Chapter 28 Declaration of War (1/2)

Once he arrived, Kang Jun parked across the street, right beside the Halo Stars Entertainment building. He gazed at the building for a little while, feeling his heart beat hard against his ribcage.

He couldn't get out of the car.

He just thought.

When he first left the office the first thought that came into his mind was that he wanted to drive straight to where AnLing was. Though he wasn't sure what he would have done once he had gotten there. He couldn't simply walk into the building and find her.

She seemed like the type who hated attention and that would attract a lot of it. Though he couldn't deny himself any longer. He just wanted to see her and talk to her face to face... but it wouldn't have been a good idea, mostly because the media was there.

So, instead, he had decided to go find Qiao Lan and clarify two things he wanted to for a long time.

Both of them requiring him to see Mingyu.

Since Mingyu was young he was always a great kid. He was calm and composed, albeit a bit sickly, but unfortunately for him, he had landed in the hands of Qiao Lan. In truth, it wouldn't have been so bad if Kang Jun's older brother was still alive, but as things were now, he did not want to leave Mingyu in Qiao Lan's hands.

Ever since her marriage into the Kang family, Qiao Lan had been a perfect lady in front of the majority of the family members but he knew her better than that. He had gone to school with her, after all.

He clearly knew that the woman couldn't be responsible for anyone, not even herself.

And when it came to taking care of kids, he noticed she was barely qualified. Though she treated both of them differently.

Mei Xue's experience with Qiao Lan was different. Kang Jun wasn't sure if it was because she was a girl but Qiao Lan treated Mei Xue like a princess. As for Mingyu, Qiao Lan went from one extreme to the other but on most days she bordered on indifference.

Seeing the way Mingyu acted with AnLing during dinner made Kang Jun's heart warm. The usually reserved boy had spoken and eaten jovially which Kang Jun had rarely seen.

It felt right and finally, he understood that sometimes things got to a point where a person could no longer stay on the sidelines. A time where words no longer held much weight and action must be taken.

The only reason he was able to gain this courage was due to one person.

AnLing.

Though she didn't really do anything.It was more of an indirect connection.

AnLing was the first person Kang Jun ever liked romantically.

In the past, he had been engaged twice by order of his parents but due to certain circumstances, Kang Jun had annulled them both. His parents were rightfully angry and disappointed but believing it to be a childish whim, his parents accepted.

Back then he'd been in his 20's but time quickly began to tick away and now he was in his 30's and his parents wanted him to get married even more than before. They even went so far as to set up random blind dates disguised as business dates.

This annoyed Kang Jun to the core.

Everyone in the Kang family was beginning to pressure him into getting married but he never had any interest in marriage or relationships, including many familial ones, until now.

He wasn't sure what attracted him to AnLing but that didn't mean that the attraction wasn't there.

For the first time, he could see himself loving someone forever and being by someone's side.

Never had he ever felt that way before.

In the past, as much as he hated to admit it, he had to agree with Elder Kang.

Kang Jun had always been the type of person to be cold and disconnected. If he had taken Mingyu in his previous state he couldn't say with certainty that the boy would have a better life than he did in Qiao Lan's care.

He would most likely spend many days alone, as Kang Jun spent the majority of his free time working or planning for work.

But now it was different.

Love had a way of melting even the coldest of men.

Kang Jun could say with certainty that what he felt for AnLing was love. He could tell the day his heart skipped a beat when she had bumped into him at the hospital and he could see that AnLing liked him also but he wasn't sure about the extent.

That scared him a little and as he sat in the car gazing out the window, he knew that he didn't have much time to get her to fall in love with him.