“Bad news! Bad news! …Elders, Patriarch!… the Yang Family returned the engagement letter!” a servant shouted from the gate, as he hurriedly rushed into the courtyard.
“What? the Yang Family returned the engagement letter? Just as I predicted!”
“There’s nothing to be predicted! As everybody knows it , the Yang Family is the most powerful family in Romantic City, so how could their Patriarch marry his precious little girl to such a loser? It will bring shame to their name, and also ruin their reputation! I would break the engagement as well, if I were him.”
“Our Young Master is really unlucky, for having all his meridians blocked since childhood. Not only could he not cultivate Vital Spirit, now his engagement with Yang Family has also been cancelled!”
“Young Master has disgraced everyone in Xiao Family. In former generations, there was no such loser in our family, but we just got one here!”
“I suppose that since Young Master could not cultivate Vital Spirit from childhood, he will be doomed to live as a waste.”
“To be honest Young Master is nice. Too bad that he is useless. It’s just his cruel, and twisted, fate!”
Inside the main hall of Xiao Family, obviously, the Patriarch Xiao Changfeng, did not look well at the servant’s shout. However, the two elders in Xiao Family were quite calm, as if they’ve already known this result.
That servant said humbly, after entering the main hall, “ Patriarch , Elders, please kindly look, this is the engagement letter sent back from Yang Family. It was…it was already torn apart by Lady Yang.”
“Hmph! You have disgraced us all by fathering such a useless son!” Xiao Yuntian, as Grand Elder was evidently discontent at Xiao Changfeng, for bringing such a worthless son to the family.
In fact, that engagement was made decades ago, and back then, no one thought that the Xiao Young Master would grow into some useless person. The breaking off of the engagement was raised three years ago. It’s just that Xiao Changfeng kept saying about healing his son’s meridians, so the proposal was delayed until today.
“Don’t dream that Lord Yang would marry his precious daughter into our family, just because you helped him fend off a few attacks!” The Secondary Elder, Xiao Yunfeng scolded with anger as well.
Xiao Changfeng felt extremely helpless, and his heart was filled with bitterness. Who would have ever expected for his own son to be like that? For all these years, he had tried every possible way to turn things around, but all his efforts were in vain.
The two elders had the highest seniority within the family. Although Xiao Changfeng was the Patriarch, he could not decide everything with these two elders presiding over the situation.
“Xiao Kui, Ling’er, you guys go to Xiao Chen’s room now, and bring him here!” Grand Elder Xiao Yuntian shouted. He was furious, thinking that the Yang Family breaking the engagement dishonored the whole family.
“Yes, Grand Elder.” Xiao Kui said respectfully, and the two of them hurriedly ran out.
Xiao Kui and Xiao Ling were both eleven years old, and they were the youngest direct descendants of the Xiao Family. They were pretty close as they cultivated together since they were kids.
They ran to the backyard of the Xiao Family, and very soon they came to Xiao Chen’s room. Xiao Kui yelled, “Xiao Chen! Come out now! Grand Elder is calling for you. ”
Creak!
After a short while, the door opened, and Xiao Chen walked out in a white long gown. Xiao Chen was a handsome young man, but he was pretty weak, as if he could be b

lown away by a gust of wind.
“I have good news for you! Your engagement letter has been returned by the Yang Family!” Xiao Kui would never miss even a single chance to mock Xiao Chen.
“Brother…Brother Xiao Chen.” Xiao Ling slowly addressed him, a little embarrassed. Perhaps Xiao Ling was the only one among her peers, who would call Xiao Chen with such intimacy.
Xiao Chen glimpsed at Xiao Ling, and ignored Xiao Kui’s jeer directly. He went towards the main hall with slow steps , as he was already used to all the jeers.
Walking along the corridors, Xiao Chen noticed that all the servants were staring at him oddly. Their disdain and taunts were obvious. Even though Xiao Chen was used to it, he still felt angry.
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Changfeng as he walked into the main hall, “Father.”
Xiao Changfeng nodded at Xiao Chen with a smile, but Xiao Yuntian shouted out angrily before he could even speak, “Hmph! Here, this is the engagement letter returned from the Yang family! You can see for yourself, you have disgraced the whole family!”
Secondary Elder continued shouting furiously, “We called you here, so that you can know the Yang family’s judgement on you!” he pointed at the servant, “You tell this loser!”
“Yes, Elder.” That servant was a little scared, but he started as he swallowed his saliva, “Madame…Madame Yang said that she would never approve this marriage; for she couldn’t marry her daughter to a useless person. She said that the marriage would hurt her daughter, so the engagement must be cancelled immediately. The letter has already been torn up by Lady Yang, and Madame Yang also said that…”
“She also said what? Spit it out, now!” Xiao Yunfeng berated, and the servant trembled with fear.
So he hurried, “Madame Yang also said that the Young Master is not qualified enough to become a member in her family. She said that the Young Master should not dream about changing his life through the Yang family; since the Yang family has high a reputation in Romantic City, which can not be tarnished by a loser.”
Xiao Changfeng frowned as he heard these words, and his chest was filled with anger. As his face turned pale, he felt deep remorse, for he blamed himself for fathering Xiao Chen. Even though Xiao Chen did not think the same, Xiao Changfeng believed that it was his fault that Xiao Chen had blocked meridians.
That was simply insulting him! Even though Xiao Chen was only a twelve-year-old young man, he had his own dignity. He felt furious that Madame Yang would even think that he intended to marry Lady Yang to change his own life. However, he seemed extremely calm, with no shaking hand, and there was no panicked look, which surprised everyone.
Grand Elder Xiao Yuntian took his cup, and sipped his tea. He looked at Xiao Chen with visible indifference, “Have you heard all that, Xiao Chen? Because of you, Xiao Family became the laughing stock of the whole Romantic City. Our family experienced all these insults and indignities from Yang Family, just because of you.”
Xiao Chen looked at the servant quietly, “Give me the engagement letter.”
The servant handed it over, yet no one knew what Xiao Chen planned to do. After a bit Xiao Chen picked up the two pieces of the engagement letter, and tore them into many pieces. He threw them up in the sky, and said in a self-deprecating tone, “Everything is already written in your destiny, and you don’t persist in acquiring something you don’t possess. She refused me, and I shall not take a wife like her!”
He turned around and left the main hall as he finished his sentence. He did not like to face those cold eyes, and mean words. He’d rather be alone.
All those present were stunned, including the two elders. No one expected Xiao Chen to be so calm, with no trace of emotion, as if nothing had happened.
Just because of that, the Grand Elder was even more angry. He was angry at Xiao Chen’s attitude, but he did not stop Xiao Chen from leaving.
For Xiao Chen it could’ve been handled in a better way, because he was kind, and had a tender heart. He knew what it meant to be a loser, so he did not approve for the engagement at first, for he did not want to ruin Lady Yang’s precious youth. However, the unbearable insult, and humiliation from the Yang family, did hurt his feelings. Even as he showed his calm reaction, his heart was bleeding inside.