Chapter 445 Si Ye's Choice (1)

"Ever since I was exiled, I've figured out a lot of things over the years." Si Ye continued calmly, "I've been abandoned once. If it weren't for my good luck, you wouldn't even see me now... So, I have no connection with Dongfang City anymore. You don't have to have any expectations."

When his mother jumped off the city wall and ended her life, his father suddenly changed his mind and exiled him from the tribe.

At that time, he was only ten years old, just a cub that had not yet reached adulthood.

But what awaited him was not the comfort from his father or the help from his tribesmen, but the unimaginable sentence of exile and the contemptuous looks of his tribesmen.

"Look, even if he's the Young City Lord, so what? He's still cursed by heaven and turned into a half-orc. I can't believe it!"

"That's right, he was so cute when he was little. I thought he would be the city lord in the future, but looking at his current state, the old city lord will not pass the position to an orc, right?"

"I thought it was something else. Haven't you heard? The City Lord's wife committed suicide, and now the Lord wants to expel this son from Dongfang City!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, after all, they were father and son, but in the end, he did such a cruel thing, leaving them no chance of survival..."

Even today, although the memories from childhood have become vague about the words those people said behind his back, Si Ye has not forgotten the smiles on their faces, nor the pain and despair he felt when he was forced to leave Dongfang City.

On the contrary, it becomes more and more profound as time goes by.

"I once naively imagined that my beloved father's expulsion of me from the family was merely a temporary measure, that he still cared about me and wouldn't abandon me so easily... I sneaked back on the way and squatted at the foot of the city wall for seven whole days. I never saw you come out to see me, or saw anyone come out to find me, to say they'd retract their promise or take me back. No one, not a single person, not a single word."

"So, I didn't come back later. It wasn't that I didn't know how to come back. I also sent those who came to find me to meet the Beast God. I said it long ago that I would never return to Dongfang City in this lifetime. Whether it's going back or making sacrifices in this choice... it's impossible!"

Si Ye's tone was filled with a resolute indifference and an indescribable sadness that made people feel suffocated.

It was the first time that Xia Tian heard him describe his childhood experiences in such detail. She always thought that he had just had some rough times in his childhood and never thought that these were actually his own choices.

He was not desperate or disappointed with Dongfang City and everyone in that city, but... completely hopeless.

The kind of attitude where you have no expectations at all and don’t want to have any connection.

She didn't know what to say, and she wouldn't persuade him to let go of anything. After all, one shouldn't advise others to do good without experiencing their suffering, and she didn't have the right position to do so.

"So... you've always thought of me this way?" Si Yuan was a little confused after hearing Si Ye's words. "Are you saying that you weren't acting on impulse, but... you had already made the decision to sever ties with our entire tribe? But you're a Snow Leopard orc, after all. How could you possibly completely sever ties?"

"Ha, if they want to break up, then so be it." At this time, Bai Qin's attitude was very confusing, "It's no use forcing it!"

(End of this chapter)