at all and continued to set it up with many women around his age. He sighed internally, planning to call his father to settle this problem as soon as possible.

It all started from Zhang Yi's scheme, so he should at least clean it up in his end too.

Feng Mian nodded. "What did Zhang Ai show her?"

"This."

Zhang Liang took out his phone and handed it to Feng Mian. At the very front, it was written that Su Family Su Anya had just created a scene in a bar two nights before. There was even a video attached where Su Anya vulgarly cursed a man who accidentally bumped on her.

Looking at the pic, Feng Mian blinked her eyes. Somehow, she just had the thoughts that Su Anya brought this to herself.

As a model, it was necessary for her to keep her figure and also her reputation. With this video, it was clear that many people didn't want to use Su Anya as their model again. After all, who would want to be associated with this vulgar woman who kept on cursing all time?

"You leak this to the media?"

"It's already leaked. I just give order to release it while Su Family says to retract it. By giving a decent amount of money, they'll listen to my order more," Zhang Liang replied.

"I see."

Feng Mian looked at the picture once more. She had been thinking about this for a long time, but it was truly true that money can accomplish so many things. There were many times she felt that it was so unfair, but she knew that people have their own capabilities and fates. They were born with different starting points, different talent, and also different paths in life.

Zhang Liang patted Feng Mian's head. "I won't do the same to you. You don't have to think too much."

Feng Mian could only smile. She looked through the window outside where she could see the middle aged man bringing Su Anya out. Even though Su Anya could no longer be a model, she still has her family who would be able to give her enough money to live however she wanted.

If it was her, she would think that it was enough.

But people who had already tasted popularity and richness would want to crave for more. They would not stop so easily.

Zhang Liang followed Feng Mian's gaze. "They'll never bother you anymore. I'll ensure that."

"En."

…

Days passed swiftly. Feng Mian was elated when she saw that the company's sales for the specially made valentine sweet was off the charts. Many were telling that this had set a record in the country. People were busy interviewing the buyers and their responses varied greatly in the television.

"It's really good. At first, I just bought it because of the beautiful and attractive case from a very famous company, but after I tasted it, I just wanted to share it with my boyfriend, so I bought a few boxes more!"

"It's very suitable to share with your loved ones!"

"I shared it with my family and for the first time, we all enjoyed it."

"I have a request for Zhang Company, make a special valentine sweet that's also bitter. I liked bitter chocolate more than the sweet one."

More and more people were interviewed, but their responses were mostly the same. They were all loving the chocolates because of the taste and the fact that it could be shared with their family.

"Madam, there's a call from Master Liang."

"Ah, ok."

Feng Mian stood up and picked up the call. She could hear that Zhang Liang had just moved a stack of doc.u.ments from the rustling paper's sound that she could hear from this side.

"Mian'er?"

"Yes, Brother Liang?"

"Have you finished the work Xue gave you?"

Zhang Xue gave her the instruction for the advertis.e.m.e.nt board. Feng Mian has been working on it for the past few days and submitted the final draft to Zhang Xue just last night. She was not sure whether he would be satisfied or not, but if he wanted for her to do revision, she should be able to.

"I already submitted the draft last night, but Xue Ge hadn't given me any reply," Feng Mian answered.

After Zhang Xue's request for her to call him informally, she adopted this call. In any case, she was still a few years younger than Zhang Xue, so she preferred to call him brother. Technically, they were also brother and sister in law, so it was a suitable way to call him.

"That's good. Empty your schedule for tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?"

Feng Mian blinked her eyes. She had always been at home lately, so emptying her schedule would be a piece of cake. If she was not wrong, tomorrow would be Saturday. Why did Zhang Liang want her to empty her schedule?

"I'll take you out."

Take you out…

Take…

Right now, Feng Mian's face blushed when she recalled the promise Zhang Liang made to her a few days ago when they were in the hotel. He told her that he would take her out to thank her for helping him. No matter what she thought, it sounded like a date.

"O…okay."

"I'll talk to you again later." Zhang Liang cut off the call and focused on his work again.

On the other end of the call, Feng Mian's face was still red. She noticed Butler Lou was staring at her curiously, so she forced a smile out.

"It's nothing. Thank you."

Zhang Liang called the mansion, which was the reason why Butler Lou was the one who answered the phone. Feng Mian handed the phone back and focused her attention back to the television. She wanted to know more of the result of the sales.

Unfortunately, she was unable to gather her focus back on the television. In the end, Feng Mian chose to sleep early. This way, she could avoid seeing Zhang Liang when he got home. That workaholic shouldn't be home early since he loved work so much.

…

Ring!

The alarm woke Feng Mian up. She sat up on her bed and looked to the side. She could see Zhang Liang was stirred awake. It seemed that he came home when she was already asleep, so she didn't hear him.

They still slept on the same bed, but a pillow would always be placed in the middle. So far, both of them have never breached each other's area.

"Morning," Zhang Liang greeted. He combed his hand with his hair as he looked in her direction. "Get ready."

"Y-yes!" Feng Mian nodded her head nervously. This would count as a date, right? Her first date…

Pushing the thoughts to the back of her mind, Feng Mian rushed to the bathroom. Not far from her, Zhang Liang looked at her in confusion and yawned. He was still sleepy.