The Mafia King's First Love

Jiang Zhen looked at Wei and smiled. "Jiang Wei. Do you want to tell that side of your story? The part where you shot bullets in their heads with your own hand? Do you?"

Wei's eyes, as dark as the deep seawater, stared at him with a threatening alarm in them.

"Come on. Why don't you start with your beautiful love story that started when you were children?"

Lihua's eyes slowly widened. She stared at Wei, who couldn't look back at her.

Childhood?

"I…don't remember. I never met you when we were children."

Wei clenched his fists. He took a sharp breath.

The other families were just as shocked. Old Madam looked at Jiang Weizhe in disbelief. "Weizhe, what is this…? Did you know about this?"

Jiang Weizhe pursed his lips. Jiang Yubi furrowed her brows. "Weizhe. Lihua and Wei knew each other as children? But I didn't know about this. You never told me that Wei knew her."

Jiang Weizhe hesitated. "I didn't know it from the beginning. I came to know myself when Song Wuying and Song Lan died. The guard who brought Wei back one day brought me the news. After much insistence, Wei told me."

Lihua was shocked.

Dad knew about this too?

Jiang Zhen clicked his tongue. "Such a loser, Wei. It's such a beautiful story you two have, and you never told her? Why not? Childhood lovers turned husband and wife~ It has got such a nice ring to it. Tell her, Jiang Wei. Why didn't you share the past with her?"

The temperature dropped, and the air got extremely chilly as Wei's anger rose several notches.

Jiang Zhen waved his hand in the air. "Come on Wei. Go ahead. This will be the last time you see your lovely ex-wife. If you didn't tell her today, you will never get the chance again. Then don't blame me for being heartless."

Wei quietly said, "Last time? I will never get the chance again? You think too highly of yourself."

"I must say. You have immense confidence. Even after losing to me in such a pathetic way possible, you still think that you will win."

He said nothing.

"Here I am being such a nice person and letting you meet her for the last time, but you don't appreciate it. Well anyway. I don't care if you want to keep your silence. The end result was that they died. Jiang Wei. I hate you so much. You killed our puppets and walked away freely. My idiot Dad had given up, and the plan with Song Wuying failed, thanks to you."

He sneered. "But finally after waiting for so long, we achieved what we always wanted. Ah, I wanted to see this day so desperately…"

Lihua stammered as tears fell. "W-Wei...Tell me this isn't true. What nonsense is he saying? I am not the real daughter of Mom and Dad, you killed them, a-and we... knew each other? What is going on…" her voice sounded tired. "Why are s-so many important things kept hidden from me?"

Wei quickly said, "It's not like that, Lihua."

His breaths were rapid and fearful. This was what he was always afraid of. Now that everything was out, he didn't know how to explain himself.

"Not like that? Then what is it like? Did you really know everything about me? Then why didn't you tell me!? Why is it that everyone likes to hide things from me...A-Am I that unreliable?" She sadly laughed.

Zhao Weisheng held her hand and patted it. "Lihua, don't think like that dear."

"Then what should I think, Grandpa?" She cried. "Sis...sis also hid such an important thing from me. She knew about Mom and Dad's death. S-she even knew who the culprit owas, but she never told me."

Jia froze.

"She went to take revenge and bore all the pain alone, and like a fool, I was enjoying my life as if everything was so happy. Wei knew me from before, but he also didn't say anything. Wei, in Mingshen's lab, I had asked you if you are hiding anything else from me…But you denied. You said you weren't hiding anything anymore from me. So, why is it that you still know something about me that I don't? It's my life. It's my past. It's my sister. It's my parents, but why am I not ever told anything!?"

Wei curled his fingers in his palm. "Lihua...you don't remember it. You don't remember the time we met, and you don't remember the night when they...came to kill you. When we met again after all those years, you didn't remember me. Then I felt glad that you didn't. You don't have to remember what happened in the past. You don't have to feel hurt anymore. I just took it as a new start of our lives where we left everything behind us."

Lihua stared at him, stunned.

"Feel hurt? Keeping me in the dark hurts me more, Wei! I mean look at me…" she laughed, "It's my life, but I don't know anything about it. Suddenly, I came to know that we knew each other from before. Suddenly, I came to know that you killed my parents. Suddenly, I came to know that I am not even their daughter. Suddenly, I came to know that even my real family is dead.

Do you think that...I am not supposed to know these things? Then what am I supposed to know? How am I supposed to live my life if I am living in a big, big bubble of illusion? But I know now. You and even s-sis too…" she choked, "You two always thought that I am such a weak and pitiful person who always needs to be protected."

Wei and Jia stiffened.

Wei widened his eyes and shook his head hard. "That is not true! I never thought about you-"

"At least stop lying now, Wei!" She exclaimed. "Please...at least now…don't lie anymore."

She lowered her head and burst into tears. "Everybody... everybody only knows how to lie to me. Hehe...you think I am dumb, and I won't understand... anything…"

She started to feel a little dizzy as she clutched her head.