Chapter 27 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

The ding-dong sound nearly made Chen Hao burst out in tears.

Ah, it’s not easy. After doing so much and waiting for so long, the second mission finally arrived.

Damn. His speculation was indeed correct. The first mission came easily as welfare to newbies, and after the newbie period, he could only rely on himself.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Chen Hao gazed at Li Meng with a scorching gaze and said, “Seems like you straightened out your thinking. Go ahead and tell me. What’s your obsession?”

Li Meng looked rather sad as he said in a small voice, “I miss my mom.”

Mm?

Chen Hao paused in surprise. His mom? Could it be that this young fellow’s mother wasn’t by his side?

Chen Hao quickly asked, “Be more detailed.”

Li Meng recounted his story, and by the end of it, Chen Hao’s mouth was hanging open.

Li Meng’s family was pretty complicated, and it had to be recounted starting from his grandpa.

His grandfather was in his younger days, a loafer who did all sorts of illegal things and got into fights all the time. Later, when calamity struck, Li Meng’s grandfather smartly chose to seek refuge with a local big boss and managed to join the Chinese Red Army. Using this identity, he did plenty of wicked deeds and even caused the deaths of a few people.

Later, after the calamity was over, Li Meng’s grandfather cleverly changed tracks and turned back into a good citizen.

However, Li Meng’s father inherited his old man’s terrible personality traits but not his shrewdness. Incorrigible and rash, he finally got into trouble and caused someone to be paralyzed, so he ended up fleeing to another country.

After that, Li Meng was born.

Li Meng knew that he was loved and cared for by a woman when he was young, but somehow, after he returned to his hometown, as he slowly grew up, he only had his father and no mother. When he was seven his father remarried, but that was only his stepmother. His stepmother only showed him concern on the surface, but when no one was around she would beat him up. Li Meng suffered a lot at the hands of that woman.

Because of this, Li Meng fell for his next-door neighbor Li Xueqi who was eight years older than him, as Li Xueqi treated him very well since he was young. She was the only source of warmth in his bitter childhood, and it was only because of her that Li Meng didn’t inherit his grandfather and father’s bad personality traits.

The reason Li Meng went into the water was that he found out that Li Xueqi was sick, so he wanted to go to Willow River to catch a tortoise for Li Xueqi to fortify her body. Alas, this intention of his was affected by the resentment enveloping his house, and with the help of the water ghost in the Willow River, he was drowned to death, causing the Li family to be without descendants.

At this point, it had to be said that because of Li Meng’s grandfather’s mistake, Li Meng’s father only managed to obtain this son outside. When he remarried, his new wife conceived three daughters consecutively, but she miscarried two of them, and the only one who survived was plagued with disease and had to take medicine all the time. Hence, even though his stepmother disliked Li Meng, so long as Li Meng’s old man was still alive, she dared not go overboard.

At the moment of his death, the person who came into Li Meng’s mind wasn’t his family or his crush Li Xueqi, but his biological mother, whose looks had already faded in his memory.

To sum it up, this was a youth who lacked motherly love. Although he found consolation in his big sister neighbor, his love for his biological mother couldn’t be replaced by anything else.

Chen Hao couldn’t help feeling a sour sensation in his heart, and his eyes turned moist.

He thought of his parents at home.

They had been worrying about him for many years. After he started working, he had been busy trying to make money. Come to think of it now, he felt ashamed, because he had never missed his parents at home. Regardless of the reason, he couldn’t conceal his heart, his lack of filial piety. After settling this Stone City matter, I need to find time to go back and accompany my family more. Else, no matter how much money I make, it will all be in vain.

“I get it. Your obsession is wanting to see your biological mother again, right?” Chen Hao asked.

Li Meng nodded hopefully. “Can it be done? I’ve already forgotten what she looks like. Dad never told me her name and address either.”

Chen Hao said with a smile, “Don’t worry. I’ll help you.”

The elated Li Meng’s eyes brimmed with tears. He had been hoping for this for more than ten years. Although he was dead now, he never forgot about his mother. Merely thinking about it made his heart palpitate. The bond between two blood-related people indeed couldn’t be easily broken.