Chapter 1058: Reunion
"Uh..."
"Mom, how did this end up getting dragged back to me again?!"
"Your son—do I look like the kind of guy you’re talking about?!"
Lin Feng spoke with a bitter look on his face.
"Hmph!"
"Doesn’t matter if you are or not, I’m giving you your shot in advance!"
Zhou Cuilan snorted and said.
"Ai..."
Lin Feng sighed helplessly, not daring to say another word!
This was getting shot while lying down for no reason!
From now on this home would be his mom Zhou Cuilan’s and his wife Zhang Yuxi’s kingdom!
After the family chatted for a while longer, everyone went back to their rooms for a nap!
After all, they still had to go to his uncle’s place later.
Better rest up first—who knew what would happen when they met up later!
It wasn’t until the alarm rang that Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes.
"Phew..."
Lin Feng stretched. That nap had been incredibly comfortable.
And Zhang Yuxi was still lying asleep in Lin Feng’s arms, the corners of her mouth curved in a sweet smile.
Lin Feng couldn’t help leaning over!
"Mwah..."
Zhang Yuxi’s eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes.
She was still a little dazed at the moment...
After a moment she came to.
Her little face rubbed against Lin Feng’s chest, looking for a comfy position so she could keep lazing and refuse to get up.
She looked lazy and insanely cute!
"Alright, little lazy pig, time to get up. We still have to head out later!"
Lin Feng planted a kiss on her face and said gently.
"Nooo~"
"Let me sleep a bit more, just a bit~"
Zhang Yuxi said, acting spoiled.
"Heh, I really can’t do anything with you!"
"Okay, hubby will hold you while you sleep a little more, I’ll wake you up later."
Lin Feng said helplessly.
"Mm-mm."
Zhang Yuxi nodded, and very quickly drifted off again...
Looking at Zhang Yuxi’s delicate little face, Lin Feng gave a somewhat helpless smile!
This little lazy pig!
...
At five-thirty in the afternoon, Lin Feng held Zhang Yuxi’s hand and, together with his dad and mom, took the elevator down to the underground parking lot.
"Chirp chirp..."
Lin Feng pressed the unlock button on the Mercedes G500!
Then the four of them got in.
"Mom, do we need to bring anything else?"
After buckling his seat belt, Lin Feng turned and asked Zhou Cuilan in the back seat.
"No need. With their status, they don’t lack anything. We don’t need to bring a thing, let’s just go like this."
Zhou Cuilan said.
"Okay, then we’ll set off now!"
Lin Feng replied.
Ignition.
"Vroom!!!"
The engine roared to life, and amid the growl the car moved forward.
It soon disappeared from the underground parking lot.
After about thirty minutes, they were getting closer and closer to the military district family compound, and Zhou Cuilan was getting more and more nervous!
"Son, we’re almost there, right?"
"These roads all look so different, I can’t quite recognize them anymore."
Zhou Cuilan said, a little nervously.
"Yeah, Mom, we turn right up ahead, then left, and then we’ll be at Tongfu Intersection. Go on a bit further from there and we’ll be there."
Lin Feng answered softly.
"Mm-mm."
"That Tongfu Intersection you mentioned, I know it. I used to play there all the time when I was little. I didn’t expect that after all these years it’s still called Tongfu Intersection..."
Zhou Cuilan reminisced and spoke softly.
As they got closer, Zhou Cuilan’s body was so tense she was trembling slightly.
Lin Dashan noticed something was off and reached out his right hand to grip Zhou Cuilan’s tightly.
Zhou Cuilan looked at Lin Dashan, her face full of nervousness.
So this was what they meant by "the nearer you are to home, the more timid you feel."
Lin Dashan squeezed her hand again and nodded, signaling that she didn’t need to be so tense, to relax.
Though still nervous, Zhou Cuilan nodded, indicating she was okay!
Ten more minutes passed and Lin Feng arrived at the gate of the military district family compound.
At the gate, the soldier on duty stopped Lin Feng’s car.
Lin Feng knew this was necessary and didn’t say much.
He pulled out the pass that Zhou Zhenguo had given him and handed it to the soldier.
The soldier took it, checked it carefully, and then waved them through!
The Mercedes G500 slowly drove into the military district family compound.
Looking at the scene in front of her, so familiar yet so strange, Zhou Cuilan’s heart was filled with mixed feelings!
As the car kept moving forward, scene after scene from those years flashed through Zhou Cuilan’s mind...
"It’s still just like it was back then, basically hasn’t changed..."
"I remember when I was little, I’d often sit under that crabapple tree over there to cool off. Now that crabapple tree’s grown so big!"
"And there should be a ping-pong table over there, one of those simple concrete ones. When I was a kid, I used to play ping-pong there with a bunch of people from the compound, boys and girls."
"Now that ping-pong table’s been torn down..."
"Ai..."
"The things are still here, but the people are different..."
Zhou Cuilan muttered softly, like she was talking to herself.
The car moved on through Zhou Cuilan’s memories...
Very soon, Lin Feng pulled the car to a steady stop in front of a small courtyard.
"Dad, Mom, we’re here."
After turning off the engine, Lin Feng spoke softly.
Looking at the familiar little courtyard in front of her, a mist rose in Zhou Cuilan’s eyes and they grew moist.
Lin Feng opened his door and got out, then went to the back seat to open the door for his parents, and circled around to open the door for Zhang Yuxi and help her out of the car.
Behind them, Lin Dashan also got out, then helped Zhou Cuilan down.
After getting out, Zhou Cuilan’s steps faltered as she faced the gate of the little courtyard.
She stared at the familiar scene, a bit nervous, a bit lost.
Just then, a hearty laugh rang out from inside the courtyard.
"Is that Lin Feng?"
"I heard a car, so it should be you, kiddo!"
"Hahaha..."
The voice arrived before the person did.
Hearing that bold voice, Lin Feng didn’t even need to think—this had to be his second uncle, the soldier!
His steady, serious eldest uncle Zhou Zhenguo would never talk like that, and that third uncle he’d never met definitely wouldn’t either!
So the person coming could only be his second uncle, Zhou Zhenbang!
Just as Lin Feng was thinking that, the man had already reached the gate.
As he stepped through the gate, the smile on his face suddenly froze!
"L-little Sis???"
"Little Sis! Is that you?!"
From initial shock, Zhou Zhenbang quickly came to his senses and shouted.
"Se-second Brother, it’s me. I’m back..."
With her eyes turning red, Zhou Cuilan spoke in a trembling whisper.
"Little Sis!"
Calling out once, Zhou Zhenbang strode forward!
And Zhou Cuilan also took a few steps up; the two of them hugged each other tightly!
"Little Sis! You finally came back!"
Zhou Zhenbang said happily.
"Mm-mm, Second Brother, I’m back!"
Zhou Cuilan said softly.
The two of them held each other tight, and in that moment Lin Feng and the others didn’t interrupt.
They just let them release all the feelings they’d suppressed over the years!
Silence...
After holding each other for a full five minutes,
The two finally let go.