Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

After Sister Linlin left, Ye Mingluo finally walked over to Xu Xingguang and crouched down before her.

He raised his head and stared at Xu Xingguang, eyes sharp under his disheveled black brows.

Few can withstand such a gaze from him.

But Xu Xingguang remained calm and unflustered, showing no signs of panic. She even joked with Ye Mingluo, ”Doctor Ye, you don’t need to keep looking. I haven’t been possessed, nor have I been invaded by a spirit. I am still me. Even if you keep looking, you won’t find any demons or spirits inside me.”

Hearing this, Ye Mingluo looked slightly embarrassed.

It seemed that Xu Xingguang wasn’t as young and naive as her appearance suggested.

Touching his nose, Ye Mingluo stood up, leaned against the desk behind him, and chuckled, ”Your thoughts are intriguing; truly worthy of a young writer.”

In the next second, Ye Mingluo dropped his smile, his expression turning more serious, ”I’ve reviewed your medical reports from the last three years. Based on my medical experience, your organs will accelerate their failure within the next year, and you’re destined to die. Yet a dying person in a vegetative state has awakened... truly fascinating.”

”Even more interesting is that Miss Xu was only 18 when she fell into a coma, yet the current Miss Xu feels like a cunning old fox to me.” Ye Mingluo said playfully: ”Miss Xu, something intriguing must have happened to you.”

But he knew he couldn’t get the truth from Xu Xingguang.

Ye Mingluo immediately lost interest in Xu Xingguang, and was about to call for the nurse to come in when he heard Xu Xingguang say, ”My nurse said Doctor Ye’s medical skills are extraordinary, that even the Huo Family on Divine Concealment Island wants to invite you to treat them. It seems Doctor Ye has a good relationship with people on Divine Concealment Island?”

Ye Mingluo hadn’t expected Xu Xingguang to inquire about Divine Concealment Island, it surprised him. ”Miss Xu, how could someone like me know anything about Divine Concealment Island?”

Xu Xingguang seemed oblivious to Ye Mingluo’s evasiveness. She continued, ”I’m not curious about Divine Concealment Island, I’m just curious about one thing.”

Ye Mingluo perked up.

Xu Xingguang said quietly, ”Is there an invalid in the Huo family named...” She wracked her brain to remember the name, ”Huo Wen’an.”

She thought the name was unreliable, what Huo Wen’an, whenever she heard it, she felt uneasy day and night.

At the mention of the term ’invalid’, Ye Mingluo’s expression immediately became peculiar and horrified. His peripheral vision instinctively glanced at the compartment behind him.

Worried that further questions from Xu Xingguang would bring trouble, Ye Mingluo hurriedly interrupted her, ”Miss Xu, please be cautious! Matters concerning the Huo family are never disclosed publicly, knowing too much could lead to no good.”

Ye Mingluo’s reaction indicated he was aware of the situation, but out of fear or other reasons, he was unwilling to disclose it.

Xu Xingguang glanced at the closed office door, lowered her voice, and said to Ye Mingluo, ”Doctor Ye, there’s no outsider here, I just want to ask you one thing. Is Huo Wen’an dead? Xu Zeqing’s plan to marry me to Huo Wen’an bothers me immensely.”

She felt disgusted whenever she thought about it.

She wanted to know whether Huo Wen’an was alive or dead. If he was dead, then Hong Ruhai’s plans would completely fall apart.

In that case, she would just wait for the right time and settle accounts with Hong Ruhai.

If Huo Wen’an was still alive, to prevent Hong Ruhai and Xu Zeqing from giving up, Xu Xingguang needed to keep a trump card and be thoroughly prepared.

Xu Xingguang’s question was bold, startling Ye Mingluo to nearly bite his tongue.

Huo Wen’an being plagued by severe illness was no secret; those in high society have heard something about it. Knowing that Xu Xingguang was aware of Huo Wen’an’s health issues wasn’t surprising.

But Ye Mingluo was curious about why Xu Xingguang cared about Huo Wen’an’s life or death; she didn’t seem like someone who would worry about such things.

Ye Mingluo quickly relaxed and intriguingly posed a question: ”Miss Xu cares so much about his life or death, what, could it be that you have unspeakable feelings for him?”

”Indeed.” Xu Xingguang shrugged, seemingly serious yet joking, ”We almost became a pair of tragic lovers, so I’m naturally curious about my invalid fiancé’s situation.”

Ye Mingluo was stunned.

Could it be that Xu Xingguang was also a marriage candidate chosen by Mrs. Huo for Huo Wen’an?

But Xu Xingguang’s background shouldn’t catch Mrs. Huo’s eye.

”Since you nearly became a married couple, I assume there’s a psychic connection between you, Miss Xu. Rather than asking me, why not ask yourself? Do you wish him alive or dead?” Ye Mingluo’s response was ambiguous.

Upon seeing this, Xu Xingguang nodded confidently and said, ”Seems he’s still alive.”

Having her thoughts read again by Xu Xingguang, Ye Mingluo quickly called for the nurse. ”Linlin, you can take Miss Xu back.”

Upon hearing this, Sister Linlin came inside, thanked Ye Mingluo while pulling Xu Xingguang, and then left.

After they left, Ye Mingluo suddenly laughed, ’Hohoho, hahahaha.’

”Enough.” A helpless male voice came from the compartment.

Ye Mingluo, clutching his laughter-pained stomach, entered the compartment, stared at Huo Wen’an seated in his wheelchair, and laughed, ”A Zui, did you hear Miss Xu’s question earlier? Hahaha, invalid fiancé, tragic lovers!”

The more he spoke, the funnier Ye Mingluo found it, ”Oh, my stomach hurts from laughing.”

Huo Wen’an raised his eyelids, staring intently at Ye Mingluo with his pitch-black eyes.

Without speaking, a powerful authoritative aura oppressed Ye Mingluo, sending shivers down his spine.

Ye Mingluo quickly put away his smile, furrowing his brows and saying, ”Mrs. Huo has always been picky; how could she take a fancy to a daughter of the Xu Family?”