But Monkey had only mentioned a sister...
This...
Seeing the confusion in their eyes, Monkey gave a bitter smile and began to recount his early life.
He was from the local Mentougou Village. The Chen surname was a prominent one in the area, so he naturally had clansmen.
But his father passed away from an illness when he was fifteen, and his mother, worn down by years of hard labor, followed his father the next year, leaving only him and his sister at home.
Normally, in such a situation, the clan should have stepped in to care for the siblings. But as it turned out... Monkey wasn't met with warmth and compassion. Instead, he learned the true meaning of how cold and cruel the world could be.
He originally had three older brothers, but one drowned in the river, and the other two died of illness when they were young. Of five children, only he and his sister had survived.
