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.
Excellency Ape snorted, “But their care for my sister was only temporary. They still wanted a boy. When I was six, my mother was finally pregnant again, which was something we had never expected. And later she gave birth to my brother.”Read More chapter on our vi pnovel. com
Excellency Ape drew a deep breath and said, “They were thrilled and focused all their attention on him. My sister was cast aside and I was even more so. I was a replaceable being in this family. After my brother’s birth, I became a burden in their eyes. Since then whenever they looked at me, there was only hate in their eyes.”
“How could they do that to you? You were all their children, yet they treated you differently. You may not seem like a normal kid, but you are still their flesh and blood.” Liu Kexin said hotly.
“If they had treated me as their son, how could I have become a monster like this!” Excellency Ape blazed, “But I should thank them, actually. They thought me that one must be selfish and strong in this world, so that he will not be bullied, because everyone will fear him.”
“After my brother was born, my sister took good care of him, which brought her back to my parents’ good books. I wanted to take care of my little brother. But he would cry whenever he saw me. My parents hated me more because of that. Since my brother needed their care, my parents took lesser care of me. Later my sister went to school, but I still stayed in the house. No school wanted to take me in because of my face…”
“As my brother got older, he too began bullying me. Maybe it was because he was very close to my sister… When he was 5, I was more than ten years old, and my sister was in high school, Back then I could beat 6 kids at one time. My strength increased like that of a primitive man. But I did not dare to hit my brother or even look into his eyes. If he cried because of me, my parents would beat me.”
“One time he was bullying me with the other kids, I dodged his blows. He cried because he could not hit me. Again, my parents beat the hell out of me. It took half a month for me to recover from the beating.”
Liu Kexin took a deep breath and murmured to herself, “It is horrible. They must be the worst parents ever.”
“But I still waited for them in the hope that their conscience would prick them, until one day I heard them talking in a room. They were plotting to sell me off as a worker… It was not until then I realized how ridiculous my hope was… There was nothing between me and my family, except our blood ties.”
“At that moment, my mind snapped. I was overwhelmed with anger. I stormed into the room and before they realized what happened, I grabbed my father’s throat and stabbed my mother over ten times with a knife. Later I killed my brother and sister, who were both sleeping… I even drained their blood. Because I found that only their blood could calm me down.”
Liu Kexin felt terrified.
”I ran out. I did not know whether the police could catch me. But I don’t regret it. My parents watched me coming to this world, and just stood aside, when I was being bullied for over ten years. Then they planned to sell me, like cattle.”
“Then I met my mentor in the wild. He was a top master in the Dark World. He noticed my talent and taught me the martial skills of killing… I followed him in the Dark World. He killed many people, so did I. Later my strength surpassed his. So I left him and traveled alone in the Dark World. Then I came into Mr. Buddha’s service and became one of the eight Buddhist generals, which makes me an enemy of Mr. Dragon.”Read More chapter on our vi pnovel. com
Excellency Ape looked at Liu Kexin and found overwhelming pity in her eyes. She dropped her head. Excellency Ape mocked, “Now do you still want to tell me that everyone was born to be kind?”
Excellency Ape looked at Liu Kexin. He always judged a person by his or her power and he did not care what people thought of him. He despised weak people like Liu Kexin. But he did not know why this girl was an exception. He wanted to know how this girl would answer this question.
