I Don’t Lose

As the Kang and Lu families gathered, the Tang Household was completely disconnected.

Everyone was home, but they were all doing their own things.

Elder Tang, who had woken up a bit sullen, was just spending his time cooped up in his office. In his old age, he hated huge parties but due to Tang Yiling's stupidity, he had no choice but to entertain guests.

The old man wasn't sure where his children and grandchildren were, but at this time he was a bit too depressed, so he didn't care.

Ever since Tang Lang and Tang Yian had been kicked out of the family, his children were a bit cold to him. And as for his grandchildren, Tang Yiling and Tang Luoyi were especially destructive, so Elder Tang sometimes didn't know how to feel about them and as for the quiet one, Tang Bingyi, in Elder Trang's mind, he felt a bit sorry for her... As the only competent grandchild, she had the duty to lead not only the company but the family also and so, the old man felt as if he had somehow robbed her of any and all normalcy.

Looking at the photograph of his deceased wife, Liane, Elder Tang just sighed.

"Oh, how I wish you were here by my side... you would have handled these kinds of matters well." Elder Tang said as he touched the frame gently with genuine love.

While the old man wallowed a bit in his sadness, Tang Yiling was preparing for the performance. Tang Yiling had, at first, just wanted to be a songwriter. In her mind, she wasn't much of a performer or a singer but due to how annoyed she was at her father, she decided to try her hand at singing during this competition.

Tang Yian had always said that he remembered Tang Yiling's beautiful voice in the back of his mind. She was' talented!' Or so he had said, and yet, Tang Yiling never quite believed this. For the longest time, she had avoided singing but ever since her fight with her dad, In her room, she had practice singing.

At first, she was horrendous but as the days went by she improved steadily, until, in her opinion, she was amazing.

Due to how quickly she learned things quickly, and she was able to suit the songs that she and Ning Jie were going to sing to her own voice without a problem, Tang Yiling began to believe she was a genius.

"Let's see if that bitch, Lu AnLing's, voice is better than mine now!" Tang Yiling cursed as she put on her yellow mini dress.

After she was done, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Without waiting for her to tell them to come in, Tang Luoyi burst into the room. In his hand, he held his phone and smiled triumphantly as he looked at it.

"I'm done with the editing, and this is good!" Tang Luoyi said as he closed the door behind him and then took a seat on Tang Yiling's bed. "Lu AnLing seems to be leading my dear elder sister on a path of mutual destruction."

Hearing this, Tang Yiling wanted to smile, but instead, she frowned and said, "I'm getting ready, get out!"

Tang Luoyi smirked as he made himself comfortable on her bed. "Get ready, don't mind me."

Tang Yiling: "How can I 'not mind you'? You're intruding."

Tang Luoyi shook his head.

"I'm not intruding, I'm here because we need to discuss our game plan." Tang Luoyi said.

Hearing this, Tang Yiling sighed and then she began applying some makeup. "Fine, but be quick about it. What's the plan?"

Tang Luoyi: "Well, I was thinking that we should reveal the video at dinner."

After hearing Tang Luoyi say this, Tang Yiling stopped applying her eyeliner and then she turned to Tang Luoyi with a questioning expression, "Weren't we going to play it at the party?"

Hearing those words come out of Tang Yiling's mouth, Tang Luoyi's face twisted.

"Are you stupid? If we did that then grandfather would be embarrassed. He would surely know that it was either you or I who did this and then, rather than being annoyed at AnLing and Bingyi, he would be annoyed at us!" Tang Luoyi spoke logically for once in his life. "I want to get the company from my sister, not be expelled from the Tang family. So the best thing to do is wait for the dinner tonight and then we'll show the clip."

Tang Yiling began to pout. "Wouldn't he be mad either way? We'll be showing this in from of the Kang's... Lu AnLing is their daughter in law."

"Well if we're lucky, this will show to the Kang's that Lu AnLing is not an ideal daughter-in-law..." Tang Luoyi started.

As the boy said this, Tang Yiling's eyes brightened.

"Or even better, it'll prove to Kang Jun that Lu AnLing is a snake and he'll divorce her!" Tang Yiling said happily as she imagined victory in her mind.

Truly, in this, Tang Yiling was being stupid and even Tang Luoyi, who was the dumbest person in the Tang family, realized this. Kang Jun, as Tang Luoyi had heard, loved his wife. If it was because she was manipulating him somehow or that she just had an amazing body, Tang Luoyi didn't know and he didn't care but he doubted that the girl's image in Kang Jun's mind would change.

Love made people foolish. Tang Luoyi knew this because of Tang Lang and Tang Yian... As he had understood, the two had been expelled from the family because of the things they had done when they were motivated by love. He didn't know the specifics but by understanding the cause and consequence of their downfall, Tang Luoyi understood that did not want to make the same mistake so he stayed away from truly loving anyone. Even his own sister...

"This means you'll have to beat that Lu AnLing girl with your own power." Tang Luoyi said with a smirk, he then shot Tang Yiling a look. "Do you think you can handle it?"

Hearing this, Tang Yiling rolled her eyes as she applied lipstick on her thin lips. Once she was done, she turned to Tang Luoyi, and raised her head arrogantly.

"I don't lose."

As this small meeting was going on, Tang Bingyi had left the house and headed to the venue where the party would be held, leaving her mother all alone in the dining room.

There Madame Tang was checking the preparations for the dinner they'd be hosting at their home.

When Madame Tang had heard that Lu AnLing would be bringing her family along, Madame Tang had felt a huge pang of guilt stab at her heart and nausea had overwhelmed her.

Today was her last day of peace. After today, she would be ruined and the problems she had caused would come to life. She would be shocked if her father didn't kick her out of the house but at the end of the day, it was what it was, and Madame Tang would accept her punishment because she knew she deserved it.