Chapter 784

As soon as their casual conversation ended, several streaks of light shot like arrows to the front of the Spacecraft. As the radiance faded, several figures revealed themselves. At their head stood the current Xiao Family patriarch, Xiao Zhan.

His gaze locked onto Xiao Yan by the railing at the bow like a magnet. His eyes instantly reddened as years of concern and longing burst forth, his voice trembling uncontrollably. "Yan'er!"

Xiao Yan had already turned to look back. Seeing that familiar face, now marked by a little more hardship, the young man who had weathered countless storms and killed without hesitation in the Central Plains felt a burning ache rise in his heart. His throat tightened as he replied softly, his voice quivering, "Father!"

Before his words had faded, he lightly pushed off with his foot and swept from the spacecraft like a soaring swan, landing steadily before Xiao Zhan.

Father and son looked into each other's eyes. Countless unspoken words gathered in their gazes before finally becoming a slightly clumsy yet utterly sincere embrace.

Xiao Zhan's palm pressed tightly against Xiao Yan's back, with enough force to nearly knead him into his bones. Xiao Yan, too, lowered his head slightly and rested his cheek against his father's shoulder, savoring that long-lost warmth.

Seeing this, Hai Bodong, Jia Xing Tian, and the others slowed down and tactfully stopped several yards away. No one spoke to disturb them.

Even the Dou Qi flowing through the air seemed to soften. Only the wind high above swept gently past, adding a quiet tenderness to their reunion.

Master Xiao Ling leaned against the railing, watching the embracing figures with the corners of his lips unconsciously lifting. Such a warm scene of filial devotion was thousands upon thousands of times better than the original