The man's stature was straight.
He had dark brown skin, just like Li Changming, with black hair.
On the other hand, the woman was fair-skinned, brown-haired, with ruby-like red eyes.
He knew who they were, how could Li Changming ever forget them?
They were the very people who had been kind to him, who encouraged his goals, yet nagged him for being alone.
He had always remembered them as a kind-hearted couple.
They were none other than his second brother and second sister-in-law.
But now, there was no warmth in their gazes, nothing but coldness and disappointment.
He shuddered at the sight as he swallowed hard.
"Brother Li Yuan… Sister-in-law Su Hongyan… why are you looking at me like that?"
He asked instinctively, but received no response from either of them.
Only their disappointed gazes remained fixed on him.
The longer time seemed to freeze, the more unbearable the pain in his chest became.
"WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?!"
He tried to call out to them, to speak to them, but like fog, their figures began to fade, as if they had never been there at all.
As he rushed toward them, his footing slipped, and he fell into the river.
The water dragged him downward as he struggled desperately to escape.
GASP!
Li Changming jolted awake with a sharp intake of breath.
"Why are yo—"
He looked around, still asking the same question, only to realize he was in a different place.
No- he was back in the house.
"What is goi— ouch!"
As he tried to speak, sharp pain exploded in his jaw.
He couldn't even touch the injury, both of his hands were tightly bound.
The rope was extremely strong; even when he exerted all his strength, he couldn't break free.
Turning his head to the side, he saw his elder brother and sister-in-law tied up as well, seated on the floor just like him.
He immediately called out,
"Brother Zhenhao, what is going on? Why am I tied up like this?"
His voice was filled with confusion.
But instead of answering, both his brother and sister-in-law refused to meet his gaze, deliberately avoiding eye contact.
"Brother Zhenhao…?"
No matter how many times he called, his elder brother never looked at him directly.
A sense of unease crept into his heart.
Li Wei was nowhere to be seen.
As he scanned the room again, his eyes landed on a small boy.
The boy bore a mixture of his parents' features, dark brown skin, black hair, and ruby-like red eyes.
The moment their gazes met, Li Changming's entire body froze.
A chilling cold spread through him.
Because just like in his dream, the boy wore the same expression his parents had shown across the river.
Utter disappointment.
The boy's voice reached his ears, calm yet heavy.
"You don't remember what happened? You were knocked out by a single punch from Guard Sun Tie…"
The boy pointed to the man standing beside him, the one responsible.
Li Changming stared at the guard, and his memories surged back.
Yes. This was the man who had been about to break his brother's leg.
He had rushed in to stop him, had tried to strike him down-
But his attack never landed.
The more he remembered, the colder the shiver that ran down his spine.
Was I… knocked out by this man?! Passed out without even realizing what happened?!!!
***
Is he really okay?
I looked at the man who was tied up on the floor with concern.
Li Changming, my second uncle, looked pale and terrified right now.
At first, I was shocked by this man's sudden appearance and the details of his cultivation.
My heart nearly stopped when he immediately tried to attack Guard Sun Tie.
But in the very next moment, he was sent flying from where he stood and passed out instantly.
I couldn't even see what happened, but one thing I knew for sure, Guard Sun Tie defeated my second uncle with a single punch.
No one saw anything clearly.
I once again looked at Guard Sun Tie.
Texts appeared before my eyes.
[Name: Sun Tie
Cultivation: Body Tempering, 5th Stage
Cultivation Talent: High
Spiritual Root: None
Fate Color: Dark Blue
Fate Value: 9003
Destiny: Born into a branch family of the prestigious Black Sun Mo Clan without any spiritual root, mocked from a young age for being unable to cultivate. He abandoned his family and started a humble life. The first half of his life passed without him realizing his own talent for physical cultivation. At the age of forty-two, after the death of his beloved wife and daughter, his tormented talent fully awakened. From then on, he tracked down and killed everyone responsible for the great carnage of Qinghe City. He ultimately reached the Body Integration Realm at the age of sixty-one, killing everyone involved in his family's misfortune. At sixty-five, he discovered that his own clan, Black Sun Mo, was also involved with demon cultivators. He slaughtered his entire clan, including four Nascent Soul ancestors, with his bare hands. After the bloodbath, he became a monk and began following Buddhism in search of inner peace, but upon discovering the hypocrisy within the Buddhist sect, he ultimately destroyed the entire sect. He was later known as the Demon Monk. He died at the hands of the Abbot of Vajra Zen Temple, seriously injuring the abbot in return, at the age of ninety-four.
Remark: Loves his wife and daughter deeply.
Total Net Worth: 156 taels of silver and 100 copper coins.]
Amazing!
That was the only word I could think after reading through everything about him, even though I didn't fully understand most of it.
He was literally like a hero from Maid Mei's stories.
On the other hand, when I looked at my second uncle, I couldn't help but feel deeply disappointed.
As I watched him, I noticed that he flinched whenever his eyes landed on me.
Was he still confused and unable to understand what had happened?
I walked toward him and stopped right in front of him.
Stretching out my hand, I showed three fingers and asked, "Uncle Li, can you see how many fingers I'm holding up?"
I just wanted to make sure he was fine, but he didn't even bother to look at me.
Instead, his gaze immediately shifted to Uncle Chen and Guard Sun Tie as he asked in a trembling voice, "Where is Li Wei? What did you people do to him?"