Chapter 619: Chapter 619: Lu Hao Returns

Late at night, a vehicle so dirty its appearance was indiscernible, arrived at the gates of S City’s base.

Not until seeing the familiar gate and the inspection booth did Lu Hao truly breathe a sigh of relief.

On their return journey, they had to pass through a mandatory county town, which had become a vast expanse of water. The drainage system was likely damaged, and the low-lying terrain had caused the already melted snow from the surroundings to flow into the area, submerging nearly all the roads.

The two had no choice but to detour for a great distance. Even so, the flooding was so severe that they relied entirely on Lian Jiyue’s metal element ability to lay temporary bridges, allowing their vehicle to pass safely.

Because the vehicle carried a large amount of crystal cores, Lu Hao wanted to reach the base as quickly as possible, so they were in a rush to travel, not to mention the zombies and zombie animals that suddenly appeared in the water. The two were almost chased all the way to safety.

The duty personnel at the gate instantly recognized Lu Hao and his companion, and hastily arranged for their entry procedure.

“Excuse me, would you like your vehicle… to be temporarily parked outside the base in the parking area?”

A long-haired female staffer tentatively asked, since the vehicle looked so dirty. Typically, special ability users in the base would drive such cars to the external parking area for storage, then hire a water element ability user from within the base to clean them. Some vehicles that were too old and worn out were simply abandoned there as well.

“No, we’ll drive it back and clean it ourselves,”

Lu Hao responded.

He couldn’t leave behind so many crystal cores, no matter how dirty the vehicle was, he would find a way to drive it back.

“Oh, okay, then please wait in the waiting area over there for two hours,”

The employee said politely and with a smile, yet her internally dormant fan-girl trait was once again ignited. Why did everyone from the Heart Talk Team have to be so good-looking? They looked even more handsome up close; what to do?

The family hadn’t expected Lu Hao and Lian Jiyue to return at this time; everyone was already preparing to head to their rooms to rest.

“Xiao Yue~~ you can talk now?”

Qiqi was the first to rush out and ask, but Lian Jiyue, covered in filth just like Lu Hao, kept a good distance from the family.

“I can talk now, Qiqi,”

Lian Jiyue still replied.

“It’s good that you’re back; go wash up quickly, just look at how dirty you both are,”

Lin Tianhui complained with a smile. Seeing her son-in-law return safely put her at ease.

Chirp chirp chirp~

The Local Tyrant Gold ran tearfully from Lu Hao’s pocket towards Su Jin; it missed its mistress’s embrace so much!

But in the next second, it was intercepted by Lu Guanhai, who held the Local Tyrant Gold and said, “My daughter-in-law’s well-being is precious now, you little thing cannot leap like that anymore.”

“Xiao Jin, come here,”

Lu Hao didn’t hurry, speaking to Su Jin who was comforting the Local Tyrant Gold.

“What’s up?”

Today, Su Jin was wearing a pink strawberry-patterned house dress at home, looking soft and delicate all over. Not daring to hold her hand, Lu Hao only led her outside and opened the armored vehicle’s door.

“What is it, brother-in-law? I can’t see anything,”

Lin Xiuyuan appeared from behind at some point, asking curiously.

Lu Hao smiled, dispelling the vehicle’s stealth formations one by one, and the shape of sack-like objects began to appear in the back of the armored vehicle.

“These are all crystal cores, Xiao Jin, you take them into the space first,”

Lu Hao said to the two who were puzzled.

“All crystal cores?!”

Lin Xiuyuan’s voice also caught the attention of the whole family–had Lu Hao and Lian Jiyue actually brought back a truckload of crystal cores?

“Captain Lu, how many crystal cores are there?”

Shi Jin asked hesitantly, as he had never seen so many crystal cores before.

The space behind the armored vehicle was spacious to start with, but now it was stacked with bags all the way up to the roof.

“Xiao Hao, where did you guys get these?”

Su Xiangzhe asked.

“Lian Jiyue found them.”

Lu Hao didn’t know how to respond at the moment and could only think of this answer.

“Found them? Wow, what kind of luck is this?”

Huang Yunxiang’s eyes shone as she looked at those clean sacks–this Lian Jiyue had some good fortune.

“Yeah, Xiao Yue is really lucky.”

The family echoed in agreement and praised Lian Jiyue, and Qiqi also gave Lian Jiyue a thumbs-up.

Lian Jiyue couldn’t help blushing; it seemed he was being praised by so many people for the first time.

It wasn’t until the evening, after Lu Hao had taken his shower, that Su Jin, with a smile, handed him a towel and asked, “Tell me, where did those crystal cores come from? She didn’t believe they had simply picked them up, and she could tell when Lu Hao was lying.”

Lu Hao chuckled; he hadn’t planned on keeping it a secret from Su Jin, so he told her about their trip to the E city base and how Lian Jiyue had regained his memory.

“That’s a good thing, why not tell everyone?”

Su Jin felt there was no need for the two men to keep it a secret from everyone.

“He might be afraid of scaring Qiqi.”

Lu Hao said as he dried his hair, in any case, he could already communicate with everyone, and that was good, wasn’t it?

“Alright, as long as you guys are happy.”

Su Jin shrugged, feeling that whether he spoke out or not didn’t make much difference. However, the fact that Lian Jiyue was willing to give them so many crystal cores also showed his sincerity.

“Have you been feeling unwell these days?”

Lu Hao was concerned about Su Jin’s health. Wen Xiaoling from the N city base had said before that pregnancy was a difficult affair and it also involved a ten-month gestation, so as a husband and a family member, he needed to be mindful of many things.

“I haven’t felt any reactions, just become a lot lazier.”

Su Jin never knew she could be this lazy. Even in the space, she would sit rather than stand, lie down rather than sit, and instead of walking to get a tissue that was not far away, she would use a vine to roll the tissue toward her.

However, Mrs. Su and her maternal aunt said that this was a normal reaction and it would get better after the first three months. The family was relieved that Su Jin didn’t have severe morning sickness. Aside from not eating green onions and the like, her appetite was normal.

“That’s what I said, pregnancy should happen while you’re young. If you get pregnant a little older, the discomfort will be much more.”

That’s what Huang Yunxiang had said at the time.

“As long as you’re not feeling unwell, that’s fine. We don’t have any pressing tasks right now, you just rest easy and let me handle things.”

Lu Hao finally felt relieved after hearing this. He wrapped his arms around Su Jin’s still-slim waist, feeling immensely grateful that they had hurried on their way to get back to the base sooner. Indeed, being by his wife’s side was the sweetest.

However, the family had decided to keep Su Jin’s pregnancy a secret for the time being. They felt it was better to wait until the three-month mark before announcing it, as per the belief from Huang Yunxiang’s hometown that announcing it too early was bad luck.

Su Jin was also happy with the quiet–a part of her didn’t want too many people to know. If she could spend the ten months inside the space, it would only account for a month outside.

But it seemed that the space didn’t have this function. As long as the person inside would come out, the growth within the space still corresponded to the time outside.