"What can change the nature of a man?" the Night Witch Decipherer asked the Nameless One in the Fortress of Regret.
Chu Zihang's life was divided into two parts, with that man's departure as the dividing line. From then on, he walked the road of revenge.
That man had left him twice. The first time, he had left their home; the second time, he had left this world.
Perhaps it was fate that Lu Mingfei had been there both times. He was only a passerby who happened to pass through the most important moments of Chu Zihang's life. From then on, in every recollection, his image was etched deep in Chu Zihang's mind.
The first time was when that man divorced his mother. A family built by a man who drove his boss's luxury car and won a woman's heart with sweet talk was destined not to last. At the time, Chu Zihang was in eighth grade, and Lu Mingfei was in seventh.
Chu Tianjiao and Su Xiaoyan's relationship could no longer continue. Finally, on that day during Chu Zihang's eighth-grade year, they divorced. That man still shamelessly drove his boss's luxury car around, bragging everywhere he went. Sometimes, he secretly called Chu Zihang and told him to look after his mother.
That day, Lu Mingfei of Shilan High School made a name for himself in a single fight, becoming the loser everyone in the school knew. The seventh-grader had been mocked for having no father or mother. He fought with someone, and the matter eventually reached the school administration. The school summoned their parents, and sure enough, Lu Mingfei's parents did not come. His uncle and aunt came instead. His uncle kept nodding and apologizing to the other student's parents, while his aunt berated Lu Mingfei relentlessly, forcing