After a long period of silence, Tu Hong suddenly asked, "Do you know what happened to my Yu'er?"
As he asked this, his heart couldn't help tensing as he prepared himself for the worse.
Lin Fan had been lost in thought, but he was pulled out when he heard Tu Hong asking him this. With a bitter smile he said, "Well, it's a long story."
Tu Hong's heart sank when he heard this as he knew that nothing that began like this would be a good thing.
On the other hand, Tu Lei's expression became better.
If something had happened to that woman, then this would be even better for him. After all, once she was gone, there was nothing that anyone would be able to do.
So with a deep sigh, he said, "Can you at least tell me if she's still alive or not?"
Lin Fan looked right at Tu Hong for a bit before slowly shaking his head.
The moment that Tu Hong saw this, there were tears that welled in his eyes. He did his best to keep them in, but…there was a streak that fell down from his right eye.
There was only silence that filled the room as no one was able to understand what the situation was. If she was dead, then could it be that this wasn't related to the true descendant after all?
Could it be that this was simply a message that had been entrusted to Lin Fan instead of something important?
Tu Hong took a while to gather himself, but then he asked, "Did she leave something behind for me?"
Lin Fan gave a simple nod this time.
Tu Hong took a deep breath to calm himself down before saying, "Then can you please give it to me?"
Lin Fan didn't act right away this time as he stared at Tu Hong.
He could see the hurt look in his eyes, it was a feeling that he understood very well now that he too had a family of his own. If anything had happened to a member of his family, he would be in the same state as Tu Hong.
So reaching out to pat Tu Hong on the shoulder, he called out Xiao Bai.
When Xiao Bai appeared, he was lying on the ground wrapped up in a bundle.
Xiao Bai had been different from the others when he received the White Tiger God Fragment's inheritance. Instead of becoming bigger like the other three had, Xiao Bai remained the same small size as before.
Lin Fan had been confused as to why that was the case, but he figured that it was most likely because Xiao Bai was much younger than the other three. At the same time, Xiao Bai's ancestral bloodline wasn't fully awakened just like the rest of them.
Because of his age, it was there, but he couldn't use its full power yet.
When he was called out, Xiao Bai's head peeked out.
Xiao Bai had been sleeping in the pet storage space before being called out by Lin Fan, so he was still half asleep when he looked up.
Seeing all of these unfamiliar faces that were looking at him, Xiao Bai panicked a bit before he saw Lin Fan sitting there. He got up quickly and moved over to Lin Fan, sitting down on his lap before lowering his head again.
Everyone was confused at first why Lin Fan would call out this small white tiger until Tu Hong suddenly realized something.
Tu Hong's face filled with shock and disbelief as he said in a stuttering voice, "Could it be…Could it be that he is her and my…child?"
When they heard this, they all turned back to look at Xiao Bai lying there.
As they stared at him, the expression of the elders started to change and they all quickly released their spiritual senses.
When Xiao Bai felt these spiritual senses falling onto him, he couldn't help shrinking into Lin Fan's arms and trying to avoid them.
Lin Fan revealed a faint smile before patting Xiao Bai's back.
When Xiao Bai felt this patting on his back, he relaxed a bit and allowed those spiritual senses to sweep over him.
As they swept over Xiao Bai with their spiritual senses, the expression of the elders changed even more. There were complicated looks that also had a trace of understanding in them.
They finally understood why Lin Fan had done everything that he had done before…
Tu Hong had stood up and had slowly made his way over to Lin Fan, moving slowly since he didn't want to scare Xiao Bai. During this entire time, his eyes had been on Xiao Bai in Lin Fan's lap.
When he finally came close, Xiao Bai raised his head again to look at Tu Hong.
The moment that Tu Hong saw Xiao Bai's face, he immediately knew that this was his son.
That face was his, but those eyes…they belonged to the mother, they belonged to his Yu'er.
He was about to charge forward to take Xiao Bai in his arms, but Xiao Bai couldn't help flinching back when he saw Tu Hong suddenly moving faster. He was scared that Tu Hong would do something to him, so he shrinked back into Lin Fan's arms again.
When Tu Hong saw this, it felt like his heart was being ripped apart.
This was his child, but his child was scared of him like this…
Of course, he couldn't blame Xiao Bai for any of this. It was all his fault since he wasn't able to protect his Yu'er and his child…
To the side, Tu Lei had been staring at Xiao Bai as well.
His expression was complicated at first since he never expected Lin Fan to bring out a grandchild out of nowhere. But when he thought about who the mother of this child was, his eyes couldn't help slowly turning hostile.
No matter how he looked at it, this was a smear on the face of his Brown Stripe White Tiger Tribe.
If there wasn't a child, then he still had a chance to marry off his son who received many engagement requests. It was that Tu Hong had rejected all of them and had been adamant on not getting married. With his position in the tribe, Tu Lei hadn't been able to force his son to get married, but he thought that it was only a matter of time.
So he hadn't been rushing.
But now that there was a grandchild that appeared out of nowhere, it would be even harder for him to accomplish his goals.
There wasn't a single moment where he thought about accepting Xiao Bai into the tribe since he still had bad feelings towards the mother. His feelings for the mother had been transferred to Xiao Bai, which made him hate this grandchild that he had met for the first time.
There was even a part of him that thought about…killing Xiao Bai and hiding all of this.
But of course, that part of him didn't act now since there were elders here.
But the elders weren't fools and they could see through his thoughts based on the expressions on his face.
So they immediately knew what he was thinking.
They would never allow that to happen.
There was an immense pressure that fell onto Tu Lei and he was slammed through the table, pressed down onto the ground. There wasn't a single part of him that was able to move because he was completely suppressed by this pressure.
It almost felt as if this pressure was about to crush him into a pancake with how strong it was…
Tu Lei felt true fear at that moment as he couldn't understand what was happening.
Why were the elders acting this way?
Lin Fan saw this, but he ignored it since he could also guess what Tu Lei was thinking. He already had thoughts about taking of that Tu Lei later since he knew that he would be a threat to Xiao Bai.
He also thought that he should take care of Tu Lei before…Angela found out about this.
Xiao Bai was the one that Angela spoiled the most, so Tu Lei wouldn't last a single second if Angela knew about this.
But for now…
Lin Fan looked down at Xiao Bai who was cowering in his arms and he couldn't help revealing a bitter smile.
This was one of the side effects of being pampered by Angela too much.
Because of how protective she was, he hadn't been able to train him just like the other pets. He hadn't been able to take him to the cultivation realms and let him die over and over again fighting different demon beasts.
So Xiao Bai's mentality was a bit weaker compared to the others.
Xiao Bai was more of a coward compared to others.
He was easily scared by things that the others would be able to easily face with confidence.
Lin Fan patted Xiao Bai on the back and in response, Xiao Bai slowly peeked his head out.
Seeing this, Lin Fan said, "Xiao Bai, come and meet your father."
Xiao Bai tilted his head in a confused manner before saying, "Dad, aren't you my dad?"
Lin Fan revealed a faint smile before saying, "I'm your dad, but I'm talking about your birth father."
Xiao Bai revealed a distressed look when he heard this as he asked, "Dad, do you not want me anymore?"
Lin Fan shook his head before saying in a comforting voice, "It's not that at all. I just want you to meet your birth father since it's your right, but I'll always be your dad."
Xiao Bai couldn't help revealing a happy smile when he heard this before turning to look at Tu Hong who stood there with a complicated look.
This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺