At dinner, Mother Chen suddenly said, "Shouyi, it's time you found a girlfriend!"
"Mom, I'm only nineteen. Isn't it a little early?" Chen Shouyi said, at a loss for words.
"What do you mean, early? It's not early anymore. The legal age for marriage has been lowered to eighteen. Find a girlfriend early, get married early, and have a few chubby little boys. You don't have to worry about raising them—we'll help!" Mother Chen said.
"You should find a girlfriend," Chen Dawei urged, too. "What was that girl's name last time? Song Tingting, right? She was pretty, and she had a good temper."
Their son was always sent on dangerous missions. If anything happened to him, at least they'd have someone to remember him by. The Chen family would have an heir, too.
Beside him, Chen Xingyue watched with a gleeful expression.
Chen Shouyi felt a headache coming on. Why bring this up out of nowhere? "Let's talk about it in a few years. By the way, Mom, Dad, I have to go away for a while."
The atmosphere fell silent.
"Another mission? You've only been home for a little over a month!" The smile vanished from Mother Chen's face, and she looked worried.
"Yeah, just a small matter." Chen Shouyi picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, speaking indistinctly. "There's no danger."
"How long will you be gone?" Chen Dawei asked.
"I'm not sure yet," Chen Shouyi replied.
Ever since the assassination attempt, Great Xia Nation had accelerated its preparations for war. Now, along the border in West Xinjiang Province, the armies on both sides were facing off. War could break out at any moment.
God of Light was a terrifying deity who controlled most of Central Asia and the Middle East. His territory