Chapter 474 - A Miserable Life (1/2)

Excellency Ape cast Liu Kexin a cold glance and said aloofly, “I will tell you the exact words you have said to me. You think it is impossible because you have never seen it, heard it or experienced it. I was born in a small town on the border of Cathaysian State. My family was not rich, but we were considered middle-class in the town.”

“I was the second child. I had a sister and a brother… But later they were all gone. They died.”

The long hair on his face made it hard for others to see his facial expression. But the eyes are the windows to a person’s heart. Liu Kexin did find any sadness in his eyes, except for a hint of joy, which frightened her.

“My parents ran a supermarket in that town. They made some money, so we scarcely lacked for food or clothes. They had me when they were about 30. I was supposed to be loved like a normal child. But they found that their child turned out to be a hairy monster.”

Liu Kexin said with compassion, “A parent who has a baby at thirty would certainly love it very much. But if he found it was weird, he might not take to it that easily.”

Excellency Ape sneered, “Humans are all selfish. Did that baby want himself to be like that? He was mocked and humiliated when he was growing up. If his parents could not protect him, they should never have given birth to him.”

Liu Kexin said, “Perhaps they did love you, since they did not abandon you…”

Excellency Ape laughed with disdain and coldness. “I had a sister who was 5 years older than me. But they always liked boys more, which was why they did not abandon me. They tried to heal me. They took me to a hospital in a big city. But there was nothing they could do. They spent some money during those days. Perhaps they thought that if they abandoned me, the money would go to waste. So they gave up the idea.”

“They liked boys more. But after I was born, I was not loved as much as my sister. They must have thought that it would be better for them to invest their time in her. After all, she was a normal girl. She hated me even before I was born. Though she was very young, she understood many things. She never told others that she had a brother. She just told others that there was a monkey in her house.”

There was sympathy in Liu Kexin’s eyes. She sighed, “You should blame your parents or people of that time, for their patriarchal thoughts. It was also the reason why your sister hated you so much.”

Excellency Ape said, “I hated her because she bullied me together with the other kids. But my face was not the only thing that made me different from others. I was born with incredible strength. I could beat four or five boys who were of the same age as me. But she was 5 years older than me, so were her friends. I was beaten black and blue many times, then they would surround me and laugh loudly.”

Liu Kexin was surprised and said, “Your parents did not do anything about it?”

“After knowing that I was genetically mutated and could not be cured, they kept me home. But they never considered me as their son. They never cared about me… In my memory, they have never hugged me after I was weaned.”

“That is not fair.”

“Not fair? Let me tell you more. Every time my sister bullied me, they would turn a blind eye. Instead, they would side with my sister. When they looked at me, there was only apathy in their eyes… You told me everyone was born to be kind?” There was a hint of sharpness in his eyes. “Do you still think they were kind? I was their son and a brother to my sister? Where were their kindness and compassion?”

Liu Kexin found herself speechless.