Chapter 28 Perfection

"We won..."

In a daze, Grandpa Lin seemed to see his old comrades-in-arms, who were standing there smiling and greeting him.

"Oh, you're a grandpa now, huh? Greetings, grandpa! May you live a long and healthy life."

"Absolutely, look at that happy little face, I'm so envious."

"Yeah, I really can't stand him. Why don't we team up and beat him up!"

"That's a great idea! Come on, let's beat them up!"

"Let's forget it. Look at his old, frail body. If we beat him up, we'll have to take care of him."

Then...

They exchanged glances, everything understood without a word. Then someone chuckled, and everyone burst into laughter.

Grandpa Lin laughed along, but tears welled up in his eyes as he laughed. Before him were still the children playing happily, while his comrades seemed to have never appeared.

But Mr. Lin felt that his heart was very fulfilled.

He had no regrets in his life.

I really feel very happy.

Listening to the children's happy laughter, Grandpa Lin slowly closed his eyes, seemingly humming a pleasant tune.

Little Peach Blossom made a strange "Eh?" sound, then walked up to Grandpa Lin: "Grandpa Lin?"

No one answered.

"Uncle Lin?" Little Peach Blossom called out again, but still no one answered.

The sunlight shone on Grandpa Lin, making him seem as if he were covered in a layer of dazzling golden light.

Grandpa Lin leaned against the wall, his eyes closed, a happy smile on his lips.

"What's wrong with Little Peach Blossom?" Some friends noticed Little Peach Blossom's movements and came over, followed by the others.

"Grandpa Lin is ignoring me." Little Peach looked at her friends in confusion.

"Maybe she's asleep?"

"But it's only morning now."

"What's wrong? Is he sick?"

The children immediately became anxious at the thought of getting sick, and even Little Peach Blossom became anxious.

She liked Grandpa Lin very much and didn't want him to get sick.

"Little Peach Blossom, you stay here. I'm going to find the adults!" Lin Jianshe said, then ran off to find the adults.

Soon, an adult ran over: "What's wrong? What's wrong? Is Grandpa Lin sick?"

"We can't wake Grandpa Lin up no matter what we do, he must be sick," one of the children replied.

The adult who ran over felt a jolt in his heart.

Regardless of whether it would scare the children, they immediately put their hands under Grandpa Lin's nose.

Little Peach tilted her head, looking at the adult's strange actions. What puzzled her even more was why Grandpa Lin was standing next to her.

Wasn't he leaning against the wall?

Huh?

"Sister, there are two Uncle Lins." Could it be that Uncle Lin has the ability to create clones?

“Little Peach Blossom, this isn’t Grandpa Lin, this is Uncle.” Lin Lili thought Little Peach Blossom was referring to the adult who had come.

“But there are two Grandpa Lins.” Little Peach Blossom pointed to Grandpa Lin standing next to her.

Grandpa Lin smiled at Little Peach Blossom, took one last look at the house where he had lived for decades, and suddenly turned into specks of golden light before disappearing without a trace.

Little Peach Blossom stared blankly, as if she understood something.

The adult was already worried, and after confirming it, his eyes immediately reddened, but he still forced back his sadness and said to the children, "Grandpa is asleep. You go home first, and when you go back, call the adults over. Tell them, tell them that you are seeing Grandpa off on his final journey."

Perhaps it was the atmosphere that was off, or perhaps for some unknown reason, but none of the children asked why; some of them obeyed the adults out of fear.

Little Peach Blossom was pulled along by Lin Lili, while Lin Yushan followed silently behind.

Soon, the entire Xiaolin Village was in an uproar. All the adults rushed to Grandpa Lin's house immediately, and even those who went to work were called back.

As soon as Lin Guangsheng returned, he hugged Xiao Taohua and rushed to Grandpa Lin's house.

Yin Qing held her daughter, fighting back tears as she looked at her: "Was Little Peach Blossom scared today?" She had already heard that Little Peach Blossom and the others were playing at Grandpa Lin's house when Grandpa Lin went there.

"Aren't you scared?" Little Peach Blossom shook her head: "I had so much fun today, and Grandpa Lin even showed us bullets."

"Is that so?"

"That's right, it's just that Grandpa Lin is so strange. Why can't we wake him up? And there are two Grandpa Lins, one sitting there and one standing there. The one standing there has turned into golden light."

"What?!"

"One of them was sitting there, and the other was standing there. Mom, has Grandpa Lin disappeared?"

Little Peach Blossom had never witnessed the disappearance of the demon race, but she had heard Grandpa Ginseng say that the disappearance of the demon race meant its demise. She had seen Grandpa Lin disappear.

At this moment, Yin Qing couldn't care less about her grief; she was only afraid.

She held her daughter, her mind a jumble.

Although she felt something was a little strange about the little peach blossom when she first found it, the sudden thunderclap on a snowy day happened to illuminate the spot where the peach blossom was. Moreover, Yin Qing could see many animals gathered there, but as they approached, their movements retreated to the corner.

They pretended not to notice anything, and adopted Little Peach Blossom. Little Peach Blossom behaved perfectly normally, and they genuinely liked the child and treated her as their own.

So they buried those strange and supernatural things deep in their hearts, and never wanted to think about them again in this lifetime.

Unexpectedly, they encountered a kidnapper, which was another bolt from the blue. At that time, they were grateful, but they were still afraid.

They were adults, and they didn't show their fears, pretending to be normal. But many times, the couple didn't dare to sleep, and only later did they slowly come to terms with it.

They weren't afraid of Xiao Taohua; what they were afraid of was that if Xiao Taohua were discovered by others, in this day and age, that would be no blessing at all!

They were afraid something would happen to Xiao Taohua!

Unexpectedly, I now hear my daughter say that there are two Grandpa Lins.

Yin Qing's mind was in turmoil; this time, she could no longer deceive herself.

My daughter is just different from others.

She never considered whether her daughter was some kind of mountain demon, because mountain demons are most afraid of lightning, yet lightning always seemed to be on Little Peach Blossom's side.

Their luck with romance is definitely good.

Even if it's good, can it be better than the whole country?

This is what they are afraid of.

Yin Qing quickly forced herself to calm down, took a deep breath, and said very seriously to Xiao Taohua's puzzled look, "Xiao Taohua, how about we make a promise?"

"A deal? Okay." Little Peach Blossom nodded.

"You absolutely must not tell anyone about what happened to the two old men surnamed Lin."

"Can't Dad tell either?"

"Can you only tell Dad?"

Little Peach Blossom nodded emphatically: "It's a promise." Then she extended her little finger.

Yin Qing also extended her little finger.

"Mommy, has Grandpa Lin disappeared?" Little Peach Blossom asked again.

This time, Yin Qing did not evade the question and addressed her daughter's question directly: "Yes, Grandpa Lin has disappeared."

Then, little Peach Blossom was gradually introduced to the concepts of birth, aging, sickness, and death.

(End of this chapter)