Chapter 196 - Hero or Bear

 Xu Jia Town.

 Xu Dong Village.

 The villagers fled back in fear, in a sorry state.

 Many had already been scared out of their wits by the tragic situation, their eyes were lifeless as they collapsed in the snow.

 The screams of the wounded rose and fell, while others were crying and mourning for their dead relatives.

 The women who stayed at home were all horrified at the sight.

 They had expected to greet the returning heroes and a large amount of supplies as trophies.

 But they didn't expect how majestic the group was when they went, and how wretched they were when they came back.

 And the number of people had surprisingly decreased by almost half!

 "Where is my son? My son where is he?"

 "Xiaozhi, Xiaozhi!"

 "Wait, where's my husband? Has anything happened to him?"

 Women panicked and searched for their fathers, husbands, and sons.

 Both the survivors and the undead were grief-stricken.

 Xu Chunlei stood on the icy square, feeling extraordinarily uneasy as he watched the villagers' tragic situation.

 "Obviously I've already warned."

 Xu Chunlei sighed and hurried back to his home.

 He was unwilling to face these grieving villagers.

 However, it wasn't long before someone barged into his home.

 "Xu Chunlei! What are you hiding here for?"

 His cousin Xu Yongzhi pulled his arm and said anxiously, "Come with me quickly, Third Grandpa is dying! He wants to see you!"

 Upon hearing that Third Grandpa Xu Dongsheng was dying, Xu Chunlei was also startled and hurriedly ran after him to Xu Dongsheng's house.

 When he dragged his fat body panting to the time, Xu Dongsheng's door has been crowded with people.

 When people saw Xu Chunlei, their eyes were full of complexity.

 These eyes made Xu Chunlei feel a chill down his back.

 Because from the eyes of these villagers, Xu Chunlei did not see any look of gratitude, instead, there were only complaints and even disgust!

 "Bah!"

 An uncle of the same clan spat on the ground.

 A woman wiped her tears and said through gritted teeth, "Chun Lei ah! I heard that you're the only one from our family who didn't go with us this time. Why didn't you go?"

 "You're the only one in our Xu family who is lucky enough to have extraordinary skills. When it comes to things, you don't want to take the lead, but instead stay home and be a shrinking violet."

 "Do you know how many people died in our Xu family because of you?"

 Xu Chunlei was in a cold sweat, this aunt has always been strong and he was scared.

 "And ... it's not like I let them go. I advised ah!"

 Xu Chunlei whispered.

 The others, however, didn't even hear it, or didn't care if they heard it.

 So many people had died inside the family, and almost every family had a man killed in action, so naturally the grievances were heavy.

 A group of people spoke in tongues, stretching out their fingers and pointing at Xu Chunlei to accuse.

 "If you had been there at that time, you would have casually used your ability to manipulate ice and snow, and it wouldn't have caused everyone to be killed by the bomb!"

 "What kind of things are you thinking inside your head?"

 Xu Chunlei had a fire in his heart, and he wanted to yell out, "It's not like I told you guys to go! It's none of my business!"

 However, he was used to living in the house, and even if he thought of something good in his heart, he couldn't do it in front of the elders of the family.

 At this time, a gentlemanly old man wearing glasses and combing his hair with a three-sevenths hair cut walked out.

 "Alright!"

 It was only when the old man spoke that the other clansmen curbed their words, but their eyes were still staring viciously at Xu Lip Crack.

 The old man glanced at Xu Chunlei and said meaningfully, "Go inside, third brother is calling you!"

 This was Xu Dongtang, the Xu family's oldest sixth Xu Dongtang, Xu Dongsheng's own younger brother, who was also considered a successful and prestigious figure in the Xu family.

 Xu Chunlei lowered his head and crossed the crowd to the house.

 The house was built by him with ice and snow.

 After the heavy snowfall came, all the surrounding homes were buried by the snow, and it was he who utilized his skills to help build the house for each and every family.

 The snow and ice had great wind protection and insulation, and it actually felt pretty good to live in.

 The only drawback was that the fire pits or candles lit inside the house would melt after a long time and needed to be mended from time to time.

 Ice house in the bed, lying dying Xu Dongsheng.

 He was already very old.

 After this shock, directly let his heart and soul lost control, hard to be scared out of the problem.

 Seeing Xu Chunlei come over, Xu Dongsheng's face revealed a guilty look.

 "Chunlei, you're here!"

 Xu Chunlei hurriedly walked to the bed, "Third Grandpa!"

 Xu Dongsheng said weakly, "It's all my fault for not listening to you! Otherwise, our Xu Family's clansmen wouldn't have died so much."

 Xu Chunlei's nose was sore.

 Being blamed by the village people like that, he didn't know how aggrieved he felt in his heart.

 It was good that the village chief understood him.

 Xu Dongsheng continued, "Ai! I was also confused, since I thought that after the snowstorm, we hadn't lost any battles with the surrounding villages, so there was no one who was our opponent."

 "But now I realize that the reason why our village is powerful is because of you."

 "Just a bunch of villagers who farm and fish, what's the point of pretending? In the end, they put their own lives on the line!"

 A man's words are good when he is about to die.

 Xu Dongsheng was repentant at this time, but unfortunately it was too late.

 He looked at the naive little fatty by the bedside, took his hand and said, "Those people in the family I have already told them. If you want to blame me, blame me as an old man, you can't be blamed for this matter."

 "Us ordinary people, how can we fight against those Inhumans with great skills?"

 "They all have dead family members now, and might say some bad words to you. I hope you won't blame them! After all, we're all of the same clan, and we have to help each other to survive in times like these."

 When Xu Chunlei heard this, his heart was also somewhat moved.

 He nodded and said, "Third grandpa, I know. I won't take it to heart!"

 Xu Chunlei gave a bitter smile, "I'm about to die. Before I left, I just couldn't worry about the Xu Family, fearing that our family lineage would be severed."

 "So Chun Lei, Third Grandpa begs you for one thing before he leaves. I hope you can protect the Xu Family!"

 Xu Chunlei looked surprised and hurriedly held Xu Dongsheng's hand tightly, "Third Grandpa, what are you talking about? Your body is fine!"

 The smile at the corner of Xu Dongsheng's mouth was a bit far-fetched.

 When people reached a certain age, they knew their bodies very well.

 They were even able to predict their own death.

 "Chun Lei, grandpa is gone. The Xu family will be entrusted to you in the future."

 Xu Dongsheng waved his hand towards Xu Chunlei after saying these words.

 "Alright, you go out, I'm tired and want to rest for a while."

 After saying this, Xu Dongsheng slowly closed his eyes.

 Xu Chunlei felt bad and called out several times in a row, "Third Grandpa."

 "You don't shout, you don't shout ..."

 "I'm tired, let me sleep for a while."

 Xu Dongsheng as if murmuring to leave this sentence, and then head a crooked, swiftly died.

 Xu Chunlei hurriedly called out to the people outside the house.

 When the Xu family rushed in, they saw Xu Dongsheng, who had already closed his eyes, and they immediately burst into tears.

 And after Xu Chunlei realized that no one cared about him, he walked out in disgrace.