A Graduation Gift

G City, international airport.

Black leather shoes clicked on the floor, as a tall figure in black cut his way through the swarming crowds.

He stopped and leaned his angular face to the side. His expression was hidden by dark, expensive-looking sunglasses. Despite the pushing crowds, a stream of space remained around where he stood.

A black stretch Lincoln was waiting at the gate of the airport. As soon as he stepped outside, he was surrounded by a group of imposing men in smartly pressed black suits. They turned to him and bowed their heads in respect.

"Welcome back, boss."

The tallest of the men stepped forward, gesturing to the man and speaking in a clear, low voice.

The figure remained silent, but his thin sculpted lips pursed and lifted into slow, crooked smile. Slender fingers took the sunglasses from his face. And underneath them, his eyes held a frightening, challenging depth.

After ten years, he was finally back. The city was both strange and familiar to him. As the figure strode towards the car under the protecting of his guards, his eyes roamed around. And his lips pressed again into a thin smile. Something about him made the people walking past unable to look at anything but him, until he turned his gaze to them and they hastily scurried away.

He, Rufus Luo, was finally back.

In Tang house, Jill sat in the quiet living room, gently sipping a cup of cosmetic tea.

Meanwhile, Horace paced back and forth across the floor, contstantly checking the phone gripped tightly in his hand.

To anyone looking through the window, the scene from last night might not have happened. The house seemed still.

night, she had gone straight to the guest room. Lionel did not bother her after that. On the first night in Tang house, she slept peacefully.

she came down the stairs, she was surprised by the stillness in the living room. 'In the Tang family, I should be a good daughter-in-law, clever and gentle, ' Cassandra kept reminding

Mother and

derisively. She was always not satisfied with this daughter-in-law. From the slight

have happened. She thought she felt a tension in the air. And she tried not to let her nervousness show. Curious though she was, Cassandra knew better than to ask if anything was wrong. In any case, she

to Lionel, and tell him to come back

these words, and realised that Horace had been speaking to her. She turned to

You think he should be here to welcome back that dirty

sat back against a cushion to sip her tea, and Cassandra saw a look of disgust flash across her usually-composed

what? A dirty bastard?

they were referring to...Could it be that Horace had a secret

not speak of him in this manner. Why should Lionel not be home to welcome his elder brother?"

low angry tones, Cassandra thought about what she had heard. 'Wow, Lionel's older brother. So he must be the

to call someone of his age and position something as harsh as a

mention of this person had sparked her interest. She had known that the Tang family had a complex and difficult dynamic, but to find out that Horace had

Horace's phone. Horace's face transformed into a joyful smile.

Have you arrived

feel the joy radiating from the man. After hanging up, he put away his cell phone and

with me