Chapter 50: Schedule (Part ?) (2/2)

“Luo Nan took a deep breath: “Many thanks, Bro Octopus.”

Luo Nan chatted a few more topics on fundamentals with Octopus before ending the call. Then he looked at the skies outside. The pitch blackness of night had already descended and the road lights to the two sides of the high-speed electromagnetic track were like two endless dragons of light. They extended dancing through the darkness. They seemed to merge together at the corners, but they would split apart in an instant. The dragons of light were harmonious and synchronous, yet they would find it hard to stay together forever.

Luo Nan leaned against his chair. He stared absent-mindedly at the reflection of the two dragons of light.

“One dragon is Grandpa. One dragon is me……”

“What?”

Mrs. Luo Shuqing, who sat in the backseat, was extremely sensitive to Luo Nan’s soliloquy. Actually, Luo Nan had yet to speak a single word since getting on the car. He was silent for a long time, making Luo Shuqing be highly alert.

Luo Nan looked back and saw that his aunt was obviously very nervous. He had to do his best to put on a calm expression.

He thought for a bit. Then he spoke in a low voice: “Aunty. Can you tell me something? Grandpa…… How much time does he have left?”

Luo Shuqing’s face was filled with shock in an instant. Then she used an even clearer frown to cover up her appearance. She suppressed her voice down to the softest whisper:

“What are you daydreaming about!?”

Luo Nan let out a deep breath: “Two years?”

“Don’t be crazy!”

“One year?”

“Luo Nan!”

Luo Shuqing had suddenly raised her voice, causing Mo Peng besides her to freeze up. On the other hand, Uncle never looked back. It was as if he didn’t hear anything all this time. He acted as the driver in form.

Luo Nan let out a long breath to stabilize the sharp rush of emotions in his mind and to do his best to keep the tone of his voice steady: “Grandpa sensed something about my drawing……”

“What are you talking about?” Luo Shuqing thought Luo Nan’s train of thought was very bizarre.

Luo Nan opened his notebook with a lowered head. He flipped to the page with the prison building and showed it to his aunt to see: “Grandpa felt something about this drawing in the morning. Isn’t that right Brother Peng?”

Mo Peng’s entire body felt uneasy when he heard Luo Nan take the initiative to call him “Brother”. This must be a threat, but Mo Peng still nodded. Obviously the words “It was none other than this drawing that made Grandfather go crazy” had to be stuffed down to his stomach.

Luo Shuqing took the notebook and saw the numerous and chaotic lines. She had formed a different meaning from these lines though, and her eyebrows furrowed tighter. She closed the book, not wishing to look at the drawing any longer in order to focus her thoughts: “Be straightforward. What are your intentions when all is said and done?”

“I want to draw a drawing that will make Grandpa truly happy when he sees it…….. I want to make him happy! This is not easy to do. I will need time, but I just don’t know how much time he has left!”

Luo Nan turned his seat around to be facing Luo Shuqing directly. They crossed gazes: “I need to plan a schedule, so I hope Aunty you will be able to give me accurate information to refer to…… Can you do this for me, do this for the eldest son of the eldest son of Luo Yuandao?”

1. First Oblatum (首祭, literally Head/Chief Sacrifice). I mistranslated this before as Head Zhai. I thought it was a name, but it's really a title. Oblatum is Latin for ”to offer”. The leader of the Order of Justice is known as the First Oblatum. (Chapter 44.1)

2. He Yueyin's Pointers. He Yueyin gave Luo Nan pointers on how he should proceed with his training in Chapter 46.1.