It was precisely because he had heard Xiao Zixuan's words that Ye Yuan found them even more unbelievable.
He had no idea why the little girl had suddenly made such a request.
Was that really something a ten-year-old girl should be thinking about?
Seeing Ye Yuan's stunned expression, Song Ran set down her bowl and asked curiously:
"What did Zixuan just say that shocked you this badly?"
Ye Yuan ignored Song Ran and looked at the little girl with a smile.
"Zixuan, why would you think that?"
The little girl had spent the entire afternoon playing with Qiuqiu and the others.
Although she still had an instinctive sense of rejection toward strangers,
she was no longer as withdrawn as before.
After all, she was still a child, and she had once been very cheerful.
It was only because her family had suffered one devastating change after another that she had developed withdrawn tendencies.
"Because the other children said that if kind uncles and aunties took us out of the welfare home,
we would have to change our names, and I wouldn't be called Liu Zixuan anymore.
But I really like the name my father and mother gave me.
It's the only thing they left behind for me.
Please, don't make me change my name, okay? I'll be good."
As she said this, Xiao Zixuan pursed her little lips, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
This time, Song Ran finally understood what Xiao Zixuan had said.
Seeing the pitiful expression on the little girl's face, Song Ran could no longer hold back. She pulled her tightly into her arms and comforted her through tears.
"Xiao Zixuan, don't cry. We won't change your name.
You'll be Liu Zixuan for the rest of your life.
No one will make you change your