Chapter 440: Still the Child of That Year
"You and Xiao Shitou are my greatest luck in this life." Lan Cang lifted her head and stared into her eyes.
"Dad, when did you come? Why didn't you tell me? I was wondering why I couldn't find you!" Zhui Zhui muttered as he pushed the door open.
Sang Luo coughed lightly and quickly pushed Lan Cang away.
Lan Cang smiled brightly and held her hand tightly. Zhui Zhui saw that both his parents were there, so what was there to understand? Dad wanted to spend some time alone with Mom without being disturbed! Humph!
"Mom has finally come back. Dad, please stay with her. I'll deal with the envoy from Pingling City!" Zhui Zhui said, then looked at Sang Luo with pitiful eyes. "Mom hasn't come back for a long time. You don't know that Dad has almost become a wife-missing stone these years. If I didn't stay to accompany Dad, who knows how lonely he would be~"
"You little brat, you have nothing to do, right?" Lan Cang scolded with a smile.
"Look, Mom, Dad's been hurt and he's getting angry and embarrassed~" Zhuizhui covered his butt and was about to run away.
My personality hasn't changed much since I was a child.
It’s still this heartless brat!
"Wait a minute, mother has prepared a gift for you. I wonder if you like it."
"Wow, what's the gift? Mom, open it and take a look. I like it!"
"You didn't even see the gift, and you like it?"
"Hey, I like everything Mom gives me. 'Mom's gift' itself is the best gift!"
"...This little brat has such a sweet mouth, I don't know who he inherited it from." Sang Luo was amused by him.
She took out a gift box half the height of a person from the space, and when she opened it, there was a Klein blue skateboard with a string of silver characters printed on it. Zhui Zhui's eyes lit up. He loved collecting all kinds of skateboards the most, and the one his mother gave him was a limited edition, which he couldn't buy normally!
"Mom, I like this gift so much. I'm going out to play for a while!" Zhui Zhui turned his head and put the important business behind him.
Lan Cang was too lazy to remind him, "Remember to come back for dinner tonight."
"Okay."
Zhuizhui slipped out of the room on his skateboard and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Lan Cang called his personal guard and passed on a few messages, then accompanied Sang Luo out shopping.
Passing by the courtyard next to him, he heard the laughter coming from inside. He paused for a moment, and then saw several cubs of different races running out laughing. Seeing Lan Cang there, they politely said, "Hello, City Lord!"
"Um."
Lan Cang smiled, bent down, and took out some dried meat snacks for them to eat.
The cubs ran away happily.
"I remember this was where Asa lived." Sang Luo turned to look at Lan Cang and said with a smile, "I heard him say that you two went on missions together and risked your lives countless times, and your relationship was very close. When you were building your house, he built it right next to yours. Asa especially loved the little wolf cubs. Whenever you couldn't find the kids at mealtime, you would go to his place to look for them. Little Stone and the others also loved going to Uncle Asa's place for free food and drinks when they were little..."
Lan Cang's eyes flashed with nostalgia. "Asa didn't have any females by his side, and he left behind no children. After he left, this courtyard was vacant for several years, and no one moved in. Later, I built an orphanage where abandoned cubs and elderly people could come and live."
"It's better to be able to help others than to be idle."
…
The changes in Icebreaking City over the past few hundred years have been earth-shaking, and it is no less prosperous than any other major city in the Western Continent.
The streets were bustling with people, and all kinds of shops stood in rows, dazzling with their wide array of goods. Sang Luo also bought some things, and Lan Cang was carrying a bag beside him.
On the way home together, the two chatted about what had happened over the past few hundred years.
When Lan Cang talked about Lan Ruo's death, sadness welled up in his eyes. The two brothers had depended on each other since childhood and had a deep relationship. It was impossible for him not to be sad, but he felt more relieved.
Although Lan Ruo's bloodline was not strong, he advanced to the seventh-level orc through hard work and lived to be three hundred years old, which can be considered a natural death.
Lan Cang visited him the day before his death.
The elder brother personally saw his younger brother off.
Lan Cang said that Xiao Ruo passed away without any pain. His children and grandchildren surrounded his bed and filled it with flowers.
“…” Xiao Ruo was clearly still a young and shy boy in her memory, but… things have changed.
Sang Luo once again deeply realized that in the more than half a year since she left, more than five hundred years had passed since Yu Lancang and the others.
"Xiao Ruo is your biological brother, a dear and unforgettable relative in your heart. If he left behind his crystal core and soul, I can try to revive him after I repair the Creation Cauldron."
Lan Cang shook his head. "Birth, aging, sickness, and death are common to all human beings. Being able to live a happy and fulfilling life is the greatest blessing in life..."
As he said this, his eyes fell on Sang Luo's face, and a look of happiness and satisfaction appeared on his handsome face. "I have obtained everything I wanted. I have no regrets in this life. Any rebellious behavior will have to be paid for. There is no need to go against the laws of heaven and earth and let you bear unnecessary karma."
"Cangcang..."
Sang Luo stopped.
Lan Cang held her in his arms and said softly,
"Luoluo, if one day I die, there's no need to resurrect me."
…
Suilin City.
The most important star city under the Icebreaking City is responsible for energy transportation. Many railway routes have been built, and the investment in the main city has been increasing year by year.
Many people wanted to get a piece of the pie here, and most of the confidants who followed Lan Cang in the past had left. He no longer had the energy to cultivate new confidants.
Officials in the city inevitably embezzled the allocated funds at various levels, and as a result, less than 30% of the funds were finally used for the project.
After arriving in the city, Xiao Shitou set about investigating the eroded funds and eradicated many corrupt and evil forces, much like his father's thunderous style when he was young.
When Sang Luo came over, he saw Xiao Shitou working diligently in the study.
The boy had short black hair, a tall and strong figure, cold white skin, and a sharp and handsome face. From a distance, he looked almost like Lan Cang when he was young, except that he did not have the shallow scar on the side of his nose and the side of his face. His facial features were more delicate and handsome when you looked at them closely.
There were several young females secretly wandering around outside, trying to peek inside, but unfortunately they were all chased out.
"Mom? You're back!"
Little Stone looked towards the door with a flash of understanding. He quickly stood up from his seat, took the coat draped over the back of the chair and put it on himself. He quickly walked forward to greet Sang Luo and took the lunch box from her hand. "Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming? I was going to pick you up. I'm sorry you came all the way here."
"I specifically told your father not to bother you over such a small matter." Sang Luo looked at the boy's slightly thin face and felt very distressed. He was also a workaholic like his father. "I heard from your father that you have been very busy recently and even had no time to eat. I made some food for you, all of which you loved when you were a child."
When I opened the food box, it was still steaming, just like when it was freshly cooked.
"Thank you, Mom!" Little Stone laughed, and his ears and wolf tail popped out and shook happily.
"Mom, have you eaten yet? Sit down and let's eat together."
"Okay, I'm a little hungry." Sang Luo took out a magic fruit and ate it.
Little Stone asked, "After so many years, there seems to be no movement from the Nine-Tailed Fox's younger brother or sister. How long will it take for them to be born?"
"The gestation period for divine beast cubs is long, and mother isn't too sure." Sang Luo sighed, "I heard from Uncle Fei Yuan that divine beast cubs prefer to eat the divine fruits grown in the heavens. Before the God Lord left, he handed over the authority to open the heavens to him. He's been to the heavens several times over the years, and I heard that some of the divine fruit trees there have grown again."
"What is heaven like?" Little Stone asked curiously.
"Mom hasn't been there either, so I'm not sure. I'll take you there if I have the chance."
"Yeah." Little Stone had just finished his meal when a brown-haired orc came over and said a few words to him.
Little Stone said, "Mom, I have to leave first."
"Well, go ahead."
When Xiao Shitou came back after finishing his work, Sang Luo had left. On the table was a beautifully wrapped gift box. When he opened it, he saw a set of toy racing cars. The boy was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
After growing up, he was busy and rarely thought about his childhood. He loved playing with these small racing cars the most back then.
In my mother's eyes.
They are still the three naughty little wolf cubs of that year.
He carefully took out the model car and remote control and placed them on the top shelf. Whenever he felt tired from handling official business, he could look up and see them...
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