Lin Yu directly led the vehicles behind him to the courtyard recently cleared near the city gate. This was where teams that went out to kill zombies returned their spoils of war to be summarized.
There were no outdoor activities today, so at this moment, apart from the guards, no one else would come to disturb them.
After Lin Yu's father, Lin Chongshan, entered the outer city, they saw the red lanterns decorating the main street and showed expressions of surprise.
Could it be that some important figure in the city was celebrating a wedding, and that's why the city was hung with red lanterns?
The people in the car looked at Lin Chongshan in unison. They all knew that Lin Chongshan's son was now the Deputy City Lord of Wuming City, and also a tenth-tier multi-element ability user.
And his son was not too young or too old, so it wouldn't be strange for him to get married now.
However, seeing Lin Chongshan's surprised expression, they couldn't help but click their tongues. Such a major event as his son's marriage, and he wasn't even informed?
Lin Chongshan's attention was also drawn by the red lanterns hung all over the city. Otherwise, he would have noticed the strange expressions of the people in the same car looking at him.
Soon, the vehicles were led to a courtyard and stopped. Seeing Lin Yu waiting for them outside the car, Lin Chongshan and the others got out and followed him.
"Lin Yu, it's quite lively here today. The city is hung with so many red lanterns," Lin Chongshan said with a smile as he looked at Lin Yu.
"Yes, it is indeed festive." Lin Yu watched as everyone from the opposite car got down and said to the guards who followed, "Leave two people to guard the cars."
Then, he led the remaining people towards a building.
Lin Chongshan's old face flushed. His son was not giving him any face at all. The cars were parked in such an open courtyard, and he still needed two people to guard them outside. Was he afraid that someone was hidden in the car?
However, he didn't put on a parental air. After all, his son was now a Deputy City Lord. To reach this position, his temper was probably different from before.
As an old businessman who had been in the market for many years, he knew that he was here to discuss business today, and it was better not to upset Lin Yu.
With this in mind, Lin Chongshan followed Lin Yu with a smile towards the small building ahead.
"Is there any joyous occasion in the city? Is your City Lord getting married?" Lin Chongshan didn't think about his own son's marriage. After all, the child was only seventeen years old, and before the apocalypse, he was still a minor. He was thinking of the legendary City Lord.
Hearing Lin Chongshan's words from behind, Lin Yu stumbled and almost fell. He didn't know his father's imagination was so wild, especially since he had so little interaction with his father before.
"Yesterday was New Year's Eve, so the red lanterns were hung to celebrate the New Year," Lin Yu explained.
Soon, they entered a room. The people following Lin Yu quickly poured everyone a cup of hot tea, and then orderly withdrew from the room.
Lin Chongshan was quite pleased to see his well-trained subordinates. In his impression, Lin Yu was still a high school student who couldn't even manage his own life before the apocalypse, let alone manage a city in the post-apocalyptic world.
The people accompanying Lin Chongshan flipped through their mobile phones and found out that it was the first day of the Lunar New Year. They whispered a few words to each other.
In the post-apocalyptic world, Wuming City was probably the only one that remembered to celebrate the Spring Festival. Even in the bases controlled by their military, no one would remember such folk festivals.
He picked up the tea by his side and took a sip. Lin Yu looked at his father opposite him and asked, "Do you want to discuss personal matters or official matters first?"
"Let's discuss personal matters first."
"Then tell me, what do you want to talk about?"
"Lin Yu, can we discuss personal matters in a small room?"
Lin Yu glanced at the people opposite him and finally shook his head. "Let's just talk here. I'm too lazy to change places."
Lin Chongshan looked at Lin Yu and finally sighed, "Alas, Lin Yu, I know your status in Wuming City now, but as a father, I don't want to break off our relationship. Having a relative in the post-apocalyptic world is a luxury. You don't know how excited I was when I found out you were still alive. I was on a mission outside at the time and couldn't come to Wuming City to see you in time, so I asked my colleagues in the city to find you. At that time, I hoped you could stay by my side.
But later, I found out that you have your own influence in Wuming City, so I won't force you to stay by my side. However, our father-son affection cannot be broken, nor will it be broken.
I think, apart from not accompanying your growth, I have no hatred towards you in other aspects. Our father-son relationship has not reached the point of severing ties."
At this point, Lin Chongshan stood up, walked in front of Lin Yu, and knelt down, saying somewhat humbly, "You are my son. We still have a chance to make up for what we owe you."
Lin Yu clenched the cup in his hand. He looked at the white hair on Lin Chongshan's head and the wrinkles around his eyes, and his heart began to feel uneasy.
"Do you know how I lived after the apocalypse arrived, before I met Brother Lu?
I was captured by those villains. They locked me up. I was like a slave, a commodity, bought and sold by them.
I was locked in an iron cage, barely clothed, and barely fed. I wanted to die at that time. I didn't want to live like a dog. I..." Lin Yu choked, recalling his past experiences, his whole body feeling cold.
At this moment, Lin Yu's shoulder was gently squeezed by a pair of warm hands. The heat from the hands warmed him. He turned his head in surprise and saw Lu Heng standing behind him, placing his hands on his shoulders and patting them again.
"Okay, why are you being so emotional? It's all in the past now."
"Brother Lu."
"Hmm." Lu Heng responded and sat down next to Lin Yu. He looked at Lin Chongshan, who had already stood up and was standing on Lin Yu's other side, and smiled, "Let's talk while sitting."
"I think personal matters have been discussed. Your and Lin Yu's matter is not a big deal. However, Lin Yu will definitely not return to your side. Children grow up and have their own careers. This Wuming City is actually managed by Lin Yu. I am just a nominal City Lord.
As for the relationship between Lin Yu and you, it is still father and son, but only father and son. If there is anything, you should consider it from the perspective of both parties' respective forces.
I don't think Uncle Lin has any objections to me saying this, right?"
Lin Chongshan sat back in his seat and nodded at Lu Heng. With Lu Heng having said it to this extent, he had nothing to refute.
He could feel the powerful aura emanating from Lu Heng. It was said that Lu Heng had already reached the twelfth-tier ability level. Such a person could even destroy their city without any effort. And how Wuming City fell into Lu Heng's hands was known to anyone with some influence.