Chapter 272 - Milk Brother

At night, Jing Mansion.

"Bo Chuan, Mo Ling, we heard that Princess Luana went to Jing Corporation today. Is she really Little Xi?" Yang Shu Ling asked anxiously.

"Yes."

Yang Shu Ling's eyes went red once again, but she sighed a breath of relief knowing that Mo Xi was still alive.

"How is she?"

"Sister Mo Xi looks great, and she is doing very well now. We will be going to M & M Hotel tomorrow to see Little Ying and our dear niece and nephew!"

Jing Cang and Yang Shu Ling were excited upon hearing that Mo Xi was alright and that Yang Zhen Ying and Mo Xi's children were all well.

"That's great. Can you ask them tomorrow, when they would be coming back?"

"Mm! I know!"

M & M Hotel.

Valerie and Xue Yue sat at the coffee table in Mo Xi's bedroom.

"Was Donovan in Poker ever since he was born?" Mo Xi asked them without hesitation.

Valerie and Xue Yue looked at one another with a look of confusion before they answered, "No."

"When… When did he join Poker?"

"He joined when he was about seventeen years old."

"Where was he before that?"

"He was always in Country Y, and he grew up in a very tough environment."

"Zhou Dong dumbed him in the orphanage when he was a baby because he wanted Donovan to be strong and ruthless. Another family then adopted Donovan, but Zhou Dong arranged for the family to discard him on the streets when he was seven. Donovan returned to the orphanage but was soon kicked out again. After that, Donovan started to work different jobs and slept on the street, just so that he could survive. He delivered milk, newspapers, and he also worked as a waiter and bartender. When he was about seventeen years old, Zhou Dong went to fetch him back, and he joined us since then."

"Surprisingly, despite his incredible skills in fighting and shooting, he never shot. When he first came to Poker, whenever we thought that he would shoot at those people, he would hesitate for a moment and asked the others to do it. Zhou Dong was furious at first, so he forced Donovan to shoot. If Donovan didn't shoot, he would punish him and lock him up for days without food. Gradually, Donovan's heart became colder and he started to shoot when necessary. By necessary, it was only when his grandfather forced him to. However, he never gave the fatal shot."

Valerie and Xue Yue's heart hurt a little when they talked about Donovan because, unlike them, Donovan couldn't even leave Poker even if he wanted to. Donovan was born into that family, and he had the responsibility of protecting his family.

Moreover, when Donovan first joined them, he was still a rather bright person. Hence when they thought about how Donovan gradually became gloomy and the things that he had gone through, Valerie and Xue Yue felt a little hurt.

Mo Xi's heart stopped beating for a moment, and her face went pale.

Memories of the past flooded her mind.

The young Mo Xi sat near the window every day as she read her books while she waited for the young Donovan to come.

When Mo Xi saw Donovan, she smiled brightly and said, "Milk brother, remember to eat the sandwich!"

Donovan looked up and smiled happily, "Thank you, my little star."

"Milk brother, you have to drink more juice. If not, you will get sick easily."

"My little star, why do you treat me so nicely?"

"Because you are my only friend, and you are a good person."

"How do you know that I am a good person?"

"I can see it in your eyes."

"My little star is so kind…"

"Milk brother, when I recover, we can play outside together."

"Mm. I will wait for my little star to recover."

The ten years old Mo Xi still had a little bit of childishness in her as she was only starting to recover from her sickness.

Donovan was the only one that Mo Xi could see every day, and he always smiled when he saw her. Mo Xi could see from Donovan's eyes that he was someone good and that he genuinely liked her. That was why she was always happy to see him.

As Mo Xi was still young then, she didn't know that what she saw in Donovan's eyes wasn't just a friend liking another friend. Donovan loved her, but she didn't know, and she purely saw him as a very good friend.

Mo Xi never thought that Donovan would be the 'milk brother' that accompanied her when she was young because Donovan disappeared one year after they started talking. Later on, she heard from her neighbor that the delivery boy had died.

When Mo Xi first heard that Donovan had died, she was down for some time because he was her only friend at that time.

After Mo Xi listened to what Valerie and Xue Yue said, her heart sank.

What exactly did Donovan go through all these years for him to change so much?

How could Zhou Dong treat Donovan in such ways?

Donovan never harmed Mo Xi nor her family. She could see that Donovan wouldn't and didn't hurt anyone important to her, even Jing Mo Chen.

Although Donovan wasn't the same person as before, Mo Xi's heart still hurt a little knowing that he had a hard time all these times because he never truly wanted to hurt anyone.

Next day. M & M Hotel.

Jing Mo Chen, Jing Mo Ling, Jing Bo Chuan, and Feng Rui came to Mo Xi's hotel room, and the sight was magnificent because there were many guards around the area.

The guards guarded the hotel from outside the hotel to all the way inside Mo Xi's room.

Valerie opened the door for Jing Mo Chen and the others as Mo Xi was busy preparing a meal for them.

Although Xue Yue, Valerie, and Yang Zhen Ying stopped Mo Xi from cooking, Mo Xi insisted on preparing a meal.