You Will Regret It

In a picturesque setting, a grand villa with an ancient charm was situated.

In the main hall of the villa, a middle-aged man with an imposing aura, dressed in a Tang suit, sat in a grand chair. Before him stood two men; one appeared to be in his early forties, and the other around twenty-eight. The elder man had a stern expression, while the younger man bore a striking resemblance to him, about seventy percent similar, with refined features. At first glance, anyone would assume they were father and son.

And as it turned out, they were indeed father and son.

Behind the father and son, a group of middle-aged and young men in suits were gathered, each studying blueprints.

Seated in the grand chair was Long Dingkun, the patriarch of the Long family. Standing before him were his eldest son, Long Yingxuan, and his eldest grandson, Long Chenxuan.

The group studying the blueprints were scientists cultivated or highly recruited by the Long family. If Long Fei were present, he would surely recognize that the blueprints they were studying were designs he had drawn in his childhood.

As a child, Long Fei had drawn numerous sketches of fighter jets, tanks, military vehicles, and individual weapons. Some even included technical specifications he had written.

Long Dingkun, who had kept his eyes closed, slowly opened them and asked, "How is the research progressing?"

Long Yingxuan gestured for the person in charge to speak.

A scientist with a receding hairline, dressed in a cyan suit, stepped forward and bowed before Long Dingkun. "Patriarch, about half of the drawings are merely illustrations, without any accompanying theories or technical specifications. The remaining half have theories and design specifications written."

"Hmm, are there any drawings or design specifications for something called a Gundam MS?"

"Patriarch, there are indeed drawings for the MS called Gundam, identical to the Gundam photos we've seen. However, they are only drawings, with no design theories whatsoever."

"Hmph." Long Dingkun snorted through his nose.

The scientist with the receding hairline lowered his head, daring not to make a sound.

"What about the other blueprints that have designs? Are they significantly different from current technology?"

"Replying to the Patriarch, they are at least 20 years more advanced than the equipment currently in active service with our country's military. Even the latest technology being researched by the Long family's Feichi Military Science Company falls slightly short."

"Heh." Long Dingkun let out a cold laugh, saying with a playful tone, "I truly didn't expect this. The scientists under my Long family, each one a top-tier scientist in our country, holding multiple doctoral degrees, have produced results that are inferior to something designed by a child. Wouldn't that be a laughingstock if it got out?"

Although the scientist with the receding hairline blushed, he still spoke the truth. "Patriarch, it cannot be denied that we have indeed lost to your grandson. If you could bring your grandson back, I am willing to give him my position as chief scientist. I would even be willing to become his disciple."

Long Dingkun and his grandson's eyes widened in surprise. They hadn't expected their chief scientist, Han Xuyang, to be so willing to defer to Long Fei. Han Xuyang had his pride and dignity, yet he was openly stating his desire to become Long Fei's disciple.

Long Dingkun regretted not treating this grandson better back then. If he had been kinder to him earlier, all those advanced technologies would have belonged to the Long family.

"Alright, we'll discuss my grandson's matters later. If there are no design specifications for Gundam, are there any for other MS?"

Han Xuyang's spirits lifted, and he immediately replied, "Yes, there are the Cyclops series. Although the MS called Zaku and Zakus only have drawings without written specifications, there are design specifications for a Cyclops MS called Geon, including design drawings for its weaponry. What's particularly noteworthy is that its power source is driven by batteries."

"How does our newly developed Jianhong MS compare to this Geon MS?"

Han Xuyang didn't answer directly. Instead, he called over a younger scientist. "Xiao He, tell us about this Geon MS."

"According to current research, its speed, reaction time, and defensive capabilities are all superior to the Jianhong MS."

Long Chenxuan asked, "Can we manufacture and test it immediately?"

"With the technology currently possessed by Feichi Military Science Company, developing it according to the blueprints is entirely feasible."

"Grandfather, let's test it immediately."

"Mhm, alright."

At this moment, Long Huijuan arrived at the main hall of the villa. Seeing her family's scientists studying her nephew's blueprints, Long Huijuan felt immense anger.

Long Huijuan approached her father, paid her respects, and then directly slapped Long Chenxuan across the face.

Long Chenxuan clutched his stinging cheek. Long Yingxuan frowned, feeling quite displeased, but his sister was favored by their father, so he dared not reprimand her.

"Juan'er, why did you hit your nephew?"

"Father, you promised me that I could personally handle Xiao Fei Fei's matters. Yet, your eldest son and eldest grandson dared to harass Xiao Fei Fei's home and even tried to seize Xiao Fei Fei's belongings. If Xiao Fei Fei finds out, he'll never let us off the hook."

Long Dingkun glanced at his daughter and asked, "However, what progress have you made in the past month?"

Long Huijuan was momentarily speechless.

"Since you haven't made any progress, why not let your elder brother and your grandnephew help you?"

"Help? Is this what you call help? Like thugs, you go and snatch other people's things, and even your own relatives' belongings. Your actions are holding me back. Xiao Fei Fei's matters cannot be rushed. By doing this, you are hindering me and will eventually lead the Long family to ruin."

Long Yingxuan interjected, "Sister, how are we holding you back? We are helping you and acting in the Long family's best interests. How could we possibly lead the Long family to ruin?"

"Acting in the Long family's interests? Your actions are merely pursuing petty, immediate gains. You are picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons."

Long Chenxuan said, "Aunt, what petty gains are these? This is clearly a massive benefit. We are helping Long Fei contribute, and he will become a great hero to the Long family. Our entire Long family will be grateful to him and recognize him as one of us."

"Shameless," Long Huijuan thought, labeling her nephew's words with this evaluation.

"Alright, Juan'er, it's already done. Don't dwell on it so much. You've been running around for a while, go and rest," Long Dingkun said, then closed his eyes.

Long Huijuan shook her head. As she walked away, a graceful and elegant noblewoman, who bore a seventy percent resemblance to Long Huijuan, softly called out, "Juan'er."

"Mom."

The noblewoman was the matriarch of the Long family, Yang Ruoxi.

"Juan'er, are Kui'er and the others alright?"

"Mom, they are fine."

"It's my fault for being useless, unable to protect your third brother's offspring."

"Mom, don't blame yourself. It's not your fault."

"If it weren't for my family's decline, I might have been able to persuade them a little."

Before Yang Ruoxi's family fell into decline, although the Yang family wasn't as powerful as the Long family, they were still not to be underestimated, and they carried some weight in the Long family's affairs.

Yang Ruoxi always felt deeply guilty towards her son, Long Yingxuan. Years ago, her husband, for the sake of astronomical profits, arranged for the daughter of the Xu family to marry their third son. At that time, Long Yingxuan already had someone he loved, a girl from an ordinary background, and he refused his father's arrangement.

This led to a huge argument between father and son.

Long Huijuan had always doted on her third brother since she was little and was very attached to him. She remembered him leaving the Long family after that argument with their father.

Later, when her third brother married his wife, not a single member of the Long family attended the wedding or offered their blessings. Only she and her mother attended his wedding, and her mother had secretly taken her there.

Later, when her third brother was starting his business, her mother asked her family for secret assistance for him.

Her third brother's family only maintained contact with her and their mother. They never attended the Long family gatherings or their father's birthday celebrations. Only on her and her mother's birthdays would her third brother's family return to the Long family to attend their birthday banquets.

When her third brother and his wife died in an accident that year, her mother's family happened to be in decline. Her mother's status in the Long family became insignificant, making it impossible for her to attend her third brother and his wife's funeral. At that time, only she was able to go and help Long Kui handle the aftermath for her third brother and his wife.

Her father, on the other hand, completely ignored the matter, still harboring resentment over the astronomical profits lost when her third brother refused the arranged marriage.

"Dad still resents Third Brother for refusing his arranged marriage, and he even takes that resentment out on Third Brother's children."

"Losing that astronomical profit, your father isn't truly that resentful. While your father did value the concept of 'matching families' highly, he could have grudgingly accepted your third sister-in-law, given her ordinary background. Your third sister-in-law was a filial daughter. At the time, her parents were seriously ill and needed money, so she worked in nightclubs and massage parlors. This was something your father simply couldn't accept – accepting a woman from an ordinary background who worked in such professions as a daughter-in-law of the Long family, and even more so, accepting a mother like that for the descendants of the Long family."

"..." Long Huijuan was speechless. Many prominent families used the children of her third brother to criticize the Long family, mocking them for marrying such a wife.

Long Huijuan knew very well that although her third sister-in-law had worked in those professions to support her parents, she had always maintained her integrity and never "gone into the water" (a euphemism for engaging in sex work). The Long family, including her father, knew this. However, other prominent families didn't care if her third sister-in-law had remained pure; they just wanted to use this matter to ridicule the Long family.

Yang Ruoxi could only sigh at this.