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"I've made you witness a joke with this foolish son of mine. When you two were adventuring and traveling together, you must have worried over him quite a bit, right?"
Hearing Yang Xiyue's laughter, Xiao Lin spoke with a sense of helplessness.
To be honest, at this moment, the more Xiao Lin looked at his foolish son, the more annoyed he felt. As expected, it really is better to have a daughter!
Hearing his father belittle him, Xiao Zhan was just about to retort in protest, but seeing the glare directed his way, he decisively chose to back down. If he angered his father further, he was afraid it wouldn't be as simple as just getting his head flicked.
"No, Uncle. If it weren't for Ah Zhan, I might have already died at the hands of my enemies long ago. It was him who took care of me along the way! Besides, I think Ah Zhan is quite cute like this!"
The way Yang Xiyue addressed Xiao Zhan made Xiao Lin feel a bit of a cringe.
However, until this moment, Xiao Lin was finally certain that this wasn't just a case of unrequited love from his foolish son. Actually, at the start, Xiao Lin was quite worried that Xiao Zhan would be deeply in love while the girl felt nothing for his silly son.
If that were the case, Xiao Lin would absolutely not agree to them being together. Because that would only lead to pain for both of them in the future.
Fortunately, such a thing did not happen.
The address of "Ah Zhan" already spoke volumes of Yang Xiyue's deep affection for Xiao Zhan!
It could only be said that it was perfectly normal for two people who had gone through life-and-death trials together to be deeply rooted in love. At this time, hearing Yang Xiyue's description of him, that kid Xiao Zhan was grinning like an idiot.
Looking at this pair where the lad has feelings and the lass has intent, Xiao Lin could only shake his head.
"Ah, youth, it's all the scent of hormones!"
Xiao Lin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Seeing his son falling into the heat of passion, Xiao Lin didn't know how to describe his own feelings.
"Xiyue, I can see that you also have feelings for this silly boy of mine, right? I asked just now, could you tell me about your family situation? That way, I can go to your home to propose marriage on behalf of this silly boy."
Hearing Xiao Lin bring up this topic again, Xiao Zhan, who had cleared up the misunderstanding, felt his heart grow burning hot.
After experiencing so much, the woman before him was the one he must marry!
However, when Xiao Lin spoke of proposing marriage, Yang Xiyue's face first turned slightly red, but then her entire mood suddenly plummeted.
"Uncle, in my family... I'm the only one left..."
Thinking of her home, Yang Xiyue no longer had that beautiful, smiling appearance from moments ago.
"I'm sorry, Uncle didn't mean to bring it up. Is it related to those people my silly son mentioned who were hunting you? Additionally, if I haven't guessed wrong, Xiyue, you shouldn't be from the Jia Ma Empire, right?"
Regarding Yang Xiyue's matters, Xiao Lin actually already had some guesses.
After hearing what Yang Xiyue said just now, it was merely a complete confirmation.
"Yes. Actually, I fled from the Central Plains to the Northwestern Region, then came to the Jia Ma Empire, and finally met Ah Zhan..."
Immediately, Yang Xiyue did not hide anything and recounted all her experiences prior to arriving in the Jia Ma Empire.
Among them, much of the content was news even to Xiao Zhan, who had been adventuring with her for over a year. From Yang Xiyue's description, Xiao Lin finally understood exactly what had happened.
As it turned out, the clan Yang Xiyue belonged to was a small clan in the Central Plains.
The strongest expert in her clan was merely at the Dou Wang realm. Later, her clan's Dou Wang ancestor unexpectedly fell. With the clan's strongest expert dead, the factions hostile to the Yang Clan naturally would not let this opportunity slip by.
In the end, a long-time rival Dou Wang clan of the Yang Clan took action and completely annihilated them. With the clan destroyed, clansmen like Yang Xiyue were naturally hunted down by this hostile force.
This pursuit lasted for an entire year.
The clansmen who had originally fled with Yang Xiyue died one after another at the hands of this rival Dou Wang clan. Yang Xiyue was fortunate enough to escape to the Northwestern Continent and enter the Jia Ma Empire.
However, she hadn't expected that this rival Dou Wang clan, wanting to pull up the grass by its roots, would send a group of people to hunt her across the distance.
Fortunately, since Yang Xiyue was only at the Da Dou Shi level, and this hostile force was merely a Dou Wang clan with a limited number of Dou Ling, the people they sent to hunt her were also only at the Da Dou Shi level.
Later on, while Yang Xiyue was being pursued, she encountered the adventuring Xiao Zhan at a critical moment. Because Xiao Zhan was initially only a Da Dou Shi and the enemies were numerous, they mostly focused on running away.
It wasn't until Xiao Zhan broke through to the Dou Ling realm and completely slaughtered all the enemies chasing Yang Xiyue that they finally managed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Under these circumstances, there was a high probability that the Dou Wang clan would not send anyone else to the Northwestern Region to hunt Yang Xiyue in the future.
Setting aside whether they could even find her, the cost was simply too high!
Earlier, they could push hard because they had a trail on Yang Xiyue's tracks. If they continued to push hard in the future, they'd have to be out of their minds!
No matter how you looked at it, they were just a Dou Wang clan; they couldn't afford that kind of energy, nor could they pay that price. Even a Dou Wang clan from the Central Plains had no right to act lawlessly in the Northwestern Region!
"So that's how it was. It couldn't have been easy, fleeing all the way here, could it?"
A girl who was only at the Da Dou Shi realm had experienced so much; Xiao Lin could almost imagine the bitterness she had endured.
"But it was also because of this that I met Ah Zhan. For me, instead of complaining to the heavens, it is better to cherish the present!"
Putting away the sorrow in her heart, Yang Xiyue spoke with a face full of strength.
It was clear she was a very optimistic girl; she hadn't given up on herself despite going through various hardships and setbacks.
Such a girl was a perfect match for his foolish son!
In this moment, it wasn't just because of his silly son Xiao Zhan—Xiao Lin himself felt extremely satisfied with this future daughter-in-law!
The future mistress of the Xiao Clan should be exactly like this!
"Father, you won't..."
At this time, Xiao Zhan wanted to say something, but fearing another beating from his old man, he spoke with hesitation.
Glancing at the worry revealed in his foolish son's eyes, Xiao Lin only felt it was hilarious. Was he the kind of person who would play the villain and break up a couple just because the woman's background wasn't good enough?
"Since you two are mutually in love, I naturally won't stop you! Additionally, you silly brat, stop saying things like I would make you enter a political marriage with other powers. The rise of my Xiao Clan does not need to rely on such things!"
"Sigh, if you and Xiyue were swapped, and she were my daughter, I would absolutely never let her marry you!"
After being rebuked by his father, Xiao Zhan couldn't help but shrink his neck.
"Fortunately, that didn't happen..."
Xiao Zhan muttered softly to himself.
However, Xiao Zhan was still very happy right now.
This meant his father would not oppose him being together with Xiyue!
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