"I trust you...but there are things you need not know." She had a bereaved expression.

He did not have the courage to pry further. At least, she granted them the permission to go back to City S.

Suddenly, his personal phone rang. He took it and gently closed the room door as to not wake up his sleeping wife and baby.

He looked down. It said 'SM calling.' He sighed and picked up.

"Hey! F-i-an-cé...dun' care where you've been, but you need to tell the elders that I was at your place, alright?"

"Why?" Dan was skeptical. He does not care either whatever this girl wanted to do with her life. He was only thinking about his own family.

"You know your high school bud, Yun?"

"Yeah. What about him?" There was slight annoyance in his voice.

"We're together now!" she happily declared.

"What?! What did you do to Captain Yun?" He could not believe his ears. He even checked to verify that it was actually Madeline Song who called.

"Hey! Why do you sound like I was mean?" she complained. "Rather than that, you should ask what he did to me!" she teased.

"I don't care! I just brought my family home today. Don't do things that could get us all in trouble, you understand?" His expression was stern as his voice sounded serious.

"Yeah...yeah...I'm just tellin' ya. That we should have the same excuse. At least your absence from the office coincided with me missing in action too." she giggled.

"How'd you know I was not in the office?" He became suspicious.

She giggled. "Well, I have flies buzzing here and there."

"Just don't cross the line. I'll be back in the company tomorrow. Get your fabricated story together."

"Roger that! Say hi to the missus for me!"

"Hey, wait! Aren't you gay?"

She giggled. "Well, the captain is bis.e.xual, so it's not really an issue. Toodles!"

"What?!" She hung up on him before he could ask further.

He dialled 'LY' after her call ended.

"Hey, Dan, guess what?" There was excitement on the other line.

"You hooked up with Madeline Song?!"

"Yeah! Wicked, right?" Long Yun guffawed.

"Were...were you really...gay?" Dan still could not process that their basketball team captain back in high school preferred either gender.

"I can do both." He laughed. "Why, are you feeling awkward about it?"

"No...no...well, maybe a bit." He scratched the back of his head. "Back in high school, you were..."

The guffaw was so loud from the other side.

Just as he was feeling awkward, a hand laid on his shoulder.

He turned around instantly, and saw his wife scratching her still sleepy eyes.

"Hey..." he whispered, as he kissed her temple.

"Who's that? Why is it so loud? Let's sleep." She yawned, and tried to drag his arm with her.

"Captain Long, keep your wicked endeavors to yourselves. Madeline will explain the details, alright?"

"Hey! I'm still not finished telling how it happened!" Long Yun complained.

"Sorry. Family duties." Dan hung up without a chance for the other person to reply.

He then wrapped an arm around his sleepy wife as they entered the bedroom.

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Xiu Jin held a pistol and aimed it.

Three shots were fired.

He was still contemplating how to bring justice to his son and daughter-in-law. He knew that Ming Xiaoyu is a delusional woman. However, it had been years since he last saw her. That was when he denied on her face that the daughter she had was not his. He even got her husband to affirm that that night, she was drunk when she encountered Xiu Jin, but he, as a loyal husband, called for her own husband to fetch her.

The family seemed to have taken everything in. However, at this point, it seemed that she is crazier than he had predicted.

"Chairman Xiu." A hand fell on Xiu Jin's shoulder. It was of a young man with a sly smile.

"The son of the late Chairman Tang." Xiu Jin recognized him.

"I'm glad to hear that you know my face. But...I'm chairman now. So I hope you will correct the way you address me." He extended his wide grin.

Xiu Jin shook his hand off. "The younger generation should show some respect."

"Woah...Chairman Xiu...I didn't mean to offend you! I just wanted to praise your accuracy and precision. The person you were thinking while shooting will never survive it."

Xiu Jin furrowed his brows and looked at the target. It had a single large hole. His bullets. .h.i.t the same spot at the center of the target.

"I guess you didn't intend that." Tang Jinxuan waved off his hand as he walked away.

Xiu Jin could not help but stare at the target. It was the first time for him to be able to shoot that accurate and precise.

The first time he went at a firing range was when his wife showed him her skills, much to his dismay on his inabilities.

She was also on point and precise. Did she also have revenge in her mind when she shot those bullets?