"—Who?"
"Who was asking? The old master? Or your father?"
Her delicate brows knitted together, and Yao Wan suddenly grew a little agitated.
"...It's not that serious. Father only mentioned it in passing, and my brother and sister-in-law were just teasing me."
Just from her reaction, Xiao Yan could roughly tell how Yao Wan felt about it. He was only somewhat surprised that this issue had troubled her during this visit home as well.
Only after hearing Xiao Yan say that did Yao Wan realize that her reaction might have been a little excessive.
She instinctively lowered her hands, her reply carrying a sense of loss. "...Oh."
"If you hadn't brought it up, I actually wasn't planning to talk about it."
Seeing her reaction, Xiao Yan sighed. "After all, it would be terrible if you misunderstood and thought I was the one making such plans."
"Then... then what do you... think?"
Her powerless fingers slowly curled before her, and the thoughts in her heart inevitably became tangled. Yao Wan did not even dare meet Xiao Yan's gaze.
What if...
"Me? I only said it was all still too early. Neither of us is even a hundred yet. With our cultivation and lifespan, it wouldn't be a problem even if we considered descendants a thousand years from now."
Xiao Yan answered decisively, then shifted the subject, his tone gradually relaxing as though he were joking.
"Besides, didn't my brother and sister-in-law only get married recently? As the elder brother, I should at least set an example for my younger brother, shouldn't I? Xiao Xiao is too special, after all. We can't keep using her as an example forever."
As his words fell, Xiao Yan looked at Yao Wan, who was trying hard to turn her head away from him. "So what