Chapter 144: Your Father Is The Greatest Hero Under Heaven
Lin Xin previously didn’t know that someone was planning to harm her. She was a young lady with strong action-oriented drive. Since she had made up her mind, she cast aside all hesitation, stayed two extra days in town, bought plenty of things—food, toys, and daily necessities—and then returned to the village to seriously start packing her luggage.
Unexpectedly, upon entering the village, she received a huge surprise brought by Lin Zhi.
“Stinky old man, are you okay!” Seeing Cui Shi’s gloomy gaze, Lin Xin asked.
“What could be wrong with me!” Cui Shi’s response clearly carried insincerity.
Lin Xin pursed her lips. What was there to be stubborn about? She wasn’t blind!
But since Cui Shi insisted, she didn’t want to expose him, so she let him pretend!
Back home, Lin Xin began earnestly sorting all the things she could take with her.
Because she had the space as a cheating tool, except for those bulky large pieces of furniture, she packed almost everything, especially the toys she had gradually prepared for Tao Tao, which filled nearly two large trunks.
Lin Xin planned to store these things away and not give them to him. After all, once back in the capital city, he would transform into the Crown Prince, and his toys in the future would probably be things like swords, spears, blades, and halberds.
With her doing this, Lin Tao chased after her all day, asking for this and that. With no other choice, Lin Xin had to take out those two large trunks again, letting him pick a few items to put into his luggage. Now Lin Tao was satisfied and no longer chased after her all day.
When Mo Ziyuan returned, he brought a horse carriage made to the specifications of the Crown Prince’s procession—both spacious and comfortable. Lin Xin unhesitatingly chose to sit with Lin Tao at that time, calling it protecting his safety.
Tomorrow was the originally scheduled departure time. Only when Lin Tao came in the afternoon to ask if the capital city was fun did she suddenly realize she hadn’t yet told him about his background.
Lin Xin hurriedly found Mo Ziyuan and, under Gao Yong and the others’ ambiguous gazes, pulled him aside to tell him her new discovery. Then she saw Mo Ziyuan’s face turn all colors, extremely splendid.
“What to do? Go tell him now?” Thinking of Lin Tao seriously fiddling with the puzzle lock at home, Lin Xin asked hesitantly.
“What else?”
“Then you go tell him.” Lin Xin tactically stepped back.
“Both of us together.” Mo Ziyuan refused.
“No need, right? For such a small matter, do we really need two adults? I believe in your ability. You go talk to him, and I’ll go into the mountains to get some game for the road to add to our meals.” With that, Lin Xin deftly dodged Mo Ziyuan’s attempt to grab her hand and slipped away quickly.
Mo Ziyuan watched her back and ground his teeth.
When Lin Xin returned with a silly roe deer, a wild goat, four wild rabbits, and three wild chickens, she saw Lin Tao tearfully lying in Lin Nan’s arms with red eyes, while Mo Ziyuan stood helplessly opposite them.
She immediately wanted to turn and slip away, but sharp-eyed Lin Nan spotted her and cried out with a choked voice: “Sis, you’re finally back.”
Lin Xin: “······” The leather jacket was expensive and windproof, but it really leaked everywhere!
“Auntie, Uncle said that once we return to the capital city, I can’t be with you all anymore. Is that true?” Lin Tao wiped his tears and looked at her pitifully, hoping for a negative answer from her.
“Uh······” Lin Xin quickly searched her mind for child-coaxing skills. Without immediately answering his question, she first asked: “Then does Tao Tao still remember your father?”
Lin Tao, who was only eight months old when sent out of the capital city by the Crown Prince, shook his head pitifully—of course he couldn’t remember.
“But your father remembers Tao Tao! We’ve been here with you for so long, and your father has missed you for just as long. Don’t you think he’s very pitiful?”
Lin Tao blinked his big eyes and asked: “Then can’t we live together with Father?”
“No, but when Tao Tao misses Auntie, he can ask Father to take you to Auntie’s home as a guest!”
“What if Tao Tao misses Auntie every day?” Lin Tao asked hopefully.
Lin Xin picked him up, sat on a chair herself, and let him sit on her lap, then answered: “Auntie will miss Tao Tao too, but Auntie has been with Tao Tao for over three years, while Tao Tao’s father hasn’t seen him for over three years. So Tao Tao needs to spend good time with Father, right?”
Thinking of something else, Lin Xin happily narrowed her eyes. “And after returning to the capital city, Tao Tao will start studying like Nan Nan. Father will find the best teacher in the world for Tao Tao, so he’ll be very busy then and probably won’t have much time to think of Auntie.”
“No, he will,” Lin Tao unhappily lowered his head. “Tao Tao will definitely miss Auntie, every day.”
“Good, then think of her every day, but can Tao Tao just think it in his heart and not say it out loud?”
“Why?”
“Because Father will be sad. Back then, there were bad people around Father who would hurt Tao Tao and Father, so Father sent Tao Tao to Auntie’s home and faced all the harm himself. Now that Father has defeated all the bad people, he dares to bring Tao Tao back. If Father knew Tao Tao was thinking of Auntie all day, he’d feel very, very sad.”
“Then······” Lin Tao’s eyes darted around. “Is Father a hero?”
“Of course, Father is the greatest hero under heaven.” Lin Xin answered without hesitation.
“Really?”
“When has Auntie ever lied to Tao Tao?” Lin Xin pretended to glare fiercely at him.
“Hee hee,” Knowing Lin Xin was just pretending to tease him, Lin Tao wasn’t scared and happily counted on his fingers. “Last time Auntie said she’d tell a story to coax Tao Tao to sleep, but she fell asleep after two sentences; the time before that on Tao Tao’s birthday, Auntie said she’d make a cake, but in the end Tao Tao only got a steamed bun; and the time before that······”
“Stop, stop stop,” Lin Xin rolled her eyes speechlessly. Did he have to remember so clearly! With that kung fu, why not recite the homework Mister Meng taught?
“So is Auntie lying to Tao Tao this time too?”
“This time it’s guaranteed no. If you don’t believe it, your Uncle Mo can vouch.” Lin Xin glanced at Mo Ziyuan, who was shaking with suppressed laughter behind them, and decisively pulled him in.
“Uncle Mo?” Lin Tao asked for confirmation.
“That’s right. Uncle vouches: this time your Auntie really isn’t lying to you. Your father is indeed a very brave great hero!” Mo Ziyuan answered firmly.
“Alright then! I’ll believe Auntie one more time.” Lin Tao shyly lowered his head and fiddled with his fingers, but his mood visibly improved a lot.
Lin Xin and Mo Ziyuan both breathed a sigh of relief, both inwardly sighing: Kids nowadays are really too hard to handle!
They had just sorted out Lin Tao when trouble came knocking again.
“Zi Yuan, Zi Yuan, are you there?” Gao Yong’s signature loud voice rang out from outside the door again.
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