Don't Make Your Sister Dong Laugh (Tiandou Planet Complete)

"Actually, the way I see it, conservation of energy exists. They haven't truly vanished completely. Their bodies may rot, turning into grass on land or becoming part of the sea, but they've only broken free of the limits of space and time and truly become part of the universe."

"I'll always believe the universe records them somewhere, forever. Maybe when you become strong enough, you'll be able to go to that place and find the traces that belong to your parents. For now, why not feel the wind? If longing truly lasts forever, then open your hand and feel their warmth. They're still embracing you at every moment."

Lin Yuan's voice was still lazy.

"And as the treasure your parents cherished most, how could they not always be with you?"

Dong Qianqiu fell silent and gently loosened one hand that had been gripping the corner of her clothes.

Just then, a soft breeze happened to brush into her palm. The cold wind that the girl had never taken seriously seemed, in that instant, to truly have warmth.

She instinctively clenched her hand, but caught only a handful of air.

"Then if I become a god, will they come back?" Dong Qianqiu murmured to herself.

...Even a God King couldn't do that. Otherwise, Third Brother wouldn't have wailed about dying for love and said he had to bring Xiao Wu back.

Lin Yuan grumbled inwardly.

Still, what he had said just now wasn't completely baseless. It was something called quantum proof or the Akashic records.

Of course, none of that had been proven. And this was the Douluo Universe—who the hell knew whether it actually existed or not...

But that didn't stop Lin Yuan from coaxing a child, and this hundred-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark.

A mere hundred-thousand-year-old child—watch me coax her with a single speech!

"To be honest, I'm very weak. I don't know how I should repay you," Dong Qianqiu suddenly said.

"Listen to yourself."

Dong Qianqiu froze and looked at Lin Yuan, but in the next second, Lin Yuan lazily said, "No matter how hard you try, you won't be able to catch up to me."

Dong Qianqiu: ...

The atmosphere instantly fell quiet.

Lin Yuan's words made Dong Qianqiu, who had been feeling gloomy, seem to return to that proud, tsundere state from before.

At some point, Lan Mengqin's shout suddenly rang out from behind them.

"Qianqiu, Lin Yuan, get ready to come home for dinner!"

"Let's go. Your spiritual power should have recovered more or less. Sister Mengqin's telling us to go back for dinner."

Dong Qianqiu gave Lin Yuan a slight push, smiling as she told him to sit properly, then started off at a light jog. Clearly, after his comfort just now, her mood had improved a great deal.

When they arrived at Lan Mengqin's home, Ruo Ye was cooking this time.

But after taking one look at Ruo Ye's rather ordinary skills, Lin Yuan couldn't hold himself back.

Was this really something people could eat?

He immediately volunteered to cook himself. Ruo Ye couldn't argue him down, so he could only let Lin Yuan become the star of the kitchen. And in the kitchen, Lan Mengqin, who normally never lifted a finger for housework, actually chose to help as well.

"Lin Yuan, what should I do?"

Looking at Lan Mengqin, who wanted to find some sense of presence, Lin Yuan fell silent for a moment, then calmly said, "Peel garlic."

"Okay."

Very soon, with Lan Mengqin's help, Lin Yuan brought out one delicious dish after another.

Without question, they were all precious ingredients from the Far North: Soft-Tailed Ice Scorpion, Snowy Region Baby Dragon Fish, and the like.

At the same time, taking Lan Mengqin's and Dong Qianqiu's tastes into consideration, Lin Yuan specially made two different versions: one heavily spicy, and one light.

"This is really good. I didn't expect your cooking to be so amazing, Little Lin." Ruo Ye ate while giving Lin Yuan a thumbs-up.

"After all, I came from an orphanage. Orphanages only serve big-pot meals. If you want something tasty, you can only make it yourself." Lin Yuan ate unhurriedly, shifting the blame onto the orphanage without the slightest psychological burden.

Dong Qianqiu paused in her small, delicate bites and muttered inwardly, could it be that Lin Yuan was a work-study student like her?

After eating a little, Lin Yuan put down his chopsticks.

To be honest, Lin Yuan had very little need for precious ingredients with high levels of life energy. After all, life energy, to Lin Yuan, didn't do much besides make him feel a bit more comfortable.

Ruo Ye cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and Lin Yuan didn't stand on ceremony either. He took the initiative to find a room, lie down, and rest.

In the living room, Lan Mengqin chattered away.

"Mom, let me tell you, I helped Lin Yuan in the kitchen. Aren't I amazing?"

At this point, for some reason, Lan Mengqin suddenly lifted her chin toward Dong Qianqiu, as if competing with her.

Dong Qianqiu silently returned to the guest room closest to Lin Yuan.

Don't make your Sister Dong laugh.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next day, Lan Mengqin got up early and had just been about to run toward Lin Yuan's room when Lan Bing and Ruo Ye, sitting in the living room, saw her and coughed a few times.

"Baby girl, Little Lin left."

"Huh?" Lan Mengqin froze, her previously beaming face drooping in an instant.

"You really can't bear to part with Little Lin?"

Lan Bing held Lan Mengqin on her lap, her voice gentle.

"I don't know what 'can't bear to part' means. I just feel really happy when I see him." Lan Mengqin blinked slightly and pouted. "Will he come back?"

Lan Bing shook her head. "Probably not, unless my bloodline illness flares up again."

"Then doesn't that mean I won't get to see him anymore?"

At that moment, Ruo Ye, who had been reading the newspaper, suddenly spoke. "Right, with Little Lin's talent, he'll definitely get into Shrek Academy in the future. Mengqin, I think you can work hard in that direction."

"Shrek Academy?" Lan Mengqin blinked. Her mother had mentioned it before, and now her father was saying it too. It seemed she really did have to work hard.

"I will!"

"Right, where's Qianqiu?" Lan Mengqin looked around, only to realize that her good friend was gone too.

Ruo Ye said, "Oh, Qianqiu? When Little Lin opened the door, Qianqiu woke up. She said she was going to see Little Lin off."

Lan Mengqin: ?

Under Qiu Yuxin's lead, Lin Yuan set out on the road back to the space center.

"Give me the luggage."

Lin Yuan held out his hand to Dong Qianqiu, looking completely relaxed.

Along the way, Dong Qianqiu had been uncharacteristically silent. She did not say a single word, only stubbornly carrying Lin Yuan's luggage.

Only then did Dong Qianqiu nod and hand the luggage to Lin Yuan. "Have a safe trip."

"Mm."

Lin Yuan was just about to open his thermos and drink some when he realized it was completely empty. He muttered, "I left too quickly this morning and forgot to fill it with water. Forget it, there'll be some on the spaceship."

Just as Lin Yuan was about to leave, Dong Qianqiu suddenly called out to him. "Give me your cup."

"What for?" Lin Yuan looked at Dong Qianqiu warily and tightened his grip on his cup.

Dong Qianqiu was instantly exasperated. "Do you think I want your cup?"

"I saw you didn't fill it with water when I woke up this morning. Hurry up and give it to me!"

Dong Qianqiu pursed her lips. The mood of parting had been completely ruined by Lin Yuan, and she could not help feeling a little annoyed.

This guy looked so smart, so how was he so good at ruining the atmosphere?

After thinking for a moment, Lin Yuan still handed the cup over with great reluctance.

"Hmph!" Dong Qianqiu shot Lin Yuan an irritated glare.

Then she opened her right hand and circulated her Soul Power. A block of ice appeared in her palm. Dong Qianqiu squeezed it lightly, and in an instant, the ice shattered and fell into Lin Yuan's thermos.

She also took two great white shark stickers from her pocket and stuck them on both sides of the thermos.

"Here." Dong Qianqiu handed it over.

Lin Yuan took it and felt the faint chill from the wall of the cup. It was hard to imagine that the cold could actually pass through the insulated layer. Lin Yuan muttered, "Ice water that hasn't been sterilized at high temperature... It wouldn't have bacteria, would it?"

Dong Qianqiu: ...

"If you don't want to drink it, give it back!"

"It's not that serious." Lin Yuan coughed a few times and held the cup in his arms, looking at Dong Qianqiu. "I'm leaving."

"Mm. Have a safe trip."

As the spaceship roared and flew beyond the sky, Dong Qianqiu's gaze rose with it until it completely disappeared from sight.

(End of Tiandou Planet)