The birthday party ended after that with everyone of the Lin Family going out to the main banquet hall and thanking everyone for coming.
These were all the nobles and royals of Snow Wind City who had come to curry favour with Lin Fan, but they knew that they were right to do so when they felt the aura coming from him.
Lin Fan had already reached the mid Platinum Realm and was stronger than when he destroyed the Feng Family. If there were still people on the fence about getting close to the Lin Family, they no longer had any doubt.
If Lin Fan could already fight someone in the peak Platinum Realm back then, just how strong would he be now?
After greeting everyone, Lin Fan was finally free to return to Green Wood City and start preparing for his next adventure.
…
Over the next month, Lin Fan had made various preparations for all his different ventures.
He trained Yang Yun and Mu Xiao Hai on how to use the pet food machine and how to put pets into the shadow cultivation realm. He also arranged a spot in the store where ingredients would come from the cultivation realm farm right to the store.
During this past month, he had also been fighting against the zerg queen in the cultivation farm realm and slowly he had put up enough defenses with turrets and various units to hold half of the world. At the same time, he was slowly building up his forces while kiting the zerglings creating a slow disparity in forces. At this point, it was only a matter of time before he defeated the zerg queen.
Then there was Jiang Zhi Shu and his band of Merry Men.
Over the past month, they had begun their cooperations with the various villages around Green Wood City, producing all kinds of various jams and fruit products. These products were all very welcome and Lin Fan had earned quite a bit from selling them, especially since he had minimum costs and high prices, since he wanted to sell these food products as high class items.
But all of the money that he earned was immediately invested back into the company running the food business, while most of it went to building an intelligence network under Lin Fan.
They had already recruited many informants and were slowly building a large net over Green Wood City.
On this trip to Water Pearl City, Lin Fan had also paid for the travel arrangements of a manager and several informants from the Black Organization that he created, just so they could create a branch in Water Pearl City. They would be traveling with the merchants from Lin Fan's company who were also going to spread their food business.
In all, since Lin Fan was traveling to a city where he didn't know what would happen, it would be best if he had some form of backup that he could count on.
Finally the day Lin Fan had agreed to with the Zhu Family and the Monster Trainer Union had come. It would take him another three days to travel by airship to Water Pearl City, but the Zhu Family and the Monster Trainer Union had booked the most luxurious ship for him.
Lin Fan at first only wanted to go with Angela, but Song Shu wouldn't give up and continued to hug onto his legs until he gave in.
When Elder Hua heard about this, she had been worried at first about letting Song Shu leave, but then she felt assured since she would be going with Lin Fan. There was still a mysterious force behind Lin Fan according to Elder Fu, one that even Elder Fu didn't dare go against, that was why Elder Hua felt assured.
So she immediately booked another ticket on the same luxurious airship for Song Shu.
When Song Shu boarded the ship, she looked around with wide open sparkling eyes, looking around at everything on the ship in excitement.
This was actually her first time riding on an airship, this was actually her first time even leaving Green Wood City.
When she was still a child and her parents were with her, she had been too young to ride an airship. Once she was old enough, her parents were gone and she was wandering the streets as an orphan, so of course she didn't even have time to think about riding in an airship.
In the end, Angela was dragged around by Song Shu as she ran all over the ship, looking at all the new and amazing things to her.
The strange thing was that normally Angela would have hated being dragged around like this, but for some reason, she was quite happy letting Song Shu drag her around.
When Lin Fan followed and watched over them, he couldn't help smiling as he thought that the two of them really looked like a pair of mother and daughter. That was especially true since both of them were dazzling beauties...Well, Song Shu was more of a beauty that was being developed, but with the foundations that she had now, she would definitely become a drop dead beauty in the future.
For some reason, there was also a warm feeling in Lin Fan's heart as he watched them. It was almost like having the feeling of having a family of his own…
While Lin Fan was lost in thought, there was a voice that suddenly brought him back from his thoughts.
"Is that your wife and daughter?"
This was a warm voice and when Lin Fan came back from his senses, turning to see who it was, he found that this voice came from a sweet old lady who was standing beside him holding the arms of an old man.
Lin Fan was surprised that these strangers would suddenly talk to him, but he let his guard down since they seemed like they were nothing more than an old couple who were just passing by.
Lin Fan said, "No, no, they're not."
The old woman revealed a sweet smile as she said, "But the three of you really seem like a happy family."
Lin Fan thought about it, but then he strangely decided not to refute this old woman, "I guess you can think of us as one."
In this family, Lin Fan was the father, Angela was the mother, and Song Shu was their little daughter.
The old woman turned to the old man and said, "Do you remember when we were like that…"
But at the latter half of her words, that sweet smile slowly disappeared and a pained look appeared on her face.
The old man patted the old woman's hand and said, "It's alright, it'll all be over soon."
Lin Fan was confused by these words, but it seemed like it was a personal issue for this old couple, so he didn't feel it was appropriate for him to pry any deeper.
The old woman wiped away the tears in the corner of her eyes before revealing the sweet smile again and turning back to Lin Fan, "I'm very sorry about that, it's just that we lost our child and his family not that long ago…"
Lin Fan quickly waved his hands to stop her and said, "No, no, it's completely fine. I'm very sorry for your loss."
The old woman said, "Thank you. My husband and I were hoping to find a way to overcome this grief on our trip, but it seems like we still haven't overcome it yet. I hope that you won't take your family for granted like we did and enjoy the small moments in life."
Lin Fan was once again confused by these words, but he still said, "It's alright, I know it's not easy to get over a loss, but I hope that you will be able to get over it in time. I will make sure that I don't take this for granted, thank you for your advice."
Then after exchanging a few more words with the old man and old woman, Lin Fan headed off to chase after Angela and Song Shu who had run off.
The old man and old woman just stood there watching him run off for a few seconds before walking off in another direction. There was a look with an unclear meaning in their eyes as they walked off, but it did have a sinister feel to it.
…
The afternoon passed just like that with Song Shu dragging Lin Fan and Angela around all over the ship, exploring all the various entertainment options found all over the ship.
It was true what they said about children, they really didn't know how to get tired.
Halfway, Lin Fan couldn't keep up with them any longer, so he headed back to the room first to rest up before dinner.
As the time for dinner approached, Lin Fan woke up from the nap he took and he took a quick shower to freshen up.
When he came out, he found that Angela had come back alone without Song Shu and he couldn't help asking, "Where's Song Shu?"
Angela looked over at him coming out of the bathroom and she also had a confused look on her face, "Wasn't she with you?"
Lin Fan revealed a surprised look before answering, "I was in the room all afternoon and I just took a shower, when did I have time to find her?"
Once this was said, both of them immediately knit their brows as their eyes filled with worry.
Song Shu had gone missing!