The Mafia King's First Love

A few days later.

Wei was thrown out of Jiang Zhen's base after he was thoroughly beaten up and tortured on Jiang Zhen's orders. Shen Yang stood in front of him and smiled. "Ex-Boss, do you need me to send you back to the villa? I think you cannot make it on your own. Can you even walk?"

Wei stood up on his feet, but no matter how much his skin was stinging and burning in pain, neither he wobbled nor asked for anybody's help. He didn't even let out a whimper of cry while he was getting tortured. His skin had blisters, and his lip was bleeding from the punches. But he didn't let out a sound.

The only sound he could distinctly hear was his crushing sound of defeat. He couldn't feel anything apart from his loss.

Wei ignored Shen Yang and turned around him to walk away.

Shen Yang clicked his tongue. "So stubborn…"

He was there the whole time when the men were torturing Wei. But instead of crying or begging them to stop, Wei let them do what they wanted. For a moment, Shen Yang thought as if he had even seen him softly smile with his eyes shut.

But he wasn't shocked to be honest. He had worked under Wei for years now. Wei was made up of a different mould altogether. It was impossible to get any reaction out of him unless it was related to Lihua.

"Well that time will come too," he smiled.

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Wei kept on walking all alone on the road. His gaze was blank and directionless as if he didn't know where he was going.

"Lihua...Lihua…"

He kept on mumbling her name endlessly. He wondered if he didn't stop saying her name, Lihua would eventually appear before him.

"Wei!"

He froze. His eyes slowly widened, and he hastily turned back. He saw Lihua waving at him, smiling with her brilliant smile on her lips.

"Li-Lihua…"

His eyes watered, but he didn't let the tears blur his view. He was afraid if he would blink, Lihua would disappear. If he didn't see her clearly, she would vanish.

His lips bloomed into a relieved smile as he stretched his arm towards her.

"Lihua...I-I am sorry that I failed. Please forgive me...I was useless…" he let out a chuckle, "But look. I got my punishment. Those men tortured me really badly. I am glad they did. T-they should have beaten me even more, right? I failed you. I have always hurt you. Always... always made you cry even though I only wanted to see you happy. I couldn't protect you. I couldn't take you away today...I failed. I failed so miserably…"

His chuckle turned into a crazy laughter as he covered his face with his hands. "You must be so disappointed in me, right? I lost. I was sure I would win today. But I lost to Jiang Zhen. I am so... pathetic," he laughed even more.

But through the crevices of his fingers slipped his warm tears.

"I am so useless. Y-You were right in divorcing me. You don't deserve a useless husband. You don't deserve someone who couldn't do even a single thing right. I want to get you back, Lihua...I want you back. I want to save you. I am ready to die if I have to if it means you will be free. But...I don't know how to. I feel so alone. How should I save you? What should I do now? I don't understand anything…"

Pain shot in his abdomen, and he coughed a bit. He gasped as tears plopped out of his eyes.

He could still see Lihua in front of him, smiling gently at him. But he felt her slowly disappearing into thin air.

"N-No. Don't go. Lihua... Lihua!"

Wei struggled amidst the pain shooting like crazy all over his body. But he didn't feel any of it. He ran towards Lihua, who seemed to be going farther and farther from him.

*HONKKKK!*

"Get out of the way!!!" A voice shouted.

Wei dazedly looked at his right and saw a truck coming towards him. The driver had a horrified expression on his face, and he was honking continuously. He pressed the brakes, but it was too late as Wei wasn't moving an inch from his place.

He dryly laughed.

Ah…

I do deserve to die…

Suddenly, somebody grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the truck's way by force. The truck just zoomed past him at that moment and came into an abrupt stop. The driver looked back and angrily said, "Stupid man! Go die in front of some other truck if you want! Are you blind!?"

"Hey! How dare you talk to Boss like that!? Wait till I chop you into pieces!"

His face darkened. "Boss? Who boss? That man looking like a broken kite? He will chop me into pieces? Good joke!"

"Shut up! If you love your life, then shoo!"

"You! It's that man's fault for standing like an idiot rock in the middle of the road, and you are talking back to me!? He could have put me into jail had he been hurt!"

"Get lost! Can't you see Boss is so heartbroken!? Has God given you any heart!?"

"Ugh!! Why am I talking to a bunch of idiots?"

The truck driver started his truck and sped away, cursing them.

"Don't let me see your face ever again or I will slice you up!"

The man widened his eyes as he saw Wei's condition. "B-Boss...who hit you like that!? Who dares!?"

Wei slowly raised his head and dazedly saw the man standing before him. His gaze turned as icy as the Arctic, and he pushed him away. "Get lost…"

The man immediately kneeled in front of him and lowered his head. "Boss, don't you recognize me? I am Chang Fang! Leader of the Shadow Eagle gang!"

"I don't know anyone... Everybody is on his side now…"

Chang Fang furiously shook his head. "No, Boss! Shadow Eagle was always with you! We never bent towards that bastard Jiang Zhen's side! For us, our loyalty only lies with you! I don't know about the other gangs. But Shadow Eagle would never betray Boss!"

He cried as he wiped his tears. "The gangs under Chief Shen Yang suddenly started to attack us. At first, we fought them, but when they started to overwhelm us, we thought it was better to hide. I saw that bastard Shen Yang myself leading the war! I really wanted to let you know about his betrayal. But his guards were all around, keeping a watch on your loyal factions...B-But seeing you like this, I think you already know…"

He burst into tears. "I am sorry, Boss, that I couldn't be useful.. If you had known before, you wouldn't have suffered."