Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Upon hearing this, Xu Xingguang sat back down, temporarily shelving the thought of ending the video call.

”I also thought about taking you with me to Divine Concealment Island, but I know you have your own things to do. Clearing the Xu Family, dealing with Jiang Heng, investigating the truth of the night your mother died, these are things you must do.”

”Before that, it’s impossible for you to return to Divine Concealment Island with me. Xingguang, it’s not that I haven’t thought of you, it’s just that I know, for the time being, you won’t be coming with me to Divine Concealment Island.”

Xu Xingguang exhaled deeply.

She said, ”I’m ending the video call.”

”About breaking up...” Huo Wen’an looked at her with hopeful eyes.

Xu Xingguang said, ”Let’s leave it to fate, we’ll talk later.”

Early the next morning, Ye Mingluo appeared with Huo Wen’an in Xu Xingguang’s courtyard.

The former looked at Xu Xingguang as if she were a treasure chest, his eyes shining. The latter looked at Xu Xingguang, full of reluctance and love.

Huo Wen’an handed the key to Xu Xingguang, he said, ”This is the key to my house.” After a pause, he seriously added, ”This is where I grew up, in my heart, this is my only home.”

And today, he handed her the key to his home.

After a moment’s thought, Xu Xingguang accepted the key.

Huo Wen’an suddenly started coughing, his whole body trembling.

After coughing for a long time, he finally stopped, wiped away the bloodstains, and looked at Xu Xingguang with some expectation, he said, ”I have to go.”

Xu Xingguang nodded, ”Go quickly.”

Huo Wen’an’s feelings were very complicated.

She really is decisive and unfeeling.

Ye Mingluo quickly supported Huo Wen’an’s arm, he said, ”Let me take you to the car first.”

Ye Mingluo helped Huo Wen’an into the car, he hurried back to the courtyard, and said to Xu Xingguang, ”Master, don’t worry, I’ll stay on Divine Concealment Island with him for a while. Master, see you on Divine Concealment Island.”

Xu Xingguang sneered, ”Who’s your master?”

”Master, please accept my disciple’s formal bow!” Without another word, Ye Mingluo fell to one knee at the bottom of the steps, pressing his hands together on his forehead, and solemnly performed the disciple’s bow to Xu Xingguang.

Xu Xingguang frowned, and said softly, ”Idiot.”

Ye Mingluo chuckled, took a step forward to grab Xu Xingguang’s hand, rubbed her cheek with it, then quickly jumped off the steps and dashed out of the courtyard gate.

As he ran, he called out, ”Master, rest assured, Master Huo is in my hands!”

Ye Mingluo was a ruthless person, just becoming a disciple and already calling his childhood friend his master.

Huo Wuyi just stood beside Xu Xingguang, watching with her as Ye Mingluo drove away with Huo Wen’an.

Xu Xingguang sat down on the steps with a thud, stroked Huo Wuyi’s pig head, and said, ”Your dad doesn’t want you anymore, from today, you’ll take my surname, you’ll be called Xu Wuwei.”

Just after speaking, she received a WeChat message from Huo Wen’an: [I seem to have left my camera behind, it’s in the room, could you please keep it safe for me?]

Xu Xingguang went to Huo Wen’an’s room and indeed found the old camera with cartoon stickers on the nightstand.

Xu Xingguang opened the camera, and browsed through the old photos and videos stored inside.

The one who appeared most was a slightly chubby girl with black hair.

In one video, the girl sat in Xu Xingguang’s courtyard hugging a StellaLou doll. She said to the camera, ”Xingguang, thank you for the doll you gave me, I love it.”

She looked about thirteen or fourteen, yet she spoke like a little girl, her tone slow, innocent, and sweet.

This should be Huo Xin.

”Brother!” Huo Xin suddenly waved the StellaLou in her hand towards upstairs, shouting loudly, ”Brother, look, Xingguang gave me a doll.”

Then the camera panned up to the second floor.

It was the room covered in words reading ’I am guilty.’

In the frame appeared a boy with pale cheeks but excessively thin, standing behind a narrow doorframe, looking darkly into the camera.

On the boy’s forehead, there were dried bloodstains. Around his neck, he wore a thick, narrow dog chain.

Then the person filming suddenly called out brightly, ”Brother A Zui!”

That was a young Xu Xingguang.

Upon hearing the bright and clear call of Brother A Zui, Xu Xingguang felt as if her heart was being twisted painfully, making it difficult for her to stand up straight.