My Girlfriend Who Develops Through Development

An Youyu blinked in confusion as she listened to their conversation. "I'm only eighteen this year. I'll be nineteen after the New Year."

"cough……"

Lan Ying looked at him strangely, "Fish, even at this point, don't you understand?"

An Youyu blinked innocently, "Understand what?"

"You are not a person of this era."

Seeing that the girl couldn't guess, Lan Ying simply stopped beating around the bush and said directly, "You come from the pre-Lunar New Year era. If we count from the day you were born, you are already 1,080 years old this year. After the New Year, you will be 1,090 years old."

An Youyu parted her lips slightly, and after a long while, she suddenly burst out laughing. "Grandma, your joke is not funny at all. I am only eighteen years old this year, how could I be one thousand and eighteen years old? How can a human live that long?"

"The lifespan of an ordinary human is certainly not that long, but you are not an ordinary human."

Lan Ying patted her shoulder. "To be precise, your father is no ordinary person. With his methods, he has too many ways to stop your life from passing away. You have indeed existed in this world for 1,008 years, but in a true sense, you have only lived for 18 years."

"because……"

"For the past thousand years, you have been asleep."

After Lan Ying finished speaking her last sentence, An Youyu was completely stunned. The impact of this news was too strong for her to process.

In contrast, Lin Mo appeared very calm.

He had actually had a similar idea in mind about this result long ago. When he first had this thought, he immediately rejected it, thinking that he was overthinking it.

However, with each subsequent clue and hint, this conjecture could no longer be denied. Although he had never mentioned these things to An Youyu, it did not mean that he had not thought about it.

That is precisely why Lin Mo was able to accept the answer so readily.

He likes An Youyu, whether she is eighteen years old or one thousand and eighteen years old, she is still An Youyu, so it doesn't stop him from liking her.

"Grandma, you..."

After several minutes, An Youyu finally managed to lift her head, her jade lips moving slightly, "You really aren't joking with Youyu?"

Lan Ying rolled her eyes. "Little ancestor, even if I were to joke, I wouldn't make such an outrageous joke. Besides, what I just said is all true, not a joke."

"This is no joke..."

An Youyu's expression was somewhat complicated, but in just a few breaths, she had already composed herself and skipped over to Lin Mo, her eyes flashing with cunning.

She coughed lightly, tiptoed, and patted Lin Mo's shoulder twice. "Call me 'older sister,' I'm older than you."

Lin Mo: "..."

So after finally finding out the truth, this little thing... no, I should say this old thing... never mind, "old thing" sounds too awful, let's just call it "little thing".

After learning the truth, the little thing's first reaction was to ask him to call her "sister"?

This brain circuit...

That's really a bit too unusual!

An Youyu smiled, her eyes narrowed. "Go ahead and call out, why don't you?"

Lin Mo forced a smile. "Little Fish, do you want your butt to get a beating?"

A single, emotionless sentence startled An Youyu, causing her to turn pale instantly. Her attitude changed timidly as she shook her head, "Brother, I was wrong."

The humorous twist made Lan Ying, a viewer, laugh heartily, exclaiming, "Fish, do you have to be so cowardly?"

An Youyu glanced at her mother-in-law and whispered accusations, "Don't talk nonsense. I'm not a coward. This is called... this is called being a wise person when you know when to yield."

Lan Ying found it amusing. "Alright, alright, I'm not in the mood to watch you two flirting anymore. Coming here today wasn't part of that guy's plan, and besides, I've already told you so many things that shouldn't be said right now. I'm going back."

"By the way, don't mention me to anyone else. Apart from you, no one knows I was here."

"that's all……"

Before she could finish speaking, Lan Ying waved her arm, and the three of them instantly appeared outside the metal sphere.

Lin Mo carefully experienced the dizziness surging through his brain and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "Holy crap! What kind of movement technique is this? It can actually move regardless of matter? That's incredible!"

A series of excerpts from traditional Chinese cultural performances caused An Youyu, who was rubbing her head, to straighten her pretty face and gently pinch Lin Mo's waist with her small hand. "No swearing. Speak politely and civilly, understand?"

Lin Mo chuckled awkwardly, then his gaze fell on Lan Ying. "Grandma, could you please explain what movement technique you used just now?"

As a martial artist, and a high-level one at that, his passion for martial arts is naturally there.

"Shenfa?"

Lan Ying sneered, "Lin boy, I'm not trying to be mean, but you look down on people too much. I wouldn't even look at trash like that movement technique."

Lin Mo: "..."

That day, a single sentence from him made him feel withdrawn.

What do you mean by "trash-like movement techniques"?

"cough…!"

Lin Mo chuckled awkwardly, explaining hesitantly, "Grandma, you can't say that. Movement techniques are also graded. Low-grade movement techniques might indeed be as bad as you say, but high-grade movement techniques are..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lan Ying interrupted, "Whether it's low-level or high-level, in my eyes, they're all trash."

"..."

Lin Mo's face twitched; he was utterly speechless.

Lan Ying saw a hint of resentment on Lin Mo's face, and shrugged her shoulders slightly, "Whether you believe it or not, this is the truth."

Lin Mo couldn't help but retort, "Didn't Grandma just use a movement technique? You said the movement technique was trash, but you still used it. Isn't that a bit contradictory?"

Lan Ying's expression held amusement. "Who told you that I just used what you ancient martial arts practitioners call movement techniques?"

"Is not it?"

"of course not."

"what is that?"

"Teleport."

"..."

This answer left Lin Mo speechless once again.

He was familiar with the word "teleportation," as it had been mentioned in many novels. However, those were just fictions; the level of technology in reality was far beyond what was possible. Even if the technology of the pre-Xia calendar era far surpassed that of today, it would still be difficult to actually achieve the teleportation described in those fantasy novels.

"Grandma, what you mean by teleportation is..."

"Move out of thin air".

Lan Ying's smile grew wider and wider. "Actually, it's quite simple. It's just tearing through space, traveling through the crack, and then tearing through space again to return to the original space. Isn't that simple?"

Lin Mo: "..."

Simple my foot!

However, the sheer size of the space itself is enough to deter most people from proceeding.

"Is it easy?"

"Is it difficult?"

Chapter 831 Returning to the Ground

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't ask."

Meeting Lan Ying's teasing gaze, Lin Mo consciously shut his mouth.

There was simply no way to continue this conversation.

If the conversation continued, he felt like his entire worldview was about to collapse!

Lan Ying chuckled to herself, "Alright, enough chit-chat. Things are almost back to normal up there, I should go."

Upon hearing that Lan Ying was leaving, An Youyu immediately became anxious and grabbed her arm. The two had been separated for ten years, and they had only just met. Her heart was filled with reluctance as her mother-in-law was about to leave.

"Grandma, why are you leaving? Don't you want to spend even a little time with Youyu?"

"Fish, this is not my fault."

Lan Ying could see the reluctance in the girl's eyes, and sighed helplessly, "Many things were arranged in advance by your father. Logically speaking, I shouldn't have shown up today. I really can't stay too long."

"But... Young Fish really misses you. Now that you're gone, where can I find you?"

Lan Ying glanced at Lin Mo and said, "This kid knows where I live. If you really miss your mother-in-law, have him bring you to see me. But let me make this clear: you'll only get one chance a month. You can't stay with your mother-in-law every day. Otherwise, your father will definitely scold me when he gets back."

Actually, there was one more thing, but she didn't say it.

That means the general trend of this life has been basically determined. Within this framework, she must abide by the rules of this framework. She can still make free decisions on some minor matters, but she cannot go too far.

Otherwise, it could very well cause that guy's plan to completely collapse.

After all, there are still eyes watching from above.

Better safe than sorry!

Although An Youyu was unwilling, at least she was given the opportunity to see her mother-in-law once a month. Seeing that her mother-in-law's attitude was so firm, she could only accept it helplessly. "Alright then, Mother-in-law, Youyu will visit you again after I go back."

"Once a month."

"Once is too few, how about twice?"

Hearing the girl bargaining on this issue, Lan Ying looked helpless. "Girl, this isn't like buying vegetables at the market. You can't just do it once. If you don't listen, you won't get any more."

An Youyu had no choice but to compromise, "Okay, okay, just once is fine."

Lan Ying looked at Lin Mo and said, "Don't tell anyone about what happened today, not even your mother."

"By the way, just a reminder, there's only about a year left before we enter the Spiritual Qi Era. You'd better find a way to convince those old men in the Elder Council that the Spiritual Qi Era is real."

"As for what method you use, I don't care. Anyway, if Xia Kingdom doesn't prepare for this in advance, it will be very difficult to stand out in the spiritual energy era."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lan Ying vanished into thin air, as if she had never been there at all.

The bizarre sight made her eyes widen as she looked left and right.

"Brother, where is Grandma?"

Hearing An Youyu's question, Lin Mo forced a stiff smile, "I guess... they used teleportation to leave."

He had been staring at Lan Ying the whole time, but even with his level nine martial artist's visual perception, he still couldn't see anything wrong. Lan Ying just vanished into thin air without any warning.