The whole atmosphere was filled with the aroma of hot pot and freshly made dumplings at the dining area. Song Hao came to the dining table with a satisfied look and Song Qiang was already drooling while waiting for his uncle to bring the dishes.
When the dinner was served, everyone started eating. Song Hao took a spoonful of hot pot and blew it before eating. When the fresh and perfectly seasoned soup entered in his mouth, he felt satisfied. He realized that he was this missing the hot pot. Even if he tried many times, he couldn't make it like this.
Song Qiang has already taken a dumpling and stuffed it whole in his mouth. "No one is eating your food, eat slowly!" uncle Song said while passing a glass of water to him.
Song Qiang moaned while eating the dumpling and said, "Uncle, I will not get married so that you will have to cook for me every day!" Uncle Song shook his head while laughing and said, "Why do you think that after you get married, you couldn't eat dumplings. Who knows, that girl might be better than me in cooking."
Song Hao smirked and said, "Even if you want to get married, you can't marry her. You already had one rival but now, there will be another rival against whom you will definitely lose." Uncle Song widened his eyes and asked, "What! You already have someone in your mind? Who is she?"
Song Qiang rolled his eyes and told, "Uncle, it's nothing like that, don't listen to him. I just praised a female classmate of mine and my brother has already assumed that I like her! Does that even make sense? Ahh, right… even you liked her presentation that day, right?"
Looking at the confused face of his uncle, he reminded him, "I am talking about Yoon Su Yeon, my classmate." Uncle Song got shocked and asked, "She is your classmate? Oh, yes! You both study business and finance, how come I didn't realize!"
Remembering something, Song Qiang asked his brother, "Even if it is not related to me, who was the other person you were talking about? I mean I know that the first one is that Kim… Kim what? Ahh, Kim Jin…" uncle Song interrupted him, "What are you talking about? Who is Kim Jin?"
Song Hao explained, "We were talking about the love rivals of Qiang. Uncle, do you remember the nephew of uncle Kim? Apparently, he is after her, so our Qiang might have to fight with his distant cousin." "Brother!! Please," Song Qiang shouted.
Uncle Song remembered the boy who came to pick up her that day. "Ohh, so he was Kim Jin that day!" he said. His dumpling again fell for that guy in this life and it turned out that he is the nephew of that Prime Minister… No, this time, it is Director Kim.
He asked further, "And what about the other one?" Song Hao looked at his younger brother and sighed, "You seriously cannot compete against him… because he is Lufan."
Song Qiang dropped the dumpling in his soup and exclaimed, "What!! Do you mean the Lufan we know? You mean Dr. Wang Lufan?" he couldn't believe it. It's just too much for him, even if he is not a part of this thing.
When Hao nodded his head and confirmed, uncle Song suddenly shouted, "That's impossible! They can't have those feelings…" he paused and continued in his mind, 'because they were siblings!'
He realized his mistake when he looked at the confused face of his nephews. He rephrased his sentence, "I mean… did Dr. Wang said this directly? You might be mistaken."
Song Qiang agreed and looked at his brother. Song Hao justified, "He didn't say it clearly but he wanted to track her location, so he asked for my help. He seemed quite nervous and unstable."
Qiang sighed and said, "Don't jump to the conclusion. She might be the same Su Yeon he knows. I don't think he has those feelings for her." Song Hao said, "I knew it, I just wanted to confirm your thoughts about it. I know my friend better than you." Song Qiang rolled his eyes and continued eating.
The dinner went well with lots of chatting, teasing and jokes. After relaxing on the sofa for some time, Uncle Song said, "It's late now, you both should sleep. I have told butler Lin to clean your rooms. Hao, I have made a study room for you too. You can arrange your things there. Tell me if I missed out anything." Song Hao smiled and nodded.
After the death of his parents, his immature uncle Song changed drastically. He noticed that his uncle turned into a very sensible, mature and confident person. He used to be very lazy when it came to company matters, but now, he managed and expanded this whole empire solely. He quite liked this version of his uncle.
Everyone went into their rooms. Uncle Song went to his study and thought about what Hao told them earlier. Wang Lufan wanted to track Su Yeon's location? So, he still cares about her, just doesn't want to show. He smiled at their sibling bond. 'Wait… how did he know that someone is following her?' he thought.
He then remembered Gon. 'Where is he?' he wondered. Today he went out suddenly this morning when he got a call from his subordinate. Since there was no news from him, he called Gon but the phone was not reachable.
Gon didn't tell him anything and went out quietly, now even his phone is not reachable, which is quite unusual of him. He took a mental note to ask him when he will come to report.
While reading the documents, he got a call. He closed the documents and looked at his phone, it was from Gon. He sighed in relief and picked up the call.
A deep voice came from the other side, "Master." Master Song replied, "Gon, where are you? Is everything ok? Are you alright?"
No answer came from the other side for few seconds. After a short pause, Gon replied, "Master, I am alright. I am at our base. Can… can I report you tomorrow? Till then I will get the thorough information and report to you." Master Song agreed, "Of course, I have a rough idea about what must have happened today. I believe you, so investigate everything thoroughly and… take some rest too."
Gon felt the warmth inside his heart. He asked, "Master, are you still afraid of Miss?" Master Song chuckled and said, "Of course! That day at the college cafeteria, she was glaring at me because I haven't asked you for lunch, even if she doesn't have her memories. I can't take any risk when it comes to you."
He paused for a moment and asked again, "Gon ah, just tell me one thing… nothing happened to my little dumpling and… Lufan is also safe, right?" his palms were sweating due to nervousness.
Gon assured him, "Don't worry master, nothing happened to Miss. I made sure that she didn't even know about it. I followed her till she reached her home. As for the young master… he is also safe and currently working in the hospital. You should sleep now without any worries."
Master Song sighed in relief. He agreed and hung up the call. Now he knows that his two kids are safe and fine, he can at least sleep peacefully. He was more concerned for Su Yeon, since Lufan is already in the underworld and he can protect himself very well.
Then he laughed at his own concern. How can he even get worried about his little dumpling when Gon is here! That kid will do anything to protect his miss, no one can defeat him when he gets angry.
Also, by what relation he is getting worried for them? They are not even related to him in this life, leave alone the blood relation like past.
"But what can I do? they are still my kids… even if they don't have any recollection of the past," he mumbled. He sighed at his misfortune and went to sleep.
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At the basement, Gon hung up the call and his smiling face turned into an aloof face.