Under various strange gazes, Yun Kai walked into the Yun Mansion.
He wandered through the cobblestone paths, circled around the winding corridors within the mansion, and passed by several streams, rockeries, and lush, fresh gardens.
The Yun Mansion, although resembling a courtyard, covers an area of over a hundred acres. Besides bungalows, there are nurous small villas in the traditional Chinese style in the core area.
Under the setting sun, a hazy yellow light seeped through the branches and leaves, as if touching the treetops with a trace of Buddhist light.
It was the ti when people get off work and school, and the Yun Mansion was bustling with people coming and going—children walking ho together after school, couples returning ho to prepare dinner after shopping at the market, and sweet-talking lovers ready to head out.
"You just finished school, why aren’t you hurrying ho? You’re supposed to focus on your cultivation, but you just fool around all day."
"Brother, wait for , wait for . I need to tell you, soone bullied today. You have to avenge , do you hear? Otherwise, I’ll tell mom on you."
Various sounds constantly drifted into his ears—mothers scolding their children, calls urging kids to co ho for dinner, and mischievous kids being chased by their parents, crying as they run away.
But none of these voices belonged to Yun Kai.
How Yun Kai wished soone would stop him, say sothing to him, even just a simple inquiry.
Even a scolding seed a luxury to him.
Walking along the familiar yet foreign paths, as the lights within the mansion ca on, Yun Kai arrived at the entrance of a villa.
He lingered at the entrance for a long ti, his expression shifting, sowhat hesitant.
Finally, he made up his mind and entered the villa.
The Yun Mansion was ho to the Yun Family mbers, and the villa doors weren’t closed. Yun Kai quickly entered.
In the living room, the television was very loud.
On the sofa, two children, about eleven years old, wearing the sa school uniform—a boy and a girl—were playfully fighting with cushions. When they saw Yun Kai walk in, their laughter abruptly stopped as if frightened. Both of them shivered and suddenly let out a piercing scream.
"Ah!"
The shrill scream made Yun Kai’s face turn sowhat pale.
He hadn’t expected that after a year apart, his own younger brother and sister would react with such terror upon seeing him.
That gaze, as if they had seen a monster!
"What’s wrong?"
With hurried footsteps, a middle-aged man, appearing sowhat refined and in his forties, quickly ran out. He was dressed in simple ho clothes, his hair still wet, as if he had just taken a shower.
"Xiao Kai, why are you here?"
The middle-aged man soon noticed Yun Kai at the door, and asked with so surprise.
"Isn’t this my ho? Am I not allowed to co?"
Yun Kai retorted.
He felt a chill in his heart, a complex emotion surged within him that was hard to put into words.
Even though he could calmly endure being bullied and called a bastard, Yun Kai’s body stiffened slightly as soon as this figure appeared.
"Xiao Kai, you’re back!"
Soon, his mother, Su Nan, who was cooking in the kitchen, also ca out upon hearing the noise. Seeing Yun Kai brought her a trace of joy mixed with more surprise.
"Co on in, dinner is about to be ready."
Yun Xuewen slightly furrowed his brow, seemingly not expecting Yun Kai to speak to him like this.
"He’s your brother, what’s there to be so surprised about? Next ti, if you act like this, I’ll deal with you," Yun Xuewen scolded the daughter and son.
"Oh, understood." The boy and girl replied timidly.
"Call your brother!"
Yun Xuewen scolded again.
The boy and the girl lowered their heads, ekly called out, "Brother."
Seeing his cute brother and sister so afraid and alienated from him, Yun Kai felt a sourness in his heart.
"Xiao Kai, sit down and watch TV for a while; dinner will be ready soon." After saying this, mother Su Nan quickly returned to the kitchen.
Yun Kai sat on the sofa, looking at the TV expressionlessly, while his brother and sister sat cautiously on the sofa, not daring to look at Yun Kai or chat or play anymore. The originally pleasant and warm atmosphere was suddenly gone.
"Xiao Kai, how’s life lately? Do you still have enough money to spend?"
Yun Xuewen looked at Yun Kai, with so doubt in his eyes. He, too, noticed the change in Yun Kai, who was no longer the timid and inferior person he used to be, but had beco more confident.
"Just like before." Yun Kai replied indifferently.
He longed to return to this ho!
Longed to have the care of parents, just like his classmates!
Longed to have siblings to play with, but he was also afraid of returning here because the behavior of his parents and siblings constantly proved that he didn’t belong, that he was the extra one!
His arrival made the originally warm family atmosphere disappear completely.
Yun Xuewen asked a few brief questions about Yun Kai’s life and studies, but didn’t know what else to say after that.
He also knew about the estrangent between Yun Kai and himself, but he didn’t know what to do about it.
This child of his was different from ordinary people since birth, and as a father, he had been ridiculed by the clan mbers because of this, to the extent that he couldn’t even lift his head in the family for a while.
Undeniably, he didn’t like Yun Kai, even though Yun Kai was obedient and sensible, and even tried cautiously to please him at tis, yet he never liked him.
He had made efforts, but to no avail.
As Yun Kai grew older and his appearance changed, he even beca sowhat repulsed by Yun Kai, and when his second son and youngest daughter were born, he gave up on Yun Kai.
Perhaps it was due to his and his wife Su Nan’s attitude that Yun Kai chose to move out and live on his own, and at that ti, he did not refuse, in fact, he felt slightly relieved in his heart.
The dinner table was silent, nobody spoke, the atmosphere was heavy, and Yun Kai, feeling the taste was sowhat bland, put down his chopsticks not long after.
"Why don’t you eat a bit more?" Su Nan asked with concern.
Yun Kai glanced at his mother, his beast-like pupils caused Su Nan to slightly avoid direct eye contact, feeling a bit dodgy.
"Are you afraid of ?"
Yun Kai chuckled, his voice carried a hint of self-mockery.
A mother being afraid of her own child, how ridiculous is that.
Su Nan trembled slightly, her eyes reddened a bit, but she didn’t argue back while looking down.
"I’m not back today to have a al with you all!"
Yun Kai said with a smile, one that was bitter and determined, "Rest assured, I’m not here to move back; I am very happy and comfortable living alone."
Yun Xuewen and Su Nan exchanged a glance, not knowing why, both felt a slight sense of relief, yet they remained silent.
"I ca here just to tell you all, I’m not a half-beastman due to gene mutation, and I’m certainly not a mongrel."
Saying this, Yun Kai took a piece of paper from his pocket, tossed it to his father, and then stood up, striving to stabilize his emotions, smiling as he said, "Rest assured, I won’t co back again, even if you beg , I won’t co back, you can be at ease!"
After saying that, Yun Kai got up and left, not even responding to his mother’s tear-laden cries, exiting the villa swiftly.
He moved quickly because he could barely hold back the tears that were about to fall.
He wouldn’t allow his tears to stay in this ho.
After Yun Kai left, Yun Xuewen’s face turned sowhat unpleasant; after a while, he picked up the paper Yun Kai had thrown to him, glanced at it casually, and quickly straightened his posture, disbelief first appeared in his eyes, then shock, and finally joy.
"Ancestral Demonization?"
Yun Xuewen stood up abruptly, his action was so large that he even knocked the entire dining table over, spilling the food all over.
His sudden movent frightened the two children and Su Nan, but at this mont Yun Xuewen paid no attention, as he hurried outside, he found no sign of Yun Kai.
When Yun Xuewen returned ho, it was as if he had lost his soul, appearing sowhat disoriented.
"Xuewen, what’s wrong with you, what on earth is going on?" Su Nan asked, her body trembling slightly, expressing so fear.
She had never seen her husband so distraught.
Looking at Su Nan, Yun Xuewen’s eyes filled with tears, he suddenly held his wife tightly, sobbing, "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I truly made a mistake, I really did!"
"What mistake did you make? Was it Yun Kai? That was my mistake, he is my son, that was my mistake!"
Feeling her husband’s sorrow, Su Nan blad herself.
"I was wrong, we all were."
After a while, Yun Xuewen stopped crying, handed the piece of paper to Su Nan, saying, "It’s not just us, the entire Yun Race was wrong."
Su Nan received the paper with so doubt, quickly displaying the sa reaction as her husband.
"Is this real?"
Yun Xuewen nodded, affirming, "Since Yun Kai knew to tell us, it must be real, his appearance indeed resembles the Extraordinary Ancestor after the Demon Transformation."
Finished speaking, Yun Xuewen returned to his room, quickly dressed himself properly, and left the house.
He needed to share this news with the clan.
His son was not a half-beastman, not a mongrel.
He was a genius inheriting the gifts of the Extraordinary Ancestor.
The most outstanding worldly genius of the clan.
"Dong!"
Half an hour later, the sudden ancient bell sound echoed through Yun Mansion, all clan mbers quickly ca out from their hos, all were surprised and a bit worried.
For Yun Mansion, apart from the annual ancestor worship, the ancient bell almost never rings, let alone ringing five tis.
The five rings of the ancient bell signified a crucial family matter concerning life and death, all stewards and above within the clan, no matter where they were, must attend a eting in the ancestral hall within an hour.
"What happened, did sothing big happen?"
An unsettling atmosphere spread within the Yun Family, what was forrly a dim compound was now brightly lit, all without caring for dinner, stepped out of their hos discussing animatedly.
anwhile, in a darkened room, Yun Kai stood by the window, listening to the ancient bell, as a cold smirk slowly ford on his lips.
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