64 The Babysitting Experience 1 (1/2)

Xiu Ling raised her head in shock. She turned to look at Lin Kang. The man had his head lowered as he focused on his food.

”What, what did you just say?” Xiu Ling asked cautiously. She believed she had heard wrongly. 'I must have heard wrongly right? There is no way Lin Kang will say something like that. Why would he?'

Lin Kang took his eyes off the table and levelled a fiery gaze Xiu Ling's way. When she saw this, her suspicion that she had heard wrongly was further confirmed.

What Xiu Ling did not know was Lin Kang's anger was a manifestation of his embarrassment. Honestly, he did not understand what had come over him at that moment to make him say such a thing, to give his wife such a huge leeway but to be forced by Xiu Ling to repeat it made the man all flustered. Instead of showing he was flustered, Lin Kang channeled that into rage.

”I said, you can go back home to Mrs. Xiu if you want to. After all, it is Mid-Autumn Festival, like the anchorwoman said, a period for family to be together. What, or do you prefer to stay here?!” Lin Kang said hurriedly and with not a small amount of sharp exasperation in his tone.

Xiu Ling was stunned, by both her husband's aggression that seemed to come out of nowhere and the content of his words.

”Thank, thank you…” stammered Xiu Ling. As mentioned earlier, she was indeed missing her mother and to think her husband would grant her the opportunity to go back home to visit her was like a present that fell from the sky.

This might seem like a frivolous thing to an outsider but one had to understand Xiu Ling's position at the Lin family. She was at the bottom of the power pyramid and she had no say. She had gotten so resigned to her position that she did not even think to ask Lin Kang whether she could go back home. She had accepted her fate, which was to accept everything the Lin family would like to throw at her without comment and without complaint.

Therefore, it came as a complete surprise that Lin Kang would grant her this valuable permission without being prompted. This was truly like a scenario from a dream from Xiu Ling, which at the same time, was an appropriate examination of the sad state of Xiu Ling's life. The happiness of her life was fully depended on a man's permission and will, it is sad really when you sit down and think about it.

Regardless, Xiu Ling was happy to have given the permission but as she came down from the high, she came across a problem, one that might ruin her happiness wholly.

She began carefully, ”Lin Kang, do you think I can bring Lin Xi with me. I am sure mother would love to see him. After all, it has been such a long time and I promise to take good care…”

Before Xiu Ling could finish, Lin Kang cut her off by saying a firm, ”No.”