Chapter 959: The Seeds of Hatred Were Wrong from the Start

And the woman Father married was not the younger brother's mother; she had a daughter, and she and her daughter lived with Father in the Castle!

When he was young, he did not understand why there were so many rooms in the house, yet there could not be one for him and his younger brother?

Later, Father told him personally that it was because the new mother could not tolerate him and his younger brother, fearing they would fight for the family property, and wanted to leave all the family's assets to her own daughter.

From that moment on, the seeds of hatred took root and sprouted in his young heart!

Although Father had many things to do and was very busy, he would set aside a period of time every year to accompany his two sons on the Island.

Zhu Yiwen was usually very strict with his son's education, requiring him to learn everything, and he had known his mission since he was a child—to carry forward the Zhu Family!

If not for the upheaval when he was ten, he should have been able to follow Father's plan all the way: attend a prestigious school, study management, and return to inherit the family business!

But in the year he turned ten, Father went bankrupt.

It seemed Father owed a lot of money, and the place where he and his younger brother lived began to be unstable, always changing, and sometimes they would even be dragged out of their warm quilts in the middle of the night to move to a new place.

Five years of precarious living followed.

Finally, in the year he turned fifteen, things "stabilized," but it was not a good life; it was a life worse than death!

He and his younger brother were captured by the Ji Family, working like beasts of burden at the most menial jobs; not only were they not fed enough, but they also had to endure beatings and scolding, living a life worse than death every day.

If not for a woman who always secretly helped him, encouraged him, and snuck food to him and his younger brother, they would never have been able to hold on.

The woman let them learn things in secret; although the women of the Ji Family were overbearing and unreasonable, willful and capricious, they were truly intelligent, and the inventions of the Ji Family were countless.

Just taking out a few items would be enough for future use.

After living a life as a beast of burden in the Ji Family for a while, the woman finally caught an opportunity and took them to escape.

After escaping to a safe place, the woman finally told the truth—she was his biological mother!

He did not believe it, so the woman even took him to do a paternity test, and the result was that she was indeed his biological mother.

That period of time was one of the few happy times he felt.

Days with Mother's care were so good, a happiness he had never felt before, but unfortunately, good times did not last long, and Mother also passed away because of that woman, Shi Youxuan.

The seeds of hatred took root and sprouted in Zhu Qingxiang's heart, slowly growing into a towering tree.

Although both parents died at the hands of that woman, Ji Yingjie, it was all because of Shi Youxuan; if not for her, perhaps their family of several would have already reunited, living a happy and joyful life.

He counted all the suffering he and his younger brother had endured against the Sheng Family and against Shi Youxuan.

After paying respects to his parents, Zhu Qingxiang went to another room to dress and groom himself.

Late at night.

Night Paris bar.

Inside the bar, the noise was deafening, the lights were dim and flickering incessantly, and the music was ear-splitting.

On the bar stage, there was a pole, and a curvaceous woman with a hot figure was performing passionately.

People surrounded her, screaming and dancing wildly; even the air carried the scent of revelry.

"Black Rose!"

"I love you!"

"Black Rose, I like you so much, I'll give you my life!"

The men offstage confessed their love one after another, and bright roses drifted onto the stage like a rain of flowers.

Flowers and gifts had to be bought at the bar counter; roses that cost two yuan on the market sold for one hundred yuan each here, and if a guest gave a rose to a dancing woman, she would get a fifty-yuan commission.

Ever since "Black Rose" arrived here, she had become the undisputed Queen of the night scene!

She set a record of receiving over ten thousand roses in one night.

Early morning.

The crowd in the bar gradually thinned, and she came down from the stage, preparing to go home.

"Rose, wait a moment, a big shot wants to see you. Go out with him; you can name your price." The heavily made-up madam said with a fawning smile, trying to persuade her once again.

Almost every two days, there would be a big shot demanding that Black Rose go out to accompany him, but she never agreed, and this time the madam actually did not hold much hope either.

"I can go out, but I have a condition, it just depends on whether the big shot has the guts to agree."

She deftly snatched a cigarette from the madam's fingertips, placed it to her lips, took a deep drag, blew a pale blue smoke ring into the madam's face, and returned the cigarette to her fingertips.

"Really?"

The madam was overjoyed.

She was beaming with delight, hurriedly took out a cigarette, and pulled out a lighter, preparing to light it for her personally: "Whatever condition you have, just say it; as long as you can say it, there is nothing I cannot do."

She seemed to have already seen piles of banknotes flying toward her.

The madam had experience; the girls here were just afraid of the first time.

It was not easy to get them out the first time, but once the precedent was set, it would be much easier later.

With "Black Rose's" current reputation, if she were willing to go out with guests, would there be any worry about not making money?

But she was happy a little too early.

Black Rose parted her red lips slightly and softly spat out a few words: "I want someone's life."

"No problem, tell me."

"Shi Youxuan, the Chairman's Wife of Dingsheng Group."

"Cough, cough..."

The madam choked.

"Who did you say?"

"Shi Youxuan, can you do it?"

"Of course I can't do it, are you crazy? You want Shi Youxuan's life? With such big ambition, why don't you go to heaven?"

The madam cursed and left, no longer bringing up the matter of going out.

Black Rose changed her clothes and returned to her Apartment located in the city center.

After showering and removing his makeup, he lay on the bed; although exhausted, he felt no sleepiness.

Damn it! This path is a dead end again.

He had been in Jiangzhou for so long and had thought of many methods, but he hadn't even harmed a single hair on Sheng Hanyu or Shi Youxuan, leaving him with an endless sense of frustration.

He wouldn't go to the bar anymore; he had originally thought the men there would have some backbone, but they were too disappointing!

Each one talked a better game than the last, but when it came time to take real action, they turned cowardly.

Zhu Qingxiang felt very frustrated now; he was unwilling to just give up like this, as his younger brother was still suffering and toiling in the Diamond Mine, waiting for things to make progress here so he could make a move over there.

But now that he had no progress on his end, his younger brother could do nothing.

His younger brother Zhu Qingrui was lurking at the Diamond Mine, which was much more dangerous than here; the brothers had grown up together, drifting from place to place, and their bond was very deep.

He opened his computer and logged into his account to contact his younger brother.

……

"Nianyin, come with me to the Ginza International Apartment quickly; there is news from the Fairy, she should be hiding there."

Shi Youxuan had discovered a hidden WeChat account on the Fairy's computer; she had written it down and was just waiting for that account to go online.

No matter which computer it logged into, she could immediately find the Fairy's location.

Just now, the account that had disappeared for half a month suddenly logged in, and the IP address was in the city center.

She hurriedly called for Nianyin, and the two of them rushed over immediately.

Ginza International Apartment.

Zhu Qingxiang had already made contact with the person on the other end when his computer's defense system suddenly sent a warning: the account was being monitored.

"Damn it!"

He had no choice but to abandon the international assassin he had finally managed to contact, shut down the computer, and hurriedly leave the Apartment.

Shi Youxuan and Nianyin found this place, only to come up empty-handed again!