Night fell.
Warm yellow lights glowed in the dining room.
The table was laden with a lavish spread of dishes.
Braised pork ribs, steamed grouper, oil-braised prawns, and a large pot of nourishing medicinal chicken soup.
"Eat more."
"Look at you. You've gotten so thin that the bones in your face are sticking out."
"You must've suffered these past few months out there, right?"
Zhang Hui kept piling food into Lin Yuan's bowl, her eyes full of heartache.
"I didn't suffer."
"The food in the military was great."
Lin Yuan shoveled down mouthfuls of rice and answered indistinctly.
"How could that be the same?"
"The news shows those Ferocious Beasts every day. Each one of them is as tall as a building."
"You're out there charging at the front all by yourself. My heart has been in my throat every single day."
Zhang Hui said, her eyes reddening.
Parents would naturally worry about their children's safety.
"Mom."
"Don't believe the nonsense they report on the news."
"Those Ferocious Beasts look scary, but they're actually stupid. They can't even touch a single hair on my head."
Lin Yuan swallowed the rib in his mouth and gave his mother a brilliant smile.
He was not lying.
A Peak Stage Third-Tier Stage warrior dealing with First Order and Second-Tier Stage Ferocious Beasts was indeed a crushing advantage.
But he left out the brutal scenes of going days and nights without sleep, rolling amid piles of corpses.
His family did not need to bear such things.
Lin Jianguo raised his wineglass.
He took a sip of baijiu and let out a long sigh.
"Dad, what's wrong?"
"Did you run into some trouble? Did someone bully you?"
Lin Yuan keenly sensed that something was wrong with his father's mood.
"No, no."
Lin Jianguo waved his