Lady Meilin is seduced by her green tea brother-in-law everyday-Chapter 188: The prodigal daughter returns.

By the time little rays of gold started to poke through the clouds, a little aquatic world had been successfully established on the ground of the space camp. Altogether, five ponds had been created and they varied in shape and size.

One had turtles, frogs and aquatic herbs. One had only gold fish. Another had lotus flowers and the last one which was finished as the morning rays of the sun became clearer had lotus blooms, pink, purple and white, floating as if they had always been there.

The three medium streams that the robot butlers had dug were also finished. There clear waters were empty but the sound of water flowing was very calming.

[Congratulations host on the creation of your little aquatic world. Do you want the rewards to be delivered now or later?]

"Now." She responded.

The rides would add more enjoyment to Lian’s birthday celebrations.

Mei Mei and Junjie toasted with cups of coffee, siting besides the stream and watching the sunrise in silence.

"Do you know that Lin Feng died?" Junjie suddenly turned to her with a question.

It took a moment for Mei Mei to recall who Lin Feng was and when she did, she gasped. In an era where human life had been extended and the medical field was thriving, hearing the news of the death of a twenty nine year old man was quite surprising.

Lin Feng had been one of their classmates, one of the bullies that Mei Mei had dealt with. She had become his personal nightmare until he repented and changed his ways.

"What happened to him?" She asked, very curious.

"Brain aneurysm. Apparently he was standing in the kitchen one second and on the floor the next. By the time he was rushed out to the car, it was too late. His wife and children witnessed it all. The funeral tomorrow. Do you plan to attend it?"

She nodded.

"Great, we can go together." Junjie downed the last of the coffee in the cup and stood up.

"NO." Mei Mei stood up as well. "Being seen looking friendly in public right now is not good for me or you. It will just make our old schoolmates gossip."

"But everyone knows we are friends." He said. freёwebnoѵel.com

"Friends don’t have to go everywhere and do everything together. We are not kids anymore Junjie." She picked up her shovels and other digging tools, dumping them on a sky float. "I will attend with my other friends. We both know that everyone will dying to get you to notice them and shaking your hands or asking you to give a speech. I would rather watch from the sidelines."

She climbed into the sky float and invited him to do the same. After dropping him off inside the camp, she drove home. No stalkers followed her this time.

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Returning home as the prodigal daughter, in tow with her own daughter, felt like one of the most difficult things that Jun Meilin had ever had to do. She had run away from home at twenty two years old, leaving as if she would never have regrets.

Now at twenty nine years old, broke by her family’s standards and in the company of her six year old daughter, she stood before the wrought golden gates of her ancestral home with a box of a rainbow cheesecake, two loaves of pumpkin spice bread and a small, old, scratched suitcase.

She took a deep breath and moved closer to the cameras for identification. As she was about to move the baked goods to one hand and press the doorbell, the gates swung open.

"Follow me Mingzhu." Mei Mei said to her daughter.

They walked all the way to the front door, not so fast but not too slow. Mei Mei could feel the eyes of the busy servants and guards poking at them curiously. When she felt Mingzhu grabbing on to her coat, she knew that her daughter was nervous as well.

The butler was waiting for them when they reached the house. His was the first familiar face she was seeing and it brought back memories of all the mischief she had engaged in that he had always claimed would turn his hair white someday.

It had turned white, and Mei Mei was sure that she had contributed to his aging. He was still dressed impeccably without a single wrinkle in his suit and he was upright despite being one hundred three years old.

"Young miss," he said, eyeing her small suitcase. "Is this all of your luggage?"

Mei Mei folded her lips, holding back the tears in her eyes. "Yes, this is all." She croaked. "But, I have come home."

"Welcome back young miss." He answered and he took the suitcase. He offered Mingzhu a hand but she was too scared to take it. holding on tightly to Mei Mei.

The butler turned and led them into the house.

Inside, Mei Mei’s old nanny mama Su gasped and fainted into a platter of donuts. The chef who was behind her, dropped a tea pot that was holding hot milk. Jun Lei that had come to the mansion as early as six in the morning screamed and his phone dropped into a fish tank as he had been feeding Jun Yi’s fish while recording.

Great great grandpa Jun turned around. He was about to climb the stairs and return to the second floor. He had on a bathrobe printed with cows in shower caps, taking a bath. As soon as he locked eyes with Mei Mei a smile bloomed on his face.

Jun Muyang was coming out of the living room with a newspaper in his hand and bunny slippers on his feet when he saw her. Immediately, he stepped forward and took the cake box and bread from her, handing it to a servant.

"Pa...." Mei Mei whispered. "I....I..." she croaked, stammering.

There were many things that could have followed that I. "I am sorry, I am stupid, I am back, I love you, I want to come home."

So many options and yet she failed to find the words, so, silence filled the air.

Then, Jun Muyang’s voice that had a croak which was worse than that of a frog filled the emptiness. "You brought pumpkin spice bread. Is it fresh?"

Mei Mei nodded. "From the oven."

"Does it have cinnamon?" He questioned.

Mei Mei’s bottom lip quivered. "Just the way you like it dad. Spicy enough to win back your love."

An undignified sob wrenched from Jun Muyang’s chest and he threw his arms wide. Wailing like a toddler that was in the midst of throwing a tantrum in a mall, Mei Mei threw herself into his arms. They embraced in the lounge below the stairs, sobbing dramatically as the rest of the residents, human and animal came out to see what the newest drama in the house was.

Meanwhile, the butler set out to chase after one of the dogs that was running off with one loaf of the pumpkin spice bread which he had just installed caution tape around.

The young miss’s pumpkin spice bread was not meant for human or animal consumption.