Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 572 - 565: Arrival of Luo Qishan_1

Chapter 572: Chapter 565: Arrival of Luo Qishan_1

"You..." Luoya looked at Cheng Ziang, intending to thank him for his help. But the sight of his gleeful face inexplicably aggravated her, and she frowned and said, "What are you grinning about?"

"Ah, am I not allowed to smile? You rarely visit us." Cheng Ziang retorted defensively, touching his cheek.

"You’re laughing at my ugly eye!" Luoya accused, covering one eye.

"You’re being paranoid," Cheng Ziang shrugged helplessly.

"Oh, stop it. This place is full of Earth people. No one will laugh at you," Luo’er said, pulling her hand away from her face.

"Luo’er, Luo’er, can I go see our mother?" Tangmo ran up, eagerly asking, followed closely by the normally reserved Baiyue.

"O-our... mother..." Luo’er stammered in surprise, coughing.

"You two, stop right there," Hu Daoke grabbed their collars, raising his voice, "Brother Li explicitly told me, at the very least you can’t see Aunt Nina today."

"Little Ke, whose side are you on, why are you now opposing me?" Tangmo turned, a look of disbelief on her face.

"Enough, don’t make a fuss, consider the situation," Cheng Ziang chided. He glanced at Baiyue and helplessly shook his head. "You too, why have you started behaving like Moumou?"

"Ziang, take Luoya for a spin around. I’ll stay here and wait for the others," Luo’er suggested to Cheng Ziang.

"Alright!" Cheng Ziang looked at him, then nodded understandingly. He motioned to Luoya to leave with him.

He clearly understood what Luo’er intended to do. Luo Qishan and Lin Wei were going to arrive together soon. Luo’er probably didn’t want his sister witnessing the embarrassing situation he was about to face.

"Hey, why are you touching me? Are we on such intimate terms?" Luoya scolded shyly, although she didn’t resist much.

"Then walk on your own and stop covering your eye with your hand!" Cheng Ziang retorted.

"None of your business, I want to cover it." Luoya rebutted stubbornly.

"If you want to keep it covered, I’ll continue holding your hand," Cheng Ziang responded with a smile.

"Hooligan!" Luoya accused.

"Say whatever you want, this is our turf after all. Go find someone else to complain to!" Cheng Ziang retorted.

"You..." Luoya was left at a loss for words by his remark.

"Are those two going to be alright?" Hu Daoke watched the duo leave and asked somewhat worriedly.

"Let them be," Luo’er sighed and couldn’t help fondly regretting, "Ah, youth!"

"Luo’er, we’ll keep you company!" Tangmo announced, attaching herself to him and clutching his arm.

"Me too..." Baiyue joined in, walking up and grabbing his other arm.

"You two..." Luo’er shook his head, laughing despite himself, and decided not to resist.

Shangguan Jiu, who had been silent all this while, walked over to Hu Daoke. She looked at the three of them with bulging cheeks. Seeing her frustrated expression made Hu Daoke sigh in sympathy: "You’d better make your move soon."

Shangguan Jiu gave him a disgruntled look, her cheeks puffing out even more.

Lin Wei and his group would arrive soon. Although it had taken a little longer than expected, the journey from Earth to the base wasn’t very far. After passing through the Otherworld Gate, it would only take about ten kilometers to reach the base. So even if they were currently leaving from Ulysses City, they would still arrive within an hour.

After Luo’er and his companions had kept each other company for a while, they finally saw a carriage carrying important figures slowly entering the estate. For this meeting, the headquarters had specially borrowed a Rune Carriage from the Church Court. This was a high-class Rune Carriage. Ordinary bullets, let alone rocket shells, couldn’t penetrate it. It was usually used for transporting high-ranked believers of the Church Court.

Li Si was still bustling around, responsible for shuttling these two groups of people. As soon as the carriage came to a halt, he walked up to welcome them and then helped Lin Wei off the carriage.

Lin Wei didn’t look much different from before, his body was still quite sturdy. The difference this time was that he was wearing a neat army uniform, with his insignia particularly eye-catching on his shoulder.

After stepping down from the carriage, he waved off Li Si and extended his hand to help a similarly dressed elderly man, shakily stepping off the carriage.

Upon seeing this old man, Luo’er suddenly felt a lump in his throat, and nearly burst into tears. So, he quickly covered his eyes with his palm, trying to use the coldness of his palm to quell the warmth welled up in his eyes.

"He has gotten so old..." Luo’er sobbed.

He still remembered, when he left the academy, left Luo Qishan, although he was already very old, his body was still sturdy, and he looked spry. While now, Luo Qishan was clearly a frail old man, hunched over and supporting himself with a cane, swaying a bit as he stepped off the carriage with the help of Lin Wei.

The more Luo’er thought about it, the more upset he became, unable to help turning around, covering his face, and trying to wipe away the stray tears.

"Luo’er..." Tangmo looked at his distressing appearance, bit her lip, let go of him, and then jogged over to Lin Wei and the others.

"Hello, Chief!" Tangmo stood upright in front of the two men and greeted enthusiastically.

"Ah, Tangmo," Lin Wei observed her up and down, and couldn’t help but chuckle, saying, "Still so cheeky."

"Hello, Principal!" Tangmo’s voice was significantly sweeter when she greeted Luo Qishan.

"Oh, you, you are Tangmo, right? You’ve grown so big, hehe," Luo Qishan awkwardly chuckled, then tried to straighten his back, asking a bit excitedly, "Um, um, did Luo’er, did he come?"

"Luo’er is over there!" Tangmo said, pointing to where Luo’er was located.

Luo Qishan followed Tangmo’s direction, and immediately made eye contact with Luo’er, who had just dried his tears and turned around. Their gazes met, Luo’er immediately moved away, blushing in shame.

Seeing Luo’er who had remained unscathed, Luo Qishan seemed extremely excited, his hands trembling nonstop, and his breathing became heavy. Seeing this, Tangmo immediately rushed forward to support him, then said softly, "Principal, I’ll help you go to him."

"Wait a moment," At this juncture, Lin Wei walked over and stopped the two, then said to Luo Qishan, "Elder Luo, official business first, we’ll have plenty of time to meet later."

"Ah, ah, sigh..." Luo Qishan glanced at him, then at Luo’er again, and reluctantly nodded. While being aided by Li Si, he followed Lin Wei towards the banquet location.

Seeing Luo Qishan leaving, Luo’er breathed a sigh of relief, but he also felt a strange feeling of emptiness. He didn’t know what he should say to Luo Qishan if they had just met, but after he left, Luo’er also felt a pang of regret.

Watching Luo Qishan leaving, Tangmo approached Luo’er, looking at him somewhat awkwardly, lightly calling out, "Luo, Luo’er..."

"Thank you." Luo’er smiled and then shook his head, indicating it was fine.

"It’s okay, after the banquet, you two will have plenty of time to see each other, think about what you want to say to him." Tangmo said, reaching out to wipe away his tears.

"Okay," Luo’er nodded.

"Well, everyone’s here, let’s go to the banquet!" Tangmo said, taking his hand.

"Okay, let’s go," Luo’er said, then signaled for everyone to head to the banquet.

Everyone arrived at the location of the banquet, it was a hall inside the estate’s building, not that big, but with many people inside. Besides Ilanadale and representatives from the headquarters, there were many merchants from Blaiqi, and even a few representatives from High-peak.

After Lin Wei and Nina exchanged greetings, Lin Wei took the initiative to introduce Luo Qishan, "This is General Luo Qishan and also Luo Chuan’s father."

Actually, Nina had noticed Luo Qishan from the start because he looked a lot like Luo Chuan in his youth. Although Luo Qishan was already old, he was still quite young compared to Nina. Regardless, Nina still bowed her head, respectfully saying, "Father, nice to meet you for the first time. Thank you for taking care of Luo’er all these years."

There aren’t as many terms of address in Otherworld as in Chinese, so she could only address Luo Qishan as ’father’.

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