Tears streamed from the corners of Qing Lei's eyes, dripping one by one into the grass below with a soft PLOP, PLOP. The chirping of insects was the only thing that broke the silence of the night. Mu Chen's heart was in turmoil. He didn't know how to comfort Qing Lei; after hearing his story, he suddenly realized his own family might not be as harmonious as it appeared. 'Could my family end up in a situation like this one day?' He wasn't sure. All he could do was make himself stronger—strong enough to intimidate the entire family.
For his loving parents, for his doting older sister, he would never allow his family to vanish from the Extreme Martial Continent like a puff of smoke…
