It was another Saturday, and Lin Yun still got up early.

He no longer needs to socialize and work overtime, but he still needs to tutor two elementary school scumbags all night at night, and he still needs to prepare for classes after that, so he finally can't rest until the early hours of the morning.

Fortunately, at such an age, the need for sleep time is much less than when it was younger, and six hours is enough.

After taking care of his image again, but still wearing a black suit, Lin Yun took out the necklace he had prepared last week from Anya's dressing box, pushed the door and walked out of the bedroom.

After briefly disposing of the ingredients in the refrigerator, he called Lin Xiaolu up, and the father and daughter finished breakfast together and drove to the cemetery where Anya was.

Since last week's wedding anniversary, Lin Xiaolu followed Lin Yun unsuccessfully, but learned the truth about his mother's death, and the relationship with Lin Yun has basically eased.

Although because the Cold War lasted too long, even if the estrangement was gradually repaired, the relationship between the two people was still a little awkward and jerky. But at least, Lin Xiaolu will no longer deliberately put on a cold face to show Lin Yun, and occasionally take the initiative to talk to Lin Yun with some intention of deliberately repairing the relationship.

For such a relationship model, Lin Yun is satisfied enough.

As a father, he didn't continue to comment on Lin Xiaolu's affairs as a magical girl, after all, he usually sees it in his eyes as a delphinch, and he knows that his daughter has gradually moved on the right track.

The only thing that may have been a surprise was the battle a few days ago.

According to the three girls' accounts afterwards, Lin Xiaolu used an unknown white magic power in the middle of the crisis, and then defeated the enemy whose strength was obviously above the ranks.

And the identity of the enemy is also very strange, it is actually a magician who can transform into a remnant beast.

As for the way the latter came from, Lin Yun actually had never heard of it; But regarding the magic shown by Lin Xiaolu, his guess actually coincided with the black-robed man in the dawn of black ashes.

It is indeed possible, Lin Xiaolu is also an offset.

Although neither he nor Anya have ever shown any of the qualities of an offset, just like Bai Jingxuan's parents are just ordinary people, the special nature of magic is not manifested in every generation.

It's just that these are just speculations, and specific matters still require him to take Lin Xiaolu to conduct more research in the future.

After undergoing an identity check at the entrance of the cemetery, Lin Yun parked his car in the parking lot at the entrance and entered the cemetery with his daughter. After finding the tombstone belonging to Anya, Lin Yun quietly put the prepared flowers in front of Anya's tomb, and then hung the prepared necklace aside.

In fact, in the Donghua Prefecture, every city used to have the custom of burning dead coins to commemorate the deceased. It was only with the development of the city and the centralization of tombs that this custom was gradually abandoned.

This custom eventually evolved into gift-giving.

Whatever it is, as long as it is something that the deceased liked during his lifetime, whether it is alcohol or clothing, you can bring it to the grave and leave it for the next memorial service and then retrieve it.

Because the city's public cemeteries have relatively strict management and regulations, and there are special patrols to prevent idlers from breaking in, there is no need to worry about the things left behind being stolen.

In the past, Lin Yun would come to commemorate several times every time, not only on the death day, but also on some more important festivals, after all, for him, this is the only way to miss Anya.

Lin Xiaolu didn't come here very often, because as a junior high school student, she didn't have the time and ability to go to the cemetery alone. In addition, he had a cold war with Lin Yun for two years, so naturally he didn't have the opportunity to come together.

After careful calculation, this is the third time she has been here since her mother's funeral.

If she came here here before, she was with simple sadness and nostalgia, but this time when she came to her mother's tombstone, she had many different thoughts.

It's not just the thoughts that erupted in my heart after learning that my mother was a magical girl, but also the feelings I felt after talking to Delphinium and facing a strong enemy these days.

Standing in front of the small tombstone, she felt that if her mother were still alive now, they would have a lot of common language by now.

"Mom, I'm coming."

So, she opened her mouth slightly and began to tell herself.

From the time I met Moco and became a magical girl, until I met Delphinium later, what kind of growth did I have since then, and what kind of companions have I gained...... She didn't care about everything, as if she was really reporting to her mother, and said a lot.

If she had been here earlier, she would have said something much further back, including but not limited to the bad experiences with her father during the Cold War. But now she found that she no longer had the idea of mentioning those things.

Rather, those things have become less important than the experience of becoming a magical girl.

Listening to Lin Xiaolu's words, Lin Yun stood aside and did not make a sound.

The things he wanted to say to Anya were not convenient to say to his daughter now, so he could only tell her silently in his heart: he chose to come back after all.

Come back to face what you should have accepted a long time ago, come back to face some people you don't want to see again, and come back to face your original wishes.

There was no need to talk about more things, he thought clearly enough, and after resigning, he had already made up his mind.

The father and daughter stayed in front of the tomb for a long time, until Lin Xiaolu finished saying everything she wanted to say, and then slowly stood up and looked at Lin Yun.

Lin Yun noticed that the corners of her eyes were slightly red.

"Dad."

Lin Xiaolu inhaled and spoke: "I have made up my mind." ”

"What decision?" Lin Yun was expressionless, pretending not to know.

"I will definitely stick to the path of magical girls."

Lin Xiaolu said in a resolute tone: "Then one day you will become strong enough, enough to find out all the truth, and enough to protect everything you want." ”

"Great idea, but I believe in you."

Lin Yun agreed softly.

"I want to find the enemy who killed my mother and defeat her; I also want to protect the people in the city, protect my companions, and even protect the delphinch......"

As she spoke, her voice getting quieter and quieter, she lowered her head gradually, and finally added in a barely audible voice, "...... And you. ”

Lin Yun, who was still in a heavy mood just now, couldn't help but laugh at the moment.

He stretched out his hand, stroked Lin Xiaolu's head, and then rubbed it on top of her head: "Dad, I'm not old enough yet, the big man has his own legs, and he knows that he will run when he encounters something, so you take care of yourself first." ”

"Don't mess with my hair." Trying to remove his hand, Lin Xiaolu complained in a low voice, "And it's a cliché, rubbing your head doesn't grow tall." ”

"Believe in your genes and believe in your possibility."

Lin Yun withdrew his hand and looked at the tombstone on the side: "Inherit me and your mother, you shouldn't be far behind." ”

"Really?" Lin Xiaolu's eyes widened, a little suspicious.

"At least that's what I think."

Turning around, Lin Yun motioned to her, "Okay, let's go back, have you thought about what to eat for lunch?" ”

"Believe in yourself...... How is it the same as the delphinium? ”

Lin Xiaolu muttered in a low voice, but quickly stepped forward and kept up with his father's pace: "It doesn't matter, there should be leftovers last night." ”

"You girl, you just said that you want to grow taller, how can you grow taller after eating leftovers?"

"Why don't you grow taller when you eat leftovers?"

"Because it's not nutritious."

"What to eat, to eat out?"

The sound of conversation faded away, and the father and daughter left the tombstone, chatting about lunch as they set out on their way home.

The tombstone in the cemetery still stands quietly, with flowers in front of the monument and a necklace hanging on one side, glowing with a dim yellow halo in the near-noon sun, painted with a warm color.

(End of chapter)