Today, Tang Yazhu was wearing a pink pastel flared knee-length skirt with a lace blouse top. Why was she wearing something nice today? Naturally because she was going to be meeting the Long family today.
In the two weeks that Tang Yazhu was given, she had spent her days planning on how to impress her future-in-laws. Now that the time has finally come, she hoped that everything would go according to her plans.
Currently, Tang Yazhu was situated in the dining area and arranging the tantomous amount of food that she cooked with the help of Butler Xue.
While Butler Xue was helping Tang Yazhu set up the dining table, he started feeling overwhelmed by her enthusiasm. In the past few days, she had been repeatedly asking him non-stop about the foods that the family liked and everything else about them. Just with the things that he has observed from past days, he could already tell that she really cared for Long Ning.
Butler Xue could see the eagerness coming from Tang Yazhu while he remembered her cooking many different types of dishes and letting them be her test tasters. When he and the other workers tasted her cooking, they all agreed on one thing, "Young Lady's cooking skills are the best!"
At the same time, Butler Xue also saw how well prepared Tang Yazhu was for this family occasion. Then, he started thinking back on how she would always take good care of the meals for Long Ning every single day since the cast on her arm was taken off. Every day, she would cook breakfast for him before he went to work and even prepared some snacks for him before allowing him to enter the car waiting for him at the front of the mansion.
Not only that, Tang Yazhu also made lunch for Long Ning and would request them to deliver the lunch to his company. Once he got home, she would also then prepare dinner for him.
Butler Xue sighed internally, 'Young Master is really blessed to be able to get a Young Lady like this.'
Looking at the table, Tang Yazhu listed out all the dishes she cooked with the aid of Butler Xue: garlic and rosemary spicy roasted pork loin because Long Jiayi liked pork and spicy foods, roasted broccoli with lemon and pine nuts along with herb and honey mustard crusted leg lamb because she knew that Qi Biya was on a diet, and she also made apple berry charlotte for Long Rong.
This was not the end of the dishes. Tang Yazhu made even more: zucchini soup with creme fraiche and cilantro for Chang Changying, roasted chicken legs with potatoes and kales, big Italian salad, and a goat cheese cake with rosemary and lavender honey. She also included some wines and juices for adults and children.
Today, Long Ning did not go to the company since he wanted to help Tang Yazhu prepare lunch for his family. When he saw how busy his wife was, he felt very blissful as he thought that a married life was so sweet. At the same time, he found her expressions very cute when she was looking at her dishes with a face full of expectations.
"Ah Bao, they'll be here soon. Let's meet them at the entrance and leave the smaller things to the workers," Long Ning said as he approached Tang Yazhu.
"Hold up, I want to make sure that there's nothing wrong first," Tang Yazhu replied and did some last minute checks on the dining table. "Alright, we can go now."
Clinging onto his arm, Tang Yazhu appreciated his good looks. Long Ning was merely wearing a white long-sleeved shirt and a pair of black pants - dressed very simple - but he was still so handsome!
"What are you thinking?" Long Ning asked when he felt her gaze being pointed towards him.
"I'm thinking about how handsome my hubby is!" Tang Yazhu subconsciously spat out without even realizing what she was saying, making Long Ning give a slight laughter at her words.
When Tang Yazhu saw his laugh, her eyes sparkled as she continued to praise Long Ning for looking so gorgeous and sweet while he was laughing.
In the many days that Tang Yazhu spent with Long Ning, she only showed him the lively side of herself.
Whenever she did so, she would say to herself, 'It's a good thing that my body is currently weak and frail or else it'd be hard for me to hide my cold-blooded aura.'
Why would Tang Yazhu think of such a thing?
Even if Tang Yazhu possessed a new body, she could not simply hide who she was previously. She was not Ren Bao who lived a poor but bright life full of fulfillment. Instead, her dark experiences with the treachery and bloodiness of the underworld would cause her to constantly leak a blackness that she could never hide even if she wanted to.
Every time Tang Yazhu praised this body though, she would also be glad of the fact that she had her own room. After a day of working, she could just head straight to bed and release that very dark and chilling aura. Doing such a thing daily… was too tiring!
Tang Yazhu internally sighed, 'I seriously need to exercise and work on my skills again!'
Suddenly, a yellow sports car arrived which caused her train of thought to immediately cut off. Following the yellow sports car was a red Porsche.
In the yellow sports car was a brown-haired man who stepped out wearing a pair of fitted jeans and a pink t-shirt with a gray cardigan. In all honesty, when Tang Yazhu saw his clothing, she felt that his style was too weird for her.
In the red Porsche, a handsome and tall man stepped out before going to the other side of the car to open the car door to help a tall blonde woman wearing an off-shoulder floral dress out. Then, he went to open the backseat door and a cute small boy followed out.
Following that, a white BMW parked behind the red Porsche. From the car, a tall, elegant, and beautiful woman wearing a pair of palazzo royal blue pants with a white sleeveless shirt got out before pulling up her shades.
"Big Bro! I missed you so much," the man who got out of the yellow sports car cried out as he ran towards Long Ning to hug him.
This man was Long Jiayi, the rich playboy, who Tang Yazhu disliked simply because he was a playboy.
Not wanting to hug Long Jiayi, Long Ning did not allow his younger brother to get close to him as he neglected the poor fellow and basically threw him away like trash.
"Jiayi! You disgust me! How dare you wear this kind of outfit in front of me," the woman from the white BMW said, looking at her younger brother with an expression full of disgust.
This woman was Long Fang, owner of the Horizon.
To Long Fang, the number one thing she hated the most were people that lacked fashion sense.
"Big Sis! You always criticize me the moment you see me! And it's always on what I wear!" Long Jiayi looked at Long Fang with a hurtful expression on his face as he continued to cry and fake tears.
"Big Bro, don't you miss me at all? Or is it that the moment you met our sister-in-law, you've already shoved me aside?! Am I not your baby brother anymore?!?" Long Jiayi asked with a tearful face while looking at his big brother Long Ning.
"Stop the drama. You're always bothering me in the office," Long Ning said before giving him a cold expression.
"You two, skip the fighting. We're here to meet your future sister-in-law, not to be your audience," Long Ru cut in with a strong tone while taking the child from the arms of his wife to carry the boy himself as he was afraid that their kid was too heavy for her.
"Ning, it's been awhile since we've heard any news from you. Rarely meeting you and now we hear that you're getting married?" Long Ru stated and took a glance at Tang Yazhu who was standing beside Long Ning. "Oh, this must be our sister-in-law?"
The moment that Tang Yazhu heard the words "sister-in-law," she immediately blushed shyly.
"Hello, I'm Ren Bao. It's nice to meet you all!" Tang Yazhu greeted them in a sweet tone and gave them a small bow.
While Tang Yazhu greeted the Long family, she inwardly thought, 'If Qiao Dong and my other colleagues saw me acting girly while wearing this outfit, they would surely spit out a mouthful of blood - being unable to believe what their eyes are seeing. Haha…'
"Oh, so you're the unlucky girl that my brother fell in love with. Hm… Nice; you have a good sense of fashion," Long Fang said while looking Tang Yazhu from her head to her toes.
Hearing the words "unlucky girl" from Long Fang though, the expression on Long Ning immediately turned grim. If not for the fact that she was his sister, he would have already turned her into mincemeat.
"Sis, come on, how could you say that she's unlucky? Just look at his face!" Qi Biya commented and laughed when she saw Long Ning giving Long Fang a cold and deathly stare.
"Thank you. But, um… I think we should go in first before chatting? I don't think this hot weather is good for children. Look, he's already sweating," Tang Yazhu interrupted them as she looked at the child that Long Ru was carrying and gestured to them to come into the mansion.
At her words, the eyes of Qi Biya instantly lit up as she internally acknowledged Tang Yazhu, 'What a caring lady! When Xiao Rong started sweating, she immediately noticed it! Looks like we'll get along in the future!'
"Mm, let's go in first," Long Ning nodded along with what Tang Yazhu was saying before getting alongside her to lead his siblings inside. "Mom and Dad said that they would arrive later."