Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1: I’ll Keep Playing with You

Translator: GravityTales  Editor: GravityTales

“Tang Xiu, where did you hide the money? Take it out right now!”

“Tang Xiu, even if your family in need of money, you can’t just steal it! As people say “stealing needles when young, you’ll steal gold when you’re old”. You can’t make a habit out of stealing, or else your life will be finished.”

“Tang Xiu, I know that you owe the school three thousand yuans of the tuition fee. Are you going to take the money to pay for it?”

A dozen or so people surrounded Tang Xiu and spoke endlessly. Doubt and disgust filled their eyes with impatience in their tones.

Tang Xiu’s face was flushed red, as a trace of blood could be seen as he bit his lips. His eyes turned misty, but he firmly said with neck raised, “I didn’t steal the money!”

“Shangwen, Meiyun, you two have seen Xiu’er grow up. He’s always been honest since childhood. His studies and behaviors have always been excellent and he never lies! Since he said that he didn’t take the money, then the three thousand yuan lost was not related to him!” Su Lingyun tightly hugged her son in her embrace, begging a middle-aged man and woman in the room.

“Lingyun, we never said Xiu’er stole the money. We just think that he may hide that three thousand yuan and possibly because he wanted you to be less worry!” The middle-aged man turned his head to the side. He didn’t even dare to look straight at Su Lingyun.

“His studies and behaviors have always been excellent? Hohoho. Indeed. Before your son entered the Star City First High School, his studies and were really excellent. But after staying there for a year, his marks sharply fell and he’s placed first for the entire grade from the back. If it weren’t for your begging, your son would’ve probably been kicked out from school, right?” The middle-aged woman coldly spoke. She completely disregarded Su Lingyun’s expression which almost near desperate.

After hearing his younger brother, Su Shangwen and her sister-in-law, Zhang Meiyun, Su Lingyun’s face turned pale as her eyes turned dejected. But after seeing her son in her embrace, she braced and forced herself, mustering her courage again to attempt to defend her son’s innocence.

However, at this time, before Su Lingyun was even able to speak, two sharp voices interrupted her.

“Hey Auntie, you don’t need to protect Tang Xiu anymore. For a while, you might be able to protect him. But you can’t protect him his entire life! There are only a few people at home, and you say that Tang Xiu didn’t take the money, so that means the money just flew by itself?!”

“Auntie, the reason why we’re suspecting Tang Xiu is that he’s the most likely to steal the money in the house. In your eye, Tang Xiu naturally is the most outstanding. But you also know that he’s doing awful things at school this year. Copying schoolwork, cheating at the tests, fighting… as his cousin, I can’t even lift my head up high at school!”

The ones who interrupted Su Lingyun were the son and daughter of Su Shangwen and Zhang Meiyun. If Su Shangwen and Zhang Meiyun couple’s words were spoken rather using euphemism as they knew how to soften their words, however, their son and daughter obviously didn’t.

“Su Yanning, Su Xiangfei, you’re both speaking nonsense and spitting false accusations!” Tang Xiu shouted he almost screaming.

“Shangwen, Meiyun, I beg you not to make things difficult for him! If you can’t find that three thousand yuan, then consider it as I’m borrowing the money from you. You also know that ever since the accident a year ago, Xiu’er became a bit disoriented and cannot take stimulation. If something bad truly happens to him, I won’t be able to continue living.” Under the aggressive oppression of her younger brother’s family, Su Lingyun’s tears dripped down as though a broken line of pearls as she begged helplessly.

After she finished speaking, Su Lingyun seemed to have exhausted every ounce of strength in her body.

Recalling the bitter experience and treatment her son had to go through this year, Su Lingyun couldn’t help but feel sad and sob soundlessly.

Although her son had lost his father from an early age, however, he was very obedient ever since he was a child and his studies were particularly outstanding. Even two years ago, he entered the Star City First High School and placed first for the High School test for the entire city. Similarly, he also stood out in all sort of exams and competitions, including being placed first in all subjects during his first year.

However, due to a car accident when he was just entered the first semester of his sophomore year, her son’s brain suffered from a strong impact; resulting in serious damage with his memory and comprehension ability. Even the doctor once diagnosed him to have a mental disability. If it weren’t for her plead, and the school also saw a trace of hope, that her son would have likely been expelled from school.

Su Yanning and Su Xiangfei siblings glanced at each with expressions that looked like they were bored and couldn’t bear it upon seeing Su Lingyun’s deeply grieved appearance and the house went to silence.

When everyone’s attention was attracted to Su Lingyun, Tang Xiu’s body in her embrace was slightly trembling, as a glint of light emitted from his eyes.

“What’s this place? Where’s this? Didn’t I die after failing a tribulation? What’s going on?” Tang Xiu looked at the surrounding with eyes full of confused expression.

Tang Xiu remembered that he was standing at the peak in the Immortal World. He was passing the Divinity tribulation. As long as he succeeded in crossing the tribulation, he would be able to become a God in the Immortal World and obtained the qualification to enter the door to eternal life.

Trying hard to remember everything and recalled what really happened, Tang Xiu’s facial muscles gradually distorted as an extremely painful expression flashed from his eyes. The last scene before he was reawakening here, finally appeared within his mind…

It was the most critical moment of Tang Xiu’s tribulation. When his strength was nearly spent; when he completely focused his strength and spiritual force on fighting back the Divinity tribulation from above; his back was opened and devoid of any protection. He was completely defenseless against the used-used-to-be several good friends of his whose cultivations were just a bit inferior, who were also at the peak in the Immortal World, with numerous Divine Armaments and Divine Tools in their hands.

Immediately after, just as he barely passed through the nine levels of lightning tribulation; when he was preparing to face the last wave of formless yet most dreadful tribulation—psychological-mental, and at the same time he began to undergo the first Demonic Tribulation, the very people—his several good friends who were supposed to protect him, launched a fatal strike towards him.

And of those people, outrageously, was the companion he fell in love with for hundreds of years, Xue Qingcheng.