Chapter 136 - Happiness of Family Reunion (2/2)

As soon as Baojia thinks about this, Mrs. Lin starts nagging again,

“Baojia, what do you think? There are so many people in the State of Huaxia, and they happen to drag my daughter to do the freaking task. Luoran didn’t come back to celebrate the Spring Festival with us. It’s almost summer now, and she never gave us a phone call…”

Mrs. Lin always can’t stop talking in front of her acquaintances.

Mrs. Lin lives an easy life now and she has become much more cheerful. She is no longer the earlier one who was unconfident because she was the outsider of the Li’s village.

Mr. Lin can’t help arguing, “No matter how capable she is, she is a member of our country. It makes perfect sense that she goes to serve our country. What does an old lady like you understand?”

Mrs. Lin is angry, “Do I look old?”

Mr. Lin looks at his wife. Mrs. Lin’s appearance has changed a lot. Her hair is black and her eyes are s.h.i.+ny. Except for the fine wrinkles around her eyes, she doesn’t look old at all. Thus, Mr. Lin shuts up and lets Mrs. Lin scold him — in fact, Mr. Lin’s appearance has changed more than Mrs. Lin’s.

Mr. Lin looks younger too. Not only does he look like a man in his thirties, but also his temperament becomes elegant, which Mrs. Lin is really jealous of… As a matter of fact, Mrs. Lin somehow worries that her husband may despise her for not being good-looking enough.

People say that daughters always look like their fathers. Lin Luoran got most of the beautiful parts of her face from Mr. Lin. After becoming younger and putting on decent clothes, Mr. Lin no longer looks like an old farmer. He is quite handsome.

Baojia’s head aches when Mr. and Mrs. Lin start to argue about the “contradiction” of oldness. All women have the love of beauty. Unless Mrs. Lin finally becomes better looking than Mr. Lin, this argument will never stop.

Baojia walks pa.s.s the stone dock and pushes the door of the villa open with Luodong in her arms.

Under the lamplight from the outside, Baojia sees a figure standing in the yard. She takes a closer look and almost bursts into tears.

Standing on the gra.s.s, it is her best friend who has been missing for over two months — Lin Luoran also has tears on her face, but she seems to be prettier!

“Why do you stop?” Mrs. Lin is surprised that Baojia stops at the door. Mrs. Lin walks closer and sees her daughter standing under the lamp. She screams and rushes at Lin Luoran and holds her in her arms.

“Luoran, you finally come back!” Mrs. Lin has been worried sick that her daughter went to do a secret mission and didn’t contact them for three months. Now, seeing that Lin Luoran is perfectly fine, Mrs. Lin refuses to let go of her daughter.

Lin Luoran comforts her mom and greets her dad. Mr. Lin secretly wipes tears off of his face and says, “Everything is fine now you are back safely.”

“Baojia, thank you so much for the last three months.” Lin Luoran says sincerely, looking at Baojia. Lin wants to thank Baojia for taking care of her parents, as well as for helping her hide the truth of “being missing”. Lin knows that her parents have no idea that she used to be “lost”.

Baojia holds back her tears and hits Lin Luoran gently,

“Don’t say ‘thank you’ to me! There is no need.”

Luodong is waked by all the noise. He opens his eyes in a daze and sees Lin Luoran. He believes that this is a dream so he murmurs to himself and goes back to sleep.

Luodong’s cuteness blows everybody’s sadness away. Even Mr. Lin starts smiling.

They go inside. Walking in the back, Lin Luoran looks at her parents who seem much younger and Baojia who is lively as usual. Her heart is warm — it is so nice being home.

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Meanwhile, in a log cabin at the Qingcheng Taoist Temple which is several miles away, an old master opens his eyes from his meditation,

“She is back… I told Old Mu that he didn’t need to worry. This girl is so deeply blessed and she will not be defeated so easily.”

Young Master An’s little face comes inside the door.

“Master, who is deeply blessed?”

Smelling the fragrance of Pan-seared Tofu on his apprentice, the old master is angry. He has been cultivating himself for so many years, and why did he take such a young man as his apprentice before?

The consequences of the old master being angry are serious.

“Ouch!” Young master An jumps up and down because of the pain in his forehead. The old master just answered his question with a piece of amber paperweight!