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Almost a month had passed without going home, and coming back again, Lin Yuan felt as if she had been reborn into another world.

Peering through the carriage curtain at the faces of passersby, calm or laughing, Lin Yuan felt an extra sense of kinship. She took a deep breath of her hometown air, and indeed, nothing was better than the feeling of home!

"I’m finally home!" Jumping off the carriage, Lin Yuan wished she could rush into Lady Liu’s arms and have a good sniff of her mother’s scent. And Lin Jiaxin must have missed her too. And little Yong Yan, I wonder if he has gained any weight.

With her heart full of anticipation, she pushed open the home door, expecting to see Lady Liu holding her little brother and looking at her affectionately, and to see both her little sisters run screaming into her arms.

But...

"You little wolf cub! I’m your master! You dare fight your master for food? Is your butt itchy again?"

While shoving the hard-won half of a steamed bun into her mouth, Xiao Linshuang vigorously chased after Lao Fan, shouting, "It sounds like your legs are itching! You call yourself a master but can’t act like one, finishing your own food and then snatching your disciple’s! Is this how a master behaves?"

Being chased around the courtyard by Xiao Linshuang, it was hard to believe that this white-haired old man was someone who had passed the age of sixty.

They must not have noticed her yet, Lin Yuan comforted herself, and called out with the loudest voice she had ever used in her life, "I’m back!"

Lin Yuan looked excitedly as Xiao Linshuang, who was after the steamed bun, finally tossed her head in her direction.

Just when she thought her little sister would run over and give her a big hug, the girl didn’t even stop her steps and continued her pursuit of Lao Fan for the remaining half of the bun.

Lin Yuan had her arms wide open, alas, all she embraced was air!

Indeed, for food enthusiasts, eating always comes first!

Thank goodness, Lin Jiaxin and his wife didn’t disappoint her. They held her affectionately for a while, which soothed Lin Yuan’s wounded heart.

"Oh, so you’re here too?" Xia Zheng, who had entered the door a step later than Lin Yuan, immediately spotted Lao Fan holding half a bun, and smiled slyly with his eyebrows raised.

At the sound of Xia Zheng’s voice, Lao Fan’s eyes suddenly bulged, and he took off running without even caring about the bun in his hand.

Xia Zheng squinted his eyes and lifted his left hand, "Ah, this new medicinal meal from Fragrant Full Building is really delicious. I specially brought it from Yecheng as a tribute to you, don’t you want some?"

Lao Fan didn’t slow down in his escape; he didn’t even turn his head back and shouted while running, "I already tried the medicine meal made by the little girl, I’m not interested!"

Ha!

Lao Fan had improved in just a few days!

After setting down the medicinal meal, Xia Zheng raised his right hand, "Hmm, no worries! I’ll enjoy the medicinal meal with some fine wine, truly delightful!"

Setting the wine jar on the stone table, Xia Zheng popped the seal, and instantly a strong aroma of wine wafted out, filling the entire courtyard with its fragrance.

Lao Fan, who was planning to sneak into the room, twitched his nose and unconsciously paused in his steps, but his mouth remained stubbornly defiant, "What lousy wine, I don’t care for it! The wine Limin girl honors me with is much more fragrant and richer than this!"

Lao Fan first healed Lin Jiaxin’s legs, then regulated Jeng Ruyue’s frail body, and became Xiao Linshuang’s master. Limin was grateful to him for regularly bringing some of his own brewed fine wine.

Indeed, the wines from Liu’s Brewery have improved, but apart from rice wine and fruit wine, Liu’s Brewery still hasn’t developed its own distinctive wine. So, compared to An Family Winehouse, it’s still lacking a bit.

Xia Zheng deliberately leaned close to the wine jar and took a deep breath, then shook his head in bliss and couldn’t help but exclaim, "What excellent wine! The wine from An Family Winehouse is truly exceptional! No wonder there are so many in the Capital city clamoring for it!"

An Family Winehouse?

Lao Fan’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help but lick his lips; he had tasted An Family Winehouse’s wine before and indeed, it was extraordinary!

"Is it really An Family Winehouse’s wine?"

Xia Zheng nodded, "Of course, would I lie to anyone?"

This wine was indeed from An Family Winehouse, and not just one jar. Because Xia Zheng and Lin Yuan had done An Jie a great favor, he specially brewed a new wine for Fragrant Full Building. With this, Fragrant Full Building was on par with Yecheng’s wine offerings.

"Well, that—this..." Lao Fan stopped running, and even began to slowly back away, but upon thinking of Xia Zheng, the Little Demon, he still couldn’t swallow his pride to ask for wine.