Zu An gave the child a look. He wanted to say something, but he hesitated. The woman patted her son and said, “My son, go and play in the back for a while.”

“Okay!” The little child wanted to test out his new weapon anyway. He happily ran toward the back when he heard that.

“Be careful not to hurt yourself with that sword!” Zu An warned him. The other party was still young after all. It would be bad if he ended up accidentally hurting himself.

“It’s fine; he’s always secretly played with his father’s sword ever since he was little. He was already beaten several times for that.” The woman’s expression immediately eased a bit when she heard the other party’s sincere concern for her son. “Why have I never heard that my husband had friends like the two of you?”

“Greetings, elder sister. Big Bro Chen saved me once before on a mission, but because of different assignments, we went our separate ways. I wanted to meet with him again after returning to Cloudcenter Commandery and properly thank him for saving my life. But who would’ve thought that I would end up hearing such grievous news about him?” Zu An sighed with sorrow.

Pei Mianman looked at him in alarm. Isn’t...