The next day at noon, we arrived at a town called Mingda. According to our usual travel habits, if the weather was good, we would have lunch at a restaurant in town, then buy some ingredients and continue our journey.

Tents and other equipment are readily available, and camping in the wild is a common occurrence, so there's no need to stay at inns in town.

So when Hong Xiaoduo said she wanted to find an inn to stay in, everyone was a little surprised.

I sensed she was in a hurry lately, and she didn't stay at Yuheng's house for more than a few days because she was anxious to help Yaoguang's father solve the problem of building a dam.

Now that the problem with the dam has been solved, even if lingering in the temporary office of the Water Conservancy Department is pointless, Luohua Prefecture is big and lively enough, isn't it? Yaoguang's mother, Princess Yuening, lives there. Why didn't she stay a few more days so that Yaoguang could spend more time with her?

But it's only noon now, and the weather is sunny. Why are we going to stay at an inn?

Hong Xiaoduo noticed the confusion in everyone's eyes as they looked at her. After thinking for a moment, she guessed what was going on: "Well, I wanted a quiet environment to do something."

So I chose this place. Just letting you know in advance, I'll lock the door. Don't look for me until I leave this room myself.

You don't need to call me for breakfast or dinner.

That should be about right, around this time tomorrow.

"Mother, are you going into seclusion to cultivate? Should I come in and keep you company? I promise to be quiet. If you suffer a qi deviation or something, I can call Master for help." Yao Guang asked anxiously.

"Little sister, have you been reading too many doujinshi? What secluded cultivation, what qi deviation, don't talk nonsense," Tianji said from the side.

“Yes, little sister, we should just listen to what Mother says and not cause trouble or waste her time,” Tianxuan added.

Hong Xiaoduo smiled as she listened, then looked at Quan Jinghuai and Fei Yan. They both nodded, indicating that they were not worried and that the children would be taken care of.

After quickly finding an inn and booking a room, Hong Xiaoduo went into one of the rooms, closed the door, and locked it.

Old Luo gave her his reply this morning; the temporary return to the modern world would take one day, or twenty-four hours.

Her body will remain here, and when she returns to the modern world, she will appear in a physical form.

It's like a clone technique, except the body left behind has no consciousness. But back in her current state, no one can see anything unusual about her.

Hong Xiaoduo lay down on the bed fully clothed. She first used her mind to enter the space and saw a capsule-shaped pod with a power source plugged in.

Old Luo wasn't online, but there was a cardboard sign with operating instructions on it on the cabin.

Hong Xiaoduo carefully read it three times before lying down as instructed. After settling in, she reached out to press the start button on the cabin.

She noticed that her hands were trembling slightly and her heart was beating a little fast.

She knew it was because she was too excited.

Even knowing that this trip back would be temporary and only for one day, and even if she wanted to stay in the modern world and not return after going back, it wouldn't be up to her.

Old Luo had made a special note on the instruction cardboard: this space would go back with her this time; once the 24-hour period was up, she could simply enter the space, lie back in the capsule, and activate it.

But if she doesn't enter the space or lie down in the cabin when her time is up, she won't be able to come back here.

Moreover, in modern times, she would simply disappear on the spot, and her consciousness would not remain in the modern world. It would be absorbed by the magnetic field and go somewhere else entirely.

How could she not come back? More than two years have passed, and she knows that she will be able to truly return to the modern world soon. Why would she care about waiting a little longer?

Regardless, she couldn't contain her excitement.

After all, it's been more than two years, and I can finally go back and take a look.

Old Luo said that after he brought her here that day, he used her phone to send text messages to her parents, saying that she was participating in an academic research project, had signed a confidentiality agreement, and would contact them again after the research was completed.

Old Luo only said this much, and Hong Xiaoduo didn't ask him anything else, such as how her parents responded, whether they had called her or sent her any messages in the past two years, and what the messages contained.

She didn't ask, or rather, she didn't dare to ask, afraid that the answer she would hear would be the same as her guess.

Anyway, we'll find out when we get back.

Because her only purpose in going back this time was to see her parents, after all, they are her family!

As she pressed the start button, the hatch of the hull slowly slid shut, and a countdown sounded in her ears: three, two, one.

Then, it was as if she was traveling at high speed through a meteor tunnel, and before she knew it, she had fallen asleep.

She didn't know how much time had passed when she woke up and slowly opened her eyes. The familiar sight before her told her that she was really back.

This was actually where she lived. She had returned home and woke up in her own room, in her own bed.

They simply gave Old Luo's home coordinates, and they actually sent her right there.

Hong Xiaoduo thought back to yesterday when she had questioned how someone could come up with 100 million yuan and create such an incredible high-tech teleportation pod. She wondered what was so strange about them being able to give away 100 million yuan.

I lay in bed for more than ten minutes before slowly sitting up and looking at myself. It was the pajamas I had been wearing earlier.

I reached out and touched my hair; it was loose and disheveled.

Hong Xiaoduo got out of bed, stood up and walked out of the room into the living room. Everything was the same as before she went out to see the sea. No, the roses on the balcony had long since withered.

Seeing the coffee table and cabinets in the living room covered in dust, just like those in the bedroom, she didn't complain about Old Man Luo.

She stood in the middle of the living room, looking around. This was her home, yet it no longer truly felt like her home.

Because the two people who raised her had agreed during their divorce that the house would belong to the family of three.

After Hong Xiaoduo finds a partner and gets married, the house will be sold, and the money will be divided equally among the three of them.

If she doesn't get married, she can live here forever.

Think about what those two said to her back then: their divorce was their business and it wouldn't affect their love for her. So, she also has a share in the house, meaning she can continue living there until she has her own home.

Yes, I have to say, from their perspective, they are already very good and considerate parents.

But their 'goodness' to her didn't bring her any happiness. Was she selfish, ungrateful, or greedy?

Thinking of this, Hong Xiaoduo walked to the sofa, ignoring the dust on the sofa cover, sat down, mustered her courage, and pressed the power button on her phone.

It's been over two years. Have they missed her? Have they sent her a message to ask how she is doing...?

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