175 The Gift 9 (1/2)

Xiu Ling was pointing at a basketball hoop machine. It was an indoor basketball game. You throw the provided basketballs into the hoop that was placed a distance away and the more you managed to land the basketballs inside the hoop, the higher your score.

It was a game favoured among male high schoolers because there would normally be more than one such machine arranged side by side and they could use it to compete to see who would score the highest.

It was also a useful tool on dates because the guys could use it to show off their basketball skill, which apparently was quite dashing to some girls.

Out of the corner of her eyes, Xiu Ling believed she caught an awkward expression on Lin Kang's face. However, it disappeared so fast to revert to his usual expression that Xiu Ling would have no trouble believing she had just imagined it.

Xiu Ling borrowed a token from Lin Kang and she walked over to one of the machines. She started the game and taunted Lin Kang in mock provocation, ”Come on, let's see who is the better basketball player! I'm sure I'll be able to wipe the floor with you!”

Of course, Xiu Ling was only kidding. She knew Lin Kang was most likely going to win. She had never seen the man be bad at anything and she was only average at sports. Furthermore, Lin Kang had that body of muscles to prove that he was good at physical activities.

However, Xiu Ling did not see the cold sweat that trailed down her man's face. Everyone has their weakness, yes, even for a person like Lin Kang. Nobody is perfect.

Contrary to how he appeared, the man actually was quite weak when it came to sporting activities. As the heir who had the future of Lin family on his shoulders, Lin Kang was raised on books and studies. After all, how was basketball going to help with his future career?

The only two sporting activities that the man was good were swimming and gym. At the end of the day, the person who designed Lin Kang's schedule when he was a child understood the need for a sport-related activity to keep the child at least healthy so Lin Kang's grandmother slotted swimming into his schedule.

Lin Kang actually took quite some time to learn swimming. He would have given up much sooner if not for the fear of angering his stern grandmother. He kept at it and eventually picked up swimming. He was not going to participate in any competitions any time soon with his talent and technique but at least he was good enough to be able to teach his son the skill.

The reason why he went to the gym almost daily had plenty to do with his family responsibility as well. As the heir to Lin family, he needed to look a certain way so ever since he was in high school, he was sent to the gym daily to train. He had kept up this habit for so many years that Lin Kang had managed to convince himself he liked the training regime even though he was forced into it in the first place.

These events combined to create this complicated and contradiction of a man.