Shen Mengting redoubled her efforts to get her father's approval, and she began to test the swordsman day and night. As a result, in the intermediate swordsman class in the trial ground, a scene can often be seen.

Other young people play in groups of twos, while a young girl tries on her own. She was holding a sword in her hand, showing an attitude that did not match her age, and she was sweating and slashing the dummy in front of her.

This girl is Shen Mengting.

Shen Mengting has never been afraid of being tired, and she has never been afraid of hardship in her heart. She just wants to prove to the world that she, as a girl, can stand at the pinnacle of the swordsman profession. At the same time, she will also prove to her father that she is the person most like Shen Haiteng in the world.

When Shen Mengting was fourteen years old, that is, the fourth year she entered the trial of the swordsman class, she passed the assessment of the intermediate swordsman. This was enough to cause a sensation at the moment, and the captain of the trial ground personally deducted the intermediate medal to her. Shen Mengting also won countless applause and praise in the trial ground.

She then took the honor home with her. The mother was so happy that she was about to go crazy, she hugged and kissed Shen Mengting, and tried her best to show her expectations for her daughter.

Shen Mengting was about to vomit, she struggled away, saying that it was nothing. She had to become a high-level swordsman by the age of twenty, and then reach the expert level by the age of thirty.

Shen Mengting swore to her mother and beat her chest.

At this time, his younger brother Shen Menglin came out of the room, only to see him holding his hand on the wall and staggering into the living room.

Seeing this, his mother immediately ran over to support him: "Oh, hey, my little ancestor, why did you come out, how can you come out! Go back to your room." ”

Shen Mengting felt disgusted by her mother's excessive care of her younger brother.

The younger brother dodged his mother's support and began to walk towards Shen Mengting. Shen Mengting straightened up and put her hands behind her back.

The younger brother seemed to have a hard time walking, and his mother was also next to him, frowning and trying to put on a side hug pose. The mother's hands are like two guardrails, guarding her younger brother who is struggling to walk step by step.

"My sister is awesome! The younger brother praised with a smile. For some reason, his face seemed to be crooked, and even his mouth felt like cramps when he laughed.

"That's, you see! Sister, I got the pass certificate of the intermediate swordsman. Shen Mengting looked at her approaching brother and flashed the medal on her chest.

The younger brother instantly showed an envious face. However, the mother behind him covered her mouth tightly.

"Wow! Sister is really amazing, she passed the intermediate trial at such a young age. In the future, I will follow in my sister's footsteps and become a good person like my father and sister. The younger brother spread his arms.

"Yes, you can. Shen Mengting touched her brother's head with a smile.

But at this moment, the younger brother suddenly lost his balance, and he fell to the ground. As if struck by lightning, the mother screamed 'ah' and rushed to her brother's side.

The mother quickly helped the younger brother up, and kept patting the clothes and pants he was wearing, "Oh! Look at this child, why do you want to run out if you can't stand still!"

"I'm fine!"

"What's okay! You're going to fall out of three long and two short, what are you going to do if you call your mother?" the mother hugged her brother tightly.

"I want to come out and congratulate my sister in person!"

"Okay, congratulations and congratulations, now you can go back to the room!" After knocking Shen Mengting's eyes, the mother was about to leave with her younger brother.

Even though the younger brother was reluctant, he compromised and agreed to go back to the room under the insistence of his mother.

But before leaving, the younger brother made a cheering gesture to Shen Mengting: "My sister is amazing, I want to be like my sister in the future, and I will step into the trial ground at the age of ten to test!"

Seeing her younger brother leave her mother, the smile on Shen Mengting's face gradually moved closer to the direction of ill intentions.

Just rely on you, a sick boy, Shen Mengting twitched the corners of her mouth disdainfully.

I am the hope of this family, and the one who is most like my father is also Shen Mengting. This time, it wasn't just my father who looked away, but everyone else. They thought I was a girl and had no future, but the truth was a resounding slap in the face to everyone. ’

This is Shen Mengting's idea of self-stake.

After that, her mother invited some guests to visit to celebrate Shen Mengting's passing of the intermediate examination. It was also the evening that my father rushed back, and he just praised him a few words and went back to his room without permission.

Father's back seemed to be a little tired, and Shen Mengting could roughly guess the reason.

In the trial class, Shen Mengting heard some rumors. Listening to the children who were also officials in Qingse City, Shen Haiteng and Yang Jiening had been beaten into good [River Crab] fighters because they advocated strong [River Crab] soldiers too much. Several high-ranking officials joined forces to refute the two men's policy of raising [river crab] soldiers in person, and also criticized some of their ideas.

Shen Haiteng and Yang Jiening have a strategy of tough confrontation against an empire to the west. Shen Mengting later knew that it was the Sauron Empire.

In the general environment of the time, there has always been a friendly atmosphere between the Sauron Empire and the Saran Kingdom. The friendly faction, which was later the compromise faction, believed that even if the Sauron Empire had attacked [River Crab] and defeated Saran, it was a matter of the past, and it was not possible to dwell on the past grievances forever, and it should be based on the current performance.

Thus, the Sauron Empire was thus portrayed as a hope for the revival of humanity.

With the frequent interaction between the Sauron Kingdom and Saran, it is reasonable to send high-ranking officials to exchange visits. However, those who were tough on Sauron in the past naturally did not have good fruit to eat. My father and Uncle Yang Jiening are typical examples.

So, my father is really tired now.

When my father came back this time, he did not return to the barracks as soon as he had done before, but rested at home for a few days. This deepened the rumor that his father was about to be set aside.

Shen Mengting occasionally had a few conversations with her father. But apparently, my father didn't seem to want to bring the city officials into the family. So, my father never said anything about the policy.

The trial ground also happened to be on vacation at this moment, and Shen Mengting no longer went out during the day. It's rare for a family of four to stay at home together. However, the atmosphere at home is still lifeless.

During a lunch break in the courtyard of the family, the younger brother found Shen Mengting, who was sitting on the table reading a book.

"Sister!" the younger brother came up and greeted him loudly, and he sat down opposite Shen Mengting.

To be honest, Shen Mengting was a little annoyed. She slowly raised her head and smirked at her brother.

The courtyard was very large, with a garden and tables made of stone, and a small number of soldiers to look after it. It was difficult for Shen Mengting to find a place to rest alone, and now she was noisy by her younger brother. So naturally she didn't have much of a good mood.

"What's wrong?" Shen Mengting twitched her cheeks in disharmony.

"Sister, your trial ground has been on vacation recently, and my father happens to be staying at home. Our house has never been so tidy before, so ...... I think...... Can I hold an event at our house?"

"Huh, holding an event?" Shen Mengting closed the book on the table, she gradually leaned down, and pinched her chin with one hand, "Well, it seems to be a good suggestion!"

"Really, I'll go tell Mom and Dad!"

"Hey, wait! You say you're holding an event, but what exactly are you talking about?"

The younger brother suddenly slammed his head, "Ahhh

Seeing her younger brother's cute and grinning behavior, Shen Mengting couldn't help laughing. But just as she smiled more and more cheerfully, she suddenly realized a problem. After living with her brother for so long, she never smiled from the bottom of her heart. No, I should have laughed at my brother.

She was too obsessed with her father's cold eyes, and actually vented this discomfort on her younger brother. For this reason, Shen Mengting already regretted it a little. She quickly stood up and went to stroke her brother's head.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

"Ahh ”

The younger brother rolled his eyes: "En...... Or go to the magic city in the east of the city!"

Magic City is an amusement park with many magicians making fantasies for children to enjoy. Although the tickets are a bit expensive, they are nothing to Shen Mengting's family. Besides, because of the relationship between Yang Jiening, the Minister of Magic, their Shen family knows the high-level inside.

"Well, that's a good idea. Shen Mengting pointed at her younger brother.

"Okay, I'll call Mom and Dad now. So saying, the younger brother got up and ran.

"Hey!wait!" Shen Mengting was about to stop him.

"It's okay! I can run. The younger brother beckoned his hand and went to the gate. Although his running posture was a little awkward, he still trotted to the door.

Shen Mengting looked at it and felt a little relieved. My younger brother has always been in poor health, and he often suffers from chest pain. Sometimes he couldn't even walk, but sometimes he could trot a few steps.

Shen Mengting sighed in a low voice, and saw her younger brother walk into the house.

Although the family of four is often at home, there is little dialogue. Shen Mengting hopes that this event can untie the knot in the hearts of her family.

But who knows, at the moment when she turned around, a sudden 'clang' sound sounded. Then, the younger brother's cry followed.

Shen Mengting immediately ran towards the door of the house. She came to the door and saw her brother lying on the ground crying.

"You...... What's the matter with you?" Shen Mengting was about to go up to help.

The younger brother was crying, tears already staining his young face.

Shen Mengting carefully hugged her younger brother's body, but she didn't know how to help her younger brother up.

The younger brother's cries provoked the servants and soldiers of the family one after another. The kind servant seemed to be very experienced, and picked up the younger brother.

At this time, the mother also came. When she saw her brother's weeping face, she rushed over like a tigress.

"Ahh She began to look at her brother's entire body until she noticed a scrape on his arm.

My brother just fell and his arm rubbed the ground, causing some skin to be scratched.

"Oops!" the mother coaxed her brother and told the servant to go and get the doctor's box. Her eyes were full of concern for her brother, and she almost cried. However, in addition to hugging, the mother still had a few more reproachful words, "Oh! I said you!

"Mother, I'm sorry. It was my fault. I didn't look favorably on my brother. ”

"What?"

"At that time, my brother said that he wanted the family to go out to play, and I could have run and call you myself. However, the younger brother insisted on going. Then I didn't stop him. I'm sorry. ”

"Huh?" the mother looked at Shen Mengting in surprise.

After a long time, the mother let out a long sigh: "Alas, you said that as an older sister, you usually have to care about your younger brother!" After the blame was finished, the mother began to coax the younger brother again.

"What's the matter!

At this time, my father was also attracted by the noise here, and he walked towards this side with his hands behind his back and very solemnly.

"My son fell. The mother's eyes were full of disdain when she looked at her father.

"Really?" the father glanced at his brother.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I didn't take a good look at my brother, causing him to fall. Shen Mengting lowered her head and admitted her mistake.

The father glared at Shen Mengting, and then turned to look at his younger brother. However, the father did not utter even a single word of comfort, and even frowned and blamed his younger brother.

"What are you crying like this, just scratching your skin a little bit, are you still a man?"

"Hey, why do you say that! That's your son!" the mother quit and slammed into the father.

"I don't have a son who cries when he scratches his skin. ”

"Why are you like this, you know he ......" the mother was about to say something, but she quickly stopped as if she had any concern.

At this time, the servant also brought the doctor's box, and the mother handed the weeping brother to the servant, and ordered him to be taken to the room first.

When the servant was far away, the mother walked up to the father with a glare, "What did you just talk nonsense?"

"What do you want to say?" the father didn't move a single step, and stood firmly on the spot with his legs spread apart.

"What I'm saying is, why did you blame Menglin just now?"

"I didn't blame him, I was just educating him. I want him to know that as a boy, crying for this scratch is the most unproductive move. ”

"He's still a kid, huh?"

"Yes, it's because I'm a kid that I try to educate me. If it were an adult man, I would have to slap him in the face. ”

"You ......"

"I don't want to say anything more! So saying, my father was about to leave.

But just as he was about to turn into the corridor on the other side, he was stopped by Shen Mengting.

"Dad. ”

"Hmm, do you have anything to say?" the father turned, and the face looked as if it had been carved.

"Is my brother so worthless in your heart?"

The father looked at Shen Mengting for a long time, and then looked at the mother again: "I said what happened to your mother and daughter? Why do you say something meaningless today." ”

The father wanted to turn around and walk away again, but Shen Mengting ran in front of him unrelentingly.

"Is it true that in the eyes of the father, the child is being used?"

When his father saw Shen Mengting so excited, he no longer had the intention of leaving. He stared at Shen Mengting tightly: "I don't understand what you have to say?"

"My father used to like my brother very much, and he still had that big smile when he was born. And then, because my younger brother had a congenital disease, he couldn't become a good swordsman like his father. Then did my father's feelings for my younger brother change? From an absolute darling, to a useless outcast?" Shen Mengting yelled at her father.

My father didn't say anything, not even the expression on his face changed a bit.

"What? Does the father think that there is anything wrong with his daughter? The father's affection for his children all along is nothing more than being able to inherit the mantle of the father! It seems that the status of our sister and brother in the father's mind is no different from that of the children outside. ”

I thought that if I exposed the thoughts in my father's heart, he would have an embarrassed look. But what I didn't expect was that my father still had an expressionless cold face.

The father took a few steps in front of Shen Mengting, and both parents were about to touch their faces.

"I see what you mean. You feel that because your brother has a congenital disease, he has no place in my heart. Then, I'll leave him alone if he falls and bruises, right?"

Shen Mengting looked at her father's eyes: "Isn't it?"

The father actually grinned at this moment, which surprised everyone on the spot.

The father took a few steps to the side, and he suddenly turned his head again: "Do you remember a fall when you were seven years old?"

was asked by her father like this, and Shen Mengting instantly recalled that past. It was something that happened when she was seven years old.

Because of her playfulness, she climbed up a piece of furniture and fell to the ground suddenly. Fortunately, there was no life-threatening life, but the arm was dislocated. Shen Mengting was miserable and miserable because of this.

My father was the first to enter the room with a cry. However, after he arrived at the scene, instead of saying half a word of comfort, he scolded Shen Mengting.

"Why are you crying like this?"

"Dad, I hurt ...... Whining...... Woohoo......"

"What about the pain? Don't stand up quickly! Crying because of a little misalignment of bones, I am not qualified to be my daughter!" The father squinted his eyes and looked at Shen Mengting with great disdain.

In the end, Shen Mengting stood up by her own will. And strangely, she didn't seem to be so afraid of pain anymore. On the night of being treated by the doctor, her father walked into Shen Mengting's room.

Father asked Shen Mengting, do you know why he didn't help her up at that time? Of course, Shen Mengting shook her head at this.

Here's how my father explained: "First, let you know what is wrong. You've been very naughty before, and you used to like to crawl here and there. Today's fall has taught you a lesson and made you realize that you have to bear the mistakes you make.

Second, let you know that you have to rely on yourself in everything, and that no one will come to sympathize with you and help you. Stand up on your own. The world of Celos is cruel, and people who can't even get up from a fall can't survive in a cruel world. ”

Her father's words made Shen Mengting wake up like a dream.

Yes, the world is cruel, and the public never sympathizes with the weeping wounded. If you want to survive, you have to endure the pain and stand up on your own.

Seven years have passed since that incident, but Shen Mengting still remembers the truth so vividly.

Shen Mengting suddenly looked at her father, and she suddenly understood her father's intentions.

Father had already stopped laughing at this time: "It seems that you remembered what I said at the time." ”