I Think Your Father Dislikes You Not Because You're Trash

'Is this why the system had me come help? Will this protagonist-template Li Fucheng help me somewhere in the future?'

After reaching this conclusion, Jiang Beiran suddenly felt that the person before him looked much more refined.

On the side, Fang Qiuyue's tears welled up again after hearing Li Fucheng's story. Especially the look in his eyes when he exchanged glances with Tang Tingshuang made Fang Qiuyue feel that such love was too beautiful.

But as soon as she thought of Senior Brother's words, "Only fools and idiots would believe such a story," Fang Qiuyue held back her tears again.

Jiang Beiran naturally saw Fang Qiuyue's reaction. With a light chuckle in his heart, he said to Li Fucheng, "So, Brother Li, you've traveled a long way just to achieve great things and prove yourself in a foreign land?"

Li Fucheng clenched his fist upon hearing this and nodded vigorously, "That's right! I want to make everyone who once looked down on me see me in a new light!"

'See me in a new light, huh...'

Jiang Beiran thought, this person is the son of the Demonic Cult Leader, shouldn't he make those who look down on him pay the price? Why does he sound like a model student?

But as soon as Li Fucheng finished speaking, he suddenly deflated, his expression crumbling as he said, "However, I can't even defeat those country bumpkins from earlier. How can I talk about achieving great things? Sigh..."

Seeing Li Fucheng bring it up himself, Jiang Beiran took the opportunity to ask, "May I ask how Brother Li got into conflict with those thieves?"

Upon hearing Jiang Beiran's question, before Li Fucheng could speak, another girl behind him spoke up, "It's all my fault..."

But Tang Tingshuang immediately shook her head, "Ni Mei, it's not your fault. You don't need to blame yourself."

"So... what exactly happened?" Jiang Beiran asked curiously.

The girl called Ni Mei first glanced at Li Fucheng. Seeing him nod, she then said to Jiang Beiran, "It's like this. That day, I was passing by a field and saw a few thugs bullying an old farmer. I couldn't stand it, so I stepped in and taught those two thugs a lesson. I didn't think much of it afterward. Who knew they would call for reinforcements and ambush us on the road? If it weren't for Big Brother Wang and you intervening, I would have made a terrible mistake."

'Taught... two thugs a lesson!?'

Jiang Beiran was stunned. Is this how you act as a disciple of the Demonic Cult!?

After a round of internal complaints, Jiang Beiran suddenly had an epiphany.

'They come from Evil Cults, but they act righteously, generously, and charitably. As expected of a protagonist template!'

Reaffirming his thoughts, Jiang Beiran stepped forward and said to Li Fucheng, "Perhaps your father is not as cold as you imagine."

"Huh?" Li Fucheng looked bewildered, not understanding why this Fifth Brother, whom he had never met, would suddenly say such a thing.

Jiang Beiran looked at Li Fucheng and his five companions behind him one by one, saying, "If I'm not mistaken, this isn't the first time you've been targeted by thieves for helping others, is it?"

"This..." Li Fucheng hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded, "Yes."

"Then please answer me a question first. Is this the first time you and your companions have traveled so far from home?"

"Yes, we grew up in the sect on the mountain since childhood, practicing diligently every day, and rarely went out."

"Then, do you think that all of you, traveling so far from home for the first time, could have safely traveled all the way from Huainan to Jiangbei purely on your own abilities?"

This statement struck Li Fucheng like lightning, and he suddenly understood many of the "strange things" he had encountered on the road.

"Third Uncle! It must have been Third Uncle following us!"

"Huh?"

Li Fucheng's reply almost made Jiang Beiran's back give out. He had originally thought Li Fucheng would first think of his father protecting him, but he never expected a Third Uncle to pop up.

"Who is this Third Uncle?"

After hearing this, Li Fucheng suddenly looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle. "Third Uncle... Third Uncle is the only one in the entire sect who still treats me well."

After that, he gathered his emotions for a while before continuing, "Ever since they knew I was a cultivation trash, my father quickly gave up on me completely and gave away all the cultivation resources that originally belonged to me to my other siblings."

"However, Third Uncle has always been encouraging me. Not only did he teach me to practice every night, but he also gave me a lot of medicinal ingredients, hoping to change my Constitution. Unfortunately, I was too disappointing and still made no progress after practicing for so long. But Third Uncle not only didn't dislike me at all, but instead scoured all sorts of cultivation methods for me to try one by one. Usually, when I was mocked by the disciples, Third Uncle would also help me discipline them, and also, also, Third Uncle he..."

Listening to Li Fucheng talk more and more, and getting more and more emotional, Jiang Beiran's expression became stranger and stranger. Finally, he couldn't help but ask, "Who is this Third Uncle to you? Why is he so good to you?"

"Ah?" Li Fucheng, suddenly interrupted, was stunned and replied, "Third Uncle is my father's younger brother. He watched me grow up since I was young and has always taken good care of me and my mother. Speaking of which, my mother was also implicated by me. Because I can't cultivate, she was also neglected by my father. Alas..."

"Hey! Wait, wait! I don't even know where to start complaining anymore!"

The more Li Fucheng spoke, the more Jiang Beiran felt that his sect leader father's head was turning green. He even felt that the reason his sect leader father disliked him was very likely not because he was trash...

Seeing that Li Fucheng was still about to continue recalling how Third Uncle used to take care of their mother and son, three options suddenly appeared before Jiang Beiran's eyes.

[Option 1: Remind Li Fucheng to carefully consider why Third Uncle is so good to him. Completion Reward: Mahamudra Finger (Earth Grade Middle Rank)]

[Option 2: Silently continue listening. Completion Reward: Golden Bell Art (Mysterious Grade High Rank)]

[Option 3: Praise Third Uncle as a good person together. Completion Reward: Random Basic Skill Points +1]

'Damn it!'

Knowing that he couldn't continue listening, Jiang Beiran quickly selected three and interrupted Li Fucheng, saying, "It sounds like your Third Uncle is indeed a great good person."

After speaking, he also looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle and said, "Actually, I'm the same as you. I have a Constitution that naturally cannot cultivate, but there was an uncle who always took good care of me. Without him, I probably would have died long ago."

After speaking, Jiang Beiran also told one touching story after another about his "uncle." Anyway, the core meaning was to express that all uncles in the world are like this, and you must not overthink it.

It wasn't until the system prompt [Option mission completed, reward: Gu Poison +1] that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But before Li Fucheng could react, the five Junior Sisters around Jiang Beiran couldn't help themselves. Fang Qiuyue, who was already in tears, said with a choked voice, "Sen... Senior Brother, I didn't expect you to have lived such a hard life all these years."

At the same time, they also understood why Senior Brother was so powerful yet unknown within the sect. It turned out that he was born with a trash physique and couldn't cultivate at all.

Looking at Fang Qiuyue's tears that couldn't stop flowing, Jiang Beiran sighed silently.

'Great, all the teaching along the way has been in vain.'

PS: There will be another chapter tonight. (It's not short today!)