9.Cruelty and Gread

Tai yang with calm face waving his hand " of course not , why would I harm you ".

Tei lu Furrowing brows with slightly pursed lip and anxious look " then why did you.. why did you ".

Tai yang facing towards Tei lu with calm face "no need to be anxious , you will know the answer of your question very soon ".

Tei lu again looking towards Tai yang with his stern eyes " what the hell does he want ".

Xing pulling hand of Tai yang with excited face opening the small door of house(🏠) " Brother Tai yang come i will introduce you to my siblings too ".

Xing opening the small door with big smile on his face .

" Ling yun , yue xiang what are you doing and who is this girl with you ".

A little girl wearing robe big eyes ,black long hair to her waist wearing a muddy colour of robe .The robe is muddy but it

Is clean.

Little girl holding a flute on her hand walking towards xing chan with a bright smile on her face , hugging xing chan tightly and then hurriedly taking him in front of a girl with smooth , silk like hair reaching her waist and beutiful face with big red eyes .

" Big Brother Xing she is shu ,she is so amazing she can use magic ".

Xing chan with confused , looking at small boy sitting cross legged on the floor as if to ask what is she saying.

The small boy who looks to be of same age as yue xiang wearing tatterd robe with cute face , as if saying obvious facts " yes I saw it to ".

Shu greating xing with a small bow tilting her head " hello brother xing , I am shu . I was invited by little sister xue , and what she saw was not magic , anyways I will tell you about it later ".

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Xue with loughing auquardly " hehe brother I am hungry did you get something to eat ".

Xing taking out dumplings bag with bright smile on his face " yes , I know let's go first eat everyone , i will introduce with our guest brother Tai yang too ".

Xue with big smile her face excited to eat food " yes let's eat big brother ".

Few moments later....

Xue speaking with Tai yang stars on her eyes with excitement " wow you are so strong big brother Tai yang ".

" You also know sister shu ".

Tai yang with usual calm look " yes we were supposed to meet tomorrow becouse she had some errands but it looks like she did it sooner than expected and came back ".

Tei lu with smile on his face hiding his auquardness " ha..ha brother Tai yang , let's go everone , we should go to sleep it's getting late ".

Tai yang nodding in response " yes let's go ".

In the mid night under the full moon shining like dimond lighting the area with it's moon light .A boy boy looking sturdy as if all the musc in his body are made due to hard labour , doing pull-ups in the branch of tree near the house.

Tei lu all his facial muscles tensed up counting in low voice putting his everything on his shoulders to move panting " hahhh 498 , uhhhh 499 hehhhh , 500 , now done today's workout , hah".

Leaving hads from barnch Tei lu Landed on ground with a thud and sat on the ground .

With a sad face clenching his teeths remembering the overwhelming fight between Tai yang and the Big Bully " If just I had that kind of strength ".

" We would be able to eat everyday and we won't starve , we will have a decent house ".

Tei lu with a heavy sigh tightly closing his eyes " but how could I become strong like him , no one would be willing to teach someone who doesn't even have a single coin of bronze to eat let alone to give for teachings ".

Tei looking at the beautiful bright moon in the sky lying in the grassy ground " Everyone is not as as you who shares his brightness with everything and every being , not caring about poor or rich ".

Tai yang standing behind the tree unknown to Tei lu mumbling to himself with sadness in his face " you are right brother Lu , this world is so cruel ".

A small boy looking at Tei lu lying on the ground from the half open door of the small house .

After looking for a long time boy closed the door and went back to sleep with sad face .

Next day In The Morning

Tei lu and Xing chan Wearing same dirty robes standing in front of house with Tai yang .

Tei lu putting his hand on the shoulder of Tai yang with smile on his face " ok brother yang you can stay ,but we have to go for work for now , we will meet you in the evening, bye ".

Tai yang in response a small smile on his face with a hint of sadness " okay brother i hope you get some work , we will meet again in the evening ,bye then ".

Tei lu and Xing chan walking away from the house in the way to the market.

Tai yang suddenly spoke without looking back with calm expression on his face " come out , how much longer are you going to stay behind the door ".

A small boy with black short fussy hair , black eyes wearing the same muddy robe with cute face came out opning the half closed door with his head facing ground and sad eyes .

Looking at ground with sad eyes boy spoke " Big brother Tei and big brother Xing always go for work , this early in the morning , i want to help my brothers and take care of my sister ".

Boy looking at Tai yang with new found determination in his eyes , but hesitating to ask with shudder in his voice " so please, can you make me strong so that I can protect my little family ".

Tai yang looking at boy with warm eyes " I .... I am sorry , but I cannot do that ".

Small boy loosing all his new found hope in the brink of tears thinking in the mind ' I knew , I knew this but I still asked to see if he was different , different from everyone else who just care for themselves , but how can. i blame him for being like this , isn't that like how everyone is ".

Tai yang speaking again with calm eyes face extending his hand towards him" I said I cannot do that because I have to go somewhere , but If you really want to learn come with me , join my adventures arround the world ".