That night, Lu Fei and Xu Feng stayed up late packing in the master bedroom.
"I never stopped you from leaving before."
She lowered her head, her fingers resting on the cuff of a dark gray Combat Suit.
"Because I knew nothing could stop you from doing what you had to do."
She looked up at Xu Feng. "I always thought I was independent, that I could handle anything on my own.
I thought that once you came back, we could spend a few peaceful years together, watch Qing Shan grow up, wait for Xiao Dan to return, and let our lives go on like that."
Her voice began to tremble.
Xu Feng crouched beside her and took her hand. "I know. I know all of it."
Lu Fei buried her face in Xu Feng's shoulder. "When he's grown up, when you come back, will he even recognize you anymore?"
Xu Feng said nothing. He simply held her hand in his.
"I've left a lot of things for Qing Shan."
He took three flash drives from inside his clothes and placed them in her palm.
"They contain holographic recordings I made myself, covering everything from basic cultivation methods to telekinetic secret arts.
When he's a little older and can understand them, give them to him for me.
These should cover his cultivation needs for the next ten years.
I'll teach him the rest myself when I come back."
Lu Fei looked down at the flash drives in her palm, carefully tucked them inside her clothes, wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, and looked up at Xu Feng.
"Ten years-no, I'll give you twelve. If you still haven't come back after twelve years, I'll take a spaceship and find you.
I don't care what secret realm you're in.