No matter how much Lin Shao ate, Happy Growth.
Bai Ze picked him up easily.
"You're too light."
After he picked him up, he commented.
"Didn't you say that you've gained a lot of weight recently?"
"That's not fat, that's strong!
Strong! "Lin Shao tried his best to refute.
While he was at it?
Y gave him a slap.
But his sequelae had not passed yet.
His strength was also light.
This made Bai Ze laugh instead.
He placed Lin Shao on a chair at the dining table.
He scooped a bowl of soup for him.
"Try it.
See if it can compare to what you made. "
Today's lunch was all prepared by Bai Ze.
Lin Shao had been very busy with missions for the past few days. Sometimes, he even forgot to eat, let alone cook. Bai Ze kept an eye on him on time every day. As the days passed, Bai Ze knew how to cook more and more. Today, he made all three dishes and one soup for the two of them.
Lin Shao had never even entered the kitchen.
"It smells so good." Lin Shao still had the strength to hold the spoon. He took a sip of the soup and praised sincerely.
"Bai Ze is really amazing.
You'll be able to do more and more. "
Bai Ze looked at him with satisfaction.
He lowered his head and smiled.
He picked up the spoon and tasted it himself.
"The mission of Afflicted Sheep is completed. The new mission hasn't been refreshed yet. I have a few days to rest now."
Lin Shao picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and put it into his bowl. He chatted with Bai Ze as he ate. "Thinking back to the two missions this month, Afflicted Sheep and Chōyou, they can be summed up in one word."
"What?"
"Home."
Lin Shao sighed. "Having a proper place to live and an environment that can be called warm is the foundation of everything. After solving this, other things, such as food and necessities, are actually unimportant. It's just icing on the cake."
Bai Ze listened silently. Lin Shao's words made sense, but he seemed to have thought of something. He glanced at the aisle.
Lin Shao's grandfather's black and white portrait was hanging there. The electronic candle emitted a red light, and the face in the black and white photo was very kind.
Lin Shao was busy building a home for others. In fact, he did not have a complete home himself.
Lin Shao was sitting across from Bai Ze. He could see Bai Ze's expression clearly. After spending so much time with Bai Ze, he could immediately tell what he was thinking.
"Don't worry about me." Lin Shao waved his hand. "I have neighbors in the Human Realm who care about me. I have countless friends in the Mountain and Sea Realm. That's enough."
He said this very calmly. It was not that he was forcing himself. He had already gotten over it.
In the past, Lin Shao would occasionally feel sorry for himself. However, after coming to the Mountain and Sea Realm, he no longer felt that way. Not only did he have more friends, but more importantly, compared to Chōyou, who was born with bad luck, and Afflicted Sheep, who had been away from home for so many years, he was already better off. One should be content with life.
Bai Ze was silent for a while. Then, he asked, "Lin Shao, can I ask you something?"
"Go ahead."
"Where … where are your parents?"
Lin Shao was filial, but the only memorial tablet in his family was his grandfather.
When he heard Bai Ze's question, Lin Shao put down his chopsticks and replied, "Don't look over there. It's not that I don't have a memorial tablet for them. I don't know if they're dead or alive. I guess they don't need me to worry about them."
Hearing his words, Bai Ze's hand that was holding the chopsticks stopped moving. His eyes stared intently at the canopy.
Lin Shao laughed. "Don't look at me like that. You always think of me as a pitiful little thing. There's no need for that.
Actually, I don't know much about my parents. I only remember that when I was three years old, the two of them parted ways with great ambitions. At the same time, they also felt that I was unnecessary. The two of them left Huaili and never came back.
I wasn't that pitiful. Although my grandfather had a bad relationship with my parents, he was very good to me.
So after I was three years old, I never saw my parents again. Until my grandfather passed away, I never saw my legendary biological father come back. My grandfather was also very stubborn about this matter. He seemed to have contacted my father, but he refused to tell me.
When my grandfather passed away, he only sighed and apologized to me. He said he blamed himself for not teaching his son well and letting me have such a father. "
When Lin Shao talked about this matter, his tone was still quite relaxed. Bai Ze, however, couldn't eat a single bite. For the first time, he felt that he had no appetite.
"It doesn't matter." Lin Shao saw that his expression was not right and comforted him. "You see, I'm so powerful now. I'm the only one in the entire human world who is so awesome and shining. Now, I'm super rich. Abandoning me is a huge loss for them. I don't have any regrets."
Usually, the meal here was served with extra portions. They could still finish three dishes and one soup. Because Bai Ze was here, Lin Shao couldn't eat much by himself. Today, Bai Ze stopped eating at the beginning, so the dishes on the table were basically untouched.
"You're the one who's unhappy. If I knew, I wouldn't have told you." Lin Shao looked at the remaining dishes and saw that Bai Ze's face was still gloomy. He got up and pulled him, trying to change the topic. "Forget it, let's not talk about this. Since there's a gap in the mission, let's go out in the afternoon. Seeing that it's almost New Year, let's go out and have a change of mood.
By now, Lin Shao's period of happy growth was almost over. He took a shower and felt that his body was much stronger. It was just right for him to go out for a walk.
Now that it was almost the New Year, Huaili City was jubilant. The shops were all holding promotions. Lin Shao was thirsty, so he bought a cup of freshly squeezed snow pear juice from a shop on the street. In the end, he won another cup in the shop's lucky draw and gave it to Bai Ze.
"Cheer up, I won the lottery." Lin Shao stuffed the juice into his hand and tilted his head to look at him. "You don't like it?
It's sweet, isn't it? "
Bai Ze lowered his head and took a sip. He only felt that the snow pear juice was too sweet. Looking at Lin Shao in front of him, who was happy because he won a cup of juice, he only felt a stifling panic in his heart. However, there was no way to relieve it.
Whether it was in the Mountain and Sea Realm or in the Mortal World, Bai Ze had seen far too many of those stories. Lin Tuo's story wasn't particularly unusual. However, Bai Ze could only empathize with Lin Tuo's past. In fact, Lin Tuo's story was even more distressing and painful than the original Bai Ze.
He did not know what was wrong with him.
Lin Shao dragged Bai Ze out for a walk. He bought a lot of things and added some new decorations to the house. He also bought many gifts for his friends in the two realms and secretly stuffed them into the space. The two of them walked around until night time and still did not go back.
At around seven o'clock in the evening, the two of them walked to the Old Square.
"Everyone has a holiday on New Year's Day, so it's especially crowded now."
Lin Shao complained. He had not finished the super large cup of juice yet, but he did not want to waste it. He carried the bag and squeezed in the crowd, sweating all over.
Bai Ze saw that he was squeezing so hard, hugged him in his arms and asked, "Why are you squeezing so hard?
You are so tired. "
Lin Shao turned his head and explained excitedly, "There is a fountain show in the square. The fountain on New Year's Day is different. It will be very beautiful and big, and the lighting effect will be amazing.
In recent years, I heard that it has become more and more beautiful. I didn't dare to come here because there were too many people. Chen Yuan started to take videos and sent them to my mobile phone. But how can the video be more beautiful than the scene?
Come on, come on, I want to fulfill a wish. "
Since he had said so, how could Bai Ze not follow his wish?
For Lin Jia, it was a pleasure to be able to squeeze through the crowd.
The two of them stood in a good position, and the fountain began.
The light reflected a swimming dragon on the water column, and then the dragon gradually disappeared. The fountain turned into a flame, and then a piece of fluttering red silk. Lin Shao clapped his hands and cheered happily.
Bai Ze stood behind him and wrapped Lin Shao with his coat. Standing in the open square in winter, it was still very windy and cold. There was a lot of water vapor floating up with the fountain. Although Lin Shao did not catch a cold so easily, Bai Ze still wanted to hold him.
Especially today.
"Are you happy?" Lin Shao turned his head and asked Bai Ze, "Are you happy?"
There were many people here, and the sound was very loud. The fountain also played loud music. It was too noisy. Lin Shao asked loudly twice. Bai Ze heard him and nodded to him.
"Why do you have to coax me?" Bai Ze lowered his head and sighed in Lin Shao's ear, "You are still worried about me at this time."
"What?"
The sound outside was too loud. Even if Bai Ze came closer to talk, he could not hear a few words clearly. He only saw a nod, "Louder!
I didn't hear you clearly! "
"Forget it if you didn't hear me clearly."
Bai Ze looked at him and gently turned his head back, "Good boy, don't worry about me. Look at the fountain you have always wanted to see."
Because it was close to New Year's Day, the fountain show was very long these days. The two of them stood there for a long time until the fountain show came to an end.
The music stopped at this time, and it was finally not so noisy.
After seeing the fountain, the people began to disperse. Lin Shao and Zhang Zian were inside. At this time, everyone was still in a group, so they were not in a hurry to squeeze. They waited for the people outside to leave first.
Lin Shao turned to look at Bai Ze, smiled at him, and asked, "Is it beautiful?
I brought you here to see it. "
At this time, Bai Ze was still wrapped in his coat. When he heard Lin Shao's question, he lowered his head and smiled at Lin Shao, asking in return, "What about you? Do you think it is beautiful?"
Lin Shao nodded vigorously at him.
"If you think it is good, then it is good."
"Let's go." Lin Shao took Bai Ze's hand, "After seeing it, let's go home."
Bai Ze stopped in his tracks. Usually, when he heard the words "go home", he did not feel anything, but today, he was a little touched.