I Give Half of My Life to You

Chapter 23

23: Adoption

The two groups' reactions were completely different. All of the adults cried with relief and joy. The Young Master's parents even picked up the Young Master for an emotional embrace...

The Young Master was happy, but he wasn't crying from joy like the adults. Overall, he was still pretty happy despite this turbulent series of events.

The grandma patted Lin Miao's head, tears still in her eyes. "It must have been rough for Shuishui."

Lin Miao felt that her past few days were fine, but she was speechless due to the emotional adults, so she hugged Grandma.

The adults were ready to bring them back.

But Lin Miao and the Young Master were still thinking about the dogs.

It was raining outside and Dahuang delivered two puppies earlier today, so they thought it was best for them to wrap her along with her puppies with clothing and carry them out of the cave.

But Dahuang was very hostile towards the others. It didn't let anyone approach them, not to mention lifting them off of the ground.

While the two adults were still sobbing emotionally, the Young Master and Lin Miao borrowed a coat from the bodyguards and wrapped Dahuang and the puppies with it.

"Dahuang, please behave yourself," Lin Miao murmured to it, "You can have something good to eat once we get home."

Lin Miao was also hungry. She mostly ate sweet potatoes, and only sweet potatoes, for the past few days, so she irresistibly swallowed upon saying "something good to eat".

Turning her head around, she saw the Young Master wrapping the remaining sweet potatoes up.

They were the fruit of their hard labour. It would be too wasteful for them to leave it behind.

After this, the group finally embarked on the journey back home.

Under the demand of many people, Lin Miao and the Young Master were both piggybacked down the mountain by the bodyguards. One of them also carried Dahuang and the two puppies.

The group marched down the mountain and out of the mountain ranges. They weren't spending a night in the village.

On the journey back, the Young Master started to recount the past few days.

Starting with how they were kidnapped, then how Lin Miao dug a hole to get grass, how she managed to befriend Dahuang, how they dug up sweet potatoes, and how they collected the water in the cave. The Young Master left no detail behind.

The grandma realized the amulets were the singular items that led her to find them and it was the dog whom Lin Miao converted that led them to the cave. The Master was right, Lin Miao was the lucky charm, she thought.

The Young Master's parents couldn't help but feel the same way. The outcomes would have been unimaginable if Lin Miao never showed up and the Young Master was taken away by himself.

Lin Miao was unaware of her brother complimenting and giving her credit because she had fallen asleep leaning on the bodyguard carrying her.

The Young Master also fell asleep in the latter half of the journey. They weren't able to eat very well for the past few days, so they were pretty tired.

A while later, they finally reached the road. There was a long line of cars each with their doors open. The bodyguards carefully placed Lin Miao and the Young Master in one of them.

The Young Master was woken up by this. Instinctively, he looked beside him to see if Lin Miao was there. He had developed this habit from their days of hiding in the cave.