After their brief reminiscing, the two fell into a silence, neither knowing what to say. They had not seen each other for far too long, and Xiao Yan did not know where to begin.
Ya Fei, meanwhile, was extremely nervous. She had waited for this for a long time. When Xiao Yan reappeared in the Northwest Region, she had thought that her current achievements in commerce, coupled with the beauty that had grown ever more mature over the years, might move him. Yet from the way Xiao Yan had acted since arriving, she did not think she could close the distance between them. Instead, it seemed they had only grown farther apart—so far that she could only look up at him.
"The little brother from Wutan City has now become a Dou Saint. This journey... it cannot have been easy, right?" Ya Fei finally broke the silence, her voice gentle and filled with undisguised heartache.
Those words truly struck Xiao Yan's heart. Others were shocked by his strength, but he himself still felt somewhat hollow. His power had indeed risen far too quickly. He was only in his early thirties, yet he had already truly reached the pinnacle of the continent.
"I did run into some trouble along the way. There were times when I was only a hair's breadth away from death."
"But fortunately, I was fairly lucky. In the end, things always turned out well. Of course, I also met many people and went through many things..."
Ya Fei hesitated inwardly for a moment, lightly biting her red lip before finally deciding to ask the question she cared about most. "I heard them say that, Xiao Yan... you already have a child?"
Hearing Ya Fei's question, Xiao Yan nodded without hesitation. Thinking of Xiao Qingqing's adorable little face,