E.X.ing (Luhan Fanfic)

Knowing

It's near the lunch time, when every officers of Shanghai's branch arrive in one of beautiful resort in Beijing. It's Mr. Lu who personally welcomes them, smiling warmly to every officers as 'you do a good job' words slipping from his lips. Lixian stands behind the crowd, cringing her face secretly because everybody really tries hard to get Mr. Lu's heart.

After standing there for almost half an hour, finally everybody splits way to their room, leaving the lobby into a quiet mode. A relief sigh leaves Lixian's lips, right now she can greet Luhan's father without getting all the attention.

"Xian, welcome home" Mr. Lu actually the first one who greets Lixian. She smiles softly to him as she runs into his embrace. For a while, Lixian closes her eyes, feeling safe because after a long time, she can feel his fatherly aura again. All this time, Lixian always thinks that she will feel safer on Luhan's father's embrace rather than on her own father's.

December 1997, when every land covered by the snow and the coldest winter came, Lixian's mother took her last breath in the hospital because of severe illness. Even when Lixian already prepared for the worst, she was still taken aback. The seven years old Lixian cried her loudest cry but it still didn't bring her mother back. She lost her mother forever.

In 1998, Lixian moved in to her grandma's place. All for her best, her old house had so many memories about her mother. She would barely recover from her heart break because the memories kept tearing her apart. But everything changed after she lived with her grandma. Slowly, she could accept her mother's gone and since that day, her grandmother replaced her mother's role.

2 years after, Lixian was taken aback by her father decision to marry a girl she never met. Lately she found out, after she moved out from her old house, her father's girlfriend moved in. Lixian felt betrayed by this, she always thought her father replaced her with his new girlfriend. As a ten years old little girl, Lixian could do nothing eventhough she was against the marriage. In the end she lost all her respect to his father.

Not long after the marriage, Lixian's father moved to Hongkong with his new wife. Again, Lixian felt so disappointed with his father, she always thought that her father dumbed her. Since that day, she barely talked to her father, she avoided her father and his new wife. Because Lixian had those problems in such a young age, she grew into a strong mature girl, and for that, she always felt thankful.

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After the lunch time, everybody heads to the hall for the opening event. Lixian sits on one of the seat at the back, alone, because she has no friend. She looks around as usual, searching for free handsome faces to stare. Sigh leaves her lips as she finds Mr. Huang, everywhere she looks, she always finds her co-workers.

"CEO Lu will enter the hall"

As the master of ceremony talks, everybody stands up from the seat and claps their hands. Lixian sees nothing but the broad shoulder of the man who sits infront of her. When everybody stops clapping, Lixian immediately sits on her seat, followed by everybody.

"Good afternoon to all my loyal workers" Luhan's father's voice is friendly, like usual.

Lixian smiles as she looks straight to the front. Her jaw harden as she sees a man beside Mr. Lu. It's really surprising for her to see him. He never came to this gathering, but today, he comes. Since she caught his figure, Lixian feels like her heart stop beating for a while. She can hear nothing. she can see nothing but Luhan, her lovely ex.

"That's CEO Lu's son, he is unbelievably handsome" A girl next to Lixian talks.

'Agree' Lixian talks inside her heart, can't deny his good-looking face. After four years stalked over him and saw him from picture, today Lixian sees him in person. It's a breath taking moment for Lixian, she unconsciously holds her breath. She is very sure, if she was standing right now, she would fall because her legs weak.