90 The Japan Trip 2 (1/2)

On the weekend morning, the day of departure, Xiu Ling had reverted to more or less herself. She was still excited but not unreasonably ecstatic as she was several days ago.

After giving Lin Xi a farewell kiss, she dragged her luggage down the flight of stairs as she moved towards the front door. She had her passport, plane tickets and hotel reservation notice. Xiu Ling felt like she had taken everything she needed but standing there in the living room, she had a feeling she was missing out on something very important.

Xiu Ling scratched her chin as she pondered what it was. She could not for the life of her, pin her finger on it. Convincing herself that it was probably something not important, Xiu Ling turned and prepared to leave. The Lin family driver was already waiting for her at the driveway.

As Xiu Ling's fingers curled around the doorknob, she heard a familiar male voice call out behind her.

Lin Kang stood at the top of the stairs, looking as dashing as the God Apollo himself. He had a tailored shirt and fitted pants, the very picture of a handsome CEO.

Xiu Ling had to stop herself from staring. She found that to be curious because she had never considered Lin Kang as attractive before. Yes, the man was objectively handsome but due to the history between them, it had not crossed Xiu Ling's mind to consider the man as anything more than the father of her son, the man who once she frankly found to be quite revolting.

Xiu Ling realized with a start she now no longer found the man as abhorrent as before and she did not flinch involuntarily when he wandered too physically close to her.

Before Xiu Ling could understand what this meant, Lin Kang's falling footsteps as he descended the steps yanked her back into reality. Lin Kang eventually stopped before her.

Observing at close distance, Xiu Ling could not help but be impressed at how kind the Gods have been to this man standing before her. He was born into a rich and powerful family, was gifted with immense talents and brains to carry on the family legacy, good health and on top of that, impossibly good looks. The man was truly the full package.

”Here, take this with you.” Lin Kang handed Xiu Ling a rectangular object. It was a credit card with the picture of plane on it as well as the logo of the flight company that she was taking that day.

Then it hit Xiu Ling. Money!