"Mother! I'm here!"
Lin Zhen walked out of the woods. In this life, if there was anyone he still felt attached to, it was only this pair of parents, Lin Xia and Yue Qingqing.
Though they were only temporary parents for this lifetime, they had still given him all their love. Lin Zhen could not let them down.
Unable to bear seeing Yue Qingqing worry, Lin Zhen stepped out.
"Fan'er! My son! You're finally back!"
Yue Qingqing ran over excitedly and pulled Lin Fan into a tight embrace, calling him her precious darling. Lin Zhen could not have felt more awkward.
Kong Qianqian was following beside Mother.
When Yue Qingqing saw Kong Qianqian, she could not help complaining, "Qianqian, why didn't you take proper care of Lin Fan? He almost couldn't make it out of there."
Kong Qianqian looked at Lin Zhen with a trace of mockery in her eyes. "I'll definitely take good care of him from now on."
Everyone began the journey back.
The day after they returned home, rumors began spreading throughout the Capital City.
First, people questioned some of the Poisonous Creature parts Lin Zhen had brought out. After investigation, those things were found to belong to Star Realm demonic beasts, yet there were no Star Realm demonic beasts in that hunting ground at all.
Then there were those who said Lin Fan's parents had spoiled him too much, leaving him uneducated and incompetent. They claimed that Zi Ying of the Andromeda Empire must have helped him cheat in this incident as well.
Others went on to say that Lin Zhen's graduation exam results could not be counted, and even that he was not qualified to inherit the title of One-Word Shoulder-to-Shoulder Prince.
When these words reached Lin Zhen's ears, they earned only a smile.
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