Reaching the gathering

"What are you planning?"

"father, I can't tell. IT would spoil the surprise." Zhang Li answered to Zhang Xie sitting cross-legged in front of him.

"You know the reason why I didn't support you publicity Li?"

Without waiting his father finish Zhang li spoke

"Because father wanted me, as the head of the clan right?

"...."

Zhan Xie siped his tea. "If you knew. why did you act like a child?"

"I only realized it today, when I woke up from the coma. Now answer me. How did you expect a cripple stand as the head of the clan?"

"Your elder brother is formidable in combat but he's an airhead. and your younger sister is a short-tempered little beast. with these two by your side, people would think twice before making a move against you"

'he says it like it's nothing. but the amount of work to make a cripple as head of one of the biggest clan in the country who can imagine that?'

"So father also has this cute side to him, haha."

Zhang Xie squinted his eyes and thought to himself. 'He wasn't this carefree in front of me.' and asked

"What have you gone through?"

"I promised mother to tell her first, then father can hear from her."

'Looking at the annoying smile on his face. he won't tell me anything'.

Seeing his father sigh and stand up. Zhang Li also stood and before his father could cross the door. with a serious and firm voice, he says.

"I am sorry father, I choose to follow another path, which will attract a lot of enemies. strong, powerful foes. As I will be going against nearly everything that everybody in this continent believes and I can delay but not avoid. I'll make sure the Zhang family won't take the weigh of my actions. but nonetheless. I'm sorry for the disappointment."

Zhang Xie didn't turn back. he just listened, then started walking out again

"disappointment? from the moment you three where born until today. I only felt pride, and until the day of my death, I'll protect each one of you. it does not matter, how much you turn this continent upside down. In fact, I can only feel prouder of such son."

seeing the man's large back getting farther away, Zhang Li stood in a daze 'saying something like that while walking out, damned old man.'

"whats up with that stupid smile on your face? found a little girl's undergarments?"

"....."

this girl. Coming unnoticed....!

"So Lily thinks a little girl's undergarments are enough motive to be elated. Please, whenever you meet my sister stay at least two arm's length away from her, pervert. also, it's time, so take the blackboard and fallow me."

"yes, yes. pervert young master." then following with a voice full of sarcasm she asks

"My esteemed and honorable young lord, the maids had been talking about this gathering a lot, but all I know is that it's a tournament for the young generation. You are already 22 why do you want to participate?"

"Answering my beautiful and reliable secretary-oh, I mean personal maid. the gathering is not only a tournament but also a place where the high position elders of the clan and also some important invited guests come to watch. And naturally, I'm going for their attention."

After answering, Zhang Li got lost in his own mind

'now that she mentions it, I've been to the gathering the past years didn't I. All that time spent in a foreign world are messing with my head. Ugh,

there's also my wife, maybe I should've delivered the letter myself it's been a good five months that she's been living in the Zhang family. Yet I only talked to her once at the wedding and it wasn't a pleasant conversation neither. Ugh, I was so uptight back then.

'strange.' looking at the sighing figure before her Lily thoughts to herself

'woke up after a month of coma, the first things he thinks is work.

now half a day after, he's going to crash a grand festival where various important VIPs will be. And yet he's totally relaxed, lost in his mind

maybe he's extremely competent person. Or a complete idiot.'

Sighting the great hall she thoughts

--- Maybe both?