154 The Journey Back 2 (2/2)
A nameplate could be seen hanging at the side of the copper red metal door stating: Eisen Lombard - Jody Vania.
Garen rummaged through his person for his house key and realized that it had already dropped at some unknown location during his journey.
Knock Knock Knock.
He had decided to knock on the door instead.
”Coming! Just a minute!” His sister Ying Er’s voice came from inside the house.
Then came the rapid footsteps.
The door was opened after a period of silence.
”Brother!” Ying Er obviously had seen Garen through the door’s peephole as she embraced him the moment she opened the door. She was hanging onto him by the neck. ”When did you come back?”
”I came here the moment I got down from the car. Alright, don’t mess around anymore, I’m still holding my luggages.” Garen’s big and strong body was the size of two or three Ying Ers. It didn’t matter to him at all that she was freely hanging herself by his neck.
It was just that her body had started developing, and he could feel the tenderness of her still developing, petite breasts as they squeezed against his body.
With Ying Er hanging onto him, Garen took off his flip flops and entered, closing the door behind him4.
”Where’s mum and dad?” Garen asked as he placed the luggages at one corner of the living room.
”Mum and dad got promoted to the management level in the company. The situation is a little bit tense lately and dad says that the rubber industry will be impacted by it. There is a sudden surge in order to and from the military, and both of them are busy dealing with it.”
Ying Er was unusually hyperactive and it took her a while to get off Garen.
”Brother, didn’t you enrol in Mantra University? Where do you find the time to come back? I heard that there’s still quite some time before the holidays.” Ying Er asked curiously.
”I finished my courses early and I didn’t have anything better to do afterwards. So I decided to apply for a school leave. Don’t worry about it.”
”Is university exciting?”
”It’s alright…”
Both of them were sitting on the sofa as they started having a conversation. Ying Er was saddened when Garen asked her about the college entrance examination.
”It’s finished. I flunked my first mathematics paper…” The little estrangement she felt with Garen over a long time apart was gradually washed away. Ying Er frowned when the examination topic was brought up.
”If only I was admitted under the university’s recommendation like you were…”
”Recommendation… Uh…” Garen almost forgot how he was admitted into the university. He was recommended by the university because he had specialised knowledge in identifying antiques. However in actuality, everything was Su Lin’s arrangement and Garen was in the dark.
Ying Er kept the conversation flowing endlessly, as if she was getting more and more cheerful lately. She told Garen everything, big or small, after he left the house.
From Ying Er’s account, Garen had come to find out that there were more guests than the last time he came back. His parents were promoted and had befriended a few big shots of the industry. They even attended the city’s upper class banquet parties in certain occasions.
”How is my master doing?” Garen asked.
”Dojo Master Fei was getting better. Everyday, he is conscious for a short period of time. Mum, dad and I had visited Dojo Master Fei too.” Ying Er answered readily. ”Oh right brother. Dojo Master said that you should go and visit him once you returned as he had something to tell you.”
”Oh?” Garen frowned a little bit. ”I will visit him tomorrow then. I went overseas with my friends for a short trip before coming back here, and I’ve gifts for master and you guys.”
”A gift?! I like the sound of that!” Ying Er swiftly ran towards the luggages. ”Which one is mine which one is mine?”
”Let me get it for you.” Garen walked there and handed out an oval shaped box which was wrapped in a black fur.
”This is for my dearest sister Ying Er.” Garen smiled as he placed the box into Ying Er’s hand.
”Thank you brother!” Ying Er blushed as she tiptoed and gave her brother a good kiss on the face out of the blue. Garen couldn’t help but to feel stunned as the lady’s tender lips brought upon a faint body fragrance.
”Alright alright stop fooling around.”
”You’re not that much older than me. Why are you behaving ahead of your age?” Ying Er wasn’t aware that Garen had become more and more matured as time passed. He wasn’t like his old self, where he would submit himself to her and let her bully him. It was a sudden ,unknowing change.
When Garen treated her like how other elders treated her, she couldn’t help but to feel annoyed.
”I wonder when you became like this.” Ying Er pondered.
Garen looked at her acting mischievously and pulled her cheek with an outstretched hand.
”Where is your mind wandering? You should go check out the gift in your room.”
”Stop pulling! No one would want me if I became fat!!” Ying Er quickly struggled. ”I’ll hold you responsible if no one wants me!” She carried the small box and entered her room after she struggled out of Garen’s grip.
The living room quietened down and he could hear her sister’s faint humming in the bedroom.
Garen sat down on the sofa and closed his eyes, wiping his face with both of his hands.
”Su Lin’s matter regarding the Celestital Circle Gate Black Mark Association’s foreign aggression should be taken care of by now.”
”It’s time to take care of the internal issues.” A cold gaze radiated from his eyes.
Translator's Thoughts
J_Squared J_Squared
It is unsure whether the Garen is part of the Golden Hoop as the following few paragraphs suggest that he is not.