Family

After Wang Zijin left, Yang Wu found an empty private room and sat down.

As the head of security at this bar and a senior student at the Martial Arts Hall, Yang Wu naturally wasn't going to be disturbed.

Sitting in the private room, Yang Wu quietly thought things over.

Having lived two lives, Yang Wu naturally understood Wang Zijin's intentions perfectly.

But Yang Wu didn't feel the slightest resentment.

Wang Zijin was a pretty decent person.

Three years ago, when Yang Wu had just transmigrated into this world, he was in the hospital.

Back then, Yang Wu had been injured and hospitalized after getting into a fight with thugs from another venue while working security at the bar. The scar on his face was left by that fight.

Wang Zijin had visited him in person several times, and then reimbursed all his medical and nutritional expenses.

Afterward, he'd also given every injured person a sum of money as compensation. Naturally, Yang Wu had received the most.

That was why, after recovering, Yang Wu hadn't left the bar. Instead, he'd continued working there.

Joining the Wang Family would bring much better benefits, but it would also come with far more restrictions than his current straightforward employer-employee relationship.

Besides, he would inevitably get dragged into various conflicts, which ran counter to Yang Wu's plan to coast through life.

Ultimately, Yang Wu's talent just wasn't good enough.

If he had War God Level strength, he wouldn't have so many things to agonize over.

After thinking for a long time, Yang Wu still couldn't reach a final decision. He could only take things one step at a time.

In any case, Luo Feng would rise to prominence soon. Whatever happened, if Yang Wu ran into trouble he couldn't handle, he could only swallow his pride and ask Luo Feng for help.

After spending a while longer at the bar, Yang Wu got up and headed home at nine that evening.

Yang Wu's family had originally lived in a low-rent housing complex. But after he'd transmigrated three years ago, he'd used the reward Wang Zijin had given him, the reimbursed expenses, and some of his family's savings to move them into a middle-class residential complex.

Lanta Residential Area was the name of the complex where Yang Wu's family lived now.

As a middle-class residential complex, Lanta wasn't as cramped as their old low-rent complex. It even had some landscaping and small gardens.

Yang Wu took the elevator and soon returned to his home on the twenty-sixth floor.

"Click!" Yang Wu turned the key, opened the front door, and walked in.

"Bro!" A teenage boy was doing his homework in the living room. When he saw Yang Wu come in, he called out happily.

The boy was Yang Wu's younger brother, Yang Fan, who was in his third year of junior high. Yang Wu also had an older sister, Yang Yun, who was already married and had her own family.

At the boy's shout, a middle-aged couple came out of a room.

"Ah Wu, you're back! Have you eaten yet? There's still food in the kitchen. I'll heat it up for you!" the middle-aged woman said with a smile.

"Dad, Mom! I haven't eaten yet. I'm starving!"

Yang Wu looked at his parents, Yang Yuande and Liu Yuhua.

"Then wait a moment!" Liu Yuhua said with a smile. "Mom will heat up the food for you right now!"

The whole family had been able to move into a middle-class residential complex thanks to their eldest son's hard work. She couldn't help in many other ways, but she could at least make sure he had a hot meal when he got home.

Yang Wu couldn't help smiling. In the three years since he'd transmigrated, he had completely become part of this family.

His father, mother, older sister, and younger brother all cared deeply about him. It was a wonderful feeling.

Thinking of this, Yang Wu couldn't help remembering his parents from his previous life.

He wondered how they were doing now that he'd transmigrated. Fortunately, he still had an older brother, so his parents wouldn't be left without anyone to look after them in their old age.

"Ah Wu, didn't you go to watch Xiao Feng take the college entrance exam today? How did he do?" Yang Yuande came over to ask while his mother went to heat up the food.

He knew a little about his son's friend, Luo Feng. Luo Feng had visited their home several times, too.

Yang Fan, sitting nearby, quickly perked up his ears.

Other than his second brother, Yang Wu, the person Yang Fan admired most was Luo Feng.

Coming from an ordinary family, Luo Feng had still become a senior student at the Martial Arts Hall while in high school. Even his second brother Yang Wu hadn't managed that.

Yang Fan's goal was to become like Luo Feng!

Of course, Yang Wu didn't know about this. If he did, he would surely have been shocked by his younger brother's lofty ambition.

"A Feng ran into a problem during the exam today. He fainted during the math test," Yang Wu said calmly, shaking his head.

"Ah!" Yang Fan cried out in surprise. He hurriedly asked, "Second Brother, is Brother Feng okay?"

"It's nothing serious. When I left the hospital, A Feng had already woken up and was getting ready to be discharged," Yang Wu replied with a nod.

"That's good!" Yang Fan let out a small sigh of relief, then asked quietly, "But...he passed out during the exam. He probably didn't finish the test, right? What will happen to his score?"

"Why are you worrying about someone else?" Yang Yuande gave Yang Fan a light smack and scolded him with a laugh. "Even if Xiao Feng missed an entire exam, he'd still score much higher than you! Look at yourself. All you do every day is practice martial arts. As soon as it's time to study, your mind wanders. Keep this up, and you won't even get into a junior college three years from now!"

"Second Brother didn't go to university, and he's doing just fine! I won't go to university either. I'm going to become a martial artist!" Yang Fan retorted.

"I'll show you what happens when you don't go to university! I'll show you!" Yang Yuande suddenly lashed out and smacked Yang Fan several times, though not very hard. "Hurry up and do your homework! If you don't finish it today, I'll skin you alive!"

Yang Fan had no choice but to move aside and continue his homework, though he kept listening to Yang Wu and their father.

After shooing Yang Fan away, Yang Yuande asked Yang Wu worriedly, "Ah Wu, Xiao Feng's exam should be all right, shouldn't it? Didn't the boy say he wanted to go to a military academy? I wonder if he still has a chance."

"A military academy? University?" Yang Wu chuckled to himself. "What would he need university for? You probably don't know that in four years, Luo Feng will be able to possess the Golden Horned Beast!"

Of course, Yang Wu couldn't say that. "Don't worry, Dad. It should be fine! Besides, Luo Feng is still young. He can always repeat a year."

Just then, Liu Yuhua called from the kitchen, "Yuande, the food's ready. Come help me bring it over!"

Yang Yuande hurried into the kitchen, and Yang Wu quickly followed.

When Yang Wu entered the dining room, he saw a table laden with food.

Though his parents and younger brother had already eaten dinner, more than half of every dish had been left untouched.

There was also plenty of rice in the pot.

Yang Yuande and the others knew Yang Wu needed a lot of energy for his daily training, so they always saved more than half the food for him.

Yang Fan, who was still growing, ate a bit more. But Yang Yuande and his wife ate very little. Even when they were hungry, they mostly ate rice.

If Yang Wu had already eaten dinner, the food would become breakfast for the family of four the next day.

Though their living conditions had improved a lot, Yang Wu's parents still didn't want to waste a single grain of rice.

After carrying the food to the table with his father, Yang Wu began enjoying his dinner once his parents had refused his offer to eat some more.

As Yang Wu ate, Yang Fan quietly did his homework nearby. Yang Yuande and Liu Yuhua exchanged a glance, their faces breaking into happy smiles.