Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 608: Tina Cries

Tina suddenly clutched Natalie tightly, her arms wrapping around her body as tears burst forth like a fountain.

She sobbed uncontrollably, disregarding her appearance completely.

This twas different from when she had deceived Master Tam out of eighty million; this was genuine, childlike

weeping. In front of her own mother, she was always just a child. Tina didn't know how long she cried, but it left

her drained of strength before she finally stopped.

She then remembered she had to confront her mother. "Mom, you..." Tina got up only to see Natalie asleep

against the car window! What kind of unreliable mother was this! She was crying her heart out! Natalie,

awakened by Tina's call, quickly opened her eyes and wiped her mouth, "Oh, it's been a long tsince | heard

you cry; it's still so hypnotic."

Tina was speechless, staring deeply at Natalie. She hadn't been like this when she first saw Courtney. "Mom!"

Natalie quickly embraced Tina, "Sweet Tina, I'm hungry, can we go have sbeef hot pot first?"

Jared, who was outside, couldn't stand it anymore and decided to get in the car. He had thought to give Tina and

Natalie a warm reunion moment, but all Natalie could think about was beef hot pot! It was clear who Tina took

after! "Master, are you always this focused on eating?" Jared complained as soon as he got in the car, despite

Tina's long crying session going unsoothed. Natalie raised her hand and gave Jared a slap, "Shut up, drive!"

"Mom, don't do that to my Uncle," Tina said, tenderly rubbing the back of Jared's head. Jared chuckled softly,

grateful for Tina's gentleness.

Natalie scoffed, "It's not like when you peed on him as a baby!" Tina blushed deeply, barely remembering such

an incident. Jared was about to retort when Natalie added, "It's not like when you cried holding her diaper

either!" Jared knew better than to argue; Natalie was always more ruthless.

Obediently, Jared took them to Ashbury's finest beef hot pot restaurant, booking the entire place so the mother-

daughter duo could eat their fill. Satisfied after the meal, Natalie finally remembered they had a serious matter

to discuss. "The Five Poisons at the scene were bio-robots," Natalie leaned back in her chair, unabashedly

rubbing her belly. Tina sipped her Coke and belched, "Throwing that stone was to check if she was a bio-robot,

turns out we were fooled." Jared, watching the pair without a care for appearances, silently offered a wet wipe,

"It just shows, the bio-robots inside GTO are evolving with us." The bio-robots Tina had handed over to Janson

and Ethan Ward, thanks to the involvement of the Reed family and the sample Natalie had left, were now the

most advanced model. "Scarlett" today was one of these top-tier experimental models, capable of connecting

and acting on human thoughts.

This bio-robot had been delivered to Tina by Janson just last month. GTO had made no advancements for many

years, yet now they had a model that matched their highest version?

Tina frowned slightly, "It seems we've got a traitor among us!" She had been so focused on finding Natalie that

she hadn't checked in with Janson and Ethan Ward, or the cooperating Reed family. She had assumed all was

well, but clearly, there was a leak.

Natalie neatly folded the used wet wipe and placed it on the table, "There must be an issue internally, but a

traitor among the Reeds is unlikely. Jasper is gone, and the others have no ties with GTO. His father has retired

from public life. We need to see if there might be sother connection they've made."

Tina nodded, "Indeed, after Jasper's departure, the Reeds have been under my surveillance and unlikely to cause

issues, and the Woodham and Ward families even less so." Natalie continued, "And the explosion wasn't caused

by anything we did. The air particles would have ignited even without Jared's gunshot."

Jared, having just paid and returned, caught the tail end of Natalie's explanation and sat down, "Gun barrels."

"Yes, when the X Bureau ctoday, | felt something was off. Their gunshots sounded much more muffled than

before."

"I thought it was because they changed their guns, could it be Linden?" Natalie pondered, tapping her cheek

thoughtfully as she stared into the distance.

Jared turned to see Tina mirroring Natalie's thoughtful pose, her brow furrowed even deeper. He sighed, "Master,

Tina, maybe we should go hand think this through?" At the mention of home, Natalie appeared momentarily

lost. The Brookes family would surely be in chaos now. Natalie hadn't been ready to meet Grandpa Brookes just

yet, not if it weren't for the recent urgency caused by Tina pushing Rachel to her limits, forcing Natalie to reveal

herself. Tina noticed Natalie's hesitation and reached out to hold her hand, "Mom, let's go home." Natalie had

always been ambivalent, even resistant, to the notion of ‘family.

No matter how strong a person was, everyone had an untouchable scar deep within. Before knowing her own

origins, Natalie had been deeply wounded by the Whittaker family, leading her to a prolonged state of isolation.

Now, informed that she had real relatives who had sincerely sought her for over thirty years, she was even more

reluctant to approach them. "Mom, Grandpa is waiting for us." Tina's hand was warm, comforting like a mother's

loving embrace. Over the past decade, Natalie had hidden in the shadows, watching Tina build the Mountain Veil

Order from scratch, growing from a young girl into a graceful young woman.

Yet, Natalie had never really felt her daughter had grown up until this moment. Her precious daughter had truly

matured, capable of standing on her own, and now, leading her home. Natalie nodded, "Alright, let's go home."

Jared dropped them off at the Brookes family's hwithout entering, respecting their need for privacy during

such a moment.

Natalie stood at the doorstep, familiar with every detail of the Brookes household from her visits as Warren Pace.

Yet now, standing here, hearing the domestic sounds from within, she hesitated to step forward. Tina

affectionately linked arms with Natalie, "Mom, today, I'm also coming hfor the first time." For the first time,

as a granddaughter returning home.