"Daddy will be leaving in a few days. Be good and listen to your mom."
Li Mu Chuan held Xiao Xiao and spoke softly, a trace of reluctance on his face.
Nestled in Li Mu Chuan's arms, Xiao Xiao looked up at him with an unwilling expression when she heard that.
"Will Daddy come back?"
She did not ask when he would return. She asked whether he would return at all.
It seemed that when he had discussed this with Li Qingxiao a few days ago, Xiao Xiao really had been listening nearby.
Yet Xiao Xiao had not mentioned it at all afterward.
He did not know whether he should praise her for being too sensible.
"I should come back."
A long time ago, Li Qingxiao had asked him something similar, and Li Mu Chuan had only felt a slight difficulty facing it then.
Now, it was Xiao Xiao's turn to ask him that question.
For a moment, Li Mu Chuan truly did not know how he should answer her.
Xiao Xiao hugged Li Mu Chuan's arm and kept blinking as she looked up at him.
Her eyes were filled with hope. "Can Daddy not leave?"
Although she already knew about it, Xiao Xiao still did not want to see her father leave.
Especially since this time, she did not know when Daddy would return.
That made her even more reluctant to let Li Mu Chuan go.
"Daddy wants to stay with Xiao Xiao too, but Daddy's situation is special, so I have to leave. You'll understand when you're a little older."
Li Mu Chuan watched Xiao Xiao blink. Before he had even finished speaking, her big eyes had already reddened, and tears began to gather.
He had seen Xiao Xiao cry before, but seeing her start crying directly because