SBCEJM -Chapter 122 Racing Through the Night to Save the Beauty! Is Wang Qi’an Finally Going Home?

Mo Feng galloped through the night.

Feng Zexuan could clearly feel the stiffness of the person sitting in front of her.

The atmosphere was awkward for a moment.

【System, why is this handsome guy sitting so still? Don’t tell me that pervert scared him silly just now?】

【It’d be terrible if he ended up traumatized. How’s he supposed to become one of Great Xia’s future pillars then?】

【Host, that’s normal. He doesn’t know you, of course he’d be wary.】

【Hahaha, riding beneath the moonlight with a handsome man is quite a novel experience though.】

Hearing the sudden voices echoing in his head, Wang Qi’an froze completely.

Th-this…

What was going on?

Was he hallucinating again?

Or… were these the inner thoughts of his savior?

“Ahem… Wang Qi’an, right?”

Feng Zexuan took the initiative to break the silence.

“Do you know about your real background?”

Wang Qi’an paused slightly. “What does Miss mean?”

“I mean… do you know that you have biological parents? They’ve been searching for you for eight whole years.”

After a brief silence, Wang Qi’an slowly replied:

“When I was eight years old, I found out I was an adopted child of the Wang family.”

“As for my birth parents…”

His voice was calm.

“I always thought I was an abandoned baby.”

Ever since he was young, Wang Qi’an had noticed that his parents’ attention was always focused on his younger brother and sister, who were two years younger than him.

He had secretly felt sad about it for a long time.

As a child, he always wondered whether he simply wasn’t good enough.

To gain his parents’ affection, he had even tried acting cute and spoiled like his younger siblings.

What he got in return were only strange looks from his parents.

Later, as he grew older, he worked hard to become an outstanding son.

He studied diligently and fought to earn good grades.

As he became more and more accomplished, his parents did indeed start paying more attention to him.

But that concern always carried a sense of distance.

Politeness.

Then, when he was eight, his younger siblings quarreled with him and called him a bastard child, someone nobody wanted, telling him to get out of their house.

Only then did he suddenly understand.

So that was it.

He was merely an adopted child.

From that day onward, he let it go.

Now, hearing that he still had biological parents, he didn’t feel much at all.

Because he had long passed the age where he yearned for parental affection.

【System, should I tell him the truth?】

【Tell him his selfish older brother deliberately abandoned him?】

【Wouldn’t that be too cruel?】

【Host, tell him! He has the right to know. Besides, the truth is better than wild speculation.】

Wang Qi’an was slightly stunned.

So he hadn’t been abandoned by his parents after all, but intentionally thrown away by his own older brother?

Thinking about how the Wang family’s younger siblings had sold him out without hesitation today, he gave a bitter smile.

It seemed sibling betrayal was something he had experienced long ago already.

What was there left to be shocked about?

He had become immune to betrayal.

Still…

Did he even need to go back anymore?

And the voice in his mind—those really should be this young lady’s thoughts, right?

Once he confirmed it wasn’t hallucination, he realized he could somehow hear her inner voice.

What kind of strange ability was this?

He wanted to warn her that others could hear her thoughts, but discovered he couldn’t say it at all…

As though some mysterious force was stopping him.

“To be honest with you, your biological older brother, Liu Tiezhu, was the one who threw you into the mountains.”

Feng Zexuan briefly explained how Liu Tiezhu had abandoned him, pretended to be paralyzed for ten years to deceive his parents, and had now been dragged off into forced labor.

【A scumbag brother like that seriously refreshes the lower limit of my worldview!】

【Thankfully, the Liu couple still have such a good son left!】

After hearing everything, Wang Qi’an felt numb, yet also a little angry.

That older brother he had never met was simply inhuman.

Although he had no emotional foundation with his birth parents, they were still the people who gave him life.

How could someone commit something so utterly heartless?!

There was absolutely no way he would return to the Wang family.

He decided that from now on, he would properly care for these unfortunate parents of his.

After all, they had searched for him bitterly for eight years.

He would repay them.

“You’re already a provincial graduate now. Next March, you’ll be heading to the capital for the imperial examinations, right?”

Feng Zexuan suddenly changed the subject.

“How about taking your parents with you directly to the capital?”

“I happen to have a few vacant houses there. You can stay in one for free.”

【Hehe, anyway, I’ve got tons of houses in the capital. Leaving them empty is a waste.】

【And this kid is so talented—he’ll definitely become an important court official someday. Might as well invest early!】

Wang Qi’an was startled.

Kid?

He should be older than her, shouldn’t he?

“Miss… I currently don’t even have a single coin to my name. How could I possibly travel to the capital?”

“I can sponsor you!”

“You can pay me back once you become an official and start receiving a salary!”

【Hehe, I’ve got plenty of money anyway~】

Wang Qi’an was utterly shocked.

There was actually such a kindhearted person in this world?

A complete stranger willing to help him like this.

And from her thoughts, he could tell she genuinely wanted to help him, with no ulterior motives whatsoever.

He didn’t act coy about it.

“Many thanks for Miss’s great kindness. I will remember it for the rest of my life.”

“No need to be so polite~”

The sound of hoofbeats gradually slowed.

Ahead, the outline of Broken Tile Alley was already visible.

【Host, ever since you left, the old couple has been standing at the entrance waiting. They haven’t even eaten!】

The system timely reminded her.

Feng Zexuan focused her gaze.

Sure enough, two figures stood at the alley entrance.

Even in the darkness, their anxious anticipation was obvious.

【Ah… the hearts of parents everywhere are truly pitiful.】

【Seeing this should move Wang Qi’an at least a little, right?】

“We’re here.”

She spoke softly.

“Your biological parents are right up ahead.”

Wang Qi’an had already noticed the figures in the distance.

The two stooped silhouettes appeared especially frail beneath the moonlight.

What were they waiting for?

Waiting for him?

Mo Feng stopped at the alley entrance.

The old couple heard the hoofbeats and immediately rushed forward.

“Miss! How did it go? Did you find him?”

The old woman’s voice trembled with excitement.

Feng Zexuan dismounted and helped Wang Qi’an down as well.

“We found him.”

She pointed at Wang Qi’an beside her.

“This is your youngest son.”

The old couple stared blankly at the young man before them.

Under the moonlight, Wang Qi’an looked tall and refined. Though his clothes were somewhat disheveled, they couldn’t hide his scholarly aura.

The old man tremblingly stretched out a hand, yet didn’t dare actually touch him.

“Y-you really are our child?”

Looking at the weathered elderly couple, Wang Qi’an suddenly felt a sour ache in his chest.

Their eyes held expectation, caution, and deep guilt.

These were his biological parents?

The old woman stepped forward and suddenly embraced him.

“My child! My child! You’ve suffered so much!”

She cried so hard she could barely breathe.

“It’s all Mother’s fault! I failed to protect you! You were lost for so many years!”

The old man also stepped forward, his rough hand gently patting Wang Qi’an’s shoulder.

“Good child, come home with Father and Mother.”

Wang Qi’an stood there motionlessly, allowing the old woman to cling to him and cry.

For the first time in eighteen years, someone was shedding tears because they felt heartache for him.

【Wow, this scene is so touching!】

【I’m about to cry too!】

Feng Zexuan watched from the side, her heart feeling sour as well.

【System, does this count as harvesting another huge scoop?】

【Of course! And this one’s even a heartwarming scoop!】

Right at that moment, urgent hoofbeats suddenly echoed from the distance.

A squad of soldiers holding torches was rushing toward them.

【Host! Zhang Jian’s men are coming after you!】