In the doomsday, everyone was extremely protective of their own territory, especially the military. The capital city covered a wide area, and Section A was also huge. Except for a few special public areas, all other areas belong to the armies and the government. Although all high level personal of the armies and government lived in Section A, they had their respective territory. Take the Xing Army as an example. The compound where they lived was full of officials at all levels of the Xing Army and their families. There was not even one outsider.
The Xing Family was a four-story vintage villa located in the innermost part of the compound, with a huge courtyard in front. The courtyard was surrounded by bone-dissolving blood vines, and it took them more than a minute to reach the entrance of the villa by car after they entered the compound. When Xing Feng drove the car in with Yun Che, he saw several people standing at the door from afar. Parking the black car steadily at the door, Xing Feng and Yun Che pushed open the car door together.
"Feng, you are finally back. Let me have a good look at you…"
Seeing Xing Feng, his mother stepped forward, thrilled, but Xing Feng unnoticeably stayed away from her touch and walked towards Yun Che to take his hand. After a long while of daze, his mother retrieved her hand embarrassedly. The man and woman standing with her sighed helplessly. They looked a bit like Xing Feng, but the man who looked gentler than Xing Feng held the mother's shoulder in one hand and reached out the other hand towards Yun Che in a friendly manner, "Hello, I'm Xing Feng's elder brother."
"Yun Che."
He patted Heiyu's butt to instruct him to go to his shoulder, and when he shook his hand, Yun Che only briefly told his name because he believed that the Xing Family had done a thorough research on him and had almost known everything about him.
"I'm Xing Le, Xing Feng's sister. You can just call me sis."
Xing Le flung herself at Xing Feng, and put her hands on the shoulder of the latter, smiling at Yun Che and keeping checking on his shoulder. She had shown immense interest on Heiyu, who was in his puppy form. Yun Che pretended that he didn't see anything and didn't call her sis either. He just nodded and smiled to greet her.
"You are married to Feng, right? Nice to meet you. This is your first time here, so just make yourself at home. This will be your home as well in the future."
Xing's mom, after recollecting herself, looked at Yun Che amiably, her face full of sincerity and satisfaction. Yun Che turned to look at Xing Feng, bowed and said politely, "Thank you auntie. You can just call me Yun Che or Che."
"Okay, Che, let's go inside…"
Xing's mom was greatly pleased. It was obviously to her surprise that that Yun Che was not only good looking, but polite, not at all as mean as her husband had described to her. However, before she could finish her words, another car drove in, and everyone turned around in unison. At the same time, Xing Tianyi also walked out from the house, glaring at Xing Feng fiercely when he passed by, and he didn't even look at Yun Che, obviously treating him as air. Xing's mom was immediately embarrassed.
"Crap master, how can you put up with this?"
Heiyu, who was lying on his shoulder, was immediately pissed. Damn, what did he think he was? Did he really think that his master wanted to befriend them?
"Heh…"
Reaching out to pat his head, Yun Che signaled him to stay quiet for now, his eyes fixing on the car that had stopped interestedly. As the car door opened, a man in his fifties or sixties and a beautiful woman in her twenties stepped down. The moment he saw them, Xing Feng's face darkened, and Yun Che put on an even brighter smile. An idiot would know what was happening now. And the most important thing was that the man and the woman were also his old acquaintances. Not bad. It was Zhou Zhijun's father, Zhou Mingyuan, and Zhou Ting. Remembering that Gu Mingxuan once said that Xing Tianyi had set a marriage for Xing Feng with a woman surnamed Zhou, Yun Che couldn't help but find it funny. How sinfully they were related? Zhou Ting was absolutely irreconcilable with him in his previous life and she was now trying to poach his man in this life. He should better get rid of her as soon as possible?
"Zhou, welcome, please come inside."
Striding towards Zhou Mingyuan, Xing Tianyi smiled and greeted them, unlike the unpleasant self a while ago. Zhou Mingyuan also greeted him politely, while Zhou Ting who was following behind, greeted, pretending to be shy, "Uncle Xing."
"Good, good. Ting is really getting prettier and prettier."
Xing Tianyi looked at her in satisfaction. This was indeed his ideal daughter-in-law, beautiful and obedient.
"Thank you, Uncle Xing."
Zhou Ting smiled shyly again. When she raised her eyes, she saw Yun Che not far away, and the expression on her face froze. A flash of intense hatred slid across her eyes, but soon she was able to suppress it. Though she had made a good effort to conceal the hatred, it didn't escape Xing Feng and Yun Che's attention. Xing Feng subconsciously frowned, while Yun Che quietly wrote the word Zhou in his palm, still wearing a feeble smile on his face. So Xing Tianyi actually set up a date for Xing Feng today? He was forcing him to back out by deliberately inviting him here, right? Did he really treat him as a woman? If it would be that easy to force them apart, they'd better be separated before anyone else could intervene.
"Xing, you…"
It was obvious that Xing's mom also did not expect her husband to make such an arrangement, and she looked at Yun Che apologetically. Xing Xu, who was beside her, looked cold and it seemed that he didn't approve it as well. Meanwhile, Xing Le pursed her lips to express her displeasure. Since what happened that time, her temperament had changed massively overnight. Though she did not have the courage to left home just like her little brother Xing Feng, she still held grudges towards her parents, especially her selfish father. This was because her boyfriend, who was one year younger than her, was among those who were killed. They hadn't made their relationship public, and unexpectedly…
"Auntie, haven't seen you in a long while."
Zhou Ting boldly went forward to take hold of the arm of Xing's mom, not as shy as she previously was at all. Xing Tianyi had fancied her as the daughter-in-law of the Xing Family for a long time and her parents had also instructed her to please Xing's mom, so she came visit quite often. Xing's mom was always nice to her, but…
"Miss Zhou, welcome to our home."
Unnoticeably retrieving her hand, Xing's mom was aloof and polite. She didn't know that Xing Feng was married in the past and her husband was satisfied with this marriage arrangement, so she treated Zhou Ting as her future daughter-in-law. Now that Xing Feng had returned with his husband, there was no way that she was going to treat her the same as before.
"Auntie…"
Zhou Ting was obviously a little disappointed, her eyes reddened, as if Xing's mom had done a lot to bully her. It was quite an awkward situation.
"Feng, fortunately you've married. If you really marry her, it will be a total mess at home."
Leaning towards Xing Feng, Xing Le whispered at his ear. She hated those who pretended to be the most innocent and wronged person in the world.
Xing Feng turned to look at her, but said nothing, nor did he push her away. he just calmly took Yun Che's hand. Knowing that they were from the Zhou Family, he was not so angry. They came knocking on the door for death, how could he refuse?
"Come, Zhou, let me introduce to you. This is my third son, Xing Feng."
As if he didn't see anything, ignoring his wife's disapproving gaze, Xing Tianyi walked to them with Zhou Mingyuan. The old Xing Feng, though hated his father's behavior, would still be polite. Obviously, Xing Tianyi was treating him like the old Xing Feng, believing that he would not embarrass him in front of others.
"He was indeed a handsome boy. You are so lucky, Xing."
Faintly glancing at Yun Che, Zhou Mingyuan also pretended that he didn't recognize him, and looked at Xing Feng in satisfaction. Yun Che, who had never been ignored like this, was not pissed at all, but stopped Heiyu, who was on the verge of an outbreak, from doing anything stupid.
"Well, he can't be compared with Zhijun."
Xing Tianyi modestly waved his hand, and then turned to Xing Feng and said, "Feng, this is General Zhou's father. Say hello to him, now."
He dared to do this because he was sure that members of the Xing Family would always protect their own people and there was no way that Xing Feng would embarrass him in public. But he seemed to forget that that was the Xing Feng six years ago not the current him.
"What do you want me to call him? Uncle Zhou or father-in-law? He is not qualified for the former, and even less for the latter. My husband is surnamed Yun and my parents-in-law passed away years ago."
Looking at his father in a mocking way, Xing Feng didn't save him any face. How dare he do something so disgusting. He felt that he had underestimated his own father.
"Well done, Xing. Keep going. I have confidence in you!"
Everyone in the room immediately changed their expressions, while Heiyu, who loved to see the world plunged into chaos, jumped up and down on Yun Che's shoulder, showing everyone how excited he was. This had made the atmosphere even more strained. Xing Tianyi looked at him gloomily, and pointing at Xing Feng, "You…bastard, what the fuck did you say?!"
He had never dreamed that Xing Feng would become so ignorant that he dared to disrespect him even in front of outsiders.
"Can't you understand what I said? Fine, I'll tell you once again loud and clear. Don't do those shady things ever again. I will only have Yun Che as my lawful husband and as for others…"
Speaking of this, Xing Feng disdainfully shot a glance at Zhou Ting and coldly snorted, "She's not worthy!"
Even without Yun Che, there was no way he would be blind enough to be married to such a woman.
"You, you…"
Xing Tianyi was so mad that the corners of his mouth crooked. He pointed his finger at Xing Feng for a long while and was yet unable to finish his sentence. Zhou Mingyuan also looked grave and Zhou Ting's face turned pale. She was adopted by the Zhou Family and was not related to them by blood. Ever since she was a kid, she had a secret crush on her second brother Zhou Zhijun. When she knew that her parents had arranged the marriage for her, she was unhappy. But the Xing Family was not an ordinary family, and even though she loved Zhou Zhijun, she didn't plan to let go of the powerful Xing Family. Anyway, nothing was going to happen between Zhou Zhijun and her. If she married Xing Feng, her life in the doomsday would surely be much more glamorous. But never had she ever dreamed that Xing Feng would marry Yun Che in the southwest. Yun Yao had taken away Zhou Zhijun years ago, and now Yun Che came here to take away her man. How could she put up with this?
"Dad…"
Thinking of this, Zhou Ting was in tears and pulled her father's arm in aggravation. Xing Feng belonged to her and she would not give him away to any Yun ever again.
Zhou Mingyuan turned to look at her, reached out and patted the back of her hand. He turned back with an unhappy face, "Xing, what's going on here? Didn't you tell me that the two kids should meet first and then we'll talk about the wedding? What does Xing Feng mean? You have gone too far, haven't you? Do you really think that the Zhou Family can be bullied like this?"
The Xing Family was in charge of two armies and was closely related with the Mo Family, so they had decisive power in the Capital Base. But Zhou Mingyuan also felt good about himself, as his son was about to marry the only daughter of the president. Not only had he taken over the president's army, he also had the support from the Xiao Family, and even the entire Capital Base might be theirs in the future. Therefore, he didn't feel the need to show weakness in front of the Xing Family. On the contrary, he acted to be in a strong position.