1 Chapter 1: Fate Changed! (1/2)

'Knock knock!'

The sound of a wooden door being knocked resounded the room, after which a gentle voice, seemingly from the voice of a lady around 40 years old could be heard calling out.

”Young man, time to wake up! Help your mother here to collect some firewood today!”

After the voice called out, the person whom was sleeping soundly before began to jolt slightly under the blanket amidst a slightly dark room, where lights could be seen penetrating through the tiny holes of the wooven wall.

Coupled with the swaying of the translucent white curtains from the cool breeze that entered the room through that single half-opened wooden window, it creates an atmosphere of a very comfortable and blissful bedroom.

In fact, if one were to enter the room, one could even find their eyes to suddenly droop as if they were about to fall asleep suddenly!

The room is extremely neat and tidy, with minimalistic furnitures consisting of a single bookshelf with some books on it, one study table by the window and a chair draped comfortably with the leather of a deer.

Not to mention the bed which have many layers of sheathings to it that seems to be filled with either cottons or feathers, surrounded by pillows in all four cardinal directions, and of course, a blanket that is as smooth as silk covering a person beneath it.

”Yawwhhhh~” yawned the figure, as it slowly rose up into a seating position while rising both hands into the air in the form of a morning stretch.

Turning his head towards the window, a pair of eyes that is as clear as a lake could be seen reflected from the face of this man. His expression aloof, he slowly moved his legs down to the floor as he stood up from the bed.

”Another new day..” he mumbled to himself as he reached for his clothes hanged on the wall to wear for the day.

The door of the room slowly opened up with a creaking sound as this young man stepped out from his room with a little bit of a sluggish movements while wiping his eyes with one hand and his other arm tucked inside his clothes.

”Finally up eh, you sure know how to sleep.. sigh..” frowned his mother while sighing helplessly by the kitchen.

”Go and wash up your face! Happy 21st birthday by the way! Now go and collect some firewood for me.” she continued with a wink and a charming smile.

”Okay mother...” he replied awkwardly. Although the lady in front of him is his mother, he couldn't help but to feel awkward as his mother always teases him with such a seductive charm.

The thoughts that this mother of his was not his mother by blood would often ran across him, but he quickly dismissed them as quickly as it appeared in his mind.

After all, he knew that his mother had always taken care of him since he was but a baby. Once, he even took a tour around to ask the village folks and they could confirm that it is as so.

'splash'

Wiping his wet face with his sleeves, he tidied up his long black hair that reached down to his shoulders. From the reflection of the water, one could see that this young man had bushy eyebrows that was shaped like a mighty saber.

An aura of extreme sharpness could be felt from it.

This young man, is named Duan Li after his mysterious father by his mother. Whenever he would asked about his father, his mother would just smile as she utters the same sentence time and again;