Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Chapter 62

Huo Wen’an looked at Xu Xingguang, saw her hand resting on a black-gray electric bike, and said to Boss Xie, ”My friend has her eyes on this bike, Uncle Xie, name a price.”

Boss Xie instinctively wanted to sell the electric bike cheaply, but Xu Xingguang noticed his intention and quickly said, ”Uncle Xie, just give me the market price. You’re in this business, we shouldn’t do a losing trade.”

”You’re a straightforward girl. Alright, it’s twelve hundred,” Uncle Xie turned his head to Huo Wen’an and added, ”Your friend is really pretty.”

Huo Wen’an’s gaze swept over Xu Xingguang’s face and he said, ”She is quite pretty.”

Xu Xingguang looked up at him but said nothing.

Having settled the price, Xu Xingguang paid and said to Boss Xie, ”We’re going to Aunt Su’s for a casserole first, we’ll come back for the bike later.”

”Alright!”

Boss Xie watched as Huo Wen’an and Xu Xingguang walked away and sighed, ”Such a fitting pair, if only A Zui hadn’t...

Feeling his words were unlucky, Boss Xie quickly swallowed back what he hadn’t said.

He put on his gloves and continued working, sighing, ”Fate is unfair.” Such an outstanding child, yet he encountered so many troubles.

Aunt Su had saved places for them, and when Xu Xingguang and the others returned, the casserole was already served.

The casserole was very hearty, with noodles topped with tomatoes and beef brisket, and a poached egg. Under the noodles were bean sprouts and tofu.

Even a strong, burly man could eat to his fill.

Seeing Huo Wen’an take a first bite of the poached egg, Xu Xingguang asked him, ”Do you like poached eggs?”

Huo Wen’an nodded slightly.

So Xu Xingguang placed her poached egg into Huo Wen’an’s bowl.

Huo Wen’an stared at the poached egg, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and after a moment’s pause, he asked Xu Xingguang, ”Why give it to me?”

Xu Xingguang shrugged and said, ”I don’t like poached eggs without black pepper.”

Huo Wen’an didn’t dwell on whether Xu Xingguang’s words were true. He thanked her and continued eating in small bites.

”I didn’t expect you’d be so liked by the elders.” Whether it was Aunt Su or Uncle Xie, these old town residents of Cangshan Town were joyful and welcoming toward Huo Wen’an’s return.

Huo Wen’an was a convict, by right he should have been feared and shunned by all the town’s residents. Yet he was met with affection and welcome.

It seemed that behind Boss Huo becoming a convict, there must have been a heart-wrenching hidden story.

Huo Wen’an was in a pretty good mood and he joked to himself, ”I’m the local heartthrob of Cangshan Town, loved by everyone, young and old.”

Xu Xingguang was amused.

”Your sister...” Xu Xingguang started but noticed Huo Wen’an’s grip on his chopsticks tighten, so she wisely dropped the subject.

But Huo Wen’an quickly relaxed. He slurped a noodle and told Xu Xingguang, ”My sister is mentally disabled, with an IQ of only seven or eight, but she is quite beautiful.”

Xu Xingguang nodded and said, ”With a brother like you, it wouldn’t be easy for her to be not beautiful.”

Though praised for his handsome looks, Huo Wen’an didn’t show a pleased expression.

He set down his chopsticks, stared at Xu Xingguang’s delicate, fair face for a moment, and said, ”For an intelligent girl, a pretty face is just icing on the cake. But for a mentally disabled girl, a pretty face often only brings trouble.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Xingguang’s pupils slightly narrowed.

She understood the underlying meaning in Huo Wen’an’s words.

Uncle Xie had mentioned that something unfortunate had happened to Huo Xin.

For a young girl who is pretty but has low intelligence, it’s not hard to deduce what might happen to her, which Xu Xingguang could piece together with a little thought.

Suddenly losing her appetite, Xu Xingguang opened a drink and took a sip, bypassing the topic, she said to Huo Wen’an, ”Hurry up and eat, I have an appointment to go out tonight.”

By this time, it was almost dark.

Huo Wen’an was also thinking about meeting Medicine Farmer Star, so he put down his chopsticks, took out the silk handkerchief he carried with him to wipe his mouth, and said, ”Let’s go.”

After retrieving the bike, Xu Xingguang rode the bike with Huo Wen’an back to their respective small courtyards, and they soon left Cangshan Town one after the other.

There are 12 lakes in Yujiang City, three of which are natural and nine are man-made.

Ye Mingluo, after exploration and investigation, found that two of the lakes matched the clues given in Medicine Farmer Star’s puzzle.

And these two lakes were far apart, one in the northern new district of Yujiang City and the other in an ancient district to the south of Yujiang City. There were many bars operating around both lakes.