124 The Traitor 8 (2/2)

”Mom!” Lin Kang called out, hoping to get her to stop. He was definitely not going to receive love advice from his own mother. That was such humiliation. The awkwardness made his skin crawl. ”I don't know what you're talking about, I was really doing work earlier, and what you're saying has nothing to do with work.”

Mrs. Lin smiled looking at her son's antics. ”Well, if you say so.”

She then dropped the copy of newspaper she was holding on Lin Kang's table. ”Take a good read at this and perhaps you'll understand what I'm talking about. You're bright man, I trust it'll bring you the breakthrough you need in your… work.”

Mrs. Lin laughed with good humor before turning and leaving Lin Kang's study.

Mrs. Lin felt good about herself. It had been such a long time since she had had such frivolous talk with her son. Ever since Lin Kang took over the Lin family, Mrs. Lin slowly faded into the background because she believed her responsibility as mother was finally over. She could shed that identity already.

On one hand, she was glad that Lin Kang turned out to be such a wonderful man. Objectively speaking, there were quite some flaws to the man but those were the things that a mother would fail to see in her children. In Mrs. Lin's eyes, Lin Kang was the best son she could ever ask for.

On the other hand, she was quite saddened because it also meant that Lin Kang did not need her anymore. Why would the leader of the house need her to mother him?

However, after the conversation she just had with her son, Mrs. Lin realized her job as a mother was probably never going to end. There was still plenty of lessons and wisdom she could impart onto her son. Mrs. Lin smiled to herself knowing that fact.

Thanks to Xiu Ling, Mrs. Lin also learned a valuable lesson, the bond between a mother and her child did not end just because her child was all grown up.

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Back in the study, Lin Kang was still trying to come terms with the bomb that his mother had just dropped on him. For some reason, it brought him back to his childhood years when he would find himself being lectured by his mother after he was caught red-handed in the middle of his mischief.

It was a peculiar feeling to say the least. The whole experience felt quite surreal.

Lin Kang shook his head to straighten his mind. Then, when he felt more like himself, he leaned forward to pick up the copy of newspaper that his mother left on his study table.

Reading the headline, Lin Kang's eyes lit up with joy and anticipation. This was going to be his ticket to get forgiveness from his wife.