On his way out, Lin Xiao received a call from Luo Qinghan.
"What's up, my darling?"
Lin Xiao's mood instantly improved.
"So cheesy!"
After Luo Qinghan playfully scolded him, she said, "Honey, do you have some time? My cousin just returned to the country. I promised her I'd pick her up, but I'm really swamped at the company right now. Her flight is arriving soon, so I was wondering if you could go pick her up."
"Sure, no problem."
Lin Xiao agreed immediately. If Luo Qinghan hadn't mentioned it, Lin Xiao would have almost forgotten she had a cousin.
If he remembered correctly, her cousin had been sent abroad several years ago, starting her high school studies in Australia.
He also recalled from the information he had that Luo Qinghan's cousin's family no longer lived in Shashi; they had settled in Huadu.
He casually asked, "Is she here to visit Shashi?"
"Yes, she's graduated and has been pestering me to come visit us. I agreed," Luo Qinghan replied. "Alright, I've got to go, I need to get back to work."
"Okay."
Lin Xiao hung up the phone.
Luo Qinghan's cousin, wasn't her name Li Shuxiao? Her mother's family was quite ordinary. However, her maternal uncle had made quite a bit of money doing business in Huadu, faring much better than her own family. They didn't have much interaction, and only Li Shuxiao and Luo Qinghan kept in touch more often.
As for their parents, they barely had any contact, meeting perhaps once a year or even less, and when they did, it was just superficial pleasantries.
However, he heard that several months ago, his mother-in-law's brother had taken the initiative to contact them, likely realizing that Luo Qinghan was now in charge of the Luo family.
Lin Xiao turned the car around and headed towards the airport.
...
"Tsk, is my sister's company that busy?" The temperature in Shashi had already exceeded twenty degrees Celsius, and with the bright sun outside, the perceived temperature felt around twenty-seven or twenty-eight degrees. Many people had already started wearing summer clothes.
Li Shuxiao, who had come from Huadu, felt the same. She wore a white fitted tank top layered with a floral print shirt, the buttons of which were left undone, and the hem tied in a knot just below her bust. Her lower half was clad in a pair of fitted ripped jeans.
She wore a baseball cap on her head, large sunglasses, and sparkling diamond earrings.
As she spoke, she pushed up her glasses, her smart watch reflecting the blinding sunlight.
Her skin was slightly yellowish, not the pale, tender complexion, but a healthy tan, indicating she spent a lot of time outdoors. On her other wrist, the one not wearing a watch, she had a tattoo and a gold bracelet.
"Shashi is really... not even half as warm as Huadu. Sigh, I don't really like wearing stockings," she sighed, then began scanning the airport exit for the person picking her up.
She heard it was her brother-in-law coming to get her?
What kind of person was her brother-in-law?
As Li Shuxiao slowly searched, she spotted a rather sunny and handsome man waving at her.
"Li Shuxiao!"
Lin Xiao called out her name and then proactively stepped forward to take the large, forty-kilogram suitcase from Li Shuxiao's hand.
"You are... Lin Xiao?"