Laravel returns old model after update - laravel

Question

When i store a new record, Laravel returns the new record. Everything works fine.
When i update a record, Laravel returns the old record. I like to return the updated record.
Controller
public function store(StoreProjectRequest $request)
{
$data = $this->repo->create( $request->all());
return response()->json(new ProjectResource($data));
}
public function update(UpdateProjectRequest $request, Project $project)
{
$data = $this->repo->update($project, $request->all());
return response()->json(new ProjectResource($data));
}
Repository
public function create( $data)
{
$this->model->name = $data['name'];
$this->model->description = $data['description'];
$this->model->sales_order_id = $data['sales_order_id'] ? $data['sales_order_id'] : NULL;
$this->model->project_leader_id = $data['project_leader_id'];
$this->model->project_type_id = $data['project_type_id'];
$this->model->project_status_id = $data['project_status_id'];
$this->model->creator_id = Auth()->id();
$this->model->save();
return $this->model;
}
public function update($model, $data)
{
$model->name = $data['name'];
$model->description = $data['description'];
$model->sales_order_id = $data['sales_order_id'];
$model->project_leader_id = $data['project_leader_id'];
$model->project_type_id = $data['project_type_id'];
$model->project_status_id = $data['project_status_id'];
$model->save();
return $model;
}
When i add $data = Project::find($project->id)i receive the updated model.
But is this the only way?

Answer 1

The reason the $data is returning as the old data is because it still stores the data from when the variable was created. When you call $data->fresh() it will go fetch the new data and return it. Does that make sense?