Chapter 409 First Encounter with Mo Liancheng (4)_1
Officer Mo paid no mind to the shopkeeper’s attitude and simply responded, "Yes!" casually.
He then pulled out a piece of hemp rope from the counter, tying up the small piece of meat, picked it up, and left. The young man walked away with his back straight, not at all resembling a beggar who had just begged humbly. Even if his attire made him appear impoverished, he carried a sense of pride from top to bottom.
Cai Wei, intrigued, inquired further about this young man from the shopkeeper.
Because Cai Wei was a key customer and the shopkeeper had intentions of cultivating her as regular, he enthusiastically provided a detailed account of Officer Mo’s circumstances.
"Ah, Officer Mo is just a victim of unfortunate circumstances. His dad used to be a poor laborer, earning a living by doing chores in a shop owned by the Huo Family. When his mother gave birth to him, since they were too poor to recuperate properly, she fell sick and her health had always been poor. Later, his father’s fortune turned around and he was spotted by the Old Master from the Huo Family, he was promoted to manage that shop. Then, he was promoted again and put in charge of managing Jufude, the biggest restaurant owned by the Huo Family in the capital. He managed every affair in Jufude and his life finally took a turn for the better."
"As the saying goes, ’Being full of food and warm only leads to lecherous thoughts.’ Now that the father has accumulated wealth of tens of thousands, entering vermilion manors, and going out with slaves and horses following him, he naturally wouldn’t be happy to look at a sick yellow-skinned wife every day, so he bought a ’skinny horse,’ which is a derogatory term for a courtesan from the Shouma Pavilion, and kept her as a concubine at home."
"Later, being bewitched by this skinny courtesan, he could no longer resist the badgering, and ended up divorcing his wife. He bestowed the courtesan with status and made her the official wife. Officer Mo was always tough. He choose to leave home with his mother, changed his last name to follow that of his mother’s, firmly cutting off any association with his father."