Chapter 16: Ten Years Away

"The moon is so round today! Dad, speaking of which, we haven't admired the moon together like this for a long time, right?"

In the courtyard, Xie Chen was half-lying on the soft couch, looking up at the sky, bathed in the moonlight, smiling.

"yes, it's been a long time......"

Xie Xuan didn't expect his son to use such an opening statement, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, stunned. Looking at his son shrouded in a layer of hazy moonlight, a trace of apology welled up in his heart. Although he has been very concerned about his son over the years, he is a man and the head of a family after all. Chen'er has been without a mother since she was a child, so she must have a lot of regrets......

"Chen'er, you've changed. After a long time, Xie Xuan walked out of his thoughts.

The daytime competition, even for Xie Xuan, was like a dream, too wonderful, but it seemed unreal. Since the establishment of the Xie family in Wushi Town, he and the Great Elder have been fighting openly and secretly. The strength of the two sides is comparable, and the grievances and friendships are also entangled.

But I didn't expect it to end so quickly. A competition of juniors and teenagers, a gamble that seems to be extremely child's play. More than ten years of entanglement has come to fruition. Win thoroughly, lose cleanly. All this, although it seems reasonable. But Xie Xuan knew that in the whole process, his son played a crucial role, and even played a role in determining the surname!

"Yes, people are always changing. Only in this way can we survive better. Isn't it?

Xie Xuan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but re-examine his son again. In the past, Dust would have asked me why I said that. But now, with this specious answer, he directly resolved the problem easily. Is this state of mind, this kind of calmness, something that a twelve-year-old boy can have?

"Chen'er, how many secrets do you have?" Xie Xuan took a deep breath and had to go straight in.

Xie Chen's gaze retracted from the bright moon and turned to look at his father, "Daddy, no matter how many secrets I have, I am your son." We all have the same blood in our bodies, and we all have ties between us that nothing can break, don't we?"

Xie Xuan was speechless again, but he was deeply convinced by his son's words. My son is right, everyone has their own path and their own secrets. This is true even between father and son. Why cling so much? Just knowing that I am his father, that he is my son, that we will never leave us whenever and wherever we are, and that is enough.

"It's because I'm thinking too much about my father......" Xie Xuan smiled relievedly and looked up at the moonlight in the night sky.

Silence, the moon is in the sky, and the stars are shining. At this moment, how many pairs of fathers and sons can be so appreciated?

And in another place close by, there is indeed another father and son, although not under the moonlight, but also sleepless, candles opposite.

"Dad! It's all this time, what else do you say to say Fang Chang?! You are not forbearing, you are cowardly!"

"Cowardice?!, you rebel, you, you...... Don't you want to be angry and die as a father?"

In the room, the Great Elder Xie Zhishan's voice trembled slightly, and he looked at Xie Hao in disbelief. Is this still his own son? In his heart, he asked the same question as Xie Xuan. It's just that the answer Xie Xuan got was gratification, but Xie Zhishan's answer was disappointment and heartache.

"Dad! I'm not trying to be angry with you, I'm just telling the truth! Don't you see it? This incident is completely set up by that old guy Xie Xuan! He wants to defeat us at once! Think about it, even if you lose all your family property to Xie Chen's little waste, will they let us go like this? I really didn't expect you to be so old and so naïve......"

"Presumptuous! Although I Xie Zhishan thinks that I am not a gentleman, if I can win, I can afford to lose! No matter whether they set up a situation or conspire, winning is winning, and losing is losing! If you can't face up to defeat, what kind of man is you! Don't say it again, I've made up my mind. I don't believe it, with my ability to thank Zhishan, there will be no chance of making a comeback!"

Xie Zhishan suppressed the anger in his heart, and his voice was extremely low. Anyone who has to be counted by his closest relatives after a sudden defeat will not be in a good mood.

"Dad! Your big husband theory has long been outdated! Are you old and confused? You can afford to lose, but you can't affect our whole family and me!"

"Am I bothering you?" Xie Zhishan felt another pain in his heart, and his lips had begun to tremble, "Get out! Get out of here! Since you're afraid that I'll get you, get out of here now! I don't have a disobedient son like you!"

"Let's go! Lao Tzu doesn't have a father like you! Tell you, when I take charge of the clan, you don't regret what you said today!"

"Get out! If you don't get out, I'll abolish you now!" Xie Zhishan's face had begun to distort, and his palm trembled several times, but he still couldn't bear to fall.

"Okay, I'll go, you won't have a son from now on!You, don't regret it!" Xie Hao also seemed to sense the danger from his father, and hurriedly turned around and ran out of the room like a desperate escape. In the end, he also left a cruel word at the door.

"Get out!"

"Bang!" the door slammed shut, and Xie Zhishan sat down in a daze, as if he had aged for decades in an instant. At this moment, his heart was dripping blood. God! I Xie Zhishan has been strong for half my life, but how did I give birth to such a beast?! Could it be that this is my retribution?!

"Second brother Zhiyuan, is this your punishment for me in the dark?" Xie Zhishan muttered weakly, his expression was in a trance, "Second brother, I really didn't expect you to die when I was a brother...... Who would have thought that in order to save an outsider, you took the surname of you and your younger siblings! Over the years, it's not that I don't want to take care of your son, it's just that I'm ...... As soon as I see Tuo'er, I will inevitably think of you and my younger siblings...... I don't dare to face Tuo'er, I really don't dare......"

The night is as cool as water, and the autumn wind sweeps down the boundless fallen leaves, and the garden is full of yellow. The dusty past that has been sealed for more than ten years once again came to Xie Zhishan's heart, and his heart was like this deep autumn night, desolate and lonely......

It's past midnight, and the temperature is even cooler, even comparable to winter. An emaciated teenager stood quietly by the side of the road, silent in the face of the deep woods.

"What person?!" The passing family patrol soon spotted the young man, and more than a dozen people immediately raised their vigilance and asked from afar.

"Are you blind? The young man turned his head, and in the dim light, a heroic face was reflected.

"It turned out to be Young Master Hao, it's so late, Young Master Hao hasn't rested yet?" the family quickly recognized the young man, and his tone slowed down.

"Even a subordinate like you wants to take care of me? What does Young Master Ben have to do with you? Get out!" Xie Hao's eyes lit up, and his expression was arrogant.

"Yes, it's ......" The patrolling clansmen were reprimanded for no reason, and they dared not speak out, so they had to leave in a sneering manner.

But when he walked into the distance, he couldn't help but pout, and said disdainfully: "What are you arrogant? Call you a young master now, and wait until tomorrow, after you lose all your family resources, you will be a fart! If you dare to show off the young master's majesty at that time, see if Lao Tzu doesn't beat you all over the ground to find teeth!"

A cool breeze blew, and Xie Hao trembled slightly. The voice from afar blew his heart even colder.

"Old Ancestor, I have nothing left, now only you can save me, Old Ancestor, where are you? Don't you even care about me?" Xie Hao stared at the depths of the woods with resentful eyes, and kept shouting in his heart.

"Good grandson, come in. As if hearing the call in Xie Hao's heart, an eerie ghost-like voice suddenly came from the woods, like the call of death.

"Old Ancestor!" Xie Hao's spirit suddenly lifted up, and he jumped into the woods in three steps and two steps at once.

"Ancestor...... I...... Whining...... Ancestor, you have to be the master for your grandchildren......"

After seeing the ghost-like figure shrouded in black robes, Xie Hao was like a child who had been robbed of a toy, and fell to his knees with a "wow!" crying and grabbing the ground, his whole body convulsed.

"Alright, alright. Good grandson, isn't it just a loss? What is there to cry about?" the old ancestor comforted, and then sighed, "Alas, speaking of which, this is also to blame. I went back to the clan in the past two days, and I thought you would have no problem dealing with an unsuccessful kid, but I didn't expect ......"

"The ancestors don't know that the grandson not only lost, but even my father, my father...... Don't want me anymore, woo woo ......"

Xie Hao poured beans into a bamboo tube, sobbing and telling the story of his and Xie Zhishan's opposites, and said at the end of the period: "Ancestor, you say, is my father old and confused?"

"En......" The old ancestor was silent, but he scolded in his heart, your father is indeed his mother's old fool, if I don't hang your unfilial son for ten days and half a month, it's strange!

"Good grandson, what are you going to do?" the old ancestor suddenly asked.

"What should I do?" Xie Hao stopped sobbing, and a ruthless look appeared in his eyes, "Kill! I'm going to kill Xie Xuan's old thing, as well as Xie Tuo and Xie Chen's two little wastes! Especially that Xie Chen, I'm going to slash him one by one! Let him die extremely miserably! Kill all those people who have anything to do with them! I want them to have no chance to regret it!"

"Okay!" the old ancestor nodded in approval, and said in a dark voice, "This is my good grandson!, but what if your father stops him?"

"My father?!" Xie Hao snorted coldly, "Hmph! If it was Xie Zhishan ten years ago, he might still be my father, but now, he is not worthy!"

"Oh, ten years ago?!" the ancestor wondered.

"Oh, that's what my grandson just learned. My ancestor didn't know that ten years ago, my father was still able to make a decision in order to fight for control of the family...... My second uncle and second aunt fell in the Demon Beast Mountain Range at that time......"

Xie Hao also hated it in his heart, and perhaps wanted to prove to his ancestor that he had a ruthless inheritance gene. When he left the room tonight, he overheard Xie Zhishan's self-talk.

"Ancestor, is it true that people become soft-hearted when they get older? How decisive my father used to be, but now, he has become like this! Do you say, is he still worthy of being my father?"

"It's really unworthy!" the old ancestor's eyes were gloomy, but there were turbulent waves in his heart. Being a father? Xie Zhishan, a bastard, is not worthy of being a human being! Unexpectedly, the tragedy of 10 years ago was caused by him! For more than 10 years, Xie Tuo has been a child, without a father or mother, and has been bullied and blinded by his clan. And you, the culprit, are just watching it like that! Don't you have the slightest guilt in your heart! You father and son are really the same dog! If you really have a father, you must have a son!

"Kill!" the old ancestor thought in his heart, and his voice was even more like the cold ice of the Nine Shadows.

"Should it be killed?" Xie Hao was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly he suddenly flashed with viciousness in his eyes, and nodded: "What the ancestor said is right! Such a useless father will only prevent his grandson from becoming a real hero!

"Yes, they should all be killed!" The old ancestor had the same heart for the first time, but what he said was this father and son with wolf hearts and dog lungs!

"Grandson, do you want to make a comeback?" A fierce killing intent appeared in the old ancestor's eyes, and his voice was extremely gloomy.

"I want to dream of it! I want to ask my ancestors to fulfill it!" Xie Hao was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed again.

"If you want to, then I will show you a clear way. As he spoke, the old ancestor flipped his palm and there was an extra thing in his hand, "I said, I won't help you." But now that you're in trouble, I'm not going to sit idly by. This is half of the key to the family's treasure house, and in the treasure house there are not only family savings, but also Tianxin grass!"

"Tianxin Grass!" Xie Hao's eyes lit up.

"Well, Tianxin Grass. The ancestor nodded slightly, "After you get the family's savings and Tianxin Grass, with your qualifications and means, even if you reach the clan, you must be able to break out of the world." I'll give you this half of the key, and as for the other half, it's up to you to do it! Go ahead, don't let me down!"

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