Chapter 57 - Small Flower Hall, The Past (2/2)

Xu Zhengchun thought that Xu Zhengxin, who had always been his strongest opponent, would mock him when he was defeated by Xu Yang. He did not expect that Xu Zhengxin would admit that their strength was the same. He was somehow touched, and an undecipherable feeling appeared at the bottom of his heart.

“It seems that Xu Yang is the champion everyone expected.” Xu Changling said, “You two don’t have to go against each other. However, the other youngsters should continue their matches in order to decide the distribution of ranking and prizes.”

“Understood, Manor Master.” Xu Qinggang bowed and accepted the order. He announced loudly, “The Grand Family Tournament will continue now!”

The Xu family’s youngsters queued up according to the sequence once again. They were all motivated as the two geniuses, Xu Zhengxin and Xu Yang would not be participating in any more matches. The rest of them were rather hopeful. Although the first prize had gone to Xu Yang, they still stood a chance to get the second and third prize. The rewards were still very attractive.

Xu Yang held onto Xu Yu’s small hand and supported the drowsy Chubby Ball on his shoulder under the sign given by Xu Changling. He followed his grandfather, Xu Changling, and his uncle, Xu Qinglu, and walked out of the gymnasium.

The four people reached a small flower hall after a few steps.

“Xu Yang. Grandpa was in a difficult position when you mentioned the third condition. It’s not because I’m not willing to accept it but it is too hard for the Xu family to do that right now.” Xu Changling said with great honesty and sincerity.

“The family can’t do that?” Xu Yang felt that it was weird. “Did my father meet an accident, or is he no longer alive?!”

“That’s not the case.” Xu Qinglu said immediately. “Your father is missing but we are not sure whether he is still alive.” The man thought that Xu Yang was rather disrespectful in the way he spoke, even directly assuming that his father was dead. However, he stopped himself from reprimanding Xu Yang as he realized that it was not surprising since Xu Yang was not able to receive proper education from his parents. His tactlessness was predictable.

What he did not know was that Xu Yang did not have much feelings for his father, Xu Qingyuan. These were just the effects of the memories left by the previous Xu Yang. Hence, he blurted out such words without much thought.

“Missing?”

“The story of your father’s disappearance started fifteen years ago.” Xu Changling looked at the pine and cypress trees outside the window and said leisurely, “Your father, Xu Qingyuan, was the top one teenage geniuses in Lin Yuan City fifteen years ago. He was talented and amazing, there wasn’t another teenager who could compare with him. Even Lord Lin Yuan’s son, Li Zhongxuan, was not as outstanding as your father.”

“Your father also participated in the Sea-Cloud Academy selection conference. He succeeded in the pre-selection, middle-selection, and final-selection with his outstanding performance. The family was proud of him.”

“However, your father met your mother, the daughter of the head of Sea-Cloud’s Mo family during the final selection. Both of them were very talented and they fell in love at first sight. However, Lin Yuan’s Xu family is too weak compared to the enormous Mo family. The Mo family was naturally against your parents’ relationship.”

“Your father eloped with your mother from Sea-Cloud Kingdom. They escaped from Sea-Cloud Kingdom and got married in Lin Yuan City…” Xu Changling sighed. “If I knew that your mother was the Mo family’s little princess at that time, I would not have agreed to the marriage between them even if I had the guts to do that.”

“What happened after that? My parents must have lived in Lin Yuan City for at least three years since they had both Xu Yu and I. Why didn’t the Mo family look for them?” Xu Yang was puzzled.

“Your father escaped from Sea-Cloud Academy by faking his death at that time. Lord Lin Yuan’s youngest son, Li Zhongxuan, helped conceal the truth and it was flawless as the Mo family thought that your mother had died in an unexpected adventure. However, the Mo family finally realized the truth three years later and they immediately sent people to put the blame on us… I could still remember what a big disaster it was!” Xu Changling sighed, “Your fourth granduncle died in that disaster… Please don’t blame your third granduncle. He was the closest to your fourth granduncle…”

“In the end, the Mo family sent people to crush your father’s Star Ocean, but your mother threatened to take her own life, so they ended up letting him live. The Xu family was forced to cast those of Xu Qingyuan’s bloodline out and we had to guarantee that we would not care about the three of you.”

Xu Yang nodded as many of his doubts were cleared. It seemed that he could not blame his grandfather and the Xu family.