The rest of the Lin family were also frightened by Lin Yanping's current appearance.

Everyone respectfully gave up their seats in the hall to Lin Yanping and Lin Wanyue so they could talk, while Liu Junlan took her son and grandson to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

Since none of the Lin family members were around, Lin Wanyue simply took a pack of tissues from her sleeve and wiped the dirt off her mouth.

"Dad, what happened? Why did you become like this? You look ugly... Did something happen to you?" Lin Wanyue was more worried about Lin Yanping than the others.

Lin Yanping, however, smiled nonchalantly and said, "Don't worry, it's nothing serious. It's just that my lifespan is coming to an end, and I probably won't live much longer."

"Ah? Dad, no!" Upon hearing this, Lin Wanyue immediately shook her head, jumped off the chair, and hugged Lin Yanping's leg.

She finally met her father in this world, but why did he have to leave so soon?

Lin Yanping quickly pulled Lin Wanyue onto his lap and coaxed her, saying, "Wanwan, don't worry. I came here today to tell you something."

"What's wrong? Can you please not leave? Or wait until I die in this world, and then we can go together?" Lin Wanyue said sadly, her eyes were red, and a few drops of water were clinging to her long eyelashes.

"..." Lin Yanping felt sorry for her and reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes. He sighed and said, "Wanwan, you can't stay in this world for much longer. Now that you have achieved your goal and your good deeds have offset your bad deeds, you can return to the Heavenly Realm."

"Can't I not go back?" Lin Wanyue sat up straight, still looking at Lin Yanping with a pitiful expression.

She still had a good relationship with the Lin family and didn't want to leave so soon.

Lin Yanping shook his head and said, "No, you are my daughter. You carry my aura. If you stay in this world for too long, you will disturb the aura of this world."

Lin Wanyue understood this principle, and after a long silence, she said, "Then... then can I send Grandma off before leaving this world?"

Liu Junlan is actually only in his fifties now, but the average lifespan in this world is only seventy or eighty years.

Lin Wanyue felt that with her fourth brother's care, her grandmother should still be able to live to a very old age.

But her demands weren't high; she just wanted to spend decades with her grandmother.

For the Heavenly Dao, which doesn't measure time in years, decades are but a fleeting moment.

However, Lin Yanping still firmly refused, saying, "That won't do."

“…Okay.” Lin Wanyue lowered her head in frustration. Her soft, fluffy hair seemed to sense her low spirits and fell gently beside her ears.

After a while, when the two had finished talking, Lin Zihan brought over a pot of hot tea to refill Lin Yanping's cup.

Lin Yanping had him call all the members of the Lin family over and said to them, "Wanwan is my granddaughter, but she is also a fairy from heaven. You have probably heard that fairies from heaven don't live long when they come to earth. In a few days, I will take her back to heaven. I told you this so that you wouldn't worry."

"What? My daughter is really a fairy?" Lin Weiming exclaimed in surprise, but what surprised him even more was: "Wait... why were you the one who took my daughter away?"

The Lin family members mostly believed, to some extent, that Lin Wanyue was actually a celestial fairy.

After all, they had all witnessed Lin Wanyue's amazing abilities, including her ability to conjure things out of thin air and produce many things they had never seen before.

That must be divine intervention.

So, it's understandable that they're reluctant to let Wanwan go back to heaven at such a young age.

But does Lin Yanping's statement imply that he might also be a deity?

The Lin family members were somewhat skeptical.

Lin Yanping glanced at him as if he were an idiot, and replied, "You can probably tell that I'm going to die in a few days, and I can take Wanwan back with me."

"Oh, I see." Lin Weiming was relieved.

He said he had never seen Lin Yanping possess any miraculous abilities.

Even when the Crown Prince was hunting down Qi Xiao, it was basically Lin Wanyue who did all the work. Lin Yanping stood by her side the whole time and didn't lift a finger. He didn't seem like a god at all.

Lin Yanping guessed what he was thinking, gave a light snort, and rolled his eyes.

If he weren't too lazy to explain to the Lin family that he was actually Lin Wanyue's biological father, he wouldn't have allowed Lin Weiming to keep calling her "daughter."

"Do you have to leave so soon? Can you take care of yourself and leave later?" Liu Junlan hugged Lin Wanyue, tears streaming down her face.

She felt sorry for the child and had treated Lin Wanyue like her own granddaughter ever since she picked her up from the roadside.

And now that he's so young, with so many things in the world he hasn't seen yet, why does he have to go back to heaven?

If someone lived to this age like him, even if they had to return to heaven, Liu Junlan wouldn't be so sad.

Xuefu sat next to her, constantly wiping away her tears.

The three children of the Lin family were all intelligent, and they understood that returning to heaven meant they would be gone forever, just like death.

Lin Zheyun and the others were stunned, staring at Lin Wanyue in disbelief.

"Prime Minister, you can't be lying, can you? My sister is so young, why would she want to go back to heaven? Heaven isn't fun!" Lin Zheyun's eyes also reddened.

Seeing that their tall and strong second brother was almost crying, the two younger ones also pouted and started wailing loudly: "We don't want our sister to leave. It's not fun up there. There are only clouds in the sky... Can't we let our sister stay? We want to play with our sister."

Hearing his mother, wife, and children crying, Lin Weiming felt a pang of sadness and his nose stung. He said to Lin Yanping, "Prime Minister, could you please make an exception? At least let the children grow up before they return to heaven. How cold it must be for such young children in heaven?"

Lin Yanping couldn't help but roll his eyes: "There are nine heavens, not what you imagine."

It's still cold. How could it be cold? Would he let his daughter get cold?

Seeing them crying so sadly, Lin Wanyue couldn't help but feel sad herself, and tears fell drop by drop.

She was already incredibly cute, with a fair and delicate face, bright red eyes, and pink lips pressed tightly together.

"Grandpa..." Lin Wanyue looked at Lin Yanping pitifully and pleaded, "Can I go back a little later? I haven't said a word to Brother Yuan and Godfather yet."

These were all just excuses, but she still wanted to stay with her family for a couple more days.

"..." Lin Yanping sighed, "Alright, then I'll try my best to live a few more days."