"Daddy, Daddy, hehe, I knew you would come back today, hehe, you really came back!" In the midst of the rain outside, Xiaoxiao ran straight into Xiao Tiance's arms, speaking with immense joy, and planted a kiss on his cheek.

At that moment, Xiao Tiance felt an overwhelming mix of emotions—his heart warmed deeply, and holding his daughter brought him immense happiness. The blend of these feelings left him speechless.

Xiao Tiance kissed Xiaoxiao on the cheek and, holding back his sadness, said, "Hmm, our Xiaoxiao's intuition is spot on. I'm sorry, Xiaoxiao, Daddy came back late. I apologize."

Xiaoxiao shook her head happily and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Daddy, it's just great that you're back. Mommy and I were just about to have dinner, so let's all go eat together."

Suppressing the complexity in his heart, Xiao Tiance smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's go have dinner together." He then glanced over at Gao Weiwei, who was standing there in a daze, with tear stains still on her face. Xiao Tiance's guilt deepened.

At this moment, Xiaoxiao turned around, cheerfully waving her little hand at Gao Weiwei and said, "Mommy, Mommy, let's go eat together. Hehe, Daddy, Mommy, and Xiaoxiao will all eat together!"

Gao Weiwei covered her face with her hands and began to cry. Xiao Tiance looked at her and nodded, "Let's go eat first, don't let Xiaoxiao go hungry."

Gao Weiwei nodded with tears in her eyes, wiped them away, and followed along. Xiao Tiance, holding Xiaoxiao, walked with her. Smiling, he asked Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, Daddy will take you to eat something nice. What would you like? How about we go to a fancy restaurant?"

Xiaoxiao excitedly responded, "Daddy, Daddy, let's go eat cooked instant noodles. They're so delicious! Daddy, please take Xiaoxiao to eat them, okay?"

Xiao Tiance was momentarily stunned. Cooked instant noodles? With his immense wealth, should he really take his daughter to eat such junk food? But before he could say anything, Gao Weiwei was already nodding and smiling at Xiaoxiao, saying, "Hmm, hmm, Daddy and Mommy will go eat cooked instant noodles with Xiaoxiao."

Xiaoxiao was overjoyed and made a "Yay" gesture, then pointed to a small restaurant not far from the hotel, her little eyes sparkling, and said, "Let's go there, let's go there!"

Xiao Tiance frowned slightly. He originally wanted to take Gao Weiwei and Xiaoxiao to a nicer place, but seeing his daughter's happiness, he decided not to say anything. So, they all went together to that unremarkable small restaurant. At the table, Xiaoxiao happily ordered three bowls of cooked instant noodles with eggs.

There were no other dishes. When the food arrived, Xiaoxiao immediately took the poached egg from her bowl and placed it in Xiao Tiance's bowl, smiling as she said, "Daddy, you're a grown-up, you should eat more. Xiaoxiao can't finish hers. You eat more, or else you'll be hungry when you go to sleep tonight."

Hearing this, Xiao Tiance's body trembled violently. He vaguely sensed something, but he couldn't be sure. He looked at Gao Weiwei in confusion, and she was quietly eating with reddened eyes. After dinner, the three of them returned to the hotel. Xiaoxiao clung to Xiao Tiance the entire time, chattering away about all sorts of things.

Later in the evening, Gao Weiwei bathed Xiaoxiao, who then lay on the bed, asking Xiao Tiance to tell her a story. She had waited at the hotel entrance for Xiao Tiance all day and hadn't taken a nap at noon, so she was very tired. Xiao Tiance hadn't even been telling the story for half an hour before Xiaoxiao fell asleep. Xiao Tiance carefully tucked her in, and after doing so, noticed Gao Weiwei had gone out to the balcony and was quietly crying. Xiao Tiance frowned and tiptoed over to her.

When Gao Weiwei saw Xiao Tiance approaching, she looked at him with red eyes and asked, "Are you really okay? How could the Zhou family let you go so easily? Maybe you should leave quickly while Xiaoxiao is still asleep. Go abroad and hide for a while. Don't come back for now."

Xiao Tiance fell silent for a moment. Then he took a deep breath, looked at Gao Weiwei seriously, and said, "It's over. Everything has been resolved. Maybe I was just lucky, but the Zhou family made such a big move this time that they angered the Xuntiansi in Qianjiang City. This afternoon, the Xuntiansi went directly to arrest them. The Zhou family has committed countless crimes over the years, and they were all taken down in one sweep."

"What? The Zhou family is gone?" Gao Weiwei looked at Xiao Tiance in shock. She couldn't believe that this was the outcome.

Xiao Tiance nodded and said, "Yes, the Zhou family is gone, so I was able to return safely. I don't need to leave anymore. It's all over, don't worry."

Gao Weiwei looked at Xiao Tiance with an incredibly complex expression, breathed a huge sigh of relief, and said, "Hmm, thank goodness. But didn't the Xuntiansi give you any trouble for beating Zhou Jie so badly?"

Xiao Tiance was silent for a while longer before saying, "I'm part of the War Department, the Xuntiansi can't touch me. If there's any punishment, it will come from the War Department."

Gao Weiwei asked worriedly, "What kind of punishment will the War Department give you? Will it be severe?"

Xiao Tiance paused and said, "It's fine. I'll probably just be expelled from the War Department, but it doesn't matter. Once I found out I had a daughter, I no longer wanted to stay in the War Department. I just want to be with Xiaoxiao."

Gao Weiwei's eyes grew even more complex. Yes, perhaps this was the best outcome. Xiao Tiance could return safely, and although he might be expelled from the War Department, he would be safe. That was the best result. Gao Weiwei and Xiao Tiance then fell into silence.

After a long while, Xiao Tiance finally looked up at Gao Weiwei with deep guilt and said, "Weiwei, I'm sorry. I really didn't know I hurt you so badly back then. You've been raising Xiaoxiao all alone for these past few years, and it hasn't been easy. It's all my fault, I'm sorry."

Gao Weiwei shook her head and then turned to look at Xiao Tiance, saying, "Let's not talk about that anymore. It's all in the past. Xiaoxiao is a gift from heaven to me; she's so sensible. You can't imagine how sensible she is."

Gao Weiwei paused before continuing, "Xiao Tiance, do you know why Xiaoxiao insisted on taking you to eat cooked instant noodles tonight?"

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Xiao Tiance instinctively shook his head.

Gao Weiwei continued, "It's because, in her heart, cooked instant noodles with an egg is the most delicious food in the world. She never asks me for snacks, even though she often secretly watches other children eating them, but she never asks for any."

Gao Weiwei's eyes reddened even more. She glanced at Xiaoxiao, who was still smiling in her sleep, and with a choked voice, she said to Xiao Tiance, "Xiaoxiao really loves the egg in the cooked instant noodles, but do you know what she was thinking? Before you came back, she told me that if you came back tonight, she would give you her favorite poached egg, so you would be full and not leave again."

Gao Weiwei started crying as she spoke, taking a deep breath, and looked at Xiao Tiance with an incredibly complex expression. "Xiao Tiance, Xiaoxiao has never met you, but she doesn't resent you at all. On the contrary, she really, really likes you. She's so afraid that you'll leave that she's even willing to give you her favorite food, even if it means going hungry herself."

"Xiao Tiance, Xiaoxiao may be small, but she has already given you everything she considers to be the best that she has."

Xiao Tiance's heart trembled violently, and tears streamed down his face. He had felt something was off during dinner, but now he understood! Xiao Tiance's body shook with emotion and guilt, his heart overwhelmed with both.

"I'm sorry." Xiao Tiance's tears streamed down as he spoke to Gao Weiwei.

Gao Weiwei took a deep breath and said to Xiao Tiance, "Xiao Tiance, there was never any real affection between us. What happened that night was because you were not in your right mind. Two months later, when I found out I was pregnant and wanted to have an abortion, I felt the baby move, so I decided to keep Xiaoxiao. At that moment, I resolved that no matter how hard or tiring my life might be, I would raise Xiaoxiao. But what I never expected was that Xiaoxiao would love you so much—so much that she would rather go hungry and exhaust herself just to wait for you at the door all day."

"Xiao Tiance, there was never any real affection between us. You have your career, and I don’t want to use Xiaoxiao to threaten or burden you. Xiao Tiance, I don't ask for marriage; I only ask that you treat Xiaoxiao well. She is your biological daughter, and she is perhaps the one who relies on you the most in this world. So I beg you, please don't leave her. Stay with her as she grows up, okay? Even if you meet someone you love in the future, you can marry her—I won't mind, okay?" Gao Weiwei looked at Xiao Tiance, her eyes red with emotion.

Xiao Tiance was stunned. Faced with Gao Weiwei's sincere and even pleading words, he felt a sudden urge to hit himself. For years, he had been fighting in foreign lands, enduring hardships, but he was the lord of the Heavenly Palace! He enjoyed unparalleled power! Yet he had never imagined that his wife and daughter were living such a miserable life back in Longguo.

Yes, in his heart, Gao Weiwei was his wife. Even if Gao Weiwei hadn't given birth to Xiaoxiao, Xiao Tiance had planned to return and marry her—the woman who had given him hope when he was at his most desperate.

Xiao Tiance's lips parted slightly, but after thinking for a long time, although he had a lot to say to Gao Weiwei, he found himself unable to speak as he looked at her sorrowful face.

"Get some rest; you’re tired. Don’t think too much, and don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Xiaoxiao is Xiaoxiao, and I am I," Gao Weiwei said finally before she went to sleep.

Xiao Tiance stood alone on the balcony, closed the door, and lit a cigarette. He stayed on the balcony for a long, long time, while inside, the equally exhausted Gao Weiwei soon fell asleep.

After seeing that Gao Weiwei was asleep, Xiao Tiance took out his phone and dialed Tian Yi's number: "Tian Yi, how are the arrangements going in Beijiang?"

At the same time, in a top private club in the center of Beijiang City, the place was surrounded by layers of burly bodyguards, over a hundred in total. But in the main hall of the club, only three people were seated. The one in the lead was Tian Yi, while the other two were the most powerful men in Beijiang City—Jiang Beichen, chairman of the largest company, Beijiang Group, and Long Jiu, the leader of the city's largest underground force.

At this moment, whether it was Jiang Beichen, the richest man in Beijiang City, or Long Jiu, the most powerful figure in the city's underground world, both were filled with extreme fear as they faced Tian Yi. This mysterious Tian Yi not only had the strength of a god of war but also enormous financial resources. In just one morning, he had acquired the entire Beijiang Group. What frightened them even more was that despite Beijiang Group being the city's leading company, the higher-ups in Beijiang City had not reacted at all to the acquisition!

After extensive inquiries, Jiang Beichen and Long Jiu finally learned that the most powerful organization in the foreign lands, the Heavenly Palace, had recently gathered in Qianjiang City, not far from them. They understood immediately. They had also just received news that the most prestigious family in Qianjiang City, the Zhou family, had been exterminated by the Xun Tian Division. This story might fool the common people, but it wouldn't fool them! They also found out that the god of war stationed in Longguo's central region had once been ranked in the top 34 of the Heavenly Palace!

At this moment, Tian Yi looked at Long Jiu and Jiang Beichen with a faint smile and said, "Heh, gentlemen, I'm sorry, but I don't have much time. My elder brother is still waiting for my report. I don't have the patience to waste time with you. I see you've arranged a hundred men outside. Either let them come in and fight, or submit to us. The time is about up. Tell me your decision now. What have you decided?"

Long Jiu and Jiang Beichen exchanged a glance, suppressing the urge to have their men rush in and fight. Long Jiu cautiously asked Tian Yi, "Sir, we can make our choice, but at least let us know who exactly we are submitting to, so we can have some peace of mind."

Tian Yi smiled at Long Jiu and said slowly, "Mr. Long Jiu, put away your little tricks. Haven't you already guessed? Heh, but there's nothing to hide. Even if I tell you, you wouldn't dare to speak of it. My name is Tian Yi!" As he finished speaking, his expression turned cold, and the overwhelming aura of a god of war filled the room.

Long Jiu and Jiang Beichen's faces suddenly turned pale, and they instinctively stood up in fear. At this moment, they didn't even dare to stand upright in front of Tian Yi. It was confirmed—Tian Yi! A member of the Heavenly Palace! Only a strong figure from the Heavenly Palace would have a name beginning with "Tian"! And they knew that the highest-ranking officer in charge of their region, the Central Region's god of war, was only ranked 34th! Yet here stood Tian Yi!

At this moment, cold sweat poured down from both Long Jiu and Jiang Beichen, drenching their clothes. Jiang Beichen suddenly thought of something. Tian Yi said to submit to them and report back to his elder brother. Did this mean...

With difficulty, Jiang Beichen swallowed and cautiously asked Tian Yi, "Lord Tian Yi, may I ask, is that person—your superior—here in Beijiang?"

After Jiang Beichen asked, Long Jiu quickly looked at Tian Yi as well.

Tian Yi picked up his tea and took a sip before replying, "Heh, ask what you should, and don't ask what you shouldn't, or you might die."

Long Jiu and Jiang Beichen were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground. Although Tian Yi hadn’t explicitly said it, his words confirmed it! The legendary master of the Heavenly Palace was in Beijiang City!

"We submit! We submit! We are willing to serve you!" Jiang Beichen and Long Jiu immediately knelt down and shouted. It was partly due to fear, but they also knew that this was a tremendous opportunity—a path to the heavens!

At this moment, Tian Yi's phone rang. Seeing the number, he quickly stood up, and after hearing Xiao Tiance's question, he respectfully replied, "Big Brother, everything has been arranged. Jiang Beichen and Long Jiu have submitted."

Upon hearing Tian Yi's words, Jiang Beichen and Long Jiu became even more convinced that the legendary figure had indeed come to Beijiang City! Their hearts were filled with extreme shock.

"Hmm." Xiao Tiance, standing on the balcony of his hotel room, nodded and hung up the phone. He turned to look at his wife and daughter, who were asleep on the bed. Taking a deep breath, he murmured to himself, "My wife, my daughter! Don't worry, I'm back. From now on, no one in this world will ever bully you again!"