Monarch Night

Chapter 1383: Chapter 73: In This Life, It’s All About Acting [Double Chapter]

Fang Qianyi and Ye Meng were waiting outside.

Though they were feeling differently, both felt as if time was dragging on.

Fang Qianyi could only feel her heart pounding, getting up now and then to take a walk around, going round and round.

Her eyes never left that door.

The two most important men in her life were inside, and she had no idea what they were discussing.

Would they argue?

Would they harbor resentment towards each other?

Would it escalate into a physical fight?

Would they sever ties completely?

Could Che’er truly come to terms with twenty years’ worth of neglect? Could Fang Xiao truly talk sense into their son and accept it?

Could Che’er really accept it?

The more she thought about it, the more distressed she became.

The more she thought, the more uneasy she felt.

Initially, she maintained the demeanor of a ’mother-in-law,’ so she couldn’t appear too anxious in front of her daughter-in-law. But eventually, she couldn’t help it anymore.

She stood up and began pacing around the room.

"Mom, don’t worry. Fang Che will handle it," Ye Meng reassured her.

Fang Qianyi couldn’t listen, just pacing and sighing, "Meng, if the father and son fall out later, you and I will each hold onto one..."

"Yes, yes, I’ll definitely hold onto Fang Che."

"Then I’ll hold onto your father."

Fang Qianyi clenched her fists in preparation.

Time ticked by slowly.

When Fang Qianyi’s patience was completely exhausted, and she couldn’t help but press her ear to the door to eavesdrop...

With a creak, the door opened.

Fang Qianyi tumbled in.

But she was caught by Fang Yunzheng.

"How... How did it go?" Fang Qianyi asked nervously.

"Mom, it’s fine... Just a family chat, how could there be any issues?" Fang Che’s voice came through.

Fang Yunzheng’s warm voice: "Che’er is an understanding child. Once everything was explained, it was fine."

Fang Qianyi straightened up and looked up.

She saw her two men standing side by side in front of her, looking very harmonious.

"Is everything really okay? I feel a bit dizzy..."

Fang Qianyi held her forehead, her eyes hopeful.

"What could possibly happen from chatting with Dad... Were you hoping we’d fight?" Fang Che remarked.

"How can you speak to your mother like that," Fang Yunzheng scolded, "Show some manners."

"Yes, yes, my mistake,"

Fang Che quickly apologized, "I need to properly appease Mom. If I upset her, I won’t get Dad’s meeting gift. That would be a big loss for me."

Fang Yunzheng’s face twitched with lines of dismay, his expression twisting. In an instant, the urge to confront Dongfang Sansan again rose within him.

But Fang Qianyi immediately became happy, her two words clearly showing that the father and son had accepted each other.

Suddenly, tears of joy welled up, and she was out of breath, unable to stand steadily: "You scared me... you scared me..."

The father and son started speaking together: "We told you there was nothing to worry about, but you kept scaring yourself."

Speaking with perfect unison and timing.

Fang Qianyi sank softly into a chair, muttering, "Two heartless ones... the big one is heartless, the little one too. Father and son teaming up to bully me, rehearsing their lines once, speaking exactly the same."

The father, son, and Ye Meng all burst into laughter.

The whole family waited for Fang Qianyi to calm down, chatting and having tea, feeling joyful and harmonious.

"Later in public, you’ll still have to show some reserved detachment, a reluctant acceptance..."

Fang Yunzheng reminded his son.

"Of course."

The people who came today were diverse, almost all the notable figures of Bibo City.

Who knows what kind of wolves, tigers, or snake gods are among them?

Accepting everything at once and being so intimate would be unusual, as everything requires a process after all.

So Fang Che’s attitude was still necessary.

Especially since... someone from the Wei Wo Zheng Sect was surely here!

"You need to find the right balance."

"Understood."

In this family, there was an ancient double agent of thousands of years, a double-faced undercover, and a guardian’s little mole...

Amazingly, Fang Qianyi turned out to be the purest one!

A family of four, with three undercover agents!

This kind of family is truly unprecedented and unparalleled.

Realizing this, father and son exchanged a knowing smile, their smiles secretive and clandestine, tacitly understanding each other.

"What are you two laughing about?" Fang Qianyi had come to her senses.

Fully displaying the grace and magnanimity of the ’house mistress.’

"I just thought of something happy," Fang Yunzheng said.

"And you?"

"I also thought of something happy."

"Hehe."

Fang Qianyi rolled her eyes, feeling a bit uneasy from the father and son’s laughter, without knowing where the problem was, why their laughter sounded so eerie.

"Meng, do you know why they’re laughing?"

Ye Meng looked bewildered: "I truly have no idea."

"Hehehe..."

Fang Yunzheng and Fang Che laughed even more joyfully.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law glanced at each other, both puzzled.

"There’s an evening banquet today."

Fang Yunzheng said.

"Yes, there’s an evening banquet tonight."

Fang Che said.

Their faces both bore traces of battle intent.

That would be the real battlefield to test their acting skills.

Where are we now?

They spent the afternoon nurturing their energies.

Finally, it was dusk.

Fang Zhenghang sent someone to invite them, it was time to attend the banquet.

Only then did the family stand up.

Fang Che’s face turned calm, aloof, with hands behind his back, he walked out first, nodding indifferently in response to any greetings.

It was evident he was trying hard to show ’enthusiasm and happiness,’ but was obviously unable to suppress his inner joy.

There was a sense of ’three parts calm, three parts anger, three parts endurance, plus one part of a hysterically restrained struggle.’

Fang Xiao walked out as well, though still tall, he inexplicably looked diminished.