All three of them looked around the shop for a long time before they finally selected a necklace for themselves.

"How does it look on me?" Long Xue Ying showed the necklace she had selected to Xue and Mei as she asked for their opinion.

"It looks quite good." Came the reply, but it was neither the voice of Xue nor the voice of Mei that said it.

All four of them turned back in the direction where that voice came from as their mouth opened wide.

"Little b.a.s.t.a.r.d, We finally found you!" Long Ren said as a smile bloomed on his face. 

Long Chen was standing in front of him. 

The eyes of Xue and Mei had already begun getting wet as they gazed at the face they longed to see for such a long time. To them, it felt like they hadn't met Long Chen for years.

He took a step forward and placed his hands on the shoulders of Long Chen.

"I'm not letting you run away again, you hear me? Do you know how worried I and your mother have been?" Long Ren said as he chided Long Chen.

"I know grandfather, but..." Long Chen said to him.

"No, but! You don't need to explain. It's already good enough that we found you." Long Ren cut him off in the middle as he said.

"Oh, right, You came here to partic.i.p.ate in the sect entrance exam, didn't you? Then why weren't you there?" Long Ren asked Long Seeing Long Chen here made him believe that he was here for the exams.

He wondered why he didn't see Long Chen in the exams.

"I… Well, I got l here just now. Apparently, I was late." Long Chen said with a wry smile on his face.

"Oh, It is alright. You're still young, you can take part in the exam after 4 years as well. Anyways, You'd be glad to know that our little Xue Ying has managed to enter the top hundred of the Sect Entrance Exam. She is now the outer sect disciple of the Glorious Blossom Sect!" Long Ren said with a bright smile on his face.

"Wow, really? Glorious Blossom Sect… That's Amazing!" Long Chen said with a shocked look on his face. Although he had already known about it, since he was already there at that time, he still pretended to act surprised.

"Congratulations Miss Ying! " Long Chen said with a bright smile on his face as he looked towards Long Xue Ying.

"Ah... right. Thank you..." She responded after looking blankly at him for a minute.

"Xue… Mei..." Long Chen s.h.i.+fted his gaze to the side and gazed at Xue and Mei.