Chapter 55 - Win Zhengchun, Family Recognition (2/2)

After releasing a long breath, Xu Yang walked slowly down the ring and bowed. “Manor Master.”

Disappointment flashed on Xu Changling’s old face when he heard Xu Yang call him Manor Master. “You are not willing to call me Grandpa. You must blame me for not being responsible as a grandpa and not taking care of you two.”

Xu Yang placed his arm around Xu Yu’s thin shoulder and said nothing.

“I hope that you know that Grandpa was forced to do what he had to do that time… Sigh! The Xu family owes you two a lot.” Xu Changling sighed. “You called me Manor Master. At least it means that you haven’t isolated yourself from the Xu family.”

“Xu Yang, your grandfather never thought of giving up on you and your sister.” Xu Qinggang walked down the ring and stood beside Xu Yang. He looked into Xu Yang’s eyes and said, “I have been looking after you all these years. When you were in mortal danger, I did not hold back. Do you remember several times when you were beaten up heavily by others and blacked out in the streets but found yourself back at home with your wounds mostly healed?”

“Why didn’t you just save him when he was bullied by the others?” Xu Yu asked, her voice cracking.

Xu Changling sighed. “It was my order. I told Qinggang not to do anything if the danger was not fatal… The reason stems from the huge faction that is threatening us. They warned us, the Xu family, not to accept Qingyuan’s children and that we must not take care of you. The Xu family may be wiped out if the faction were to find out that we have been sheltering Xu Yang.”

“Manor Master, you told Xu Yang to call you Grandfather. Does that mean that you want to take back these two deserted members?” The third elder of the Xu family could no longer keep his silence and said, “Don’t forget about the Mo family!”

“Enough is enough!” Xu Changling yelled. “Although the fame of the Mo family is terrifying, we, the Xu family, can no longer mistreat Qingyuan’s children!”

“But…” The third elder wanted to refute but was stopped by the second elder.

The energetic old man said joyfully, “We are brothers. Stop arguing about this. Elder Brother is the head of the family and we should abide by his decision. Calm down, Third Brother.”

Third Elder huffed and sat down reluctantly.

The argument between the three grandfathers was clearly heard by the Xu family’s youngsters.

“Manor Master wants Xu Yang to return!”

“That’s great! We, the Xu family, will have one more teenage genius. We’ll see how the Yu family and Ge family would still dare to be arrogant and laugh at us.”

“Don’t be too happy. As I see it, Xu Yang hasn’t shown any intention to return the family.” Someone in the crowd had keen observation.

“No way. How can he be unwilling to return to the family?”

“Xu Yang, it’s time for you to come home.” Xu Changling looked at Xu Yang softly and said.

Xu Yang lowered his head and caressed Xu Yu’s head saying, “Xu Yu, what do you think?”

Xu Yu’s eyes flashed with a look of anticipation and longing, but she said obediently, “I’ll listen to you, Brother. I’ll follow Brother’s decision.”

Xu Yang captured the fleeting change in Xu Yu’s eyes and he was slightly touched.

Xu Yang raised his head and looked into Xu Changling’s eyes. “Manor Master, do you want me to return to the family regardless of the Sea-Cloud Mo family’s reaction?”