The final antagonist of the story, Li Shi Qing, has loved Xiao Li since he joined LSQ's gang. While Xiao Li never responded to LSQ's advances he did not go out of his way to avoid them, giving Li Shi Qing misguided hope. At the end, Li Shi Qing finally learns that all of Xiao Li's loyalty comes from a mistaken idea XL had before he joined the gang that LSQ might one day become his father. When LSQ learns the truth, the last of his pride and hope falls apart in a heartwrenching finale. Finally, LSQ is mu*dered and framed as su*cide by the business partner XL used to get out of the underworld.

"He did not want the killer's face to be the last thing he saw in his life. So, he shifted his gaze toward the direction where Xiao Li had left. He never closed his eyes."

The point is no one is evil and you are left reflecting on the stories of those who did die.

It is indeed a HE story. Xiao Li and Qi Xiu Yuan do end up together and have left the underworld

and no s*x ;_; so far

Does it matter who the MC's real father is? To me, it doesn't matter one iota because knowing the answer wouldn't change the ending.

I had some other questions, but rereading chapters 22-23 (ML meets ZJJ and beats up MC), I came up with my own conclusions and it just makes me appreciate the characters more:

MC says Du Yan San Ge isn't his grandfather (even though he is) *squarely* to ML's face to test if ML actually researched him, which he hasn't because ML proceeds to beat him up. When MC gets asked about the actual lie (his grandfather saying "The path they walk may be different from ours but just like us, they are humans"), only then is he ashamed to face ML and admit it's a lie.

In the extras, we learn ZJJ told ML that Du Yan San Ge was her grandfather. I asked myself, why did ML believe her? The answer is actually really simple: even the police believed ZJJ's grandfather was Du Yan San Ge, so who would know the truth that Du Yan San Ge actually escaped being imprisoned except for his immediate family, close subordinates and their families (i.e., ZJJ) ? The imprisoned "Du Yan San Ge" was actually ZJJ's grandfather, so ZJJ didn't lie to ML and he would believe her.

MC is the one doing the drilling in the relationship

about his background just to get closer

I neve ever imagen gang leader to be so cute and shy Xiao Li so so cute and I never thought that QXY to be that fierce lol 2 and half chapters just making out under the shower how much it will take them to do it all until the end LOOOOL really can't stop laughing

the angst is so unbearable in this novel after laughing so much during some chapters immediately I cried my eyes out

Shi Qing was not that a bad guy, in my perspective, but have bad way expressing himself in the story. More like, he's the official villain of the story, yet also not.