Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

In the scorching heat of summer, Jie Siyu was hit by a wave of heat as soon as she got out of the car, instantly feeling sweaty all over.

She stood in the parking lot, watching Jiang Heng’s car drive away like a streak, and stomped her foot in anger.

”Bastard!” She had arrived in Jiang Heng’s car, and Jie Siyu didn’t bring a sunshade. Being exposed under the sun like this, she might get a heatstroke.

Jie Siyu always knew that Jiang Heng didn’t have much respect for her as his mother-in-law.

In this world, the only ones who could earn Jiang Heng’s recognition and respect were his father Jiang Mantian and Bai Xuan.

Who he cares about, he respects and reveres. To him, everyone else is just a passerby remotely connected to Jiang Mantian and Bai Xuan. If she weren’t Bai Xuan’s mother, Jiang Heng probably wouldn’t even bother with the surface-level respect for her.

Though Jie Siyu had grievances and dissatisfaction with this, she was helpless. After all, he’s the only son of the Jiang Family, the future influential figure in West Continent City.

Unable to see Jie Siyu in the rearview mirror anymore, Bai Xuan finally retracted her gaze and turned to look at Jiang Heng.

”Ah Heng.” Bai Xuan pulled at her soft shawl and asked Jiang Heng in a low voice, ”Did my mom do something wrong?” He had just blatantly embarrassed Jie Siyu, but it was actually meant for her to see.

Jiang Heng suddenly pulled the car to a stop by the roadside.

Seeing Jiang Heng pull over, Bai Xuan realized something must have happened that made Jiang Heng angry. She unconsciously clutched her shawl, suppressing the unease in her heart, and asked in confusion, ”What exactly happened?”

Jiang Heng suddenly said, ”You probably don’t know, I have a habit of installing listening devices in the car.”

This sentence, which came out of nowhere, scared Bai Xuan to her core. ”You...” She instinctively looked up at the car roof, not finding any suspicious tech product, then quickly bowed her head to look under her feet.

”Don’t bother looking.” Jiang Heng said, ”You won’t find it.”

Hearing this, Bai Xuan turned her head to look at Jiang Heng.

Meeting Jiang Heng’s cold and complex gaze, Bai Xuan realized how ridiculous her reaction just now had been.

If there were a listening device in the car, Jiang Heng must have heard her previous conversation with her mother.

”You also think I’m hypocritical and cowardly, don’t you?” Knowing that arguing was useless now, Bai Xuan could only admit.

Jiang Heng murmured, ”When you were still a little girl, you could bravely use your blood to save a stranger child who nearly died of hunger and thirst. But such a kind and brave little girl, when she grew up, could watch her own sister be kicked into hell by her relatives.”

Recalling the wedding day when Xu Xingguang barged in for revenge, demanding Bai Xuan cut her wrist to repay the blood debt, Bai Xuan chose to feign ignorance out of fear, leaving Jiang Heng to bear it all alone, Jiang Heng felt even more disappointed.

”Why have you changed so much from when you were a child? Where did the kind girl who would unhesitatingly save a stranger child go?”

Looking at the woman he had loved deeply for many years, Jiang Heng was rarely thrown into self-doubt.

In Jiang Heng’s eyes, Bai Xuan had countless virtues, worthy of him bringing everything to her feet.

Even his life!

To save her, he went against his conscience to deceive and manipulate the innocent affections of a young girl from miles away. To force Xu Zeqing and his wife to sign the voluntary blood donation papers for Xu Xingguang, he used a series of despicable means to oppress the innocent couple.

He committed countless evil deeds, just to save Bai Xuan.

Because Bai Xuan was like a deity in his heart.

But the audio file he heard today accidentally revealed Bai Xuan’s hypocritical side to him.

How intense was the impact?

It was like a deity’s golden statue being struck by lightning, revealing the bones hidden within.

And people realized, oh, the deity was, in fact, a villain full of sins.

Even with the deity fallen, Jiang Heng maintaining such composure was already extremely restrained.

Facing Jiang Heng’s questioning, Bai Xuan was utterly distraught and couldn’t find any excuse to vindicate herself.

When you can’t find any reason to defend yourself, honesty is the most genuine ultimate move.

Bai Xuan’s tender eyes suddenly welled up with tears, her voice choking even before she spoke, ”Am I really that pathetic?”

Seeing that Bai Xuan did not evade his questioning, but instead admitted her hypocrisy and cowardice directly, Jiang Heng found his anger had nowhere to go.

He looked deeply at Bai Xuan, then quickly avoided her tear-filled eyes.