Chapter 655 Innocent
"Feng'er!"

"Son, you're really back!"

After a brief moment of confusion, the two old men immediately showed joy on their faces. They ignored their old and frail bodies and trotted towards Qiao Feng.

When Qiao Feng saw his parents' faces and figures that were still familiar but increasingly old, his smile first widened, but then his eyes became sore and he almost shed tears.

"Father! Mother!"

The seven-foot-tall burly man leaped in front of the two elders, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed respectfully.

As for why his sworn brother Chai Xin appeared here, he had already forgotten about it.

The two old people were naturally delighted to see their son again after a long separation. They chatted about family matters over and over again, and then they remembered Chai Xin.

"Son, this time it's all thanks to Nephew Chai. If it weren't for his rescue, your father and I would have died together!"

Mother Qiao held her son's hand and looked back at Chai Xin on the roof, her face full of gratitude.

Qiao Sanhuai also nodded hurriedly and said, "Your mother is right. Just now, a gangster suddenly showed up and almost killed me! Thanks to nephew Chai, otherwise your father would not know how he died."

Hearing this, Qiao Feng's face suddenly showed a mixture of shock and anger, and he finally noticed the black-clothed figure lying on the roof.

"Who are you, you rascal, to dare to harm my parents when I'm not around? Even if I, Qiao Feng, have done nothing wrong, how can you be so disrespectful of the code of conduct?"

His roar made Xiao Yuanshan, who was already short of energy and blood, almost vomit blood.

"I am your biological father! It would be fine if you kowtowed to those two old guys, but why are you questioning your biological father?!"

He was roaring in his heart, but unfortunately his body was extremely weak. His throat trembled violently several times, but he still couldn't utter even a word.

"Brother, I never thought that you would travel over 1,500 miles to reach Shaoshi Mountain in just two days... I guess you must have known about my situation in Wuxi and guessed that someone was going to harm my parents, so you came all the way here, right?"

Qiao Feng's gaze returned to Chai Xin again, his words filled with gratitude, his eyes sparkling with sparkling glints.

"If it weren't for my elder brother's rescue, my parents would have died because of me... elder brother!"

Having said this, he bent his legs, knelt on the ground again, and was about to kowtow to Chai Xin.

Chai Xin quickly jumped down from the roof, exerted a little force on his hands, and forcibly lifted Qiao Feng up, saying with a smile: "Since we are sworn brothers, your parents are like my parents, and we naturally cannot sit idly by and watch something like this happen. We brothers have sworn to live and die together, do we still have to be so polite?"

"Big brother!"

Qiao Feng found that no matter how hard he tried, he could not resist his brother's gentle support. However, he became more emotional when he heard his brother's words. The touch and warmth in his heart almost overflowed from his chest.

The last time he was in Wuxi, just because his background was exposed, many of the brothers who had shared life and death with him no longer recognized him, and even regarded him as a mortal enemy, which really disheartened him.

But he never expected that a brother whom he had only known for a few days would travel thousands of miles to save his parents!
"To be honest, I didn't expect my uncle and aunt to be in trouble and came here to rescue them. It was all just a coincidence." Chai Xin said with a smile.

Qiao Feng couldn't help but feel curious when he heard this, and asked, "Oh? Why are you here, brother?"

Chai Xin answered slowly, "After I left Xinglin that day, I heard that the people from the Beggars' Sect were actually treating you... I was worried that you would leave alone, and that you might get into trouble because you were depressed, so I chased you all the way..."

"But I still couldn't find any trace of you. So after a little thought, I thought that you would most likely return to your old home to visit your uncle and aunt when you were upset, so I rushed all the way here."

Having said that, he paused slightly and turned to look at Xiao Yuanshan on the roof.

"After I arrived, I found that you had not returned home. I thought you must be on the way, so I stayed at your house. I stayed there for two days without any disturbance, but unexpectedly this person suddenly showed up..."

After hearing these words, Qiao Feng was even more moved: "Brother, since you know what happened in the apricot forest, you must have known that I might be a Liao person, but you still treat me like a brother. Your love and loyalty are truly profound..."

Chai Xin suddenly added, "My third brother is already on his way north, but I have entrusted Guo'er to him to take care of, so he will inevitably be slower on his way."

He kindly concealed the real reason why Duan Yu came north. After all, they were all brothers, so there was no need to delve into some details.

"Brother, I..."

A man like Qiao Feng, who was as strong as an iron tower and could bleed but not shed tears, was now speechless and choked with tears streaming down his face.

Seeing this, Qiao's father and mother finally realized something was wrong. They thought their son must have suffered a great injustice while outside. Otherwise, based on their understanding of Qiao Feng, they knew that this child would rather lose his head than shed tears in front of others.

The old couple looked at their son with eyes full of pity, and were determined not to tolerate any dilution.

"Son, what kind of trouble has happened to you that makes you so sad..."

Qiao's mother quickly stretched out her sleeves to wipe her son's tears, and couldn't help crying as she spoke.

Although Qiao Sanhuai remained silent, his old eyes were full of concern and worry.

"Mom, it's okay, I'm fine. I just haven't seen you for over a year, so I'm really happy! But I'm so happy that I made a fool of myself!"

When Qiao Feng saw his mother also crying, he quickly suppressed his emotions, put on a smiling face, and reached out to wipe the old lady's tears.

"What kind of ugly behavior is this? No matter how strong a person is, he is still a child in front of his mother. Who can laugh at you? Cry if you want to. No matter how big the problem is, your parents will bear it with you."

Mother Qiao was held in Qiao Feng's arms, and she gently comforted her returning son.

Qiao Sanhuai also stretched out his hand and silently patted his son's back - he originally wanted to pat his son's shoulder like he did when they were little, but when he stretched out his hand, he remembered that many years ago, when he was still not hunched over, he already couldn't reach the other's shoulder.

Even a man as staunch as Chai Xin fell silent after seeing this scene.

Even Xiao Yuanshan, who was lying on the roof, whose eyes were originally red with anger and unwillingness, gradually regained his clarity when he saw his son and the old couple hugging and comforting each other.

Gradually, there was a glimmer of light in the corners of his eyes, and then he seemed to let out a long sigh and slowly closed his eyes, but his eyelids still trembled slightly.

The family of three stayed in silence for a while. Qiao Feng calmed down and suddenly raised his head again, looking at Xiao Yuanshan lying on the roof. He said, "Brother, did you press acupoints on this man?"

Anyone who sees Xiao Yuanshan lying motionless on the roof would probably have this thought.

"No, I just destroyed his martial arts." Chai Xin replied calmly.

Qiao Feng was startled when he heard this, then he laughed loudly and said, "Good! Such a despicable and shameless villain should have his martial arts crippled, so that he won't harm others again in the future!"

As he said this, he suddenly leaped up and was about to rush onto the roof, but Chai Xin suddenly reached out and grabbed him.

"Brother, I'm going to kill him. This man wants to harm my parents, I can't let him!" Qiao Feng said firmly. Chai Xin sighed and shook his head, "You can't kill him."

Qiao Feng was stunned and asked, "Why is this? Could it be that there is another mastermind behind this, who has not yet been forced to reveal himself? Then why not leave it to me? When I was in charge of the Beggars' Sect, I also tortured many Mongols and Liao people..."

Having said this, his voice suddenly stopped, obviously thinking of his own life experience which was still in doubt.

Chai Xin shook his head again and said, "You can neither kill him, nor torture him, nor even scold him. You'd better not do anything that is not good for him."

"Why... why is this happening?" Qiao Feng was completely confused.

If the person who stopped him at this moment was not Chai Xin, he would probably have been furious and even started a fight.

"There are some things I think it would be better to talk to you alone." Chai Xin said softly.

Qiao Feng was startled, then blurted out: "In front of my parents, I have nothing to hide..."

Having said this, his voice stopped again as he thought of his own life experience.

One of the important reasons why he rushed back home was to ask his parents about his life experience, but when he really saw his parents, he was unable to ask.

I don't want to know the truth that I don't want to see, but I'm also afraid that such questioning will hurt my parents' hearts.

Regardless of whether he is the biological son of the Qiao couple, once this question is asked, it will inevitably affect their mood and even their feelings.

"Feng'er, your mother was frightened just now. I'll help her go back to the house to rest. You treat nephew Chai well, and the three of us will have a few drinks tonight!"

Although Qiao Sanhuai was just an ordinary farmer all his life, he was not stupid. He obviously saw that Chai Xin and his son seemed to have some secrets which they were reluctant to say in front of him and his wife, so he deliberately made an excuse to leave.

As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Qiao Feng to say anything, Qiao Sanhuai took his wife back to the house.

"Brother, what's going on?" Qiao Feng took a deep breath and asked again.

Chai Xin couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said helplessly: "Follow me."

As he said that, he jumped back onto the roof, picked up Xiao Yuanshan, and rushed into the forest behind the house.

Upon seeing this, Qiao Feng immediately followed.

It was not until they reached the depths of the forest that Chai Xin stopped and put Xiao Yuanshan back on the ground. This time he found a tree for him to sit against.

Xiao Yuanshan had already opened his eyes and was looking at the two of them with some doubt.

"Brother, can you tell me now?" Qiao Feng stopped in front of Chai Xin and asked again.

Chai Xin shook his head, raised his chin, pointed at Xiao Yuanshan beside him, and said, "If you take off his veil and take a look, you will naturally understand."

Qiao Feng became more suspicious as he listened, not understanding what he was up to, and thought to himself, "Could it be that this thief is someone I know?"

While thinking, he did not stop, walked to Xiao Yuanshan's side, and pulled off his blood-soaked face mask.

"this!"

Even though Qiao Feng was thinking a lot at this moment and thought about the possibility that the masked man could be anyone, he could not have imagined that it would be such a familiar face!
Under the veil, there was a face that was 80% similar to Qiao Feng, but much older.

"who is he?!"

In just a short moment, Qiao Feng actually thought a lot, and when he turned around to ask Chai Xin again, his voice was already trembling.

Chai Xin shook his head: "You shouldn't ask me this."

As he spoke, he flicked his finger and shot a emerald green pill into Xiao Yuanshan's mouth.

"I gave him a magical medicine that replenishes his qi and blood. It won't be long before he can speak again." Chai Xin said this and walked slowly out of the forest. "Ask him yourself."

He was very clear that it would not be appropriate for him to be present on the following occasion.

In fact, the moment Qiao Feng saw Xiao Yuanshan's face, he had already vaguely guessed the truth.

He still remembered what Zhao Qiansun said in the apricot forest that day -

"It's just that in the battle outside Yanmen Pass that day, the Khitan warrior looked exactly like you. The fight scared me, Zhao Qiansun, so much that my soul flew away and my heart was broken. I will never forget the appearance of that enemy even if a hundred years pass!"

These words kept echoing in his mind at this moment, and he couldn't get rid of them.

"you you……"

He looked at Xiao Yuanshan, who was lying on the ground with his breath barely out of his body. He could not utter a complete sentence for a long time, and suddenly, tears fell like rain for no apparent reason.

Xiao Yuanshan swallowed the pill that Chai Xin had just ejected. After panting for a while, his face indeed regained some color. He could even speak again: "You're right... I am your... biological father."

"No! How could it be! How could it be..."

Qiao Feng suddenly roared, and his whole body was filled with energy. His black hair moved without wind, and he struck out with his left palm again and again towards the surroundings. The powerful force of his palms broke many trees as thick as his arms.

However, despite his agitated emotions, he still did not slap Xiao Yuanshan.

"That day... it was your first birthday... we were suddenly ambushed by a bandit from the Southern Dynasty! Your mother died on the spot, and I thought you were dead too. I went crazy and killed more than ten people, then jumped off the cliff with you... Unexpectedly, I noticed that you were still breathing when we fell off the cliff, so I immediately used all my strength... to throw you back onto the cliff."

Xiao Yuanshan's voice was hoarse, but by the end he had more strength and was no longer intermittent.

"I had planned to die with my wife, but fate played tricks on me. When I fell off the cliff, I got hung on a tree and didn't die. So I thought... God let me survive today, so I will find all the murderers and make them pay the price one by one!"

Every word he said was heart-wrenching and tear-jerking. There was absolutely no way he could be deceiving. Even though Qiao Feng's emotions were in turmoil, he heard it clearly.

"But...even if you want revenge, why do you want to kill my parents? They are so innocent!" When Qiao Feng asked this question, he actually believed what Xiao Yuanshan said.

"Kill your parents? Your mother died thirty years ago! I am your father! Those Southern Dynasty beasts harmed your parents!" Xiao Yuanshan became even more agitated upon hearing this and let out a roar, "We were a happy family of three. We went to your grandmother's house to celebrate your first birthday, but suddenly suffered this misfortune. Aren't we innocent?"

When Qiao Feng heard this question, all the resentment and confusion in his heart were instantly released.

(End of this chapter)