Protecting Our Own, No Questions Asked!

Times like this... had been gone for a while.

A lot had happened lately. He had gone to the Main World and followed Lin Xiaowei to witness the sights of another world.

Before going, he had thought, Wow! Another world! Dimension-hopping! How rare!

But once he actually went and saw it,

well,

it really was rare.

Yet after being out and about for so long, Li Yao had always felt as though something was missing.

It was not until he returned to Earth, to this street he had not managed for long yet where so many stories had unfolded, that he understood what was missing. When Chen Xi finished cooking, Xiaoxi was nagged into washing up and then bickered with him; when Old Man Lu came wandering over in the middle of their meal,

Li Yao suddenly understood. This was the feeling.

By the time they finished eating, Lin Xiaoxi had more or less recovered her energy. She bounced around Chen Xi as she cleared the dishes and table, while Chen Xi took the time to brew a pot of floral tea for Li Yao and Old Man Lu.

Then,

the old man and the young man leaned beside the display window, sipping tea in silence.

It was as though Li Yao had suddenly become an old man like Old Man Lu, fond of basking in the sun and always narrowing his eyes.

For someone like Old Man Lu,

simply staying alive was probably an immensely heavy responsibility.

Because every morning when he opened his eyes, everything and everyone had changed; whenever he closed them, all that surfaced were memories.

Leaning back on the comfortable sofa, Li Yao suddenly said, "Second Uncle, thanks for all your hard work."

Lu Xingshen's brows shot up at once. Good heavens! What rotten trick