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Chapter 118 Love at Home
Amid the pouring rain, Sun Sanlu rode his tricycle and slowly came under the bridge with a series of creaking sounds.

He was soaked all over, his sparse white hair stuck to his forehead, and the rain rolled down his skinny cheeks. He looked very miserable.

He wiped his face with the wet towel around his neck, and it seemed that only then he could see the scene under the bridge pier clearly.

He just rode on the tricycle like that, holding the towel in one hand and the other on the brake, looking at it with a little surprise but not much reaction.

He glanced at Shen Siyuan, then looked at Ma Hongxia, and finally a smile appeared on his old face.

At this moment, his cloudy eyes seemed to have light.

He, who originally exuded an air of old age, now seemed to be radiant with youth again.

"Look at you, you're all wet, and you don't even know where to hide."

Ma Hongxia took a dry towel and walked over, reaching out to help him wipe it.

Seeing this, Sun Sanlu hurriedly got off the tricycle.

Hehe smiled innocently and said, "It doesn't matter. I'm shirtless and only got my pants wet. In this weather, they'll dry up when the rain stops..."

"That won't work either. The alternating hot and cold will easily make you sick. Do you think you are still young?" Ma Hongxia spoke softly, patiently helping him wipe every drop of rain off his face.

Sun Sanlu stood there, motionless, and let her wipe it.

"It's thundering and raining, I'm worried that you'll be scared alone." said Sun Sanlu.

"You're crazy. It's already a jar of ashes, what are you afraid of?" Ma Hongxia said unhappily.

"Aren't you here? I knew you were here..." said Sun Sanlu.

Then he walked around Ma Hongxia, came in front of Shen Siyuan, knelt down with a plop, and was about to kowtow.

"Eh... I can't do that..."

Shen Siyuan quickly reached out and helped him up.

"Master, thank you for letting me see my wife again."

"Get up and speak, get up and speak..."

Shen Siyuan was very strong, and Sun Sanlu couldn't kneel down, so he stood up.

Ma Hongxia also came forward at this time and sighed, "We should kowtow to you. We have nothing to thank you for."

Shen Siyuan waved his hand and said, "Meeting is fate, so let's not talk about that."

Sun Sanlu, who was listening, seemed both embarrassed and guilty.

"I have nothing, and I don't know how to thank the Archmage."

"I've already said it, there's no need to say more." Shen Siyuan said.

Then he turned to look at Ma Hongxia and said, "If you have anything to say, just talk to him slowly."

As Shen Siyuan spoke, he stepped directly into the rain. When the rain fell on his head, he avoided it on his own. This was a little trick of using water among the two energies of water and earth.

"What a strange man." Ma Hongxia retracted her gaze.

Then she saw that Sun Sanlu's eyes were all on her.

"You, lower your head, I will help you wipe your hair..."

The old man, who is already in his twilight years, lowered his head obediently like a child in front of the person he loves.

"Hey, where did the money come from?"

When Sun Sanlu lowered his head, he saw a few red bills on the ground.

He picked it up and counted it, and it was exactly one thousand yuan.

"It must have been left by the great wizard." Ma Hongxia said.

"How can this be possible? We have to return so much money to the owner." Sun Sanlu said hurriedly.

"He's gone, where are you going to find him? You can just take the money and go home. It's not a good idea to stay out all day..."

Sun Sanlu fell silent after hearing this.

There was no one in his family. His parents had passed away long ago. When Ma Hongxia was alive, the old couple could still depend on each other.

Ma Hongxia is dead, so where is home? "What difference does it make whether I go back or not?" Sun Sanlu whispered.

"Everyone returns to their roots. Go back and bury my ashes on the eastern hillside. This way I can see you often." Ma Hongxia said.

After hearing this, Sun Sanlu seemed to have figured something out and nodded slowly.

"I want to go back. I brought you out here, and I will take you back."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I have never blamed you. The happiest thing in my life is that you ride your tricycle and carry me around to see the sights..."

When Sun Sanlu heard this, tears welled up in his cloudy eyes.

He stretched out his hand and wiped it, saying, "Hongxia, you have suffered a lot in this life following me."

Upon hearing this, Ma Hongxia also started wiping away tears.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I've suffered so much in this life just because I followed you too late. It would have been so great if I had followed you earlier. I would have given birth to several children for you..."

The couple hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Ma Hongxia left in a hurry at the beginning and did not have time to explain many things to Sun Sanlu. Now, in the rain, the two had endless things to say.
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Duoduo held up the umbrella and hid under it with Xiaoyue.

It seems like there is an independent world under the umbrella, with the wind and rain all blocked outside, not a single bit able to blow in.

"How magical." Xiaoyue couldn't help but admire.

Hearing this, Duoduo said proudly: "My mother gave it to me."

Shen Siyuan's voice came from the side, piercing through the rain: "Duoduo, I've found your parents for you. I'll take you to see them on this day off."

"Really?" Duoduo was surprised to hear that.

"Of course it's true. Can I still lie to you?"

"Hehe~" Duoduo was very happy when she heard that.

She couldn't wait to see her parents.

"I can go to them myself wherever they are."

"They went back to Xiajing, which is very far from here."

"I can fly." Duoduo waved her left hand as if flapping wings.

"Even if you fly, it will take you a long time, and Daxia is so big, don't fly to the wrong place." Shen Siyuan said.

"Xiajing is so far away, you need to take a plane." Xiaoyue also said.

Duoduo was a little disappointed when she heard this, but she still nodded and agreed obediently.

But soon she said happily: "This is also great. We will go to see them on our days off. This way I can still see my brother, and he doesn't have to go to school on his days off..."

Shen Siyuan looked through the layers of rain and glanced at the little guy.

So many years have passed, why does his brother still need to go to school? Her brother's children are still okay.

"Your parents love you very much." Xiaoyue said with some envy.

"Those are my mom and dad, of course they love me."

Duoduo acted as if it was a matter of course, and Xiaoyue remained silent.

Duoduo suddenly looked as if she was in realization and patted her little head with her hand.

"I remembered."

"Remember what?"

"Mom and Dad must have gone to see Grandpa and Grandma. No wonder I couldn't find them..."

"I heard from my mother that grandpa and grandma are just...just..."

"Xia Jing." Xiaoyue reminded.

"Yes, it's in Xiajing. I went to my grandparents' house when I was little. My mother said that when my father is not busy, she will take me back to see them..."

Duoduo chirped excitedly, what a little fool...

(End of this chapter)