Chapter 12 - Dai Chen

The two boys wearing the Li family's attire, one was Li Chung and the other was Li hong, they noticed a kid in front of them whose clothing was also of Li family attire, there were many who wore the Li family attire,

It just proved that the other person was a member of the Li family while the other branches people wore different attires assigned to them,

Li Chung not knowing the true identity of the kid in front of him said in a neutral voice but with an arrogant tone "Hey kid, did you see a boy looking haggard passing by here".

Li Jie got annoyed by the tone used by the boy in front of him, he thought of mentioning about the boy hiding, but looking at the tone of the guy in front of him made him reconsider his decision,

after all, even if he didn't want to enter someone else's mess, he at the least wouldn't want anyone to get hurt so he just looked at Li Chung and said "I didn't see anyone here, I am the only one here"

Li Chung felt his anger rising knowing that the boy was lying from the awkward way the boy sounded and the fact that the one they are chasing after, is sure to have passed through here,

he formed his fist ready to punch this kid in front of him for lying when suddenly his left hand was tugged by his friend Li hong and then he witnessed that Li Hong was bowing slightly in a servile manner to the kid and said

"Hello Young master we didn't know you would be here, we apologize for disturbing your leisure time, we will be going now", he again bowed slightly and pulled Li Chung with him who was shocked by the information which he heard, and then followed behind Li Hong,

Li Jie just stood where he was while watching those two leave, after a while when he noticed that no one else was nearby, he knocked at the basket which was lifted by the young boy himself who looked left and right everywhere being cautious so that no one finds him,

then he looked at the boy in front of him and remembering the conversation between the two youths who were chasing after him, he suddenly kowtowed frighteningly,

"Please forgive me, young master, if I had known I would drag you into this mess I wouldn't even have dared to escape from this area, please forgive me young master" the young boy was kneeling on the ground pressingly which lead to him leaking some blood from his forehead,

seeing this scene made Li Jie feel pity in his heart towards the young boy then he said in a sighing tone "first get up and tell me who you are, your clothes don't show you being someone of the Li family or any other branch family that I know of, or are you perhaps a spy from other factions, answer wisely cause if you don't, your head might roll depending on your answer".

The young boy first got scared by the intelligence of this young master but then he also felt relieved at the fact that at least in front of this young master, he has got a chance to give an explanation,

whereas other people regardless of their age directly would have him executed regardless of the reasons presented by this poor haggard-looking young boy, without any explanation due to one and only one reason and that was his weakness,

he knew in his heart since birth that he was weak, weak in status due to being born in the slums, weak in strength due to low bloodline he knew very clearly the one untold rule of this whole continent and that was

"WEAKNESS IS A SIN!!!".

"What are you dawdling about, why aren't you answering my question and why did you steal the fruits? don't you know that stealing is a crime which is punishable by amputating your whole arm" said Li Wei with a grave expression,

suddenly waking up from his stupor and hearing the young master his expression turned grave and said in an apologetic tone

"Young master I am nothing but a poor man who is affiliated to no one, I am just someone who belongs to the slum, I barged in the Li family castle for these rare fruits,

which were stolen by me for my siblings who have never known what fruit tastes like, I beg the young master to let this poor one go back to my home to my siblings to the slums and I promise to never step foot here in the Li family area and to never disturb your peace".

Li Wei looked at the boy weirdly and asked in a curious tone "What is a slum and where is it?"

The young boy got shocked by what he just heard and then laughed self-deprecatingly in understanding that the boy he is talking to, is just a 5-year-old naive boy who was born with a golden spoon, so how would he know about the slums.

he said remembering something sorrowful "young master, a slum is a place where the whole continent throws their garbage or unwanted things, it can be from materials to living beings",

Li Jie was extremely shocked in horror by knowing this he said "but then why do you live there and not live here or where the other cities reside, I am sure at least someone will accept you right?",

hearing the young master, the boy shook his head and said in a downcast manner "young master you don't understand we are thrown by the whole continent to the slums so whether we were thrown or even born,

our status never changes and to that of a garbage or someone unwanted by this world and forsaken by the heavens itself, we have no one to pray to who would take pity on us, we have no fate to speak of, we live our lives in harsh conditions and in misery without food for weeks, many die due to starvation so, no matter what we do we are either garbage or unwanted"

hearing the boy describing about the slums shocked Li Jie to the core, he was reminded of how he thought he was forsaken by the heavens and how he felt his life was destroyed by having no bloodline,

but hearing the boy's story about the place called a slum and their residents, he felt lucky that he has his extremely strong parents who look after him and care for him.

Li Jie looked at the boy and asked him with a clear expression "What is your name?" hearing this simple question by Li Jie suddenly turned the boy teary-eyed,

because since his birth except those close to him every one, even those in slums called him different bad names and never cared to ask for his name, after all, who would ask the name of a dirty-looking boy.

the young boy answered with the most resplendent smile he ever had in his life to the person in front of him

"Young master My name is Dai Chen".