Steel Straight Man Lan Zhongling

The Trap-Breaking Army returned in glory. Having missed their loved ones while away on campaign, they naturally went to reunite with their families as soon as they entered the city.

Lu Lingqi and Liu Wan had spent the entire day busily preparing a lavish Lan family feast. Lan Ji had brought the youth group to enroll at Tiger Guards Martial Hall and had now returned home to pay respects to his parents. This was the first true reunion dinner for the Lan family of six.

The two brothers, Lan Yuan and Lan Ji, had not seen each other for nearly a year. The moment they sat down at the table, Lan Ji seized his elder brother and began firing off question after question. Lan Yuan, meanwhile, held nothing back as he shared his methods of warfare, while Lan Ji nodded repeatedly and listened with rapt attention.

The two big boys before them had both grown into men. Lu Lingqi and Lan Tian wore kindly smiles, as though they were watching fledglings gradually fill out their wings, soon ready to soar through the heavens alone.

Resting her chin in her hand, daughter-in-law Liu Wan gazed at the man returned from distant campaign, her eyes brimming with affection. She had not even lifted her chopsticks, yet her heart was already full.

"Sister-in-law, why aren't you eating?" Lan Qing, seated below Liu Wan, asked curiously. She would turn six this November, and had grown ever more obedient and adorable.

"Uh... I'm not hungry," Liu Wan answered, blushing.

"You talk about Eldest Brother all day long, but now that he's back, you won't say anything. How strange," Lan Qing said with innocent candor.

Lu Lingqi frowned and gave a soft snort. "Can't you see your two elder brothers are talking? Younger ones should speak