The appearance of Guan Xinlan caught Guan Shantong off guard.

To be honest, Guan Shantong never expected that Guan Xinlan would return to the First Lei family at this time, especially at the critical moment when the family's water vein had an accident, especially ...... This was the time after Guan Shanren was ordered to be executed by the family because of the clues she provided.

The matter between Guan Xinlan and the First Lei Family is actually very complicated, so complicated that the people who Guan Shantong and the First Lei Family will never mention it, correspondingly, no matter what Guan Xinlan does outside, as long as it does not affect the interests of the First Lei Family, the Lei Family will not intervene.

So Guan Xinlan became a singer outside, and even became the first female singer in the country, none of which had anything to do with the first Lei family, and Guan Xinlan never said that she was a member of the Lei family. Everyone knows that she is just Guan Xinlan, the Guan Xinlan who sings very well.

Guan Xinlan is the illegitimate son of the first Lei family, or rather, in name, Guan Xinlan is the illegitimate son of the first Lei family.

Twenty-five years ago, as the current Thunder Emperor gradually grew old and the centralized control became more and more serious, causing some of the people who had been disgruntled under the rule of the Thunder Emperor to have some other thoughts, so a vigorous campaign to seize power began in the First Lei family.

The branch involved in the seizure of power involved a whole ten branches. Although these disgruntled people are not the whole of all tribesmen, they still have a profound impact.

In that year, the head of the family would not even issue orders, and some members of the Ten Branches even formed a temporary committee within the family with the aim of promoting the autonomy of the Ten Branches and breaking away from the rule of the old and mediocre Thunder Emperor.

But obviously, although the Thunder Emperor is old, he is not to the point of mediocrity.

On the contrary, the reticence and indecision that the Terrible has always shown are only a manifestation of his foresight, and in the face of such a family rebellion, the Thunder Emperor has shown a decisive and resolute attitude that is different from the outside world.

The members of the ten branches who participated in the rebellion were all taken down in one fell swoop and severely punished. That year, more than 50 members of the First Lei family were executed, more than 300 were imprisoned, and more than 20 defected or disappeared in the turmoil.

Among the people who fled at that time, there was a member of the water vein, according to the seniority, it should be Guan Shantong's aunt, Guan Shantong's father's sister of the same branch, and her name was Guan Qianhua.

Guan Qianhua participated in the rebellion, or it was just an accident, or she was bewitched, and not long after she joined, the family's actions began rapidly, and all the important members of the rebellion were arrested, and the people who tricked her into joining the camp were of course no exception.

Originally, for people like them who had been tricked into participating in the rebellion, who had not joined for a long time and didn't know anything, the family planned to deal with them lightly, just to make some symbolic punishments, teach them a lesson, and then let them go.

But the young and ignorant Guan Qianhua didn't know at all, and no one told her about her family's intentions. So on a dark and windy night, while everyone was busy repairing the damage to the building caused by the capture of the rebels, Guan Qianhua fled.

After escaping from the First Lei family, the First Lei family also sent people to look for this girl from the Water Vein Branch, and at that time, Guan Shantong's father already had a high family status, and he also sent quite a lot of people to find it.

But the strange thing is that Guan Qianhua not only has no experience of leaving the family, but even has a bit of a road idiot in normal times, but since she escaped from the family, she has sunk like a stone in the sea, no matter how the first Lei family looks, they can't find her whereabouts.

Regarding this matter, the first Lei family's most general conclusion is that Guan Qianhua was taken away by some strange organization and intended to be used as a pawn against the Lei family. Or the enemy of the First Lei Family, in order to take revenge on the First Lei Family, has quietly killed Guan Qianhua outside.

Guan Shantong's father didn't believe this kind of speculation in the future, because although Guan Qianhua was a girl, her cultivation was still good, and she would not be killed and destroyed so easily.

But now that the family has made a decision, the people of the water vein don't dare to say anything, especially when this rebellion has just been quelled and the Thunder Emperor is in urgent need of authority, let alone challenge the authority of the family master. So this matter was treated as Guan Qianhua's defection, but her ancestral home was temporarily preserved.

After this rebellion, the First Lei family also began to become more stable and united, and since then it has embarked on a new track under the rule of the Thunder Emperor. And those who were executed at the beginning, those who defected and disappeared, were gradually forgotten by the people of the First Lei family.

Of course, none of the people who escaped from the Lei family have ever returned, and the first Lei family has not sent anyone to look for them.

But three years later, a ragged woman suddenly appeared in front of the door of the First Lei family, saying repeatedly that she was a member of the First Lei family and now wanted to go home.

The rebellion has long been forgotten by many clansmen, and they didn't even think that this woman was likely to be the one who escaped from the family in that rebellion.

The high-level members who heard about this incident instantly thought of the rebellion three years ago and decided to send someone over to take a look, and the person sent over was Guan Shantong's father.

Guan Shantong was eight years old at the time, and he remembers clearly that when he followed his father to a hall in the outer courtyard to receive guests, he saw a woman in tattered clothes. She held a piece of pastry in her hand, carefully broke it, and fed it to the child in her arms little by little.

The child in her arms, who did not look a year old, could not walk yet, did not make too much noise, and silently received the woman's feeding. The child's small one was held in the arms of a woman, and even the swaddling clothes looked very thin, which looked particularly pitiful.

This woman is Guan Qianhua, who returned to the first Lei family.

As a result of the defection and later speculation, the family hastily convicted Guan Qianhua and sentenced him to life imprisonment, without a permit, no one was allowed to visit, and the child she brought back was, according to her, a child she gave birth to on the way to escape with a man on the border.

But not long after the child was born, the man died at the hands of the alien race on the border. She also took the initiative to return to the family to accept the guilt because she wanted to protect the child, and only hoped that the family would take good care of the child and let her grow up healthily, no matter how much punishment she received.

Originally, the family did not intend to keep this child, but at the insistence of Guan Shantong's father, the Thunder Emperor finally agreed and decided to give this innocent child a chance to stay in Guan Shantong's family to raise him.

Guan Shantong is like this, and Guan Xinlan became a brother and sister who grew up together.

Unlike Guan Shantong, Guan Xinlan's intelligence and intelligence since she was a child are not in practice. When Guan Shantong was reading various cultivation classics and experience notes, Guan Xinlan spread out a piece of paper next to him, looked at Guan Shantong, and drew a portrait of him in a short time.

Perhaps as the most gifted genius in the next generation of the family, since he was very young, because of his father's status and his own talent, he was held high by many people, and few people could treat themselves sincerely. So Guan Shantong is quite fond of this sister who is completely different from himself.

Every time, he would leave the portrait that Guan Xinlan painted for himself, and gradually it turned into a thick book. He encouraged Guan Xinlan to pursue what he liked, unlike others, who urged Guan Xinlan to practice, of course, Guan Xinlan's talent was not high, and her cultivation speed had been very slow.

Guan Shantong thought that his sister just suffered too many setbacks when she was a child, she didn't have too good conditions when she was born, and she didn't have enough nutrition during lactation, so it led to congenital deficiencies in the body. But in this case, there is no need to embark on the path of the pinnacle of cultivation, or it may be the best destination for this girl.

But it turns out that Guan Xinlan's problem is not just what he imagined.

By the time she was ten years old, it was time for Guan Xinlan to test her family's thunder talent. Guan Shantong is like everyone in the family who is the eldest brother, sent Guan Xinlan to the family's talent hall, waiting for his lovely sister outside the door, with what kind of smile to come out.

However, she waited until noon, and Guan Xinlan did not come out of the talent hall.

The people of the family told her that not only did Guan Xinlan not find any of the Lei family's thunder talents on her body, but after inspection, it was also found that she was not Guan Qianhua's daughter at all, but a wild seed that she didn't know where to pick it up.

Guan Shantong, who heard the news, couldn't believe his ears.

My sister, who has been taking care of myself for seven years, turned out to be a wild species?

Because of this incident, the matter of protecting Guan Xinlan was brought up again, and Guan Shantong's father was severely reprimanded by the Thunder Emperor, and even those who were involved in the water vein were punished. As for the treatment of Guan Xinlan, it is also being discussed by the clan elders.

Guan Shantong, who was distraught, found the place where Guan Xinlan was guarded, hid in the corner, and saw Guan Xinlan sitting calmly in the prison from a distance.

This girl like an orchid in the mountains, quietly as if the sky was falling apart, had nothing to do with her. She sat on a chair in her cell, leaning against the iron railing of her cell, looking at the white clouds floating in the sky, the birds flying by, gently opening her mouth, and singing an unknown song.

He still remembered that that day Guan Xinlan ran in front of him, held a piece of paper full of ghost drawings, and said to him happily: "Brother! Elder brother! Look at the songs I wrote! What a song I wrote for you! ”

"In the future, I will write a lot of songs and sing them to a lot of people, telling them that I have a brother who is the best for me!" Guan Xinlan said: "When the time comes, I will be a big star!" The people in the family will never laugh at me again, never bully me again, and never let my brother be ashamed of me again! ”

Guan Shantong touched her little head and told her: "It's never ashamed to be your brother." ”

However, now, the people of the family told him that his sister was not his sister, even if he treated this girl like a sister for so many years, but the bloodline is the bloodline after all, and without the bloodline of the family, he will never be a member of the family.

Guan Shantong when he was a teenager began to be confused about his future for the first time.

All along, what he thought was the path of his life was arranged by his family.

Since his talent was detected by the Talent Hall, this matter has been doomed.

He is the most talented person of the generation of the First Lei Family, and it has been proved that in terms of cultivation, he is not inferior to any peerless genius, at the age of seventeen, he is already about to reach the realm of a young master, even among the geniuses of history, he is already a leader.

And he has been working hard for his own strength and the strength of his family, perhaps, he doesn't know what kind of meaning such efforts mean to him; Perhaps, such an effort would have been equally dry and tedious for him; Perhaps, such efforts are still painful for him.

But thinking of other people's expectations, thinking of the family's expectations, he will regain his genius appearance and follow the path arranged by the family unchanged.

On such a road, there was a small figure who had always been by his side, giving him a gray sky and a little bit of blue and white flowers.

It is this little bit of color that makes his life no longer gray and black, so that when he is about to give up, he can think of her, so that he does not have to force his composure to stick to his unknown goal. Because protecting this little bit of color is all he has now.

Now, someone told him that this little bit of color did not belong to him and was destined to be erased.

He didn't understand whether he was for the sake of his family or for Guan Xinlan, so he insisted on it to this day. So after today, should you stick to it?

It was at this time that Guan Xinlan discovered him.

The look in his eyes made him panic, he didn't know what kind of attitude to treat his sister with, dodged, and wanted to turn away, but Guan Xinlan stopped him behind him.

"Brother!"

This call completely shattered the cowardice in his heart. Guan Shantong turned around, walked to the side of the cell, looked at Guan Xinlan in the fence, reached out and touched her head, and asked, "Is it uncomfortable?" ”

Guan Xinlan shook her head sensibly and didn't say anything.

Guan Shantong sat next to him, across the fence, and the little Guan Xinlan leaned together, the two of them looked at the sky together, watched the birds fly over together, Guan Xinlan said, "Brother, let me sing you a song?" ”

They both knew that this might be the last song for the two of them.

Guan Xinlan asked: "My brother's cultivation has improved again, can he live for a long, long time—a long time?" ”

Guan Shantong's heart twitched, but he didn't show it on the surface, just nodded and said, "Yes, you can live for a long time." ”

"Then ......" Guan Xinlan looked at the sky, leaned on Guan Shantong's arm, and whispered: "Then I want to see my brother, and I have to wait for a long, long time - a long, long time......"

Guan Shantong looked at Guan Xinlan, who lowered his head and cried secretly, not wanting to let himself see Guan Xinlan, sighed, bit his thin lip, took his palm away from Guan Xinlan's head, and left the custody area of the cell without looking back, and walked towards the conference room.

No one knows how Guan Shantong saved this girl who does not belong to the First Lei family, and even Guan Xinlan herself doesn't know.

After coming out of the conference room, Guan Shantong, the Thunder Emperor, and all the clan elders never said a word about this incident, nor did they reveal the slightest trace of what happened in the conference room.

All they knew was that on a sunny afternoon, Guan Shantong, who was just seventeen years old and had not yet reached adulthood, rushed into the meeting room of the clan elders with a short sword, and the door was closed from the inside. In just a moment, the Thunder Emperor's wanton ocean of huge momentum rose into the sky, which lasted for a full quarter of an hour.

Then, there is no then.

Guan Shantong also walked out of the conference room with a short sword, returned to Guan Xinlan's cell, cut the door lock of the cell with a sword, and left the detention area with Guan Xinlan. In this regard, the Thunder Emperor and the Clan Elders did not express any opinions.

Since then, Guan Xinlan has become an invisible member of the First Lei Family.

Everyone knows that Guan Xinlan is not the bloodline of the First Lei family, no matter how you ask, Guan Qianhua, who is still imprisoned for life, has not revealed a little bit of her origin. But she still lives in the First Lei family, and she doesn't need to practice, she doesn't need to fulfill her obligations to the family, and of course she doesn't accept too many family benefits.

Later, the adult Guan Xinlan walked out of the Lei family and came to the imperial capital, and it took less than a year to become the brightest star in the entire empire with her beautiful appearance, sweet voice and music creation talent. Even many people in the First Lei family have become her fans.

She fulfilled her promise back then, became a high-profile existence, and never let Guan Shantong be embarrassed in the family as her elder brother, and never let Guan Shantong endure the same huge pressure and pain because of herself.

Guan Shantong also received the appreciation of the Thunder Emperor after that time, and lived up to expectations to suppress a group of brothers and sisters, inheriting the title of Thunder Son.

More than ten years have passed, and it seems that the events of that year have been forgotten. But Guan Shantong and Guan Xinlan both remember in their hearts, and if they don't say it, it doesn't mean that they haven't forgotten the sky that day, the birds that day, and the immature song that afternoon.

The two of them are now adults with extraordinary status, although they often see each other, but after all, they can't be tired of being together all day long like when they were children.

Because of Guan Xinlan's fame, the first Lei family also began to taboo, if the public of the empire knew, the first Lei family and Guan Xinlan had such a past, and at the same time, in order to protect Guan Xinlan's safety, the first Lei family blocked the relationship with Guan Xinlan.

Therefore, Guan Xinlan rarely goes back to the Lei family, and the Lei family never goes to her, only when it is fixed, Guan Shantong will quietly leave the Lei family, find Guan Xinlan, stay together for a while, and then leave.

Over the years, the relationship between the two has never faded, but has become more cordial because they can't see each other often.

And Guan Xinlan, as a public figure, as a big star of the empire, shows that smiling face in front of outsiders, just like every star who is in the limelight, generous and decent, handsome and cute, proficient in everything, and declares to the public that her parents are dead, which is simply a template for a strong woman.

But only she knows that in front of her eldest brother, Guan Xinlan will always be that little woman.