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In the second half of the flight, Lucian really fell asleep.
When he woke up again, Special Week had already let go of his hand, and the others had woken up too.
Soon the plane landed, and everyone grabbed their luggage and walked out.
Outside the airport, Lucian saw Lucia and Lu Fengzhou. After waving to them from afar, he ran over.
The Horse Girls behind him tacitly kept two body lengths' distance from Lucian, secretly sizing up his parents.
Lu Fengzhou's appearance matched their imagined image: middle-aged, steady and mature, with slicked-back hair and some white at the temples.
Haru Urara whispered in Rice Shower's ear: "Rice-chan, Trainer's dad looks a bit like Trainer."
"Urara, it's Trainer's face that has some of Uncle's shadow, right?"
"Oh~ yeah."
Rather, Lucia's appearance surprised them a bit. Her skin was well-maintained; standing next to Lucian, she looked more like siblings.
But it was easy to distinguish, because Lucia had the unique aura of an intellectual mature woman.
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Family reunion; Lucian felt an indescribable warmth in his heart. "Dad, Mom."
Lu Fengzhou pushed up his glasses, patted Lucian's shoulder, and tilted his head back: "Grown taller, and much more manly."
"What's that supposed to mean? My son turn into a girl?" Lucia said grumpily.
This one sentence changed the Horse Girls' impression of Lucia again.
Silence Suzuka: "Mama-san doesn't seem easy to get along with..."
Seiun Sky: "Good thing I'm not here alone, good thing I'm not alone."
Special Week: "Auntie has such great presence."
Meishou Doto: "Will Auntie scold me if I do something wrong? (つ﹏⊂)"
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Lu Fengzhou wasn't good with words and nodded smilingly at the Horse Girls.
Lucia held Lu Fengzhou's arm. "Lucian, won't you introduce your friends to Mom and Dad?"
"Right away." Lucian introduced the Horse Girls to his parents and acted as translator between the two groups.
Before coming, some of them dared to call "Mama Papa," but face-to-face with Lu Fengzhou and Lucia, they were all very reserved, only daring to use broken Chinese to call "Uncle Auntie."
"You just got off the plane; must be exhausted and hungry, right? Let's all go home first." Lu Fengzhou said.
When coming, he and Lucia each drove a six-seater car, enough to fit everyone.
In the end, Silence Suzuka, Seiun Sky, Haru Urara, Special Week, and Lucian got in Lucia's car.
Rice Shower, Meishou Doto, Dextrous Bailey, and Tokai Teio got in Lu Fengzhou's car.
Lucia looked at everyone in the seats through the rearview mirror. "You don't need to be so reserved. It's normal though; we'll get along after spending time together."
"A-Auntie, I brought some hometown specialties for you." Silence Suzuka mustered her courage to speak.
Seiun Sky: "Auntie, I brought some too."
"Auntie auntie, Urara brought little gifts for you."
Special Week: "Auntie, I hope you won't dislike the gift I brought."
After they finished, Lucian translated: "They said they brought hometown specialties and some small gifts for you."
Lucia smiled kindly. "Oh? Arigato? 'Thank you' means that, right?"
Lucian turned to Silence Suzuka. "Mom says she doesn't eat it, doesn't want it~ Give it to her son to eat, and the gifts too, all give to Trainer."
Special Week jumped in fright, her heart sinking.
Seiun Sky was also stunned.
Haru Urara looked puzzled.
But Silence Suzuka wouldn't be easily fooled. "Lucian-kun, I just heard 'arigato.'"
Lucia knew her son well too; seeing the Horse Girls' expressions, she knew he was translating nonsense. "Lucian, do you think Mom can't lift a slipper anymore or what? Translate nonsense one more time!"
"Wrong wrong." Lucian licked the corner of his mouth and translated the correct words to the Horse Girls.
After learning the truth, the Horse Girls all glared at Lucian resentfully.
"Trainer sir, you scared me to death." Special Week patted her little chest, but thinking of her Trainer often being this childish, she let it go.
"Trainer bad egg! So bad!!!" Haru Urara waved her fists.
"Trainer, I've already opened the translation app." Seiun Sky showed her lit phone screen.
"Lucian, I've also turned on the earphone translation function." Lucia had thought ahead. "I've prepared translation earphones for them too; we'll give them when we get home."
"Lucian-kun, what did Auntie say?" Silence Suzuka asked, observing Lucian's micro-expressions to prevent him from talking nonsense.
"You'll know when you get home."
Compared to Lucia's side, Lu Fengzhou's car was much quieter.
Although Lu Fengzhou wore earphones, Tokai Teio and the others didn't have them and only knew "susu" and "xie xie."
Plus, Lu Fengzhou looked especially serious when focusing on driving, so the four didn't dare speak.
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After arriving home, Lucia distributed the translation earphones to the Horse Girls.
After they all put them on, she continued: "This is the first gift for you."
Now the Horse Girls could understand Lucia more accurately.
"Thank you susu, thank you Auntie."
"No need to thank. With the earphones, you don't have to guard against someone translating nonsense!" Lucia glared at Lucian.
Lucian whistled, looking around.
"Still daring to translate nonsense! Wait till I yank your ears off!" Lucia didn't give Lucian any face.
The Horse Girls seeing Lucian deflated couldn't help laughing.
"If Lucian dares bully you in the future, come find Auntie; Auntie will stand up for you."
"Mom... Why make me sound like the bad guy." Lucian enjoyed this warmth in his heart.
"Auntie, Trainer is so bad so bad; he always bullied Urara before!" The less shy Haru Urara directly complained.
"See, and you say you didn't bully them." Lucia slightly lowered her head, looking at the pink-haired Haru Urara. "You're Urara, right?"
"Ah? Yeah yeah." Haru Urara clutched her clothes corner and nodded.
"Very cute child." Lucia wasn't very familiar with Haru Urara since she hadn't been on TV, but she liked her at first sight. "If he bullies you in the future, Auntie will help you."
"Thank you Auntie~"
Lucia looked at everyone. "Auntie prepared gifts for you too, but before that, let's eat first. Everyone must be very hungry."
Lucia took Haru Urara's hand in one hand and Rice Shower's in the other. "Come on, don't just stand there."
The Horse Girls followed Lucia's steps, passing by Lucian.
Suddenly they felt Lucia was very approachable, and she kept Trainer in check well.
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