Douluo Reborn: The Silver Dragon Returns, but Regrets End

Chapter 2: I don't love you because I am partial to you

Donghai City.

The second largest city on the East China Sea coast of the Sun and Moon Federation. An important port, marine transportation, and marine resource development city.

The city has a permanent population of more than three million and is very wealthy thanks to its utilization of marine resources. Even in the entire Sun-Moon Federation, it can be considered a second-tier city.

Donghai City has a long history, and the city still maintains a simple style. In the past few hundred years, the Sun-Moon Federation has paid special attention to the protection of some ancient buildings. Therefore, in this ancient city, you can see many buildings that are thousands of years old.

It was summer, and Donghai City was close to the seaside, so it was normal for it to be hit by typhoons.

But this typhoon is different from previous ones. Compared with this one, the previous typhoons seemed to be just minor ones.

The color of the sky quickly changed from deep blue to leaden gray, as if foreshadowing the coming storm. The waves began to roll, changing from calm blue to violent white, rushing towards the shore wave after wave, accompanied by thunderous roars.

The wind gradually strengthened from a breeze to a strong wind, blowing the parasols and flags on the beach to this and that. The leaves fluttered in the wind, as if they were dancing a wild dance in the air.

As the typhoon approached, the rain began to pour down, hitting the windows with a crisp sound. The rain flowed along the streets, forming streams, making the city scene hazy and mysterious. Some low-lying areas began to accumulate water, and the soul-guided vehicles splashed high water when they passed by.

In the central villa area under the typhoon and heavy rain, the Xu family's family storm was even more violent than the rain.

"Go outside and kneel down!"

The harsh words, filled with tremendous anger, hit the young man's mind hard, causing him to be stunned for a moment.

In the pouring rain and violent storm, the teenage boy stood outside the door, feeling the raging storm.

The rain soaked his thin clothes and the violent wind whistled through his body. He was like a piece of paper that could be swallowed up by the storm at any time.

The raindrops fell on the boy's handsome face, making the originally high-spirited boy look a little embarrassed.

But under the rain and in the darkness, those bright eyes remained stubborn and resolute, not affected by the external environment at all.

And his determined gaze was directed at the people standing at the door of the house.

"I told you to kneel down, don't you understand?"

The first to speak angrily was a middle-aged man wearing a blue government uniform. His name was Xu Junwen. He was the patriarch of the Xu family and also the chief financial officer of Donghai City. He held a high position of power, so his face was intimidating without him getting angry. When he got angry at this moment, it was extremely oppressive.

Standing next to him were a man and a woman. The man was older, looking about seventeen or eighteen years old, and the woman was about the same age as the boy standing in the rain.

Xu Xiaoyu's face was full of gloom, and she looked at the young man in the rain with extremely cold eyes.

Behind him, the girl had two braids and her hair was light blue. She looked very beautiful, but she looked a little anxious and reluctant. She looked at her father Xu Junwen several times, wanting to say something.

But under Xu Xiaoyu's cold gaze, she could only timidly turn her head back and swallow her words.

No matter how violent the storm was, no matter how unreasonable the scolding was, Lin Xiuran still did not choose to kneel down. No matter how furious Xu Junwen was, he was never overwhelmed.

In fact, Xu Junwen’s anger today was not completely unprovoked. Of course, to Lin Xiuran, he was absolutely innocent.

The Xu family spent a huge price to train Xu Xiaoyan. They finally got three entrance cards to the Spirit Ascension Platform during the Riot Period and sent Xu Xiaoyan in. Lin Xiuran and Xu Xiaoyu were actually there to protect her, but because of Xu Xiaoyu's momentary arrogance, her journey to the Spirit Ascension Platform ended.

In this journey, in the early stage, because Xu Xiaoyan was timid and did not dare to hunt soul beasts, it was basically Lin Xiuran and Xu Xiaoyu who took action. Because Xu Xiaoyu was powerful, he took the most actions. But after killing the soul beasts, the spiritual power was randomly distributed to the people who were closer. Xu Xiaoyu disliked Lin Xiuran's weak strength and laughed at his contribution, and did not want to share the spiritual power with him. So he left him and acted alone with Xu Xiaoyan, and was later eliminated by Class Zero because of carelessness.

This is what happened, but the one who was scolded and punished now was Lin Xiuran, because after Xu Xiaoyu came back, she told Xu Junwen that it was Lin Xiuran who left them without permission and was eliminated.

Hence the current scene.

"If you don't kneel, don't ever come back to this house!" Seeing that Lin Xiuran still refused to give in, Xu Junwen only left this sentence and took Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan back to the house.

"Family?"

Lin Xiuran smiled bitterly twice, his eyes revealing a bit of bitterness. He would rather not have this family!

It’s not that he didn’t explain, nor that he didn’t refute, but that Xu Junwen simply wouldn’t believe it.

He has been in this family for many years. In name, Xu Junwen and Lin Xinran are his parents, but he has never received the slightest treatment that a child of this family should receive.

He had never seen such care from his parents before. When his brother Xu Xiaoyu needed a sparring partner, his parents let Lin Xiuran go despite the huge gap in their abilities. His sister Xu Xiaoyan was even more gifted, and there were countless things for her to do.

He was not allowed to eat at the table, had no new clothes, and his room was smaller than that of the servants. This was the treatment he received in this family for so many years.

Hasn’t Xu Xiaoyu done enough to put the blame on him?

Many times, the Spiritual Pagoda is monitored in real time. Every person inside has a dedicated staff member to record their whereabouts. Although Xu Junwen was not at the scene, as long as he wanted to investigate, everything would be easily revealed.

But, he won’t!

Not only did Lin Xiuran know this clearly, but Xu Xiaoyu knew it even better, which is why she framed him so unscrupulously.

Letting the rain wash away everything, Lin Xiuran still couldn't understand why his parents were so partial.

He had no parents in his previous life, so he was very respectful to his parents in this life since he was a child. Because of his memories in his previous life, he matured early, so he became sensible very early, but the Xu family still didn't like him.

Especially after he awakened his martial soul at the age of six, his martial soul was just a most common wind element martial soul, the wind bird. After that, his family's attitude took a sharp turn for the worse.

He originally thought it was because of his martial spirit, but no matter how hard he practiced, he could not change Xu Junwen and his wife's opinion of him.

Later, Lin Xiuran roughly guessed that he was not the biological son of the Xu family. After all, his martial soul inheritance was neither from Xu Junwen nor from Xu's mother.

Moreover, he was not allowed to have the surname Xu when he was born. He also asked his so-called father, Xu Junwen, why he was not allowed to have the surname Xu, but he was still scolded for no reason. Later, he learned that his name was given by the elder of the Xu family.

But if they were all biological children, I guess they wouldn't be so partial...

The rain was still falling, and his heart had already been chilled as ice by the heavy downpour. All his affection and expectations for the Xu family were washed away by the merciless rain.

From now on, no matter how difficult the world is, no matter whether it is sincere or not, as long as you no longer have expectations, you will no longer be hurt.

　There is no blood relationship. It will be gradually explained later why the protagonist's adoptive parents dislike him so much, and it is not just because there is no blood relationship.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)