"For me?" Lin Jiu sneered, "If this is just your excuse, I think it's a waste of time." After saying this, Lin Jiu used his clothes to block the gun in his hand and pointed it at Li Mo, "If you don't tell me, I'll check it myself. Give me those torn pages."
"Xiaojiu, I'm not afraid of dying at your hands, but I'm afraid... that no one will protect you." Li Mo's voice suddenly became choked. "I'll give you these pages, okay?"
Li Mo stood up after saying this and said, "Boss, check out."
He drove Lin Jiu to the riverside where they had been last time.
It was already dark, and the houses on both sides of the river were brightly lit.
The lights from thousands of houses made the place where they were seem even more deserted and quiet.
Lin Jiu got out of the car, walked to the riverside, and looked at the star-speckled reflections on the water. "Tell me, will I live to be twenty-five?"
"From the moment you appeared beside me, my mission has been to monitor you."
Lin Jiu looked at Li Mo warily.
"I am an orphan, and was adopted by my master since I was young. My master is a senior leader of the Dark Night Group.
But no one thought that your mother would give birth to you with her enemy.
As for the hatred between the Xiao family and the Nalan family, it has lasted for hundreds of years, and no one can clearly explain why.
There is a legend that the Ye family was once named Nalan, and they went to Southeast Asia to do business with the Xiao family during the Qing Dynasty.
At that time, the Xiao family and the Nalan family joined forces to do prosperous business, from the Strait of Malacca to the Panama Canal.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the world's powers began to invade China.
The Xiao family and the Nalan family made so much money that invaders from all over the country became jealous and began to suppress the businesses of the two families.
However, at this time, in order to protect themselves, the Xiao family betrayed the Nalan family.
Many members of the Nalan family around the world were imprisoned for illegal operations, and the Nalan family finally had to retreat to Southeast Asia.
In order to resume their business, the Nalan people who stayed in Southeast Asia changed their surnames to Ye and cut themselves off from the past.
However, the Xiao family's business is spread all over the world.
In the dark, freedom is the constant.
Perhaps it was really a curse from the Nalan family. The Xiao family had a family disease that had manifested itself in several generations of the Xiao family members. Most of the Xiao family members died tragically before the age of 25.
In order to treat the disease, the Xiao family spent all their financial resources to establish the Dark Night Group.
Because some laboratories used illegal means to conduct scientific experiments, and some places even used living people, the Xiao family's business went underground.
In addition, members of the Xiao family kept falling ill and dying.
This makes the Dark Night Group mysterious and terrifying."
After hearing this, Lin Jiu staggered a few steps and almost fell down. Li Mo quickly supported her.
"It seems that my birth is a joke, and I am a person who should not exist in this world." Lin Jiu suddenly felt that he was redundant in this world.
"Don't say that." Li Mo helped Lin Jiu to the bench by the river. "Your mother gave everything for you."
Li Mo raised his head and looked at the crescent moon hanging in the sky, "Everything is God's will. Before your mother met Ye Cheng, she didn't know she was a member of the Xiao family. She was just the eldest daughter of the Nanyang Tang Group.
Later, she learned about her life experience, left Yecheng, and married Lin Hong from Bincheng, all for the sake of keeping you alive. She understood that if the Ye family or the Xiao family knew of your existence, they would definitely kill you.
So, even though she was sick, she didn't go to the hospital and committed suicide by jumping into the river before her body rotted, all to keep your life story a secret."
Lin Jiu tightly grasped the armrest of the bench, "How did she know my life experience?"
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