CHAPTER 299: CHAPTER 287: AFTER THE RETURN **(2)**

"Oh, little handsome guy, you’ve got quite the eye for things!" The shop owner chuckled while adjusting her chest, then took a purple tulip that had just been airfreighted from Sweden from Xiao Lin’s hand and said with a smile, "The language of the purple tulip is endless love; truly something to envy!"

"Ah! Is that so? Then please wrap it nicely, shop owner."

"A single flower in a gift box, that’s more refined." The flower shop owner was a savvy businesswoman. She never pressured customers to buy whole bouquets to avoid appearing tacky. Appropriately accentuating a single flower was her way of retaining customers. Nearly everyone who bought flowers there would return because the flowers or gifts always brought joy to their women.

The purple tulip wasn’t given much ’care’ at all. You could say it was too simple, just wrapped in a sheet of elegant paper without even a ribbon. Xiao Lin suspiciously eyed the shop owner, almost blurting out that he could afford it.

"Trust me, the more precious something is, the less embellishment it needs, especially for someone like you who hasn’t been home for a long time. Fancy stuff would only make a woman angrier."

"How do you know I haven’t been home in a while?"

"The scent!"

Uh... Xiao Lin left the flower shop in silence, feeling quite frustrated after being teased by an older woman right when he returned.

Looking up at the room lit by yellow light, a smile formed at the corner of Xiao Lin’s mouth. The feeling of coming home was indeed wonderful; there’s someone waiting, someone thinking of you, and you feel a certain attachment.

Lightly pecking her red lips, Xiao Lin pulled her into his arms again without saying a word.

"After coming back, will you leave again?" Nestled in the embrace like this, there’s nothing to fear.

"Depends!" Xiao Lin blinked. The HTC4 virus mutation was more complicated than he had imagined. Ultimately, he hadn’t handed those analysis data to the experts—not from distrust, but simply because he thought it would be a waste. "The HTC4 virus mutation is quite tricky!"

"Are you okay?" A woman in love has zero IQ! Seeing his woman so worried, Xiao Lin tightened his arms.

"If something happened to me, would I still be here loving you? Silly!" The result of saying this was being harshly beat up. "While I was gone, did anyone come to make trouble for you guys?"

Although he hadn’t received any reports, he couldn’t bring himself to believe that the Zhang Family would let things go so easily. After all, they were prominent figures in Yanjing, and this was too much for them to swallow.

"No!" Xia Xue fiddled with her long hair, answering somewhat absentmindedly.

"Alright!" Xiao Lin didn’t press further. His woman wasn’t that weak, and such a strong personality didn’t need to be exposed. "You must tell me if anything happens!"

"Okay!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to vote with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)