D Town was always a quiet and peaceful place.
It was a small town surrounded by orchards as well as nature. Living in this town was always very relaxing. The people woke up early to work and went back to their homes early to rest with their families.
At night, the only sound that could be heard was the sound of the gentle breeze, the rustling of leaves, the rippling of water as well as the singing of insects.
However, on this particular night, there was something very different.
The usually quiet night turned a little lively, especially nearby Long's family residence. A few people went out to look at what was going on but no one could find out what was going on. In the end, the town's residents could only go back home empty-handed.
The Long family was an old family in D Town. Their land was so large and there was a rumor that said that the lake behind their house also belonged to the family.
However, many had thought that this rumor was nothing but merely a rumor.
The Long family was rich but no one would think that they were so rich that they would own a lake.
Inside the hall of the main building, the elders of the Long family sat down with a worried look on their faces. Their eyes were glued to the partition wall at the corner of the room.
Long Yuan, the patriarch of the family were seated at the front of the hall. His head lowered in solemn. By his side, his grandson, Long Yu Heng stood up straight as he gave his report of what was going on during their journey back to the town.
Hearing about everything that Long Fei had to suffer made his heart ache.
As the firstborn male during his generation, Long Yuan was someone who had experienced what Long Fei had experienced. Naturally, he knew best how painful it would be once the scales started to appear on his body.
However, the generations before Long Fei had always stayed in D Town before they were married. Long Fei was the only one who had left the town frequently.
In the past, Long Yuan had reminded this grandson that he should not go out too frequently. However, the boy refused to listen to him.
When Long Fei told him that he was leaving D Town to search for that young girl, Long Yuan and the elders in the family had no other choice but to let him leave.
Long Fei has been coming and leaving D Town for years but this was the first time that they finally had news about that young girl.
Just as they had thought that they could make the girl stay close to Long Fei, the girl had left Capital City and went somewhere farther.
Long Yuan closed his eyes as he tried to figure out what they should do next. He looked at Long Yu Heng again and spoke in a low voice, "If nothing works out, it's not too bad for us to bring the girl to this town forcefully."
"Grandfather, I'm afraid that this is something that Long Fei would not agree to do," Long Yu Heng said. "He already said that he is not going to force the girl to stay beside him. If she is not willing to stay, then it was just not fated between them."
"Nonsense!" Long Yuan hit the armrest hard.
The hall shook with his loud voice.
"Now that things are at this phase and he still wanted to do things as he pleased? Is he planning to die and end our Long family?"
"Grandfather."
Hearing the voice, everyone turned their head to look at the man who came out from behind the partition wall.
"You don't have to force that girl to come over to this place," Long Fei said. "It's fine if I stay in D Town, right? As long as I dipped into the lake every day, I will not change, right? I won't let myself suffer."
"You might not have to suffer if you stay but Ah Fei, the lineage will end with you."
Long Fei pursed his lips into a thin line. He had always thought that he wanted this line to end with him. If he had a child, his descendant will continue to suffer from this blood inside of them. He did not want that to happen.
However, Long Fei did not dare to mention this idea out loud. The last time he had told his grandfather about his idea, his grandfather had locked him in the ancestral hall and made him reflect on his mistake.
Long Fei did not think that he was making any mistake but he could only pretend to repent to get out of that punishment.
"I am aware of how important that girl is to myself," Long Fei said. "However, I hope that you could let me do this my way. Grandfather, I know what I am doing."
Long Yuan studied his grandson's expression for a long time. Once he detected that Long Fei was not lying to him, Long Yuan flicked his sleeves and looked away.
However, Long Yun did not know that Long Fei has been lying to him a lot of times that he was starting to get used to it. These days, it was not difficult for Long Fei to hide things from his grandfather.
A breath of relief escaped him.
For now, Long Fei knew that his grandfather had agreed with him. He could only buy time with this method.
"Physician Yang, how is he?" Long Yuan turned his attention to the old physician who came out from behind the partition wall with Long Fei earlier.
"Old man, you don't have to worry." The physician glanced at Long Fei and continued, "Long Fei's body has stabilized. Fortunately, Yu Heng was around to assist him when he started to show some changes on his body."
Long Fei glanced at the elders who were listening to the physician's report worriedly. He wondered just how many of them were genuinely worried about him and how many were worried that the family might crumble because of him.
He turned around and head out the hall without waiting for the physician to finish.
Long Yu Heng saw that he was leaving and started to chase after him. "Long Fei, where are you going?"
"Swimming. With my condition, isn't it better for me to swim in the lake?" He looked at his cousin and raised a brow. "Do you want to come?"