Before Facing Chi You

"That was how it was. Whatever you decide, I won't interfere."

Xu Yanwu said, "As for anything else... there doesn't seem to be much. If there are no other problems, I'll be leaving first."

Xu Yanwu straightened his clothes. "I still have things to do over in Shenzhou."

"Since we're going to face Chi You, I want to make more preparations... We need to consider everything from the worst-case scenario."

"I don't want to gamble on anything anymore. I just want to protect everyone safely."

With that, Xu Yanwu bid Cocolia farewell and prepared to leave.

But before he could go, Cocolia called out to him.

"Aren't you going to see the children? You rarely come back... Are you really leaving just like that?"

Cocolia's words struck Xu Yanwu's heart, making it tremble. In the end, though, he still shook his head.

"Forget it. I won't meet them. Even without me, you've taken good care of them, haven't you?"

"And even if I went to see them looking like this, they might not recognize me... Come to think of it, when I returned to the orphanage earlier, I ran into Rosalia and Lilia. Neither of them recognized me—they thought I was an intruder."

Xu Yanwu spoke as if joking. "The identity of Grandpa Xu... was a disguise to begin with. Though those days were quite happy, the truth about that identity would eventually be exposed."

"It would be better to let their Grandpa Xu remain in their memories like this."

"Wouldn't that be nice too?"

In the end, Xu Yanwu silently left Cocolia's orphanage without meeting the other children there.

He had also gotten a faceful of water.

"What a temper... Just as expected of a woman who came from the Russian special forces..."

Xu Yanwu wiped the water