"Ningyan went to the Water City?" Jun Haoxuan didn't look up at first, his gaze fixed on the scroll in his hand as he walked.
An Moshang kept pace beside him. "Yes. Your parents escorted him."
That made Haoxuan pause. He looked up. "…All of them?"
"Just Liu Ruobing and Shen Taiyu."
Haoxuan's eyes dropped back to the letter. He read the line again.
Once. Twice. Then he stilled. "…He has a son?"
An Moshang stopped walking. "What?"
Haoxuan cleared his throat and closed the scroll, his expression smoothing out almost immediately. "Let's… deal with that later."
He resumed walking. "He's safe. That's what matters."
An Moshang gave him a look, but didn't push.
"By the way," he added casually, "Yan Wuhen."
Haoxuan glanced at him. "What about him?"
"He was the one impersonating Teacher Chu. He's the reason the children were crying."
Haoxuan stopped again. This time slower. "…What?"
