At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

Kunming Changshui Airport.

Pu Tongren stood in the isolation area before the boarding gate, embracing Hu Xiaoya.

It wasn't until three minutes had passed that the two reluctantly let go of each other.

Watching the envious glances of the passersby, Hu Xiaoya held onto Pu Tongren's hand reluctantly, "Ren, you go back first! Once I convince my parents, I'll go back to the company to find you."

"Yeah, Ya, I can understand what your uncle and aunt mean, they actually have your best interests at heart. Don't argue with them," he replied.

This was the first time Pu Tongren's eyes turned red. Even when he was previously attacked and sent to the hospital, he hadn't cried, but this time he truly felt like shedding tears.

Because he was about to part with his beloved, not knowing when they would next see each other.

[Passengers of flight KY8281 to Modu, please prepare for boarding and ensure your luggage is ready.]

The airport's announcement sounded, and people nearby were already beginning to queue up for security checks. Pu Tongren wanted to spend the last few moments with Hu Xiaoya, but she hurriedly slung her luggage over him and urged with eyes turning red, "You should go!"

"If you don't go now, you'll miss the flight..."

Although she urged him with her words, Hu Xiaoya's hands were still tightly gripping his.

"I... Ya, I like you!! You must wait for me to come back and find you!" he confessed earnestly while gazing into Hu Xiaoya's eyes.

"Mhm! I will wait for you!" Hu Xiaoya could no longer suppress her sadness, and two lines of tears slid down from the corners of her eyes.

Pu Tongren felt a pang in his heart and reached out to wipe away the slowly falling tears, "Don't cry, wait for me. When I come next time, I will make sure your uncle and aunt accept me," he promised.

Hu Xiaoya pursed her lips and nodded vigorously.

Seeing the queue at the security check dwindling, she finally let go of Pu Tongren's hand, "Hurry and go!"

Then, she turned and walked away without looking back toward the airport terminal.

"Ya!"

Pu Tongren shouted.

Hu Xiaoya didn't look back, didn't respond, and instead quickened her pace.

She feared that if she lingered any longer, she would elope with Ren.

But she couldn't do that, as it would only make it harder for her parents to accept Ren.

Watching Hu Xiaoya disappear into the crowd, Pu Tongren finally stopped lingering and headed toward the security check.

Unbeknownst to him, Hu Xiaoya stood hiding behind a signboard, tears streaming down as she watched Pu Tongren lift his small suitcase onto the security scanner, uttering softly, "Ren, you must come to pick me up..."

As Pu Tongren disappeared into the boarding gate, Hu Xiaoya wiped her tears with her sleeve and then left the airport.

Finding his seat and stowing his luggage, Pu Tongren just sat there silently, staring out the airplane window at the airport.

In a while, he was going to leave this place.

Leave the girl he had grown so fond of.

He didn't want to go, but he had to.

Reflecting on the past few days, he only wished he had been stronger.

Outside, airplanes took off and landed, countless individuals leaving this place with either sorrow or joy in their hearts.

But one day, he would return in glory and openly take Hu Xiaoya away with him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the plane will be taking off shortly. For your safety, please turn off your mobile phones and ensure all your electronic devices are either in airplane mode or powered off," the flight attendant reminded everyone from the front of the cabin using the intercom.

Pu Tongren hurriedly took out his phone, about to switch it off when he noticed he had received a message from Laosi.

Quietly, he clicked on the voice message.

"Boss, how long until you get to the airport?"

He then remembered he had told them in the dorm group that he would be returning today. He quickly replied before takeoff.

"Almost there, about four and a half hours. Should arrive around 7:30 PM."

After sending the message, he hastily took a screenshot of his itinerary and sent it to Gu Yu.

After pondering for a moment, he also snapped a selfie of himself on the plane and sent it to Hu Xiaoya.

"Ya, I'm about to take off!"

In the photo, he forced a smile and even struck a goofy takeoff pose with his other hand.

"/Rolling my eyes, be safe."

Hu Xiaoya replied to the message in a second and sent an eye-rolling emoji.

He looked at it and felt a sweet warmth in his heart.

At that moment, a flight attendant came over to urge him to turn off his phone, and he hurriedly switched it off.

"You can turn your phone back on after the plane levels off post-takeoff, and there's no problem with taking pictures of the clouds then,"

said the flight attendant with a smile, noticing his reluctance.

Pu Tongren quickly nodded in understanding.

He placed his phone under the small partition and leaned back in his seat, boredly observing the movements of the people around him.

His seat was by the window on the right-wing side, with an old grandmother sitting to his left. She looked to be about seventy but was in very good spirits.

She had a string of crystal clear beads hanging from her wrist and was reading a book he couldn't understand, which seemed like either a Buddhist scripture or a Taoist religious text.

Even though he couldn't understand it, he was still curious and took a few more glances.

The grandmother noticed him looking at her book and generously opened it a bit wider so he could see more clearly.

Only then did Pu Tongren realize there were also some small figures of people meditating.

"Granny, are you reading a book about becoming an immortal?"

Pu Tongren asked with a face full of curiosity. Could this be a secret cultivation manual from a novel?

Looking at the grandmother's vibrant, kind, and gentle demeanor, it seemed quite possible indeed!

But the grandmother smiled warmly and said, "There's no such thing as gods or immortals, we're all mortals. This is a book about fasting methods."

"I've just returned from a fasting retreat in Dawan Province and am connecting flights back to Modu."

The grandmother's face was full of smiles, and the wrinkles on her face bloomed like daisies.

"Fasting... isn't that the same as cultivating immortality?"

Upon hearing this word, Pu Tongren curled his lips. Wasn't this term straight out of fantasy novels?

But the grandmother shook her head again, "Have you been misled by those web novels? Fasting has scientific basis, and it's a way to train the body."

"Just look how healthy this old lady is. Can you guess how old I am?"

The grandmother blinked her eyes, her gaze filled with a gentle smile.

Pu Tongren seriously studied her face before venturing a guess, "Sixty-eight? Or perhaps seventy-two?" Explore hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire

He felt that the grandmother was in her early seventies at most.

However, the grandmother shook her head, closed the Grain Avoidance Book in her hands, and stretched out her fingers to make the sign for eight.

"This old lady is already eighty-one years old this year!"

She spoke airily, grinning to reveal that most of her teeth were still intact!

"Eighty-one!"

Pu Tongren was shocked.

He would never have guessed it!

"Hehe, young man, you have a connection with me, so I'll give you this book,"

the grandmother said, offering the ancient book to Pu Tongren.

Pu Tongren quickly waved his hands to refuse, sensing that the book must be precious.

"Granny, this book is too precious, I can't accept it..."

But the grandmother shook her head again and pulled out another copy from her cloth bag, "This book just looks old, but it's actually a photocopied version, I have more."

Pu Tongren was stunned, dumbfoundedly accepting the book.

Holding the book in his hands, he muttered:

"Can fate also be photocopied?"