Lin Wanwan was held in Lu Shouyue’s embrace as they watched videos and photos on the laptop together.

Several photos from different angles were beautifully taken, and through the eyes of an observer, Lu Shouyue’s deep affection was unmistakable.

In that moment, Lin Wanwan’s heart felt like it was bungee jumping, a strong sense of weightlessness.

She turned her head and took the initiative to kiss Lu Shouyue.

When love comes, grasp it well. Maybe they really could become a family.

Lu Shouyue felt a jolt through his entire body, trying hard to suppress the corners of his mouth as his heart pounded like a drum.

"Wanwan, do you love me? I’ve never heard you confess before." He spoke as if it was no big deal, but his trembling lashes betrayed him.

Lin Wanwan lowered her eyes briefly and then met his gaze again, nodding heavily: "I love you, perhaps..."

Lu Shouyue lowered his head, blocking her lips.

As long as you say you love me, that’s enough. Don’t say anything else, it’s not important.

After indulging in her sweetness, Lu Shouyue finally let her go, both slightly out of breath. Such an intense kiss, almost suffocating, sent tingles from head to toe.

Lin Wanwan needed to calm down. She quickly grabbed her phone, pretending to look into the online trends.

There was another trending topic related to her—shockingly, she was revealed to be the cousin of a kung fu girl.

Lin Wanwan clicked to check and found that the topic was hosted by a marketing account. Below it, a series of marketing accounts shared the news, clearly using a unified script.

"Heh." Lin Wanwan chuckled, "The speed of chasing trends is pretty fast."

Lu Shouyue, still holding her in his arms, rested his chin on her shoulder, looking at her phone content from her angle.

"Wanwan, if you don’t like it when she sticks to you, I can have this trending topic removed."

Since you can pay to get on the trending list, you can certainly pay to get off it too. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Forget it, let her be." Lin Wanwan didn’t want to spend even a penny on her family. Removing a trending post costs at least seven digits, why bother!

After all, many people enjoyed the traffic between her and Lu Shouyue today, one more Lin Mengyun wouldn’t make a difference.

She wouldn’t offer assistance to this cousin who had grown up abroad and had no connection to her, nor did she intend to spend money to suppress her.

For the sake of her grandparents, she maintained a superficial peace.

Her grandparents had been strong all their lives, and Lin Wanwan naturally didn’t want to publicize the discord with her uncle’s family. Family scandals shouldn’t be aired.

As the plane landed, the two immediately drove to Jie Yuting’s restaurant for a delicious dinner.

That night, Lu Shouyue was reluctant to part with Lin Wanwan.

Now that they were no longer outside, whether at Lin Wanwan’s home or his, they were home.

Couldn’t their relationship progress further?

But Lin Wanwan shattered his dreams, directly telling him that she had to travel back in time to her home in the Tang Dynasty.

"I adopted a child in the Tang Dynasty who looks a lot like me, she’s my great-great-great ancestor." Lin Wanwan opened her phone and showed Lu Shouyue the video she secretly recorded and sent to her phone.

Bringing a memory card back is less risk of damage than bringing electronic products.

Lu Shouyue looked at the little Qingyu in the video, along with several other kids around her, and recognized her instantly.

If Lin Wanwan hadn’t told him, he would have mistaken the kid in the video for Lin Wanwan’s biological sister.

"Her eyes and expressions are just like yours." Lu Shouyue commented, "Why did you think of adopting a little girl? In the Tang Dynasty, adopting a boy would be more beneficial."

Lin Wanwan shrugged: "I didn’t adopt her for benefits, just saw the helplessness in her that I felt as a child. Actually, I’m adopting the younger version of myself."

"Wanwan, you’ve suffered." Lu Shouyue felt pained, holding her hand and deeply confessing, "In the future, let me protect you."

"Ah, it’s long been fine. When heaven is about to entrust a man with a great responsibility, it first exhausts his mind, muscles, starves his body, and makes him suffer setbacks. I now have golden fingers, super lucky."

"Ha, you’re right." What else could Lu Shouyue say?

After cuddling for a while, they eventually parted ways and went back to their respective homes.

Lin Wanwan was gone for four and a half days in the modern world, but in the Tang Dynasty, she disappeared for ten days.

Things here in modern times no longer required her much attention.

The daily operations of Yongtang were handed to Liang Mingzhe. His business skills were superior to hers. She just looked at the daily reports and signed off when needed.

The Chinese Medicine Hall had its own pharmacist, purchasing, accounting, cashier, and in-house doctor; she didn’t have to handle everything personally.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital only required her one day a week, which was no big deal.

As for the chicken farm, Lin Wanwan only provided some financing and did not manage daily affairs. Only when ancestral white feather chickens were needed did she have to personally get involved.

Speaking of which, it was the Mao County in the Tang Dynasty that relied on her more.

And this time, the "mountain herb picking" lasted for ten days, surely causing worry in the clan and family.

Fortunately, she had already given Kun Lun a family letter, instructing him to stay in the cave for a day and night, and then deliver the letter to Cui Ying without saying anything else.

After all, he couldn’t communicate much with others, no need for more interaction.

Even if there was concern, her handwritten letter should reassure them.

As for those outside the Lin Family Manor, with inconvenient transportation and blocked news in the Tang Dynasty, no one would learn the news unless a message was deliberately sent.

Just as Lin Wanwan picked some Chinese herbs from her villa and put them in her basket, traveling back through time to the mountains of the Tang Dynasty, far in Europe, Celine was apologizing to Lu Shouyue over the phone.

This storm was mainly caused by her post on Instagram. She felt obligated to explain.

Lu Shouyue naturally wouldn’t deal harshly with her, but she could sense his attitude was a little colder than before.

They were familiar faces and intelligent enough, so whether it was an unintended coincidence or a deliberate spread no longer mattered.

Because of the consequences incurred, everyone had to bear them.

Lu Shouyue had to endure the inevitable chaos that came with public exposure, while Celine had to accept the loss of trust and friendship from an old friend.

After hanging up, Celine looked at the official engagement photo on the web, a bitter smile appearing: "Looks like you’re truly caught in it."

The slight defiance she felt dissipated with the repost from the Times Company’s official account.

Celine had assumed that heirs like Lu Shouyue needed to "marry for alliance"—oh no, for family duties—but didn’t expect his parents to be so laissez-faire.

Unlike her elder brother, who inherited the family business, who couldn’t marry so freely and whose wife was a carefully selected heiress matching the family status.

Judging others by oneself inevitably leads to mistakes.