As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life

Gong Yuanliang from the Gong Family, Gong Yang Xiu from the Gongyang Family, and many other boys from Noble Families and Clans of Golden Light Prefecture City, each staying close to Xi Xi, showing off.

Li Che looked grim, sitting high on the platform, watching with a cold gaze, for he knew the intentions of these clan juniors without needing to say.

They were surely acting under their familiesʼ orders to make contact with Xi Xi within the sect.

Xixi was now the true successor of Golden Light Peak, a status far beyond ordinary successors, and crucially, she was a girl.

In the eyes of these Noble Families and Clans, girls were ultimately destined to marry, even if they were a sect masterʼs true successor.

So, if they could marry her into their families, it was as if they were obtaining a huge resource as a dowry. Moreover, the power and background that came with a sect masterʼs true successor were not to be underestimated.

How could Li Che overlook the thoughts of these boys?

Usually, when Xi Xi was cultivating on Golden Light Peak, her senior sister Sang Guanyin and senior brother Liu Yangyuan were around, which kept these boys at bay.

But the sectʼs monthly assessment was their best opportunity each month to approach Xi Xi.

”These boys have impure motives.”

Li Che exhaled sharply, squinting.

Zhang Ya couldnʼt help but chuckle. ”My dear, they are just children, after all.”

”What are you thinking?”

”Xi Xi is only three years old.”

Li Che ruffled Zhang Yaʼs hair, saying, ”Of course, I know theyʼre just kids, but... kids eventually grow up! They are laying groundwork for the future, itʼs something we must guard against!”

Zhang Ya chuckled silently, her husband always planning ahead, thinking far into the future.

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Xi Xi sat on a chair, in high spirits. She pulled out a handful of sunflower seeds from her pocket and began nibbling on them slowly; they were brought to her by Shangguan Qinghong a few days earlier when he came to see her.