Chapter 29 (1/2)

Chapter 29 Grandpa in the Military CompoundLin is off today. Just before noon, Baojia tells Lin to prepare for her first visit to Baojia’s grandpa. There’s still plenty of time, but Lin feels a little nervous.

Lin Luoran doesn’t want to visit Baojia’s grandpa without a gift. In fact, medicines in her mysterious s.p.a.ce are the best gifts for seniors. However, the ginseng is barely “thirty years old” and it would be a waste to pull them out since this kind of good seeds are hard to find.

Lin thinks for a moment and figures out another gift. She asks Baojia to drive to one of Sister w.a.n.g’s stores, in the name of having issues to discuss.

Knowing that Lin and Sister w.a.n.g have always been in contact recently, Baojia does not doubt. After getting off the car, Lin Luoran picks a random jade pendant over 10,000 yuan in the store, instead of going to find w.a.n.g Miao’e.

Minus the operating costs, this small piece of jade pendant is made of real jade, but not so fancy.

The pendant Lin Luoran bought has imperfect color and is made of ordinary material. Nevertheless, the carving craft is nice and it will become a decent gift after she refines it.

Seeing Lin Luoran coming out of the store with a smile, Baojia asks casually, “What did you talk about? You look so cheerful.”

Lin Luoran chuckles, “It’s a secret!”

Having gotten rid of the burden of Li Anping’s tuition fee and living costs, Lin Luoran becomes more confident and sometimes even naughty for she lives a fulfilling and rea.s.suring life now with savings, mysterious s.p.a.ce, work and cultivation.

“Look at yourself…” Seeing that Lin Luoran gets to know more friends, Baojia is happy for her, instead of feeling upset about being ignored.

While Baojia concentrates on driving, Lin Luoran uses the ability of the bead to probe the jade pendant she just bought—As expected, there is only a little bit of Reiki in it!

The bead has become picky. After probing the pendant only contains a little bit of Reiki, the bead puts away its greediness, starting to s.h.i.+ne and absorb Reiki from the jade pendant quite slowly. Looking at its slow action, Lin cannot help feeling that the bead has its own consciousness, which makes it surprisingly smart!

Yet, Lin Luoran isn’t meant to “feed” the bead today. On the contrary, she needs it to give away peaceful Reiki to the pendant. After realizing Lin Luoran’s intention, the bead acts more unwillingly—If it does have consciousness, it will definitely curse its master secretly.

Although made of ordinary material, to Lin’s surprise, the pendant can store much more Reiki than it contains. Instilling a lot of Reiki into the pendant, the bead withdraws its glow and fakes to be dead, no matter how Lin Luoran urges it.

After scolding the cunning bead, Lin Luoran peaks at the jade pendant in her pocket while Baojia is driving, and she is pleased with the result.

Lin Luoran is so concentrated in her refining work that she doesn’t even notice where Baojia is driving to. Until Baojia says “we are here”, Lin Luoran realizes that they are in a quiet compound downtown.

Lin Luoran rolls down the car window and looks at the place they are going to.

Several guards with guns are standing by the gate. Lin Luoran can feel danger from them and she speculates that these guards are real soldiers. Seeing the sign which reads “XX military compound”, Lin quickly realizes where she has arrived at.

“Military district in R City? Baojia, you never told me that your grandpa lives here.” Lin Luoran pops up the question right away.

Baojia blushes, “I’m going to tell you later.”

The guards only do a routine check on Baojia’s pa.s.s since she always comes here. Then they register Lin as a visitor and let them in.

The car goes slowly into the gate. With the car window wide open, a man in sneakers happens to see Lin Luoran’s side face. He is stunned and takes a picture by his cellphone instantly.

The man’s cellphone has an 8-megapixel camera, and the photo shot is very clear. He is so excited that he almost bursts into tears…

“Pal, who is in the car that just went in?” The man tries to cotton up to one of the guards. Seeing the guard looking at him with alert, the man slips away with a hollow laugh.

About a block away from the compound, the man takes out an exquisite character sketch and compares it with the photo he just took. After confirming that they are of the same person, he dials a number and sends the photo out.

The t.i.tle of the message is “I found her”, still, the man is thrilled.

Thinking of the reward Mr. Mu promised, the man feels that his life is going to change. He can’t stop giggling after sending the message, and he is about to drool, just by imaging himself taking an important position.