Words I Was Afraid To Hear

They had to cross towns by rental car and ride a boat before they could board a larger ship .

The dawn of the new day was about to break when they docked at City S . Several cars were parked at the port .

As they arrive, Midori found the familiar white Lexus 450D . Filled with emotions, she finally let go of Dan"s hand and sprinted to hug her mother .

Aoi Xiu embraced her daughter . Then she looked at Midori"s face with teary eyes .

"I"m so glad you"re back with us . "

"It"s good to be back, Mom . " To Madam Xiu"s surprise, the warm smile of her daughter was back .

It was not that she did not smile towards her family . More like, even if she was trying to smile, they could sense the sadness in her eyes . But now, even her eyes were glistening .

Suddenly, a little voice was heard . "Mommy!" Out of the car came Manta .

Midori scooped him up to her embrace . The little boy hugged her with his chubby arms and gave her a peck on the cheek . She kissed his chubby cheeks back as they exchanged giggles .

Dan subconsciously walked towards them but he was stopped by Madam Xiu .

"CEO Zhou . Thank you for taking care of my daughter . " She bowed .

"Aunty . . . " He was flabbergasted on the gesture .

"CEO Zhou, I hope you refrain from interacting with my family, unless it"s about business . " Her domineering aura was greater than the tall man . She turned around and walked towards her family .

Dan kept staring at the scene of what could have been his family .

As Aoi was approaching, suddenly, a young man went out of the car . He went towards Midori in steady strides .

Midori was still embracing Manta when they two of them were gathered in an embrace .

When he let go of her, he said, "I knew you will be back safe . "

She was dumbfounded and was only able to call back his name . "Ryuuji . . . "

Dan saw this scene and his face turned gloomy . He remembered how Manta cried when he told the boy that he is his daddy and went looking for his "tousan" immediately .

"Who is that man? Is he together with Midori? Does Manta recognize him as his father?" Indeed, even in his thoughts, Dan never doubted that Manta is his .

Suddenly, he was brought back to his senses as he heard someone calling his name .

"Dan!" A familiar voice rang into his ears .

His face turned murderous in an instant, but before he turned around, he managed to bring back his neutral face .

"You"re back!" Ming Rushi suddenly embraced him with tears in her eyes .

Dan stood still like a statue . "Why are you here?"

"I . . . they said you were missing! I was so worried!" She tried to embrace him again, but Dan held her shoulders at arm"s length .

"I told you not to go back to City S . . . or do you not want to continue being the general manager in City B?" His tone had some threat in it .

Ming Rushi held back a smirk . Then she replied while pouting, "Then, let me work here . With my credentials, I can get into headquarters . I am more than qualified . Then, I would not be too worried about you!" She deliberately spoke in a loud, high-pitched voice so Midori could hear .

"No . Go back to City B . " he replied indifferently .

"But . . . " from the loud voice, she was tuned down to almost a whisper .

"Ms . Park, take Ms . Ming back to the airport . " He went into his Porsche Panamera and drove off .

"Ms . Ming . . . " Mich.e.l.le gestured to a blue Audi A8 .

"You don"t get to order me around!" Ming Rushi took a cab and sped away .

Mich.e.l.le was shocked . "Does this mean that Ms . Ming has been dumped?" She looked at CEO Xiu"s family driving off . "But CEO Xiu looked like she was married . Hmmm . . . but her concern towards CEO . . . even instructing to bring him to a hospital . Oh, sh*t! I totally forgot to bring him!"

She hurriedly called her boss . It took some time for him to answer .

"What now?" CEO Zhou sounded irritated .

"Uhm . . . CEO, I promised CEO Xiu to bring you to the hospital . " Mich.e.l.le was silently pleading him to agree .

"Tell her to bring me there herself . " He hung up .

Mich.e.l.le did not know what to do . In the end, she decided to call Riley .