After saying this in one breath, Xiao Ying nervously waited for his reply.
Cheng Yang's expression changed as he hugged her waist and said, "Okay, I promise. You can't leave me either."
There was a hint of heaviness in his voice. Xiao Ying did not understand, but she could still sense his low spirits.
She hugged him back but didn't know what to say.
A silent warmth spread between them.
Xiao Ying stroked his hair and comforted him.
After a while, he said in a hoarse voice, "Ying'er, she won't be a threat to us. She can't interfere with my decisions."
He did not say it explicitly, but Xiao Ying knew that he was referring to his mother.
She did not understand why his relationship with Mother Cheng was so tense.
She had realized back at the Cheng manor that Cheng Ya was not very close to her mother either.
Cheng Yang gave Xiao Ying a promise and stopped talking.
