The Vampire Family Who Came to Claim Kinship 01

"Where did you throw her?" Fang Zhiyi asked casually.

Little Hei chuckled. "Since we are already here... I decided to let her experience it one more time. Though, this time might not be so great... A girl in a mountain village accidentally fell into a pond and drowned. I felt sorry for her, so I just stuffed her in there."

"..." Fang Zhiyi was a bit surprised. "You can do that? When did you learn soul-swapping? Did you learn it back when I was a Daoist priest?"

Little Hei's eyes widened. "You need to learn that? Can't you just stuff it right in?"

Fang Zhiyi felt somewhat helpless. "It's never that simple... You... forget it, let's just leave it to her fate."

The original host of this world, which meant Fang Zhiyi, originally did not have the surname Fang. His surname was Zhang, and his name was Zhang Ergou. He could remember things from an earlier age than his younger brother. His family was dirt poor. Unlike other families, his parents were very lazy. His father occasionally worked odd jobs, and the money he earned was either spent on alcohol or gambling. If his father lost at cards, Zhang Ergou would get beaten.

The only favored child in the family was their eldest brother. The parents always said that the eldest brother would be the pillar of the family in the future, while he and Zhang Sangou, who had just learned to walk, were just useless mouths to feed. Therefore, the eldest brother idled his days away, while he had to take his younger brother along to cut pigweed and gather firewood.

Fortunately, the heavens showed mercy—at least that was what he thought. A stranger came to their house, claiming to be a distant relative. Their father, Zhang Daming, was very happy that day, and he looked at the two brothers with a much kinder gaze. It was also on that day that Fang Zhiyi had a hot meal for the very first time.

Later, that distant relative gave their father a sum of money and took him and his younger brother away.

Fang Zhiyi vaguely guessed that he had been sold, but what could he do? He struggled and refused to leave, only to receive two slaps from his father. The distant relative quickly intervened, saying, "If you damage him, nobody will want to buy him."

In the end, he could only look reluctantly at his gradually disappearing home, holding onto his younger brother's hand tightly.

Fortunately, before the human trafficker could find a buyer, Fang Zhiyi took advantage of his inattention and escaped with his younger brother. However, being so small, he had no idea where to go. He only remembered that the trafficker had taken him on a motorcycle, then a bus, and a train...

Thus, he began a life of wandering. Even if he had to go hungry, he made sure his brother had enough to eat.

The goddess of luck favored him for the first time. Fang Zhiyi was found by a couple. Although they were not wealthy, both had steady jobs. Coincidentally, they had no children. And so, the two brothers were adopted by the kind-hearted Fang family.

Life in their new home was good. Their adoptive parents were not as fierce as their biological parents. They cared about the brothers' daily lives, bought them new clothes, and even sent them to school. They also changed their names to Fang Zhiyi and Fang Zhizu.

Fang Zhiyi gradually accepted his adoptive parents; they were truly wonderful people. His younger brother had a somewhat difficult personality, a bit like their biological father, but the adoptive parents were always willing to spend time coaxing and guiding him.

Time slowly passed, and Fang Zhiyi graduated from college. On graduation day, his adoptive parents specifically came to pick him up. Fang Zhiyi smiled and promised that he would definitely give them a good life in the future. His adoptive parents smiled too, but whenever Fang Zhizu was mentioned, they felt somewhat distressed. That kid seemed to have hit a rebellious phase. He constantly defied Mr. and Mrs. Fang, frequently using the fact that he was adopted as a weapon against them. He even learned to skip school and fool around outside, leaving the Fang parents burning with anxiety.

Fang Zhiyi knew his brother's temper, but Fang Zhizu was always very well-behaved in front of him, sweetly calling him brother with every breath. Fang Zhiyi couldn't bear to scold him, so he could only comfort their parents by saying things would get better in the future. Life just muddled along like this.

The turning point occurred a year after Fang Zhiyi started working. After he got off work, a woman in coarse floral clothes grabbed him. She only looked at him for a few moments before breaking down into uncontrollable sobs.

"Oh, my son! I have searched so hard and suffered so much looking for you!"

Her crying attracted quite a few onlookers. It took Fang Zhiyi a long time to recognize his biological mother standing before him, as well as his biological father and eldest brother not far away. After all these years, she had aged significantly, but the shrewdness in her eyes hadn't faded one bit. Fang Zhiyi still remembered a crescent-shaped scar on his neck; it was from when she had pinched him to vent her anger after fighting with his father.

However, Fang Zhiyi had a gentle nature after all. He politely received his relatives. Listening to them talk about how miserable they had been over the years and how much they had missed the brothers, Fang Zhiyi couldn't help but shed tears.

Seeing her son cry, Wang Ling immediately knew she had a chance. She then proposed that he should return to his roots and acknowledge his ancestors.

But Fang Zhiyi still refused. Although he had missed his biological parents, he knew that everything he had today was due to the grace of his adoptive parents. He couldn't just walk away like that.

Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, Wang Ling turned around and sought out Fang Zhizu. Her tactic remained the same: first crying, then playing the emotional card. Fang Zhizu quickly caved in. He felt that what Wang Ling said was right, and even began to believe that he had been stolen from them by his adoptive parents back then.

After this, Wang Ling and Zhang Daming tried every trick in the book to ask Fang Zhiyi for money, making excuses like Zhang Daming being in poor health, or Fang Zhiyi's eldest brother, Zhang Xiong, still not having a wife, and so on.

Fang Zhiyi couldn't bear to listen to their sob stories, so he gave them a large portion of his salary, which almost became a habit.

However, he never expected this family's greed to be so strong. One day, he came home to find Fang Zhizu arguing with their adoptive parents. Upon asking for details, he discovered that Fang Zhizu had actually been stealing money from the house. When asked what he used it for, he refused to say. Fang Zhiyi could only try his best to pacify the family, acting as the typical peacemaker.

It wasn't until nightfall that Fang Zhizu secretly told Fang Zhiyi that he had given all the money to their biological father.

"Those two old geezers only raised us so we could provide for them in their old age! Bro, listen to me, cut ties with them tomorrow!"

Fang Zhiyi looked at his younger brother in shock. He had been so young when the adoptive parents took them in; how could he suddenly...

He wanted to reason properly with Fang Zhizu, but Fang Zhizu was dead set on his views. In the end, he even spat out words like, "You're just coveting the Fang family's wealth, that's why you can't bear to leave! You ungrateful wretch!" This left Fang Zhiyi utterly shocked.

Because Fang Zhizu's behavior broke their hearts time and time again, the adoptive parents finally gave up all hope on him. They told him to go back and find his biological parents, and Fang Zhizu slammed the door and left.

But unexpectedly, Fang Zhizu, who had stormed out the day before, returned the very next day. He came back carrying bags of all sizes, wearing a fawning smile on his face.

After all, having raised them for so many years, the two Fang elders had long considered both boys their own flesh and blood. Seeing him return, apologizing and personally preparing a meal, they assumed he had realized his mistakes. Their anger dissipated, and they planned to have a good talk with him about how to handle family relations in the future. Who would have known that after eating this meal, the two elders would never wake up again.