Su Huayu's family affairs

P. S.: It's so tragic. I was busy all day in Shanghai. The machine was finally ordered from the factory, but I couldn't buy a train ticket home today. I can only buy one for tomorrow. I'll be spending the night in Shanghai. I wrote this chapter in my hotel room. Looking at the time, I'll spend a little more time to finish the first chapter for tomorrow.

As for tomorrow night's chapter, it will probably be very late. My bullet train will arrive in Nanchang around 9 PM. I'll write a bit on the train and see if I can find a place to post it as soon as I get off. I estimate that the second chapter tomorrow won't be updated until after 10 PM.

"I don't know..." Zhuge Xiang shook his head upon hearing Su Huayu's words.

Although Zhuge Xiang couldn't help Su Huayu with family issues, Zhuge Xiang was perfectly fine as a listener.

Su Huayu's expression was filled with sorrow. She hugged her shoulders, clearly regarding Zhuge Xiang as a good confidant, and began to say, "Since I was a child, I have been the Young City Lord of Rakshasa City. My parents have always treated me very well, and they have always regarded me as the apple of their eye. However, about three years ago, my parents had a huge fight for some unknown reason. It was a very intense fight."

"I only remember being woken up by their voices while I was sleeping. I followed the sound to find them and saw my mother kneeling on the ground, clinging tightly to my father's leg, crying and begging him to forgive her. But my father's face was very pale, and he left decisively without any hesitation."

At this point, Su Huayu's eyes were filled with confusion, clearly indicating that even now, she still didn't understand what her parents had argued so much about three years ago.

Then, as if recalling something painful, Su Huayu continued, "At that time, I cried out in alarm for my father, but he only glanced at me and didn't stay. I will never forget the look in his eyes then. It was so unfamiliar, as if he were looking at a complete stranger, as if I wasn't his daughter."

"In my memory, my father always doted on me. From childhood to adulthood, he would give me whatever I wanted and never even raised his voice at me. But why? What did my mother do wrong three years ago that made my father so determined to abandon our family? And even abandon me, his daughter?"

Finally, Su Huayu screamed, turned around, and buried her face in Zhuge Xiang's arms, bursting into tears.

A girl who grew up spoiled by her parents, suddenly finds that her doting father no longer wants her. For Su Huayu, this is obviously an unbearable shock.

Patting Su Huayu's shoulder reassuringly, Zhuge Xiang asked, "As you said, your mother knelt on the ground that day, hugging your Senior Brother Qing Mingzi's leg and begging for his forgiveness. It seems that the root cause lies with your mother. In the past three years, haven't you asked her about it?"

"Of course I asked," Su Huayu nodded, wiping away her tears, and said, "For the past three years, I've asked my mother countless times, but every time I ask her, she always shakes her head and doesn't say anything, only saying that all the responsibility lies with her. If I press her too hard, she even yells at me and says things like, 'If I had known, I shouldn't have given birth to me.'"

Having wiped away her tears, Su Huayu burst into sobs again at this point. She had been the apple of her parents' eye, cherished and pampered, but in such a short time, not only was she abandoned by her father, but even her mother had said such heartbreaking things. This drastic change was naturally hard to accept.

At this moment, Zhuge Xiang finally understood why Su Huayu treated her mother so badly, and even kept saying that she was not her daughter.

"Why? What happened? Why did my father become like that? Why did my parents become like this?" Tears streamed down her face like pearls from a broken string.

He gently patted Su Huayu's shoulder. This kind of family relationship is the most difficult to handle and the most difficult to intervene in. Even if Zhuge Xiang wanted to help, he didn't know where to start.

Although Zhuge Xiang is very strong in combat and even has exceptional intelligence, Zhuge Xiang is completely clueless about family matters, which cannot be solved simply by intelligence or combat prowess.

After sobbing softly for a moment, Su Huayu suddenly raised her head, her eyes brimming with tears as she stared at Zhuge Xiang, her gaze filled with pleading. She said, "Zhuge Xiang, can you help me? At least let me find out what happened. What did my mother do to hurt my father so much that he even had the heart to leave me?"

"Ding! Quest 'Family Truth' triggered. Quest requirements: Investigate the Truth the problems between Su Huayu's parents. Quest completion reward: 8 million experience points, 1 Mysterious Treasure Chest. Accept/Reject."

As Su Huayu finished speaking, a Mechanical System Prompt sounded in Zhuge Xiang's mind. The task notification seemed to be just as Zhuge Xiang had guessed. As long as he was determined to do something important, or when someone sincerely asked him to do something important, it would be easy to trigger the system task.

Reaching the Fourth Layer of the Void Splitting Realm like Zhuge Xiang, the experience required to level up is only around 5 million. This instant reward of 8 million experience points is enough for Zhuge Xiang to instantly increase his cultivation by one and a half levels, which is equivalent to at least two or three months of hard training.

Besides the Experience Points, there was also a so-called Mysterious Treasure Chest as a reward, which made Zhuge Xiang look forward to it. Surprisingly, besides the quest rewards, this quest didn't even have a penalty for failure...

Steward Zhuge Xiang, and his uncertainty about how to do so, the conditions and generous rewards of the mission made it difficult for Zhuge Xiang to refuse.

After hesitating for a moment, the reward for this task was too tempting for Zhuge Xiang to resist. Coupled with Su Huayu's pleading eyes, Zhuge Xiang resolutely chose to accept the task. Zhuge Xiang nodded emphatically to Su Huayu and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely help you with this."

"Thank you, thank you..." Hearing Zhuge Xiang nod in agreement, Su Huayu was overjoyed and hugged Zhuge Xiang tightly, crying and laughing at the same time.

Su Huayu didn't know if Zhuge Xiang could really help her find out the truth, but at this point, Su Huayu had lost her composure and couldn't find anyone she could trust, so she could only choose Zhuge Xiang.

Just as Zhuge Xiang and Su Huayu were walking towards the Inn, the sounds of battle suddenly rang out. As they got closer, they saw a person being attacked by three Zombie, who was clearly at a disadvantage and struggling to defend himself.

"Mizheng? Didn't he go back to the Inn? What's he doing here?" Upon seeing the person surrounded by Zombie, Zhuge Xiang and Su Huayu exchanged a surprised look, and then the two hurriedly rushed over.

Su Huayu was at least at the Void Splitting Realm, even four or five levels higher than Zhuge Xiang. The Flowing Fire Blade in her hand was a rare magic Magic Artifact, and what was even more rare was that it had Flame attribute damage, which had a certain restraining effect on Zombie.

Zhuge Xiang's strength was even greater. Although the three Zombie besieging Mizheng had all reached the initial stage of Five-Star Zombie, with Zhuge Xiang and Su Huayu joining the battle, they were quickly killed by Zhuge Xiang and his Zombie. (To be continued...)