"Young Master Rong, we've moved all our things down. Shall we head straight home now?"

"Let's go home, let's go home."

The group hired several horse-drawn carriages, loaded their luggage, and headed home.

"Who do you say you are, Young Master Rong? Really, my Young Master Rong?"

Shao Rong had been adrift at sea for several months, his beard unkempt and his skin tanned. The gatekeeper didn't recognize him at all as their young master. But the master and mistress were eagerly awaiting his arrival, so regardless of the truth, they wanted to inform him first.

"Master, Madam, the gatekeeper reports that Young Master Rong has returned."

"Butler Li, who are you talking about, Shao Rong?"

Mu Yi'an and Jiang Shuyun were startled and quickly walked outside.

"Father, Mother, I'm back!"

Jiang Shaorong knelt down and kowtowed three times, tears streaming down her face.

"It really is Shao Rong. You child, I thought you had married and had children somewhere and were never coming back."

"How could I? I can't bear to leave my parents."

Shao Rong let his mother hit him a few times; it didn't hurt anyway.

"Let's go home."

Jiang Shuyun pulled Yi An up, then dragged Shao Rong along, and they went home together.

Jiang Shaorong first washed up and shaved, and he was still the handsome young man he always was.

Chu Yue and Gu Zheng received the letter and rushed over.

When Shao Rong saw her older sister and brother-in-law, she was filled with emotion.

They had traveled together, seeing all the mountains and rivers together, and had a very good relationship.

"You brat, you finally know how to come back!"

"Sister, brother-in-law, how have you been?"

“For five or six years, there was no news of you. My parents were so worried, and my older brothers and I were so worried. And Shao Ke, every time we encountered an unidentified corpse, we were afraid it was you.”

As Chuyue spoke, tears streamed down her face.

“I was wrong, I was wrong, I will never do it again. We have been through a lot, in other parts of the sea, and on other lands.”

The people there look different from us.

Some people are very dark-skinned, except for their teeth, their whole body is black. Some people are very fair-skinned, with blonde or red hair, and blue or gray eyes, they are very different.

They spoke a different language than us, and we explored and learned about the local people's way of life along the way.

Later, feeling it was time to return, I traded for a lot of local items, like gemstones, and gradually, I came back to my roots.

Shao Rong spoke lightly, but everyone else held their breath, knowing that what he had gone through must have been difficult.

After Shao Rong returned, he began to record what he had seen and heard. The current emperor, knowing of their return, summoned them.

Shao Rong went to the capital and met his elder brother and Shao Ke.

Despite not seeing each other for many years, the bond between brothers remains strong, and there is no estrangement.

After returning from the capital, Shao Rong did not travel far again.

In the years he was away, his grandparents and maternal grandparents passed away one after another, which he regretted.

Therefore, he decided to stay with his parents and not go far away again.

Since my eldest brother, second brother, and Shao Ke are destined not to be able to stay with our parents often, then let him stay with them.

Shao Rong had no intention of getting married. Over the years, he had experienced a lot and seen many women.

Jiang Shuyun and Mu Yi'an didn't force each other, and they didn't get married, which wasn't a big deal.

However, Jiang Shaorong got married at the age of thirty. His wife was a girl from the prefectural city who was a loyal fan of his books.

After returning home, he wrote many books—about adventure, mythology, love, and so on. He had many stories in his heart, which he gradually wrote down.

Because of reading his book, a girl wanted to marry him from the age of seventeen. She resisted her parents for three years, but in the end, her parents had no choice but to come to his door to propose marriage.

Looking at the stubborn girl, Shao Rong didn't know what to say. After a deep conversation, the two decided to get married.

A few years after their marriage, the couple had a son and a daughter, and with the gems and other items he brought back from overseas, they accumulated considerable wealth.

Jiang Shaorong never took a concubine in his life, but he had many female confidantes and enjoyed the music of the top courtesans in brothels.

The couple always stayed by their parents' side, which was a great source of joy for them.