Including the time he spent in the previous quest, Zhang Heng realized that he had been away from home for a long time.
It had been so long that he had forgotten the finer details of the old man when he used to live with him. His grandfather at that time undoubtedly looked younger—the world had developed rapidly over the years, and science and technology had advanced at a pace faster than anyone could imagine. None of those factors affected grandpa, though. In defiance to the test of time, he still kept many of his old habits.
Grandpa had always been a relatively old-school man. Time had not changed him one bit.
When the elderly man heard the door opening, he called out without looking up. "You're home earlier than usual."
"The rice is in the pot," he continued. "We'll be having curry chicken tonight; scoop as much as you can eat."
