173 The Gift 7 (2/2)

Lin Kang joined Xiu Ling before a machine that had plushies as its prizes. Lin Kang handed Xiu Ling one of the tokens and she proceeded to feed it into the machine. Xiu Ling focused as she tried to operate the crane.

The claw managed to hook the doll that she wanted just as the time limit was running out. As the crane lifted the doll up from the pile, it shook and the prize fell off.

”Aww, that was so close!” griped Xiu Ling.

That gave Lin Kang the initiative to step up. From her first try, Lin Kang recognized the doll that his wife wanted. It was a plushy of a famous mouse character that could not be named here due to copyright reasons.

He gently nudged Xiu Ling out of the way as he slit another token into the machine. ”Let me. I'll win this for you,” he promised.

Since Lin Kang sounded so eager, Xiu Ling took a step back to allow the man to take charge.

The machine's music changed, signalling that it was time to start and the timer on the panel where the sticks and the myriad of buttons were started to count down.

Lin Kang operated the machine with the expertise and dexterity of a master engineer. Based on the serious countenance on his face, one would think he was operating an actual crane at a building site rather than at an arcade.

'Is he this intense and serious all the time?' Xiu Ling thought as she watched her husband.

People say that a man is at his most handsome when he is concentrating on his work. While Xiu Ling could not deny her husband's Adonis-like looks, she also hoped that he would learn to chill out sometimes. Xiu Ling did not want Lin Kang to work himself to his death.

After spending some time with Lin Kang, she realized her husband was a very goal-orientated person, too goal-orientated if she was being honest. He would set himself a target and would not stop until he had it completed. During that process, he would not consider anything else.

In a way, it was good because it kept his focus sharp and pointed but on the other hand, it might also cause him to miss out on the things that were happening in his periphery. He would not stop to smell the roses, as they would say.

Xiu Ling saw this personality being reflected in her son and she did not want such an intense life for him. She wished for him to take things at a slower pace and what better way to do that than to influence the very person that his son was modelling his behavior after?