"Lia is everything alright there why does it sound like your crying.?" inquired Mother Lu .
Listening to her mothers panicked tone over the phone Emilia could feel a warm sour feeling spreading through her chest. Thinking about how her parents still cared for her so much even after she had just up and left home and not visited them in six years she couldn't help but feel guilty.
After sorting out her emotions , Emilia took a deep breath before she lightly responded " Don't worry mom, I'm fine and everything here is well actually."
"That's good. It's good if everything is ok." Mother Lu sighed after knowing that everything was okay with her youngest daughter. "Lia if there is anything you need you know that you can talk to mom ok, mom is always here for you."
Emilia could feel herself losing control of her emotions again. How could she be so selfish as to ignore her parents. Even though they never said it, she knew her leaving hurt them. Emilia wanted to beat herself up just thinking about her parents not getting any sleep at night just worrying about her.
"Ya mom I know... It just that.. it just that I miss you guys so much. Emilia couldn't help but choke out through her tears.
"Oh baby we miss you too, you don't have to feel burdened you can always come back here. This was and always will be your home so you don't have to be pressured." Mother Lu couldn't help but quickly reassure her baby. Not being able to see her daughter was something very painful for her. And as Emilia's mother she knew how the girls thought process worked and she knew that the child probably felt too guilty to face them so even though she wanted to she wouldn't come back. So she hoped by saying that it could settle her daughter's heart and let her come back earlier.
"I Know thank you mom..." taking in a breath Emilia continued " Mom do you guys have time on Saturday to come over to my house and have dinner. That's if you guys have time, if Dad and big brother are busy we can always reschedule.." she continued
"No no we have time of course we have time you don't worry just send us the address and we will be there, we can even be there earlier, tommorow is also ok with me.!" Said Madam Lu cheerfully, this was going to be the first time she had seen her daughter in six years of course she would go. Her darling was finally opening up to them again she would miss this chance , what if she closed up again if she refused her now . She wouldn't take that chance. Even if her son and husband didn't have time she would make sure they made time.
Lightly chuckling to herself Emilia could feel her spirits being lifted. " No mom you can come on Saturday I'm on a business trip till Friday so we can meet up on Saturday."
"Oh that's ok , Saturday it is then!" She said a little disappointed at first that she couldn't go there at that very moment but her spirits we're immediately lifted once she thought about the fact that she would finally be able to see her daughter again.
Emilia and Mother Lu spoke for another 30 minutes before they finally said their goodbyes.
Checking the time and seeing that it was almost time to meet Mr Song, Emilia got dressed and left for their agreed meeting place. Once she had sorted everything on the houses with the man she called the previous contractor who worked on her house to get him to remodel the two houses in the same way as they had modified hers.
She knew that with the five months timeline she gave them to renovate both houses, it would cost her more money for material and man power so she had raised the pay by 30%. Even with all her savings she knew that she wouldn't be able to afford it so she gritted her teeth and finally used her allowance card her parents had given her when she was younger . Even though she hadn't used it for six years her father would still load pocket money for her on time every month for six years so the amount in there was quite large
Once she was done sorting out the housing matters it was past 21:00 so she went to shower and then she went to sleep preparing for her trip tomorrow.
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On the outskirts of Z city gunfire could be heard deep in the woods. After a few minutes the sound suddenly seized and the forest resumed it's tranquility.
A radio broadcast broke the silence not too long after. " Status update."
"Tchh... White Eagle reporting I've got six down on my end."
" Black Bear reporting in I've got five down here"
" three over here" came another report over the radio
In an inconspitous car not too far away from the scene the sound of reports were being delivered one after another. One of the two men sitting in the car looked up at the other after sorting out all the information he had just received.
" Captain all 14 bodies are accounted for ." He said shortly after.
"Hmm good job . Let's meet up and head back to the base . " Came a cold voice from the other man in the vehicle. The man's cold aura seemed to have decreased a little after hearing the mission report.
"Yes sir" came the Swift reply of the the three men on the other end of the radio.
" Aghh I finally get to go back I can't believe i miss S city this much." Said Black bear after he reached the car to white Eagle.
"Me to man , I'm definitely going to enjoy myself during this holiday. I'm going to Hawaii to relax." White Eagle replied." What about you Captain, what are you going to do during this break, don't tell me your going to continue working." He said.
"Exactly Cap , a holiday is there for you take a break not there for you to catch up on work. If you continue like this you will probably remain single your whole life!" Black bear quickly interjected.
"It's not like you have one" came Hawk's reply while he was pushing up his glasses. Hawk was the other man in the vehicle with the Captain.
"Why you!!! isn't it because you guys over work us, if it wasn't that I would definitely be taken now.!" answered black bear agrieved
Once he was done saying that he immediately felt a cold stare fall upon him from the vehicle. Black bear was so scared he began sweating uncontrollably.
"Shut up and get in the car!" Came Captain Ling Xiao's voice.
Yes sir ! All of them immediately got into the car.
Hawk handle the paperwork for me when we head back . Ling Spoke again
Caught by surprise Hawk looked at the captain bewildered. The captain always handled his work personally so him asking this was completely out of character.
" Ehh captain are you going somewhere?" White eagle asked
"Mhm" Ling Xiao hummed. "There is something I need to handle personally in City A so I'll probably be there for quite a while " he finished.
"Wow it sounds important if you have to spend a few months over there" Cheetah said.
"Mhm it is. It's by far more important than anything else ." Ling Xiao exclaimed as he looked outside the window into the deep moonless sky.
'Emilia , Xiao Qin, wait for me I'll be there soon!' Ling Xiao thought to himself.