Chapter 439: It's the Children's Luck, and Mine Too
Zhui Zhui picked up the bouquet and stuffed it into her arms, "Mom, go inside! Dad is still in the front hall talking to the envoy from Pingling City, I'll go get him!"
After speaking, he ran off again like a whirlwind, still as reckless as when he was a child.
Sang Luo smiled and shook her head, looking at the Seven Star flower bouquet in her hand, wondering which young female had given it to this stinky kid…
"Luo Luo."
A tall and handsome figure appeared on the ground.
"You're here."
Sang Luo smiled and looked up.
"Yes, I felt it when you arrived."
Lan Cang chuckled softly.
The joy in Sang Luo's eyes paused, turning into bitterness, and she absentmindedly stroked his face, "…Cang Cang, you've aged a lot."
The man's eyebrows were sharp and handsome, his figure as straight as a pine tree, with no changes from her memory.
But after years of hard work, his black hair already had some white strands, and there were also some fine wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
Although Sang Luo didn't want to admit it, she had to acknowledge the reality before her eyes: the boy who had accompanied her all the way had become a young man, and then reached middle age.
He was aging year by year.
Lan Cang was stunned for a moment, then smiled frankly, "Luo Luo, everyone gets old."
He was no longer young, but she was still so young, as beautiful as ever, with no changes from her memory.
"Zhui Zhui has grown up a lot, and he's very handsome ~ even better looking than you were when you were young."
Sang Luo joked with a smile, but the bitterness in her heart was somewhat difficult to let go of.
Lan Cang took off his coat and draped it over Sang Luo's shoulders, took her hand, and walked into the house, "Yes, Zhui Zhui looks more like you.
He's the best-looking of the three little wolf cubs.
He was very attractive to the little female beasts when he was young, and now that he's grown up, I don't know how many females have sent him love letters."
"What? Are you envious of your son?"
"Dazzling flowers gradually obscure the eyes.
Having lived too smoothly from childhood to adulthood, and facing more temptations, what I'm most worried about is this child."
Lan Cang walked to the bar, poured a glass of special milk wine, and handed it to her, "Warm yourself up."
Sang Luo took a small sip, "Where are Xiao Shitou and Xiao Zhixin?
Why haven't I seen them?
They wouldn't have run out to play and forgotten to come home again, would they?"
"…Luo Luo, all three children are adults now, they're not so naughty anymore, and they have serious things to do."
Sang Luo was speechless again for a moment.
She still couldn't quite wrap her head around it, subconsciously treating the children as little kids, even though she had only been gone for more than half a year…
"Where did they go?
I miss the children so much, I even prepared gifts for them… but the children are all adults now, I guess they don't like these little trinkets anymore."
"Not necessarily, they like anything you give them very much."
Lan Cang looked at her gently.
He then explained, "The children have all grown up, and I'm not as energetic as I was when I was young.
After Xiao Shitou and the others came of age, I slowly handed over the things I had on hand to the children to manage, and also transferred the industries in the major cities to their hands.
When the children can all stand on their own, I will be free."
"Zhui Zhui is used to being idle and doesn't want to manage the industry.
I remember you said before that I was too strict in educating the children, and that I shouldn't force them too much and let their minds develop freely, which is very reasonable.
So I let him do what he wants.
Xiao Shitou and Xiao Zhixin are managing the industries in their respective cities very well.
They moved away from Icebreak City a few years ago and will take the time to come back in a few days."
Sang Luo stared blankly out the window.
There were not even a few servants sweeping the City Lord's Mansion.
Besides the guards outside the door, only the two of them were left, revealing a trace of desolation and loneliness.
Lan Cang also followed her gaze outside, a trace of loss flashing in his eyes.
In the past, there were still three lively and noisy little cubs in the family accompanying him, and the mansion was extremely lively.
He put his mind on the children, and wasn't he also comforting himself?
Now the children are all gone.
The mansion seemed empty and cold.
When he was alone, he often took out Sang Luo's photos to look at, as well as the toys the children had left behind since they were young, and those graffiti paintings drawn by Xiao Zhixin, sometimes for an entire day.
"Hey, I miss Xiao Shitou and Xiao Zhixin."
"I'll call those two back."
"No need, the children are very busy.
I'll go see them in a few days."
Sang Luo hooked her arms around Lan Cang's neck, nestled in his arms, deeply inhaling the scent on his body, her heart was satisfied, "It's been a long time since I've been here.
The city has changed a lot too.
Accompany me out for a walk."
Lan Cang's slender and broad palms had a thin layer of calluses, gently stroking her dark and thick long hair.
The cold air had long been dispelled by the scorching body temperature, and his handsome eyebrows and eyes became more mature and restrained, "Okay, you can stroll for as long as you want, I'll accompany you.
It just so happens that there's a market in the city these few days, with a lot of fun things."
Sang Luo's slender and soft fingers gently stroked his eyebrows and eyes, "My Cang Cang, even old, is a mature and beautiful uncle ~"
She then lightly clicked her tongue, "So many years have passed, the beastmen in the city have probably changed several times, and no one recognizes me.
What do you think people will say when we go out shopping now?"
"…Father and daughter?"
"Cough! It's not that bad, Cang Cang, you're not that old yet!
Mature men are more charming and have more style!"
Seeing his low mood, Sang Luo comforted him, "With Cang Cang's looks, I'm afraid that when others see you walking down the street with me, they will secretly slander me, saying that I'm a young concubine kept by the City Lord ~"
Lan Cang's eyebrows sank, "Whoever dares to gossip in secret, throw them into the prison to eat public meals."
"Hahaha!"
Sang Luo bent over with laughter, "Just kidding, Cang Cang, don't be angry, but I've been gone for so many years, and Cang Cang is so lonely, have you really never thought about keeping a considerate and gentle little lover?"
"Luo Luo!"
Lan Cang glared at her unhappily and shook his head, "I'm not that kind of person, and I've never thought about this matter."
His partner mark was on her body, and he would never be tempted by other females again, no matter how long she was gone.
"You don't even have a confidant to accompany you, aren't you bored all these years?"
"It's not boring, I've only been free in the last few years.
In the previous years, I was raising children and managing all kinds of miscellaneous things, and I was too busy to think about those things that I didn't have."
Sang Luo sighed softly, "It's no different from before I left with you.
Besides liking to tinker with cooking, you spend the rest of your time raising children and doing business, and you don't have any hobbies.
This life is too monotonous… You always like to think for others, but you can't learn to treat yourself well, which is not good."
"My time is limited, this is enough for me to be rich and happy.
I am the father of Xiao Shitou and the others, and I want to do everything I can to give them better things."
Lan Cang said in a low voice, "Their father may not be able to give them the best background and resources, but I will give them what I can give them, the best I can give.
It doesn't matter if I'm more tired, it's enough to let the children and their future children live better under my protection."
"Even if I leave in the future, this tree that I planted can also bless my descendants with endless blessings."
"Cang Cang…"
Sang Luo hugged his waist and buried her head, muffled, "I'm not a qualified mother beast, I couldn't accompany the children to grow up, but Xiao Shitou and the others have a father like you, which is their greatest luck, and mine too."
Thank you for your company, babies ~ This book is coming to an end, I'm having some writer's block these two days, sob sob
