Chapter 268 Lan's Background

"Is that child from the Orc tribe?" When Xia Tian heard Si Ye say this, she knew that her previous guess was correct.

The child was indeed from the Orc tribe. Perhaps he was curious about her identity, so he came over early to see what was going on.

So, since the possibility of returning this gift is too small, and we will be living together in the future anyway, I can only compensate him more in other ways.

"Lan's mother was a female who escaped from the mermaid tribe and later accidentally became pregnant with him. She suffered a difficult labor and never revealed who the father was until her death. In this way, Lan was born in the tribe and grew up to this age." Si Ye paused and talked about the child's life experience.

"At that time, I already had some influence in the tribe, and I originally didn't want to keep the child. But the mother knelt in front of me with her big belly, begging me to take the child in... I don't know if I was right or wrong for being soft-hearted at that time."

"How could it be wrong?" Xia Tian realized that something was wrong with the man's condition and tried to calm him down. "No matter what, it was a life. You saved a life, how could it be wrong?"

She suddenly remembered that it was no wonder that when she delivered Aunt Meng's baby, he, as a male without a partner, was so familiar with those procedures.

So, it was because of that little guy?

"Life..." Si Ye shook his head. "But orcs like us can only survive in the cracks. I saved him, yes, but letting him live in an environment like this, full of hostility... is it really good?"

Even he had thought about leaving this world more than once, let alone those people whose fate was already determined from the beginning?

Si Ye is lucky.

Because he had lived a normal life for ten years, and even grew up surrounded by celebrities, he had seen and experienced everything he should have seen and eaten.

But what about Lan?

Born without parents, living in a world that is naturally full of hostility towards orcs, mermaids are far away from the sea, and their daily survival becomes a problem. Si Ye has seen the hardships he has endured over the years, but he is powerless to do anything.

"Si Ye, I know this world is unfair." Xia Tian disagreed with Si Ye's idea. "You don't need to punish yourself with the mistakes of this world. You are not wrong. It's this world that is wrong."

Sometimes, special groups are discriminated against not because they are right or wrong, but simply because they are "special" and because people don't understand them.

Even in the 21st century, in an era with such advanced information and communication, people still instinctively discriminate against certain groups and selectively make judgments that are beneficial to themselves.

Not to mention this, people are still struggling to make ends meet.

"It's not our fault that we are different. It's people's concept that is wrong. People are unwilling to accept those who are different from them." Xia Tian didn't want the other party to feel sorry for herself because of this problem, but the generation gap in concepts spanned the times, and sometimes she was powerless.

But there is another advantage of this world, that is, the strength of the force has the final say.

She believed that as long as they were strong enough, could live a good life, and build a strong heart, they would be able to withstand the attacks of external rumors.

"As long as we live our own lives and protect ourselves, why should we care about other people's lives?"

(End of this chapter)