The next morning, Lu AnLing sat in Lu Xia's dining room calmly drinking some tea. No one with the exception of Kang Liu Ran was awake. The two didn't speak, however, they just sat silently until the others came down.
One by one the perpetrators from yesterday descended from their rooms and took a seat at the table.
Everyone was completely sullen with the exception of Mo Sheng who was slightly and avoided the gazes of both Lu AnLing and Rong Xin. This was because, unlike the rest, he remembered everything that had happened yesterday. He was not the type of drunk who forgot things.
Though this wasn't the only reason why. Due to the fact that yesterday night, the drunk Rong Xin, who still had a slight conscience, did not want to use too many of Lu Xia's rooms, had slept in the same bed as Mo Sheng. When Mo Sheng had woken up that morning he had had a huge shock.
Now, it was a bit hard for him to look at Rong Xin.
Rong Xin noticed this but he wasn't sure what was going on with the man. By the time Rong Xin had awoken, Mo Sheng had already left the room...
Rong Xin would have asked but because of his splitting headache, he just couldn't.
"How are you all?" Lu AnLing asked formally.
Her question was met with a series of groans.
Hearing this, Lu AnLing didn't know whether to laugh at them or scold them. So instead she took a sip of tea, and then she stood up and went to the kitchen.
When she came back, Lu AnLing brought two bowls of soup and put it in from of Tang Bingyi and Lu Xia who were completely confused.
After this, Rong Lihua came out of the kitchen and brought two other bowls of soups and went to place it in front of Rong Xin and Mo Sheng.
"G-granny..." Rong Xin said guiltily as he looked up at the old woman but Rong Lihua didn't answer him. She just put some soup in from of him.
As soon as she had done this, Kang Mei Xue and Kang Mingyu entered the dining room as they held Kang Jun's hand.
Seeing Kang Jun, Rong Lihua served him some coffee and some sweets.
Lu Xia, Tang Bingyi, Mo Sheng and Rong Xin looked at the group with slight confusion.
Seeing this, Rong Lihua frowned and then she began to scold them. "Hurry up and eat! The Young Madame and I slaved to make you drunkards some Korean hangover soup, it would be a shame if it gets cold!"
Hearing this, the adults felt like they were children being scolded by their parents and so they began to eat.
In the early hours of the morning, Kang Jun and Rong Lihua had come over with Kang Mei Xue and Kang Mingyu. Lu AnLing, Who was usually an early riser, had gotten a call from him beforehand so she was able to sneak them into the house without a problem.
Lu AnLing, Rong Lihua and the kids had then cooked some hangover soup as Kang Jun spoke to Kang Liu Ran who had woken up moments after Lu AnLing had.
Now, with everyone sitting down at the table, Lu AnLing leaned in and asked, "Do any of you remember the mess you caused yesterday?"
Lu Xia shrugged. "I'm sure it wasn't that bad"
Hearing this, Lu AnLung took Tang Bingyi's phone out. And then she handed it to Tang Bingyi.
"Play it." Lu AnLing said.
Tang Bingyi did as told.
Lu Xia, Tang Bingyi and Rong Xin were curious about what had been filmed yesterday and so they all huddled up to watch. Mo Sheng, on the other hand, massaged his temples and prepared for the embarrassment that was to come.
Watching with interest and fear. Seeing their craziness the three paled. Lu Xia's eyes then widened. "Who's bright idea was it to film everything?"
Mo Sheng pinched the bridge of his nose. "Obviously yours."
"You're lying!" Lu Xia said with conviction.
Hearing this, Lu AnLing walked over to them and then she fast-forwarded the video to when Lu Xia had said this.
As soon as she had heard her own voice Lu Xia's face paled even more.
Smirking, Lu AnLing said, "Don't even try to erase it. I sent the video to myself. I'm keeping it as a memory..."
"A memory? Don't you mean as blackmail material?" Mo Sheng said with conviction.
Lu AnLing: " Who am I going to blackmail? We're all family here."
Lu AnLing had not realized what she had said at first. But when she did, her eyes unconsciously darted towards Tang Bingyi.
Tang Bingyi touched her hair awkwardly. "I'm not..."
Lu AnLing wanted to correct the girl and tell her the truth but the words wouldn't come out. So Kang Jun immediately swept in to save his wife.
"If AnLing says you're family, you are." Kang Jun said convincingly.
Hearing this, Tang Bingyi felt her heart warm but she did not know what to say. In her hand, Tang Bingyi squeezes her phone with happiness.
***
Many hours later, Kang Jun and Lu AnLing had headed back home, along with the kids, Rong Lihua and Rong Xin.
Today was a special day...
It was the day that Kang Jun and Lu AnLing had been waiting for this day since they had found out that their daughter was alive and well and today was it.
Finally, they would get to introduce themselves as parents to Lu Yuxi.
At first, Kang Jun and Lu AnLing were going to hold the play date at Kang Manor but considering how anyone from the Kang family could just show up, The couple thought that it would be better if they avoided such a thing so they decided to hold it at Kang Jun's house.
Walking around the house, Lu AnLing checked if everything was perfect, she needed everything to be perfect today...
As she did this, she smiled as if today was the happiest day in her life. Once she finished checking the living room where most of the playdate would be spent she then went into the kitchen where she found Kang Mei Xue drawing.
Seeing this, Lu AnLing approached her and looked down at her drawing. It was one of her, Lu AnLing, Kang Jun and Kang Mingyu.
"That's pretty." Lu AnLing said as she pated Kang Mei Xue's head, "But today, you'll be meeting a new member of our family. You'll have a little sister..."
"A sister..." Kang Mei Xue said strangely.
Truly, Kang Mei Xue was slightly confused. She had never once heard about having a sister before. The only sibling she had ever had was Kang Mingyu and so, the girl was not sure if she was excited or not. What if having a sister cause Lu AnLing, Kang Jun or even Kang Mingyu to love her less?
Kang Mei Xue felt her heart tighten at the thought. She didn't want to lose her place...
Grabbing onto Lu AnLing's dress, the girl looked at the floor a bit awkwardly.
Seeing this, Lu AnLing bent down to pat Kang Mei Xue on the head.
"I love you." Lu AnLing said simply without a tremble. This caused the little girl to look up at her. "I loved you before I met you. I love you now. And I'll love you forever. You'll always be my special little girl."
Each word Lu AnLing uttered was simple and clear. It pierced through Kang Mei Xue's worries and touched her heart like no words ever could.
Kang Mei Xue wasn't quite sure what love was, but she could feel it by the way lu AnLing's voice sounded, by the way, Lu AnLing touched her head and by the way, Lu AnLing looked at her with so much everlasting care.
Next up is the play date! And since tomorrow is Monday, I'll be back with two chapters.
And I'm posting this early again since I plan to spend the whole day working on school without any distractions. I can't wait until these last two weeks are over so I can be freeeee.
By the way, I DID IT! I got accepted to the art school's animation program! So no more essays next year!