What he didn't expect though was that Rachel heard about their wedding from a god-knows-where. She was even aware that their wedding ceremony was being held in his house. Blinded by jealousy, she managed to pass through the guards and mix with the crowd. Something evil was reeling inside her head as she carefully hid behind people and waited for her opportunity. She wanted to breakeven for not getting Duke. She would destroy their wedding.
Everyone in the occasion was pleasantly surprised as soon as Kevin and Leena came in. He hadn't let anyone else know that he came home. They all thought that he couldn't make it to the wedding ceremony after all. Thus, his presence alone was already a show-stopper.
"Uncle Kevin, look at me! Do I look handsome?" Justin quickly ran to Kevin as soon as he saw him in the house. He was quite excited today and asked the same question to everyone he met. There were at least ten people he had asked.
Oh, little guy, you are so handsome today! Can you tell uncle why you are dressed so nicely?" Honestly speaking, it wasn't rocket-science for Kevin to figure out what the little boy's part on that ceremony was. The suit for Justin today was already a giveaway. It was just that he couldn't help himself from bending down and teasing him with it.
"Let me tell you a little secret!" Justin giddily stood on his tiptoes, leaned to Kevin, and then whispered in his ear. "I'm the flower boy today!" The little boy even discreetly glanced at Leena as he did not want her to hear about the confidential topic.
"Pffft! No need to act all secret, okay? I know you begged to be the flower boy. Stop being all smug and cocky!" Leena snorted, unhappy with Justin's behaviour. It was still a mystery why the two would start to fight whenever they met. They wouldn't stop until they were both satisfied.
You liar! I didn't beg at all! Aunt Leena is the worst!" What Leena said made Justin feel embarrassed and angry all of a sudden. He had indeed asked to be the flower boy, fine. But he didn't beg like she said!
"Yeah, right. You didn't beg at all. You were just constantly mumbling something about being a flower boy, in case they forgot to invite you to be the flower boy." Leena smirked and kept mocking. She enjoyed watching the little guy being all worked up and angry. She couldn't even remove the huge grin on her face.
"Uncle Kevin, help me! Aunt Leena is being mean to me again! She's a big liar!" Justin puckered his lips and threw himself in Kevin's arms. They were quite close when they were in the army, so he didn't feel embarrassed at all.
Okay, okay. Of course I will help you. How about I punish her to do push-ups when we get back home? Are you happy with it?" Kevin winked at Leena, silently asking her to go along with it. Justin believed that doing push-up was the most serious punishment one could get. He had always listened to his mother when they were still in the army because he was afraid to be punished with push-ups.
"Yay! You are the best, Uncle Kevin." Justin made a silly face to Leena. Clearly, he was extremely happy that somebody was getting punished.
"You are just being petty." Though she had received Kevin's silent request, she still couldn't help mocking Justin one last time. God, she hated it when he acted all smug about himself.
"It's none of your business, huh!" Justin curled his lips into a sneer then quickly ran away. He stuck his tongue out at Leena and made a silly face before he left. Now that made Leena extremely angry.
"Girl, you are being very childish. He's just a kid. Go easy on him." Kevin lightly pinched Leena's nose, feeling helpless about the fight between her and Justin. He couldn't understand why they always acted this way whenever they saw each other.
"That little rascal was being all smug, so I intentionally said those words to get back at him." Leena pursed her lips as she said those words but then suddenly smiled once she saw Edward and Daisy. It was such a quick transition when she walked up to the couple with a full and sweet smile. She was just so glad to see them.
"Edward, Sis." Leena had always liked clinging to Edward, since they were just kids. Thus, it was natural for her to throw herself in his arms every time they met.
"Baby girl, did you start a fight with Justin again?" Edward held her tight in his arms. His eyes were filled with affection for her little sister as he gave her a quick once-over and pinched her nose. It was only then that Leena realized how everyone seemed to be obsessing about her nose.
"I didn't! He started it by being all cocky. I just can't stand him acting like that, so I said a few words to him." Leena mocked, she didn't want to admit that she indeed started the fight.
Major General Gu, you are back." Daisy didn't pay attention to Edward and Leena, who were cheerfully catching up. Instead, she greeted Kevin, who was heading towards them.
"Yeah! I just arrived yesterday. I thought that we'd meet today, so I didn't call you." Kevin kept his eyes on Edward as he spoke with Daisy. He wanted to greet him first but lost his chance when Edward held his wife by the hand and walked away without any ado. It seemed that Edward was still unhappy to see him.
"How was it? How was the special training? I bet it was great, right?" Daisy clearly knew that there was a lot to learn from international trainings. She had been to one but it was a shame that her training didn't last that long. Thus, she didn't learn enough. On the other hand, Kevin remained on that training for a long while, therefore, it was easy to say that he had learned a lot more.
Not bad. The training was extremely hard but it was fortunate that it gave us vantage of how they train compared to us. We can train better in the future." Just like Daisy, Kevin got very excited the moment he started to talk about the army. It was easy to notice that he liked the topic as his genuine interest couldn't stop from showing on his face.