"What? You saw him? Where?" Krista bombarded Haru with questions. After all, it wasn't possible that Haru could have seen him.
Haru sat awkwardly staring at the table for a minute. 'How do I explain this? They won't believe will they?' He thought and then decided what he was going to say.
"Well, When we arrived at the sect yesterday, the sect master told that soone wanted to see ." Haru began to explain what had happened when he first arrived at the sect.
"And then after he finished showing the transporter he brought back down the mountain to where the person was waiting for .
As I entered the room I saw him waiting for at the centre of the room. He was insanely powerful. He could even communicate his words straight into my brain. It was almost like so of the telepathy magic but I could sense the Qi in each word.
As we talked he said that he could predict the future or sothing and that he saw my face when predicting sothing and then ca to find .
He then asked to go back with him to the upper realms. When I told him that I didn't want to leave my family behind he looked kind of satisfied and then turned around and said.
"Try not to make your mother worry. She has always been the type to put her family before everything else. I don't want hurt to get hurt once again." Haru explained and then quoted the words the old man had said to him.
As Haru finished quoting what he said Krista gasped and then brought her hand up to her mouth. Her eyes began to sparkle as they ford tears.
"It really was him!? How is this possible?" Krista asked as she began to weep.
"What are you talking about? It could have been anyone. I don't think that just because he knows about that ti you got hurt it makes him our father." Zen stated as he played with his puzzle ga.
"No that isn't why. Luke can back up on this one. A few days ago we went to the graveyard where we buried mom. As we walked toward the grave there was a man who looked like he had just co from her grave.
I didn't recognise him at first. but when he walked past I felt like his deanour was similar to his. I turned around to check again but when I turned he had vanished. Even Luke joked about it being a ghost." Krista explained.
Luke's face slowly went pale as he thought about sothing.
"Yeah that's right we did see that guy. You know I kind of thought he looked like your dad. I didn't want to say anything though." Luke agreed.
"See. It must have been him!" Krista exclaid as she noticed that Zen had stopped talking and looked scared.
Tears also began to form in Zens eyes as his bottom lip began to tremble.
"What's wrong!?" Krista asked.
"I had a dream a few nights ago. We were kids again and at ho with mom and dad. We were allowed to stay up late this night for so reason.
When dad tucked into bed for the night he patted on the head and said he was proud of the man I had beco
What if he was sending us a sign to let us know that he was still alive?" Zen asked as it all seed to make sense to him.
There was dead silence at the table as everyone took a mont to take it all in. Luke put his arm around Krista as he saw the look in her eyes. She was on the verge of tears but was holding it in to act tough in front of her son. As soon as his arm touched her she turned around and pressed her face against his shoulder as she began to weep.
Zen lifted his hand and rubbed his eyes. His hands shook the whole ti and he was clearly in shock.
Haru and Jake didn't know what to do. They just sat awkwardly for what seed like hours before they both managed to compose themselves.
"Haru, Thank you so much. If you didn't end up learning how to cultivate then we never would have found out if he was still alive or not. I love you so much, my sweet boy." Krista said as she began to hug him.
Haru felt odd taking the credit for it. The real person to thank would be Li Jun but they didn't know about him and he also wasn't around for them to thank him anyway. He was starting to get worried. It had been over two years since he had last seen his teacher.
"Do you think that dad also sent a sign to Andrew too?" Zen asked Krista.
"If it really was a sign from dad I don't think he would skip out on letting Andrew know he was alive. After all, Andrew did follow him around like a puppy even after he beca an adult." Krista laughed.
"Yeah, That's true. Andrew was always like his little clone or sothing. He even followed in his footsteps and opened a business of his own." Zen added.
"I rember him saying that he opened his own business at mom's funeral but I haven't spoken to him since. I forgot to ask him for his contact information. How is he doing these days?" Krista asked.
"You could have just asked for it. But he is doing great actually. A few years ago his business really hit it big ti. He is probably wealthier than dad ever was." Zen said sounding a little jealous.
"Oh? That's great. I'm happy he managed to achieve his dreams. I rember when he used to tell dad that he would one day have enough money to buy that sports car he always wanted. What was it again?" Krista inquired.
"You an the Python DC 600? He used to have posters of that car all over his room. I never asked him if he managed to get one." Zen smiled as he thought back to his childhood.
"Call him. I want to know if dad visited him too." Krista demanded breaking Zen from his daydream.
"Sorry what?" He asked with a single eyebrow lifted.
"Call him," Krista demanded once again.
"I don't think that is such a good idea" Zen stated and then looked at the ground.
"What do you an by not a good idea? Did you get into an argunt with him or sothing?" Krista inquired into why her brother was acting strangely.
"Um I borrowed so money from him last year and I may or may not have forgotten to pay him back and then ignored all of his calls when he decided he wanted to pay it back" Zen stamred whilst looking like he was going to faint from embarrassnt.
"You know, I am not surprised one bit. You did the sa thing hundreds of tis when we were kids. I don't know why he gave you anything in the first place he should have learned his lesson from the last hundred or so tis you refused to pay him back." Krista sighed and then reached over to where Zen had placed his phone on the table.
"I will call him then." She said as she picked up his phone and then began to look through the contacts.
"Wait no!" Zen yelled just as Krista began to call him.
Krista giggled when Zen got up from his seat and reached over the table, trying to take his phone back from her. Krista also stood up so she could retreat further away from him.
Haru, Jake and Luke sat still and silently judged them both as they ran around the kitchen. There were no words that they needed to say to each other. The actions of Krista and Zen spoke enough for all three of them.
The ringing suddenly stopped.
"Hello?" A woman's voice called out from the other side.
"Hi there. Is this the number for Andrew Hao?" Krista asked in return.
"Yeah, But he is currently busy with so work in the yard. Can I take a ssage?" The woman asked.
"Oh, I'm sorry. If he is busy then it doesn't matter. But who are you? if you don't mind asking. You don't sound like Nadia." Krista asked the woman on the other side.
"Oh, I'm not her that's why." The woman laughed.
"I'm her daughter i. Do you mind If I ask who you are? My father doesn't get many phone calls from won." The woman then said.
"i? Oh my I guess you would be around that age, wouldn't you? You were just a baby when we last t so you probably won't rember . I am Krista. Your dad's younger sister." Krista sounded surprised as she spoke.
"You're Krista? Dad has told so much about you. He also told about all the tis you would team up to bully uncle Zen." i began to laugh.
"Sorry about earlier. Dad doesn't like to answer work calls on weekends so I was just going to take a ssage. I don't think he will mind his sister calling. I will take the phone to him. Hold on a mont, please.
"Zen. How old is i? It's been years since he brought her ho from the hospital." Krista asked Zen who was still playing his puzzle ga.
"She is twenty-five I think. Oh, he also had another daughter. She is called Yun. I think she is around Haru's age actually. Or maybe she is a little older? I can't quite rember." Zen said and then went back to his puzzle.
"Hello? Krista?" Andrew's voice asked.
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