"What? Military Area Commander?!" In front of the two-story villa, Lin Luo's low voice was filled with inexplicable emotions.

  Baojia was very familiar with her, and accompanied by a smile: "Hehe, I really didn't think to deceive you, this is not what you've been asking all along, so I didn't say it..." Baojia did not think that Lin Luoran's inexplicable emotions were the joy of knowing the truth, no way, that must be anger.

  Lin Luoran's anger value was almost full, but when she saw Baojia's pitiful eyes looking at her, she couldn't help but forgive him, and it was like a punch landed on cotton, extremely helpless.

  She never asked Baojia, and with her sensitive and self-abased personality in the past, if Baojia really said it, she might have distanced herself from her good friend due to shame. Thinking about this, Lin Luoran felt relieved, but still put on a fierce face: "The bill is recorded first, I'll settle the account with you later!"

  Baojia's waist straightened up, and she immediately transformed from a begging neighbor girl to a high-heeled queen. She ran to the front door, not pressing the doorbell, but instead banging on the red wooden door with a loud noise: "Commander, your dear granddaughter is back! Open the door quickly, open the door quickly!"

  The small detached house didn't react, but the residential houses far away suddenly made a "bang bang" sound and quickly closed their doors and windows. It's not clear if they were afraid of Baojia's "demonic sound" or if she herself was a very frightening existence as the "commander's clever granddaughter".

  Lin Luoran almost fell over, she had known that Baojia was fierce, but she had never seen her so "fierce"! Lin Luoran turned to smile again, it seemed that Baojia and her grandfather were very close.

  Baojia was still knocking on the door, Lin Luoran was holding back her laughter at the side, when suddenly the door was pulled open. Lin Luoran immediately straightened up, one had to be respectful in front of elders, after all she wasn't Baojia.

  The gate opened wide, revealing Lin Luo Ran's boss with a face adorned with golden-rimmed glasses - How did Liu Zhen end up here?

  Bao Jia patted him on the shoulder: "So Young Master Liu is here too, I would have come another day if I had known, ah!"

  This was said so directly, Lin Luo Ran's sharp eyes saw that Liu Zhen's face also had a hint of awkwardness. However, why did Bao Jia say with her mouth, but actually not surprised at all about Liu Zhen being in her grandfather's house? Were they so familiar with each other?

  Lin Luoran was overjoyed as if he had just seen a good friend get married, and couldn't help but smile slyly. Just as he opened his mouth to call out "Boss", he was pulled into the house by Baojia.

  "Bao Jia, Grandpa is cooking in the kitchen. Dinner will be ready soon!" A gentle voice came from the kitchen, sounding very energetic and lively.

  Lin Luoran was slightly surprised, why did Baojia's father want to cook personally? She glanced at Liu Zhen sitting in the hall, who gave her a helpless smile, meaning that Baojia's father wouldn't listen to him.

  Bao Jia threw her bag onto the sofa and shouted with her hands on her hips: "Commander, come out quickly! Today I've brought Xiao Ran along too!"

  "Oh, that Lin girl? Let me take a look." An old man rushed out of the kitchen, still holding a stir-fry spatula in his hand.

  Lin Luoran was so shocked by the grandfather-grandson duo that her mouth almost couldn't close, and she finally knew who the evil and playful Baojia resembled - logically speaking, a military commander should be what kind of person?

  A resolute face, a military uniform, and a straight back - are these conditions necessary?

  But what about Baojia's grandfather? His face is rosy, his body is straight and strong, wearing an apron and holding a shovel, just like a family grandfather who takes care of his grandchild at home! Most importantly, on the apron there is a QQ emoticon monkey biting a handkerchief, with a proud and pitiful look...

  "Hello, Grandpa Qin!" Lin Luo Ran struggled to come back to his senses and greeted him obediently.

  Liu Zhaodi naturally knew that Qin Shou's appearance would have a shocking effect on outsiders, and he calmly gazed at the crystal chandelier on the ceiling.

  Baojia's face turned slightly red, while Qin Shuai was completely nonchalant: "What's with the 'Qin Grandpa', just follow Baojia and call me 'Grandfather'!"

  Lin Luoran watched him waving the shovel, afraid of being accidentally injured, and quickly changed his mouth to call "Grandpa". Qin Shouling nodded in satisfaction: "You're still very good, yeah, the dishes you brought are delicious, of course, it's because the old man is a good cook! Haha... Oh no, my oil-braised eggplant!"

  The old kid, Qin Shuai, who had no airs at all, was talking about his cooking skills with a straight face and flying colors. When he remembered the eggplant that hadn't been turned off yet, he suddenly let out a mournful cry and rushed back into the kitchen as if his foot had been stepped on.

  Liu Zhaona's smile was so strained that Baojia felt her face burning, but Lin Luoran patted her shoulder sympathetically:

  Having an elderly person at home is like having a treasure; Commander Qin has a very good temperament.

  Looking at Baojia's awkward face, Lin Luoran understood her mindset. No wonder Baojia had never brought her here before; if her grandfather was also like this, Lin Luoran estimated she would feel a lot of pressure too.

  ……

  The commander Qin took off his apron on the dinner table and ate in silence, finally showing some demeanor of a commander.

  Liu Zhaolai's upbringing is very good, when eating and having meals, there is not a single sound of chewing in his mouth. Although he is eating the eggplant cooked by Qin Shouling that is so oily it's suffocating, it gives people the feeling that he is dining on Western cuisine in a light music restaurant.

  Bao Jia held a large spoon to drink soup, and Qin Shuai's image of eating meat with big mouth was even more vivid. Those who didn't know the situation could all see that they were grandfather and grandson!

  Lin Luoran didn't pretend too much anyway, and the atmosphere of this meal was pretty good, she ate well.

  After dinner, several people sat on the sofa chatting, and the nanny brought up a plate of cut fruit, finally getting to the point.

  Lin Luoran took out the red silk cloth wrapped Guanyin pendant and said very sincerely to Commander Qin, "Commander Qin, Xiaoran and Baojia are as close as one person. You want me to be your granddaughter, and as a granddaughter, I should also show some filial piety. This thing is just a small token of my heart, it's not expensive, don't blame me for being stingy as a granddaughter, please accept it."

  Bao Jia raised an eyebrow and asked, "When did you secretly prepare a gift? I didn't know about it!" They had been together the whole time on this trip, hadn't they? Wait, no, he also went to Wang Jie's place... so that's what happened!

  Lin Luoran smiled and held the gift, hearing that it wasn't expensive, Commander Qin couldn't refuse.

  He opened it and found a small jade Guanyin pendant. Commander Qin, being in a high position, had seen many good things before, so he probably had some basic knowledge of these things. As soon as he saw the pendant, he asked back: "Isn't this expensive? Do you think I'm old and my brain is muddled?"

  Lin Luo Ran was also taking a closer look at the pendant that had been reworked by her for the second time. How to put it, it still looked like that kind of thing, but after being imbued with a lot of spiritual energy, its water head became very good. In the eyes of a cultivator like her, this pendant was full of spiritual energy. To ordinary people, they couldn't see the wonderful spiritual energy, but they felt that the pendant's water head, color, and craftsmanship were all perfect. The three essential elements of this jade stone might not be the best, but they were matched together in a way that complemented each other perfectly.

  "This is a good thing." Commander Qin stroked the pendant several times, and the unique luster of jade made him reluctant to let go. "It's too expensive, old man can't afford it."

  This made Lin Luo Ran anxious, she hadn't expected the pendant to change so much. According to her original idea, it was just supposed to fill the pendant with auspicious and pure spiritual energy, this kind of accessory often accompanied by people would be beneficial to the body, who knew that not only did the pendant's internal quality change, but even its external feeling changed!

  It seems that she still underestimated the power of Ling Qi. Lin Luo Ran sighed, suddenly remembering that she hadn't thrown away the receipt from her shopping trip, and quickly took it out to clear herself.

  "Grandpa Qin, I really didn't lie, it's not expensive, just a small token of my heart." Heaven knows, people giving gifts all hope that the host thinks their gift is very valuable, but only she has to find ways to prove that this pendant is cheap.

  Baojia and Liu Zhao who were present were both experts in this area, Commander Qin didn't call his granddaughter over but instead beckoned to Liu Zhao: "Little Liu, come take a look."

  Pfft, the elegant and refined Liu Zhaoyi, in Qin Shiling's mouth was "Little Liu", Lin Luoran clearly felt that his boss's face had changed, no longer calm...

  "Qin Commander, this is indeed a top-notch item, it's from my acquaintance's store, I can recognize their style at a glance. It's absolutely a good thing in this price range, take a closer look and you'll definitely see that it's different from the same batch of items. Ms. Lin has a good eye for this, she was able to pick this out." Liu Zhen took a few glances and gave his appraisal, indeed an expert, although not entirely accurate, but not far from the truth either.

  Lin Luoran was afraid that what he said would be far from what she had said, so she stared at him without blinking, and found that her boss had a very cute little action, whenever he felt embarrassed or uncomfortable, he would push his gold-rimmed glasses up the bridge of his nose.

  Qin Shiling was very convinced by Liu Zha's words and happily accepted this gift.

  Liu Zha found Lin Luoran staring at him without blinking, and she started pushing her glasses again, also lightly coughing twice to remind her. Lin Luoran felt her own inappropriate behavior, and quickly turned her old face to one side, suddenly blushing.

  Bao Jia remained expressionless, taking everything in with a calculating glint in her narrow eyes that flashed too quickly for anyone else at the table to notice.

  Several people were chatting, and the topic turned to Lin Luoran wanting to adopt the boy she and Baojia had rescued, but the problem was that he was underage. Commander Qin's eyes widened in anger, and he scolded: "So you're trying to find an old man to pull strings for you! No wonder this unfilial daughter of mine is coming back to see me today, how ungrateful!"

  The muzzle turned to Baojia, Lin Luoran's face was covered in cold sweat. Baojia wouldn't take her grandfather's pretentiousness seriously, and with wide eyes, she retorted: "Commander, you have to understand, this is a good deed we're doing! How can you say such things? Do we still want the spirit of plain living and hard struggle? Has the principle of serving the people been abandoned?"

  Bao Jia's several rhetorical questions full of "the spirit of the times" not only stunned her grandfather, but also made Liu Zhen unable to help but look up at the sky calmly. Lin Luo Ran also felt that holding back laughter was a very hard thing to do, so she decisively joined the "look up at the sky" team.

  Qin Shiling was scolded by Baojia until he was speechless, his two tufts of whiskers trembling with rage as he pointed at Baojia, unable to say a word.

  Liu Zhaohad ended his sky-gazing activity and coughed twice: "Actually..."

  As soon as he finished speaking, he found three pairs of eyes suddenly turned to him, especially Lin Luoran's eyes were shining brightly, and he felt a bit uneasy again. "Actually... registering it under Miss Lin's parents' name is also possible."

  Adopted under the name of parents? Ah, this way we don't have to go through the back door, and we don't have to worry about the age limit for adoption. Lin Dad and Lin Mom are kind people, they've got a "late child", they should be good to Little Zheng, right? Anyway, in the future, one big family will live together, what's the difference between this and adopting her?

  Such a simple method didn't even occur to them, it seems that when they care about something, they become flustered.