679 Don’t Forget Our Deal (1/2)
”Whatever.” Long Jian shrugged before eyeing the chocolates disappearing inside Iris' mouth. ”Hey, toss me a chocolate.”
Iris turned away and continued eating.
He scowled. ”Those are my chocolates. Give me one.”
”You gave them to me so they're mine now. Go get more for yourself.”
”Those are the last ones.”
She pursed her lips and tossed him one coin-shaped chocolate with great reluctance before rushing to finish the remaining ones.
”What a kid,” Long Jian grumbled before popping the chocolate into his own mouth. Iris' blissful expression while eating tempted him but it turned out that the chocolate didn't taste particularly special. He snorted at her in disdain after quickly swallowing the childish treat.
After this brief chocolatey intermission, they talked about their plan's next steps.
”I want Long Hui to fall down so deeply that he'll never have a chance to recover,” Long Jian said. ”It's only in that way that he'll cease being a threat to us in the battle of succession.”
Although Iris hated how Long Hui was acting, especially in his treatment of her friend Jiang Ying Yue, she disagreed with Long Jian. Long Hui was, after all, still the father of her godson. ”If he regrets his stupidity, makes amends to those he hurt, and backs out of the battle of succession on his own volition, let's just leave him be.”
Long Jian frowned, clearly not agreeing with her stance. However, he didn't oppose her out loud because he needed her if he wanted to kick out Long Hui from the battle of succession sooner. His individual influence in the Long clan was insignificant. He didn't want to rely on Long Xiaopeng who was trying to rally support from minor members of several small branch families in the clan.
Long Xiaopeng was Long Jian's number one supporter in the clan in the hopes that his own small branch family would rise in a position of influence if Long Jian successfully became the next head. He also worked as a spy, updating Long Jian and Zhu Ning about the latest news within the clan. In recent years, he had gathered a small number of supporters for Long Jian but all of them were from minor branch families who were tempted with the same ambition of gaining influence among the Longs. Unfortunately, Long Xiaopeng's efforts were still far from enough to rival Long Hui and Iris' positions in the clan, especially since most of the clan members were still old-fashioned and prejudiced against illegitimate children.