"All right. Since you've already made up your mind, Yan'er, I won't stop you. But I have one request too, and you must promise me you'll do it, okay?"
Though Yang Xiyue was desperately reluctant to let him go, her son had already said that much. What reason did she have left to stop him?
"Of course, Mother! Never mind one request-even if you had ten, a hundred, or a thousand, I'd fulfill every one!"
Xiao Yan spoke with utmost sincerity.
As long as it was his mother's request, he would never refuse!
It was fair to say that, with a mother in this life, Xiao Yan was definitely happier than he had been in the original story!
"I don't have that many requests. Just one: no matter what happens, you must take good care of yourself and stay safe. Do you understand?"
Yang Xiyue smiled first, then gently stroked her son's cheek again as she spoke.
Seeing that his mother was still thinking only of him at a time like this, Xiao Yan couldn't help feeling his eyes redden.
For his mother's sake, he had almost decided not to leave the Xiao Household and venture out into the world!
"Yes, Mother. I'll remember!"
Xiao Yan nodded firmly.
"Ahem, Yan'er, you haven't asked your father about going out into the world yet."
Just as Yang Xiyue was giving Xiao Yan all sorts of reminders about taking care of himself away from home, Xiao Zhan suddenly spoke up, rather spoiling the mood.
The way mother and son were talking made him feel like an outsider. That wasn't good-not good at all!
So Xiao Zhan forcibly wedged himself into the conversation.
"Father, I..."
"What? Our son wants to venture out into the world. Do you have a problem with that?"
Hearing his