Chapter 2: Lin Xiao, you must cheer up!

  Early morning.

  Dew drops slide down from leaves and branches, falling onto the ground with a crisp tinkling sound.

  Early in the morning, the whole city woke up from a night's sleep, and the streets were filled with all kinds of breakfast stalls. The vendors enthusiastically hawked their own breakfast dishes on their stalls.

  Youtiao, soy milk, baozi, knife-cut noodles... all kinds of delicious food, a feast for the eyes.

  This is Yujiang City, a first-tier city located in southern China.

  Yujiang City is located in Linhai Province, the most worthy of foreigners' praise is that Linhai University, the highest institution of learning in Linhai Province, is located in Yujiang City. At the same time, there are six or seven other universities located in Yujiang City, but their reputation is not as outstanding as Linhai University.

  July and August are the days when students are on summer vacation, for students, the two most anticipated holidays of the year are summer vacation and winter vacation.

  Fengyuan Community

  This is an ordinary residential area in Yujiang City, where most of the residents are relocated households and belong to government-assigned units.

  At 6:30 in the morning, a bedroom in Unit 7, No. 707 of Fengyuan Community rang as usual.

  "Ding ding ding~~~~~"

  In the darkness, a hand suddenly covered the alarm clock, and the noise stopped abruptly.

  "Ah!"

  A sigh, a figure slowly got out of bed, walked to the window, and with a "whoosh" pulled open the curtains. Suddenly sunlight poured in from the window, illuminating the entire room brightly.

  Lin Xiao moved his somewhat stiff neck and looked at a photo frame standing on the desk, and infinite tenderness suddenly appeared in his blood-red eyes.

  Three days ago, Lin Xiao was still a happy sophomore student, three days later, everything changed.

  Yi Ge left, leaving him behind. It wasn't that the two no longer loved each other, but because of his own incompetence. He didn't have the ability to keep his beloved girlfriend by his side, resulting in her being taken away by her family against her will.

  Before leaving, Yiren called him to wait for her. Lin Xiao remembered this sentence, so he didn't do anything stupid. Although everything seemed hopeless, Lin Xiao still didn't want to give up.

  "In this world, there's actually such an existence. Little Yun, how should I go find you?" Lin Xiao muttered to himself in a low voice.

  For three days, he hadn't slept a wink, his mind constantly replaying everything that had happened that day. The kind of devastating power that made him feel like an ant looking up at the sky, a deep sense of powerlessness that made him feel like he was suffocating.

  Stumbling out of the room, he kicked aside several empty beer cans along the way. Lin Xiao walked into the bathroom and lifted his head to look at himself in the mirror. His pale complexion, sunken eyes with dark circles underneath, and disheveled appearance made even Lin Xiao furrow his brow.

  Lin Xiao lived with his grandparents, and the house was allocated to them two years ago after their old house in the countryside was demolished. Originally, they had two suites, but the other suite was rented out after Lin Xiao and his grandparents discussed it, and he lived with his grandparents in this one. This way, their family also had a stable income, after all, his grandparents were old, and Lin Xiao did not want them to go out to work.

  Lin Xiao's parents divorced when he was young, and he was awarded to his mother. Since then, he has never seen his father again, only receiving a living allowance every month.

  However, eight years ago, his mother died in a car accident, leaving behind 13-year-old Lin Xiao. What's even more infuriating is that the driver responsible for the accident has yet to be caught.

  So from the age of thirteen, Lin Xiao lived with his grandparents, who only had one daughter, his mother. This was very rare in society at that time. As for why they didn't have any more children, Lin Xiao never asked.

  As for his father, Lin Xiao had almost forgotten what he looked like. Since his mother's sudden death, he hadn't given him any living expenses either. So Lin Xiao was raised by his grandparents since childhood.

  Lin Xiao's family was not wealthy, an ordinary rural household, fortunately he himself did not indulge in self-destruction due to his unfortunate circumstances.

  He never complained about his life, at least he had a house to shelter him from the wind and rain, and grandparents who cared for him. Every day, he could eat hot meals, except that he didn't have parents, Lin Xiao didn't think he was different from others, nor did he think this was an excuse for him to give up on himself.

  On the contrary, he was very obedient since childhood, especially after his mother's death, he became even more mature. In addition to learning the knowledge taught in school, he also self-studied a large amount of computer technology. Starting from high school, he began to earn some extra money, relying on his solid foundation and good credit, he was able to earn enough money for himself.

  After that, his tuition and living expenses basically didn't need Grandpa and Grandma to worry about anymore. On the contrary, many times Lin Xiao would even give the extra money to Grandpa and Grandma, letting them buy some food and clothes, telling them not to be too frugal, always reluctant to spend this or that.

  As for Lin Xiao's filial piety, the two elderly people were extremely delighted at the same time, and also secretly sighed that their own daughter had passed away too early, and did not get to enjoy her son's care before she was gone.

  Lin Xiao is now 21 years old and a sophomore at Lin Hai University, majoring in finance, which he is quite fond of. He has a natural talent for it and has even made some small money using his knowledge in this area.

  He had an education, a loving family and a girlfriend he adored. Lin Xiao thought he already had everything, but now the whole world seemed unbearably bleak to him.

  "Lin Xiao, are you going to sink like this?" Lin Xiao asked herself in front of the mirror.

  He suddenly turned on the faucet, and under the sound of 'gurgling' water, Lin Xiao scooped up a handful of water and splashed it onto his face, rubbing vigorously.

  "Lin Xiao, you must remember that Xiaoyan is yours, no one can take her away from you, not even her father! Be a man and stand up for yourself!"

  Lin Xiao scolded herself fiercely and viciously.

  After washing up and waiting for Lin Xiao to come out of the bathroom, he was a completely different person. The confident Lin Xiao from before seemed to have returned.

  "Xiao Yun, wait for me! Lin Xiao swears to heaven that even if it means shedding the last drop of my blood, I will bring you back to my side!"

  Although it is unclear what kind of existence the family behind Iguni is, the fact that a mere house servant can tear through space with one hand is enough to show how extraordinary this family is.

  "The strong are all from the weak step by step, others can, why can't I, Lin Xiao!"

  Lin Xiao vowed that he would definitely find a way to make himself stronger, and then personally go to the other party's home to take Igun back!