The Chu family meeting ended, and Chu Feng and Chu Yuan returned to the place where they used to live.
"Father, I have something I want to ask you," the father and son were alone in a room, and Chu Feng began to ask.
"Son, if there's anything you want to say, go ahead without any hesitation," Chu Yuan looked at Chu Feng, his eyes filled with love and pride.
Chu Feng's performance surprised him time and again. Now, he had saved the Chu family and had already become the greatest pride in his heart.
Seeing this, Chu Feng didn't delay and said the question he had always wanted to ask with a smile: "Father, who are my biological parents? Why did they abandon me?"
"Well..." As soon as Chu Feng said this, the previously smiling Chu Yuan's face suddenly froze, showing obvious changes.
"Father, is there something you can't say?" Chu Feng noticed something was wrong.
"There's nothing, there's no hidden problems. It's just that, son, I know nothing about your parents," Chu Yuan explained with a dry laugh.
"You don't know either? Does that mean I was picked up by you?" Chu Feng was a little panicked.
Since meeting that powerful and unpredictable beggar in the desolate ancient town, Chu Feng had felt that his background was very extraordinary. That's why he couldn't wait to ask Chu Yuan this question.
But if Chu Yuan was really the one who found him, then all the clues would be broken, and he couldn't get any information about his parents from Chu Yuan.
"No, it's not like that. Actually, I was taking care of you because someone entrusted me to do so," Chu Yuan explained, but from his expression, it seemed that the matter wasn't as simple as that.
"Entrusted? By whom? And why do you know that person? They surely can't be my parents," Chu Feng urgently asked.
Seeing Chu Feng's anxious look, Chu Yuan's expression kept changing, as if he was doing some kind of mental struggle. Finally, he sighed and said:
"Ah, since you want to know, I'll tell you."
"This matter starts fifteen years ago. That year, I led the entire Chu family staff on a long journey. During the journey, we passed through a forest."
"In the forest, I met a man. That man was holding a child and asked me, 'Is your surname Chu?'"
"Because we were transporting goods at that time, and the man's appearance was quite suspicious, I didn't answer his question directly."
"However, who could have imagined that the man didn't even move, and my two subordinates died instantly, turning into a pool of blood."
"At that time, we were all terrified. We wanted to turn and run, but a mysterious force imprisoned us all, making it impossible to move."
"You have the surname Chu? That man then asked me again. At that moment, I realized that the person who killed the servants of the Chu family and imprisoned us might be this man."
"But when I first met such a powerful person, I was already filled with fear. How could I notice his words? I just stared at him blankly."
"Then at this moment, I was astonished to find that his eyes suddenly showed two flames. At the same time, all the goods I was carrying were burned by a flame, the carriage and the horse, and they were instantly turned to ashes."
"By then, he had shown signs of impatience. I could clearly feel the killing intent he was emitting. It was the most terrifying killing intent I had ever felt, as if he came from hell."
"At that time, I thought I was doomed to die. But he didn't attack me. Instead, he said again: 'I'll ask one last time, do you have the surname Chu?'"
"This time, I couldn't have any hesitation. I hurriedly answered his question and told him about my family background and the location of the Chu family."
At this point, Chu Yuan looked deeply ashamed. Chu Feng could understand why he was so remorseful. It was because he had been cowardly and afraid to die at that time, and had thus revealed everything about the Chu family. He felt remorseful.
After all, if that person had a grudge against the Chu family, Chu Yuan's words would have completely betrayed the Chu family, and all of them would have been doomed to die. However, now that the members of the Chu family are still alive, it indicates that that man must have had another purpose.
"Father, then what happened next?" Chu Feng urgently wanted to know the outcome.
"Later, he killed all the accompanying men, leaving only me, and entrusted that child to me. That child is you."
"After I took you, that man told me that I must raise you well, treat you as my own child, but your name couldn't be decided by me. It must be called Chu Feng."
"... "
At this moment, Chu Feng was greatly shocked in his heart. Although he had guessed from the beginning that that child might be him, his heart was still astonished at this moment because he never expected that his name was not given by Chu Yuan but had been chosen long ago.
Especially when thinking of that man, who repeatedly asked Chu Yuan questions, Chu Feng couldn't help but think that his biological father might also have the surname Chu, and by entrusting him to Chu Yuan, it might just be that Chu Yuan didn't want Chu Feng to change his surname.
"At that time, I didn't dare to refuse. I naturally agreed with a promise-filled response."
"However, he also put forward several requirements. That is, you must not tell me where you came from, nor can you say that you are my biological child. You must be told from the very beginning that you are my adopted son. Most importantly, you must not do anything that harms you. You must grow up healthily."
"No matter which requirement was violated, the result was the same. That is, he would destroy the entire Chu family, leaving no room for any compromise."
Chu Yuan revealed the truth, and Chu Feng finally understood why he didn't ask about Chu Yuan's background. Chu Yuan never mentioned Chu Feng's background, and when Chu Feng asked about his own background, Chu Yuan would be so uneasy and even afraid. It turned out that someone had been threatening him all along.
"Father, do you know what that man's name is, and can you find any special mark on him?" Chu Feng asked seriously, because he vaguely had an answer in his mind.
"He didn't say his name, but on his forehead, there was indeed a strange birthmark, like flames, very strange." Chu Yuan replied.
At this moment, Chu Feng appeared rather calm because it was similar to the answer he had guessed. His background was indeed related to that beggar from that day.
"Father, did he say anything else? Did he mention anything about my parents?"
"There wasn't anything. He didn't mention your parents to me."
"Why then did you say that he couldn't be my father?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Yuan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly began to speak: "Because when he handed you over to me, he felt relieved, as if he had shed a heavy burden, and then he quickly changed into a different person, shouting like a madman."
"I still clearly remember the crazy words he said at that time."
"What did he say?" Chu Feng couldn't wait.
"He shouted at the sky: 'You saw that, I have done as you said. Can you please let me go? I beg you to let me go!!!'"