"What, you're really going back home?" Xia Zhao looked at Shen Yao with shock and reluctance, exclaiming.
"Hey, keep it down, keep it down," Shen Yao quickly pulled the shocked Xia Zhao, who had stood up, back down to sit.
"No, Yaoyao, I know how hard you worked to stay in Kyoto. You finally graduated, so why did you suddenly decide to go back home?"
They had lived with Shen Yao for four years, and they had heard Shen Yao say more than once that she wanted to stay in Kyoto after graduation.
"Is it because of that scumbag Chen Xiaodong? I'll go beat him up!" Zhou Yanan, with her short temper, thought her friend had left to avoid Chen Xiaodong.
"No, listen to me first," Shen Yao said quickly.
"You guys also know I came from a county town. Of course, I wanted to stay in a big city, but the pressure in big cities is too great. Plus, my parents are getting old, and I want to go back and spend time with them."
Shen Yao's departure was not because of that scumbag. She just wanted to rush back immediately. She hadn't seen her parents in a very, very long time.
Besides, she had money now. She didn't have to live a nine-to-five life or struggle for mere pennies every day.
She just wanted to go back. The scenery at home was beautiful, and her family had mountains and land. Living a retired life early seemed better.
"Besides, I'm not not coming back if I go back. If there's a better opportunity, I'll definitely come back to Kyoto."
Shen Yao's explanation made it difficult for the other three to persuade her further.
Could they really stop Shen Yao from going back to be filial?
"Then let's make a pact, you have to keep in touch often," Xia Zhao said, her eyes red.
They had originally thought that even after graduation, as long as they were in the same city, they could still meet.
But Shen Yao was from the south, thousands of kilometers away from Kyoto, making it not easy to meet.
"Okay, don't be sad. Even if I go back, you can still come to visit me. The scenery there is much better than in Kyoto. When I get back, I'll set up a farm stay, and maybe you can even come here for retirement," Shen Yao said, feigning nonchalance.
She was also very reluctant to part with her friends. Thinking about separating soon made her feel extremely sad.
"Isn't that a piece of cake? Maybe we can even live together then."
The few of them chatted on and on about Shen Yao's topic.
...
Another morning, Shen Yao placed her prepared graduation gift with a small tag on the dormitory desk, then left the school with her luggage.
She had submitted her graduation thesis early and could have left campus, but she stayed a few extra days because she couldn't bear to leave them.
Today, the other three were going for plagiarism checks, so no one was in the dorm. She also didn't want to experience the sadness of parting, so she chose to leave early.
Shen Yao only brought a small suitcase, embarking on her journey home with a light heart.
If she weren't afraid of being photographed by unidentified flying objects in the sky and appearing on science channels, she would have flown back directly on her sword.
At 10:45 AM, the plane landed on schedule.
The moment Shen Yao stepped out of the airport, looking at the familiar surroundings, her eyes couldn't help but feel a bit moist.
After starting university, she hadn't come back except during holidays when she had time.
Her family was in a small county town in the south, about forty to fifty kilometers away from the airport.
Although it was far, their small county town had good environmental conditions, and the government had also established an ecological tourism zone locally.
Therefore, during holidays, quite a few tourists still visited.
For convenience, the airport had direct buses to their county town, which made it easier for Shen Yao.
Sitting on the bus, besides Shen Yao, there were many other people excitedly discussing.
They were all talking about where to go and what good food to eat, and so on.
Two hours later, Shen Yao, feeling a bit dizzy, got off the bus. She felt that she needed to own her first car.
The bus stopped in the county town, so Shen Yao still needed to find another car to take her home.
Even though she hadn't been back for two years, she was still familiar with the environment of the county town.
She looked around and, seeing that no one was looking her way, slipped into a corner.
When she came out again, her small suitcase had turned into two large suitcases, and she had a large backpack on her back.
After Shen Yao returned from the cultivation world, her storage ring from that world had also returned with her.
The items in the spatial dimension were too heaven-defying – ginseng and reishi mushrooms that were thousands of years old, various rare treasures. Of course, she couldn't take those things out.
Moreover, she discovered that this world also had restrictions. If something that could affect this place appeared, it would definitely cause big trouble.
Fortunately, time flowed in the spatial dimension, the land inside could be cultivated, and the crops grown were imbued with spiritual energy, were especially delicious, and grew quickly.
Things stored in the spatial dimension would not expire. The most crucial thing was that she could also control the items inside the spatial dimension with her own spiritual power.
As for the spring eye nearby, it could be drunk. Drinking it could be described as cleansing the marrow immediately.
This spiritual spring, if placed in the cultivation continent, would be something coveted by everyone.
The effect of the spiritual spring water was not just cleansing the marrow. As long as one wasn't dead, even if only a breath remained, drinking the spiritual spring water could save them.
However, the spiritual energy in this world was low, and a large portion of the spiritual spring's spiritual energy was used to supply the spatial dimension, so its effect had greatly diminished.
But it was still a treasure unparalleled in the world.
She had only drunk it twice, and her body had already become perfect to the extreme.
Shen Yao had the kind of appearance that was beautiful and also had a natural innocence, making people feel loving towards her at first sight.
Shen Yao: Fine, I treat you as friends, but you treat me as an elder, how unfair!!!
With the boost from the spiritual spring water, she was that kind of tender and lovely, the type that made people want to take her home.
The effect of the spiritual spring was too heaven-defying. If she hadn't been afraid of being discovered, she would have directly given a cup to each of her three dormmates.
However, she had also secretly given them diluted spiritual spring water. She figured that in a couple of days, they should notice the changes in their names.
In Kyoto, not to mention that the money she had couldn't play much of a role, rich people were everywhere. If a brick fell from the sky, it would hit a rich person.
Her golden finger was also related to planting, and the things inside were not justifiable even to take out.
If she were accidentally discovered, she would really be finished if she were dissected for research.
Returning to her hometown meant that at least her family could be trusted, and her golden finger could be utilized to its greatest extent.
Shen Yao painstakingly pushed her suitcase out of the station.
As soon as she stepped out of the station, a crowd of touts swarmed her.
"Pretty girl, where are you going? Need a car? Ride with Uncle."
"Little girl, where to? Uncle only needs two more people, and we'll leave when we're full."
"Girl, ride with Uncle. Uncle's car is brand new."
...
Shen Yao was surrounded by a group of uncle drivers, but she was not flustered at all, being used to it.
Just as Shen Yao was about to refuse, she saw a man in a gray shirt in the distance.
It was her third brother!
Didn't her third brother...?
Right, her third brother had retired from the army. Because of a leg injury, he had retired and returned home.
So, after her third brother returned home from the army, he was driving a tricycle to pick up passengers?
"Third brother, third brother..."
Shen Yao called out to the man in the distance. Seeing that the man still ignored her, she shouted again, "Shen Huaisang! Over here!"