It was late December now, and Winter City had turned into a snow-white world, just like the New Year's Eve four years ago.
Lin Huang and his sister were sighing as they watched the snowflakes falling from the sky. The door to the villa was pushed open all of a sudden.
It was Lin Xuan who stood at the door.
"I thought you guys would come two days later, so I was going to pack up today and buy some festive things tomorrow to decorate the house." Lin Xuan wore a warm smile on his face.
"You're so fast. We've only been delayed for less than ten minutes, and you're already here," Lin Huang said as he walked toward Lin Xuan.
"I've used the dimensional portal to locate this place before. I didn't have anything else to do anyway, so I told Huang Tianpu after I hung up and came straight here," Lin Xuan explained while smiling.
At that moment, Lin Xin walked to Lin Xuan and lifted her head to look at him who was more than half a head taller than her. "Little Xuan … Why do I feel weird calling you that now?"
"Why don't we call you Daxuan from now on?" Lin Huang suggested from the side.
Lin Xuan was speechless, but he did not argue. After all, he looked five to six years more mature than Lin Huang. Moreover, he felt awkward being called Little Xuan by Lin Xin again.
"Daxuan does sound a lot smoother. I'll call you Daxuan from now on." Lin Xin added immediately after saying that, "Although I've changed the way I address you, don't forget that I'm still your sister, Daxuan!"
Although she had changed the awkward way of addressing him, Lin Xin was still determined not to give up her identity as his sister.
Lin Xuan looked helpless, but he did not argue.
"Alright, let's clean up the house quickly," Lin Huang said quickly to relieve Lin Xuan of his awkwardness.
After all, they had not seen each other for four years. Moreover, Lin Xuan had experienced a lot in those four years, and he had even awakened Mo Kui's memory. It was indeed difficult for him to integrate into the family so quickly.
Lin Huang was more willing to give Lin Xuan some time to get used to it.
Under Lin Huang's lead, the three of them began cleaning the house soon.
It took the whole morning for the three of them to clean up the entire house inside and out.
"The bedsheets in the cupboard have been there for a few years. Just replace them with new ones. Also, the toiletries in the bathroom had long expired. Everything in the fridge can be thrown away … "Lin Huang said as he recorded the things he wanted to buy." See if there's anything else you want to exchange. "
Lin Xin and Lin Xuan mentioned a few more items. Lin Huang recorded them down and made a list.
The three of them went out for lunch and went straight to the supermarket. They bought all the items on the list and rearranged the house. The originally deserted house was now filled with a festive atmosphere.
For the next few days, the three of them did not go out much.
Lin Huang spent most of his time cultivating Seamless to increase the number of telekinetic threads.
Lin Xin dragged Lin Xuan along to practice actual combat. Of course, they weren't practicing in Winter City. Between the two of them, one was a Virtual God rank-9 and the other a first-rank True God — just the aftermath of their battle could easily destroy the entire Winter City. Both of them would fight in Lin Xuan's God Domain.
Time flew by, and more than a week passed by quickly.
Lin Huang's telekinetic threads had increased by more than twenty thousand, reaching a total of about two hundred and fifty thousand.
Lin Xin's actual combat level had also improved by a notch under the high-intensity combat training.
Her current ability was almost no weaker than Mr. Fu's before he went into closed-door cultivation.
As the first of January, New Year's Day approached, Lin Huang finally stopped cultivating Seamless. Lin Xin and Lin Xuan also stopped their combat training.
New Year's Day was actually the new year of the new era, but everyone was used to celebrating New Year's Day, so it was slightly less important than New Year's Day.
However, there were still nearly two months until New Year's Day. Lin Huang did not intend to continue staying in the gravel world, so he chose New Year's Day to celebrate New Year's Day.
On the night before New Year's Day, Lin Huang took the two of them to make dumplings.
Although there were dumpling restaurants in the gravel world, it was the first time for Lin Xin and Lin Xuan that they were making dumplings themselves. Both of them learned very seriously, and they were also very enthusiastic when it came to making dumplings.
The three of them had a very simple dinner. Each of them had a bowl of dumplings, and they did not eat much. The rest of the dumplings that were not cooked were all placed in the freezer.
At night, it started snowing heavily outside the window again.
Lin Huang and the other two sat around the fireplace, happily chatting about their interesting experiences over the past few years until the wee hours of the morning, when the new year of the new era arrived.
When they heard the melodious New Year's Day bell ring, the three of them stopped talking and turned their heads to look out the window almost at the same time. At this moment, not far away, countless fireworks rose into the sky one after another, blooming with brilliant colors in the sky.
Winter City, which was over -20 degrees Celsius, was currently bustling with activity in the wee hours of the morning.
On the commercial street not far from Lin Huang's neighborhood, there were still people coming and going. Many people even stood where they were to watch the fireworks.
However, the room was abnormally quiet at this moment.
The fireplace flickered, and the warm yellow light illuminated the faces of Lin Huang and the other two.
The three of them did not speak again. Instead, they quietly watched the fireworks rise into the sky one by one, blooming into a dazzling flower in the sky.
The fireworks lasted for more than half an hour before finally stopping. Only then did Lin Huang and the other two look away.
"Four years ago, there were similar fireworks at the New Year's Day." Lin Huang was the first to break the silence.
"Yes, I remember it very clearly. Just like now, we also had a fireplace in our house …" Lin Xuan nodded with a smile.
"I remember it a little differently. At that time, Daxuan and I ran to the window to watch the fireworks for a while. Then, it suddenly started snowing outside, so we ran outside to have a snowball fight." Lin Xin smiled. "By the time we came back from the snowball fight, the fireworks had already been set off."
Lin Xuan smiled somewhat embarrassedly. Of course, he remembered this, but he was too embarrassed to bring it up again.
The three of them chatted for a while longer. Lin Xuan suddenly asked Lin Huang, "When do you plan to go to the outside world after the New Year's Day?"
Hearing this question, Lin Xin also pricked up her ears.
"I'll stay for another day. On the 3rd, we'll go back to Emperor City first. I'll arrange the rest of the things, and then we can leave. "Lin Huang clearly had a clear itinerary.
Lin Xin was silent for a moment after hearing this, then suddenly asked, "Brother, we … can we still go back to the gravel world in the future?"
"Sure." Lin Huang smiled and nodded. "If you want to come back, you can come back at any time."
"Returning from the outside world shouldn't be an easy task, right?" Lin Xuan asked with a slight frown. He felt that Lin Huang's words were completely coaxing Lin Xin.
"Don't worry. Since I've said so, I'll definitely be able to do it." Lin Huang smiled and patted Lin Xuan's shoulder. He did not explain further.
Hearing Lin Huang say so, although Lin Xuan still had doubts in his heart, he did not ask any more questions. He chose to believe in Lin Huang. After all, this man had done too many things that others could not.
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