The sudden weightlessness woke Ling Xiaoyue up, and she sat up in bed, gasping for breath.
Turning her head to look, she saw that her daughter was sleeping soundly beside her. The unease in her heart slowly subsided as she wiped away the fine beads of sweat on her forehead.
She had come to America six years ago to find out that she was pregnant, and she had thought of knocking the child out. But the baby had been formed, and a miscarriage could be life-threatening.
Ling Xiao Yue's finger gently caressed her daughter's face. Thankfully, she had not given up on this child. When she was at her most depressed, this child had given her the courage to live.
The despair from six years ago created the current Ling Xiao Yue. That shameful photo was given to her as a gift to the world's best treasure.
In the dimly lit cabin, there were a few small night lights on. In a few hours, the plane would land and Ling Xiao Yue would once again set foot on this piece of land.
After covering her daughter with a blanket, she quietly walked into the bathroom to wash her face. The cold water woke her up, and Ling Xiao Yue raised her head to look at herself in the mirror.
She turned and walked out and accidentally hit a broad chest.
"I'm sorry …"
Before she could finish, her voice caught in her throat and a blurry face flashed through her mind.
The next moment, that person grabbed her wrist and forcefully pushed her back into the small washroom.
"Let me go!" Ling Xiao Yue struggled with all her might, but was unable to break free from the other party's grasp.
"Who are you?" A deep voice exploded above her head. The man stretched out his hand to pinch her chin, causing her to look at him. The low voice contained a hidden anger.
This woman's eyes were exactly the same as he remembered.
"And who are you?" Ling Xiaoyue tilted her head to avoid his hand and asked angrily.
The man shielded the door with his body. He took out his cell phone and smirked as he clicked on a photo.
Blood rushed to the top of Ling Xiao Yue's head as her ears buzzed. Why did this man have this photo, this humiliating photo!?
"This woman is you!" He looked confident.
Ling Xiaoyue looked up in disbelief. The man in front of her had a handsome face that slowly blended with the outline of the photo. He was that man!
Ling Xiao Yue's body could not help but tremble. She never expected to meet him here.
This man was the father that he had thought of!
"Who are you? "Answer me." The man glared at her as he continued to question her.
Ling Xiaoyue's mind was in a mess as she lowered her head to avoid the man's gaze. Just as she was about to run, she said, "Out of the way, you've recognized the wrong person."
"Impossible." In the small airplane washroom, it was extremely difficult for two people to stand. The man's hot chest was very close to hers, and the scent of wood wafted into her nose.
"Shall we go out?" Ling Xiaoyue rolled her eyes and said gently, "This place is too small. It's inconvenient for you to stand here." She looked up at him with pitiful eyes.
The man stared for a moment, then opened the bathroom door.
Just as she opened up a crack, Ling Xiao Yue immediately retracted her pitiful appearance. She was as agile as a fish as she quickly escaped through the narrow crack in the door.
She turned around and pulled the door shut, then ran out of the room without a care in the world.
Caught off guard, the man staggered two steps back. When he opened the door, the figure of the woman from before was nowhere to be seen.
"Damn it!" He growled and punched the door frame.
Back then, he had been bewitched by her pitiful eyes, which was why he had made such a big mistake. Unexpectedly, six years later, he was once again tricked by this woman.
He slammed the door in exasperation, his eyes straying to the side where a pearl earring had fallen from the ground.
Outside the airport, a girl was holding onto a boarding pass as she tiptoed around. Soon, she found her target.
"Ling Xiao Yue! Sister Ling, over here! "
A woman came out of the gate with hurried steps. Behind her, there was a little girl with a jade peck on the trunk.
"Mommy, are we there yet?" The little girl looked to be about four or five years old. Her long hair was tied into two ponytails, and her big, wet eyes were filled with spirit energy.
People around them glanced at the little girl and touched her face. No matter how they looked at it, they liked her.
Yu Qingwan ran over and gave Ling Xiaoyue a big hug. She then hugged the girl and kissed her. "I missed all of you so much!"
It had been a long time since they had last seen each other, and the three of them were happily chatting when Yu Qingwan's phone rang. She did not say much as her expression darkened.
"What's wrong?" Ling Xiao Yue's heart tightened.
Yu Qingwan hung up the phone and frowned, "Sister Ling, there's bad news."
"At two o'clock this afternoon, the Lingyun Corporation will convene a press conference to announce the next successor …"
Ling Xiao Yue's gaze darkened slightly as she glanced at her watch. It was less than two hours from the start of the press conference.
"Where is it?"
"The meeting room of the Lingyun Corporation." Yu Qingwan's voice was urgent, "Sister Ling, it's definitely too late to rush over now!"
"I can make it." A sweet and soft voice sounded. The person sitting in the back seat raised his shiny big eyes and pointed at the navigation map in the car.
"It's 12: 07, and there's probably a traffic jam on the viaduct. We're off the road, all the way north from the airport, across Bay Road, and through an old neighborhood on the south side. There aren't many pedestrians in the district at this time of the year. We can pass through the district directly, so that we can avoid the most blocked section of the road. Next, he would take a detour around the high platform and head down to the Green Mountain Crossroads. If everything went well, it would take him at least an hour and a half. Mommy, you can make up your lipstick. "
After the little girl said that, she winked at Ling Xiao Yue. She had a 'Mommy, hurry up and praise me' expression on her face.
"My God, is it a breathing navigation to recite you? No, no! You can't even find the way to navigate! "
Ling Xiao Yue looked at her daughter in shock as she blew her a kiss.
Back then, his stepmother and younger sister had planned to chase Ling Xiao Yue out of the Ling family so that Qiao Meng could properly inherit the Cloudsoaring sect.
Since Ling Xiao Yue had returned, she would definitely not let the mother and daughter have their way.
"Qingwan, to the Lingyun Corporation!"