He walked over and sat down beside Lin Yun Xi and leaned over and said quietly by her ear, "Did you guys have fun?"
Lin Yun Xi felt his hot breath tickle her ear and was dumbfounded for a moment before she hummed as a response.
Mo Luhan rubbed the crown of his little sister's head and said, "It's late. I'll drive you home."
Mo Ling Ling frowned as she brushed of his hands from her head without turning away from the TV.
Mo Luhan sighed and guessed he'd let his little sister finish the program before asking again.
Lin Yun Xi put down her phone and then hugged his arm as she burrowed her head in his chest and closed her eyes. She let her little button nose sniff in his scent.
The three of them sat there for another hour before the children's programme finished and changed to the news.
At this time Lin Yuan entered the living room and said, "There's dinner in the dining room." Then he turned around and walked back out of the living room.
Mo Ling Ling exhitedly jumped off the couch and ran after him.
Meanwhile, Mo Luhan looked down at the girl who was sleeping in his arms. He gently brushed away a few strands of her hair from her forehead and then tucked them behind her ear.
"Xi'er." His voice was low and gentle.
Lin Yun Xi slowly woke up and looked around drowsily, then her eyes met Mo Luhan for a brief second before she looked back down to his chest.
Mo Luhan smiled and caressed her hair. "Your father was just here. It's time for dinner."
Mo Luhan and Lin Yun Xi got up and then walked to the dining room where several dishes had been served on the table. Lin Yuan and Mo Ling Ling were already sitting down at the table.
Mo Luhan pulled out a chair and let Lin Yun Xi sit down before he pushed the chair in again as a true gentleman, then he took a seat on the opposite side.
During the dinner Mo Ling Ling and Lin Yun Xi talked about what Lin Yun Xi's next game should be about and Mo Ling Ling had several ideas. Meanwhile, Lin Yuan and Mo Luhan talked about business and stock trends which continued even after the dinner when Lin Yun Xi and Mo Ling Ling went back to the living room to watch a few cartoons on Netflix.
The clock had already turned 10 pm when Mo Luhan came back to the living room only to find his little sister sleeping in Lin Yun Xi's lap while Lin Yun Xi was tapping on her phone.
"It's getting late and we should get on our way." Mo Luhan said as he walked over and crouched down beside the couch and tossled his little sister's hair. Then he picked his little sister up in his arms and walked out to the hallway with Lin Yun Xi following behind.
As they reached the door, Mo Luhan turned around and said, "Good night." Before he leaned over and kissed Lin Yun Xi's cheek.
When he saw her face grow red and becoming slightly stunned he smiled and then opened the door and carried his little sister to the car.
Lin Yun Xi came back to reality the moment she heard the car's engine humming behind the closed door and faded away into the distance.
***
The next morning, a military jeep pulled up and parked in front of the entrance of the Lin Mansion.
A man in his early fifties, who could easily pull off as a man in his early fourties thanks to his good looks, stepped out of the car. He had short greying hair and a chiseled face. He wore a black tennis shirt and a pair of camouflage pants. His name was Zhan Wu.
He walked over to the door and rang the bell.
A few minutes later, Lin Yun Xi opened the door as her father was out on business. When she saw the man, she was stunned for a moment, before she went down on her knees and kowtowed toward him. "Master."
A smile grew on the handsome man's face. "Stand up."
Lin Yun Xi stood up and looked straight into the man's chest as if she was a good soldier. Despite his old age, she thought of this man as her older brother and master. If it weren't for him she would probably never had turned into a human who could survive by herself.
About 10 years ago, when he was stationed in country Z he had met her by accident and shortly thereafter noticed her gifts. After that he had decided to take her under his arms and train her, using a mix of his military experience, personal experience, psychology books, and whatever information he could find on the web he slowly turned her into a person who could deal with the world. He was also the one who introduced her to analytics where she would analyze various sources of news in order to find suspicious movements of foreign forces.
"It's been a few months since we last saw each other. Come, let me see if you've slacked off." He said and walked out onto the front lawn.
Lin Yun Xi followed and the moment her feet stepped onto the grass, he threw her a punch. To her, the fist which to a normal person would be so fast they wouldn't know what hit them, appeared to her as if it was coming at her in slow motion. So she effortlessly tilted her head to the side as she pulled up an arm and deflected the punch. Then she threw a punch of her own.
The two continued exchanging martial art moves for five whole minutes before a kick landed on her shoulder and she lost balance and fell to the ground.
She could see all his moves and counteract them, but in the end she was limited by her female physique. He was simply too strong and fast, and even if she could see all his moves as if in slow motion, she wasn't strong or fast enough to counteract them.