Chương 89: _【+】(89)

_【+】(89)

"My sister was gravely ill, yet the Qu family ignored her. Even her own parents turned a blind eye. How laughable. So face is more important than their own child's life. I was only a teenager then, trying to take care of little Mo on one hand and my sister on the other, while also dealing with the schemes of my so-called family. I had to do everything, and the result was that I did nothing well." As he said this, Qu Wei suddenly slammed his fist heavily on the table.

Li Xin frowned at the sight. She could imagine such a scene. Great families, relatives... that's why she didn't think having a family was a good thing. What was so bad about being an orphan? A family like that was probably worse than having none at all.

Qu Wei gritted his teeth. "I don't know how much little Mo suffered in secret. I only remember one time, I forgot something and went back from school. I saw little Mo, completely naked, tied to the balcony of the clock tower in the dead of winter. A group of women were laughing at him. Snow covered his entire body. The blood that flowed from the whip marks on him stood out against the white snow, aly bloody sight.

"I don't know how I rushed up to hug little Mo. The only thing I remember is that little Mo didn't cry. His once innocent and lively eyes were covered with the temperature of ice and snow at that moment, chillingly cold. Only when I was carrying him back did he faintly say to me, 'Don't tell Mommy.'

"That day, I finally learned how my cousins, relatives, and even my other sisters treated little Mo when I wasn't around. My sister was, after all, a Qu family member, so they wouldn't go too far with her. But little Mo was a Qi family member, a bastard that even the Qi family didn't want. He was the source of their ridicule. Needle pricks, insults, physical punishment—they did it all. Under his clothes, his small body was covered in scars—red, swollen, from whipping—it was unbearable to look at.

"Can you imagine a group of women surrounding a three-year-old little Mo, freely mocking him, ridiculing his origins, his background, his body, even his gender, hitting and cursing him, utterly humiliating him? The men of the Qu family, for the sake of face, instructed the women and children to act. How ironic."

Qu Wei suddenly let out a cold snort, his eyes filled with resentment and disgust. "This is the so-called nobility. These are the so-called ladies. There's a Chinese saying, 'The most venomous is a woman's heart.' It's absolutely true. They could actually bring themselves to do it, to say those things. They were worse than shrews on the street. Nobility, haha, this is the true face of nobility. Tear away that glittering golden coat, and inside is all the filthiest stuff."

Li Xin was stunned. She stared at Qu Wei, never having imagined that Qi Mo had gone through such things. A three-year-old child... what kind of cruel heart could do that to him? And how stubborn and smart he must have been. Li Xin fell silent.

Qu Wei paused for a moment to steady his emotions, then looked out the window with reddened eyes. "My sister was a smart person. She was bedridden and couldn't move, but that didn't mean she didn't know about these things. She just had no way to fight back. She no longer had the strength. She could only grow weaker day by day. From that time on, little Mo became silent. The once lively and innocent child's gaze grew colder by the day. He stopped talking to any Qu family member except me.

"And after that mistake, I kept little Mo by my side at all times. I even took him to school with me. I think I was still too late. From that moment, little Mo had already come to hate women. Hated them to the point of disgust, hated them to the point of being unwilling to touch them, hated them so deeply it was carved into his bones."

Li Xin fell silent. She leaned back in her chair, looking at Qu Wei, a faint ache spreading in her heart. She didn't know if it was pity or some other factor. She only knew her heart felt sour. So that was why. That was why Qi Mo had such a strange rule, why as a triad boss, he wasn't surrounded by women but was all alone. Qi Mo, so you had it even harder than me. Li Xin pressed a hand to her heart. It was too sour, so sour it made her whole body uncomfortable.

She said coldly, "If it were me, I would probably repay them tenfold today."

Qu Wei looked up and was silent for a moment before lowering his head. "Tenfold? You're still softer than little Mo. Back then, little Mo went everywhere with me. I wouldn't allow him to stay by my sister's side alone. But I never expected that on the day before New Year's, I was carrying little Mo, having bought medicine for my sister, and when I returned, I heard a conversation between my father and my sister. That was the first time I heard the word 'death' from my father's mouth. 'Better to be dead than alive.' That sentence has stayed with me my whole life. Those were a father's words to his daughter.

"So heartless, so cold. I don't remember what else was said. I only know that when I walked in with little Mo, my sister was crying and laughing at the same time. The look in her eyes as she gazed at little Mo was full of apology and tenderness. She kept crying, 'What will you do when I'm gone?'

"And what little Mo replied, his icy voice carried an absolute ferocity. In a childish tone, he said word by word, 'I will live well. What they owe us today, I will make them repay a hundred, a thousand times over. I want not a single person from the Qu family to be left.'

"My sister and I were both stunned. My strong and confident sister, after a moment of shock, looked at little Mo and said, word by word, 'No, they are family. You can deal with them, but you absolutely must not kill them. Promise me, little Mo, you absolutely must not.' Little Mo was silent for a long time. When my sister was breathing her last, he finally gave a difficult nod."

Qu Wei let out a long breath, stabilized his emotions, and said to Li Xin, "The memories from back then are too deep, so deep that I haven't forgotten a single word. This is the origin of little Mo's hatred for women, and the reason why he has to suppress his desire to kill every single person in the Qu family."

Li Xin leaned back in her chair, her face filled with anger. She said in a deep voice, "No wonder he hates the Qu family so much, no wonder his temper is so volatile. The greater the harm, the deeper the hatred. Why didn't I think of that before?" But she forgot that it wasn't that she hadn't thought of it, but that she had never bothered to think about it. She had never meddled in matters that didn't concern her. This was the first time she had asked about someone else.

Qu Wei nodded. "Yes, little Mo's brutality and iron-fisted nature were triggered when he was three. My sister made him promise on her deathbed because she didn't want him to be too heartless. A person who is too heartless may harm others, but the one who is truly hurt is themselves. My sister was smart. I only understand her meaning now. But little Mo has already become truly iron-fisted, no longer the lively and lovely child of the past."

Li Xin tapped her fingers on the table. For some reason, she felt extremely irritable, as if she wanted to find someone to fight to vent her frustration. The inexplicable emotion made her even more annoyed. She had always thought that the growth of a triad boss would definitely not be smooth sailing. She had long understood that Qi Mo's past wouldn't be good. But now, actually hearing it, that indescribable feeling made her very uncomfortable. It was sour, stuffy, and unpleasant.

After a long silence, Li Xin controlled her strange mood and looked at Qu Wei. "Then why did Qi Mo end up in the Qi family? How did he get to where he is today?" The inexplicable frustration made her forget her rule of never asking about others' private affairs. And what she was asking now was no longer what she was curious about, but about Qi Mo's entire life story. This change in content might also bring about other changes.

Qu Wei glanced at Li Xin, saw the strange emotion in her eyes, and a faint, comforting smile touched his lips. He said in a low voice, "After my sister died, my father told me to throw little Mo to the Qi family. He was a Qi, not a Qu. There was no reason for him to grow up in the Qu family. I was weak and couldn't fight them. By the time I rushed to the Qi family, little Mo had already been thrown in front of their gate.

"Little Mo, who had stood there alone for a day and a night, resolutely refused to go back with me. He only said that he had to hold his own destiny in his hands. At that moment, I realized that the blood flowing in little Mo's veins was indeed Qi family blood. The blood of that tyrannical, arrogant,, and cold-blooded family. He was destined not to walk an ordinary path in this life.

"I stood with little Mo for a day, then two days and a night, until the gates of the Qi family opened. Little Mo's father took him in. The next time I heard news of little Mo, he was already the head of the Qi family, a top figure who dominated the underworld.

"I clearly remember, he was nineteen that year. Everyone in power in the entire Qi family was killed. He stepped on blood to ascend to that position, becoming a legend in the entire underworld, leading the Qi family to where it is today, a point where no one dares to openly challenge its might." As he said this, Qu Wei couldn't help but sigh, not knowing whether to praise Qi Mo's ability or to lament his iron-fisted methods.

Li Xin let out a breath. Seeing Qu Wei stop, she couldn't help but press, "And then?"

Qu Wei gave a bitter smile. "Once he entered the Qi family, I lost all news of little Mo. How would I know what he went through to get to where he is today? I'm not as close to him as you are now."

Hearing this, Li Xin raised an eyebrow, then nodded after a moment. She knew that only Jiao Wen probably knew how Qi Mo had climbed to the position of family head. Perhaps even Hong Ying and the others didn't know.

Seeing Li Xin raise an eyebrow without saying anything, Qu Wei looked at her fixedly and said softly, "Little Li Xin, little Mo has never been close to a woman for so many years. You are the only one. I don't know why little Mo has chosen you, but little Li Xin, promise me, little Mo is not a bad person. Never betray him."

Seeing Qu Wei speak with such gentleness and gravity, Li Xin was slightly stunned, then looked at him and said, "I don't think Qi Mo is a bad person." Perhaps to others, Qi Mo was a bad person, but not to her. Someone who would risk his life to save her, who would never abandon his subordinates—Qi Mo was not a bad person.

Qu Wei thought for a moment and frowned. "That's good."

Li Xin thought for a moment and frowned. "Why should I promise you not to betray him? I never said I was going to betray him. He's my boss. If I betray him, I'm dead for sure. Do I need to promise you that?" After hearing about Qi Mo's past, her mind was in a mess, and she wasn't thinking clearly. She really didn't know what Qu Wei meant by this.

Seeing Li Xin frowning at her with a 'you're an idiot' look on her face, Qu Wei wanted to laugh but couldn't. He just shook his head slightly. "Just remember my words. You don't need to understand now. You will understand one day. By the way, don't tell little Mo what I told you. Otherwise, you probably won't have much happen to you, but I might be exiled to the North Pole to rob a penguin's tomb."

He looked at Li Xin with a grave expression. Qi Mo was no longer the little Mo of the past. If he knew that he had told Li Xin about his past, who knows how angry he would get. He didn't have the ability to face Qi Mo's wrath.

Seeing Qu Wei's serious face, Li Xin couldn't help but smile and shake her head. "Qi Mo isn't the kind of person you think he is. If he knew you told me, he wouldn't even bat an eye. From the fact that he doesn't shy away from others talking about his background, you should know that he doesn't care about these things at all."

She paused and said in a low voice, "Qi Mo is iron-fisted and ruthless, but he is also proud. What he wants is not pity and sympathy. He wants absolute reverence and unconditional trust. There is nothing in this world he cannot do. So those past events are just embellishments, not even embellishments. He is more focused on the present and the future. That is his world."

Listening to Li Xin's words, which seemed to flow out without a thought, Qu Wei was slightly surprised. The reason he told Li Xin was because he saw that Qi Mo treated her differently. And apparently, this clueless Li Xin didn't know what was different. He had wanted to use this tragic childhood to gain Li Xin's sympathy and thus accelerate the situation to what he envisioned. But now it seemed that his method was perhaps inappropriate, or perhaps no further embellishment was needed from him.

At that, Qu Wei sighed. "After so many years of being estranged from little Mo, I actually know him less well than someone who has only been with him for a few months. But, I am very glad that little Mo has good taste. They say that to have one true friend in life is to die without regret. To have such a beauty by his side is his fortune."

Li Xin was instantly repulsed and glared at Qu Wei. His words had completely ruined her mood. A confidante? What a joke. In what way did she resemble Qi Mo's confidante? She glared at Qu Wei. "Do you think Qi Mo even recognizes the concept of a confidante? Do you think Qi Mo and I can be associated with that term? Stop acting like an elder. Whether it's a fortune or not is not for you to say."

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