Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Xu Xingguang gave him a sweet smile and tilted her head, calling out, ”Uncle Huo.”

Huo Canghai: ”...”

Don’t think that your smile, as radiant as a flower, can win me over.

Huo Wen’an squeezed Xu Xingguang’s palm disapprovingly and said, ”Just call him Mr. Huo. He doesn’t even acknowledge you, why call him uncle?”

Xu Xingguang then complied with Huo Wen’an and addressed Huo Canghai as ”Mr. Huo.”

Huo Canghai gave a cold snort, thoroughly annoyed.

Andariel lowered her head and laughed secretly, telling Xu Xingguang, ”Old Huo is just an old-fashioned man. He hopes Wen An finds a perfect woman, but doesn’t realize he himself loves a rose with thorns.”

Huo Canghai’s ex-wife, Zheng Jiao’e, was the perfect woman, gentle and broad-minded, a highly admirable wife.

Whereas Andariel is a rose with thorns, dazzling in beauty but with a fierce character.

Yet, it was this thorny rose that Huo Canghai loved.

Upon hearing Andariel’s words, Xu Xingguang merely smiled, while Huo Canghai couldn’t help but think of his two marriages. Perfect wives are lovely, but not everyone prefers them.

His ex-wife spent their life together treating each other with respect. They respected and supported each other, yet until death, they never fell in love.

Isn’t that a kind of sorrow?

Huo Canghai then asked Huo Wen’an, ”Is she really good to you?”

Huo Wen’an replied flatly, ”In order to find the herbs to cure me, she ventured into the No-man District of the Kunze Mountain Range during her period and jumped into the icy spring to catch fish for me.”

”Does that count as good?”

Huo Canghai was taken aback. ”She went into the No-man District to get herbs for you?”

Huo Canghai knew about Xu Xingguang entering the No-man District and almost getting lost. It was because of this event that Huo Wen’an panicked, revealing Xu Xingguang’s existence.

Upon learning the truth, Huo Canghai’s gaze toward Xu Xingguang softened considerably.

Andariel’s gaze toward Xu Xingguang also became more gentle and kind. ”Our Wen An is truly blessed to have won Miss Xu’s favor.”

Andariel handed the document to Huo Canghai and said, ”If we’re preparing a bride price to marry Miss Xu, we naturally have to offer something.”

Pausing, Andariel looked at Huo Wen’an and Xu Xingguang and continued, ”When I got married, your grandparents gave me many dowries. Xingguang, later you and Wen An can accompany me to the storeroom. Whatever you like, just take it and wear it as you please.”

What could Xu Xingguang say?

She could only maintain a proper and gentle smile and politely thank them.

Huo Canghai flipped through the document until the end, unable to help but puff out his cheeks and glare, ”Are you trying to fleece me dry?” The good items listed by Huo Wen’an were nearly a thousand if not a thousand.

Huo Canghai’s little treasury was almost going to be emptied by him.

”I can give them to you, but I can’t give them all at once,” Huo Canghai said with a half-smile. ”If I give you everything, what if you never come to see us again?”

After thinking for a bit, Huo Canghai said, ”Let’s give them in installments. If you love us more, I’ll have someone bring you more. If you want to gather a generous bride price to marry the one you love, remember to visit your mother often.”

Huo Canghai realized that Huo Wen’an sincerely wanted to reconnect with them.

He just had grievances in his heart and couldn’t find a reason to persuade himself, so he used a ’wish list’ to bridge the gap between them.

For Huo Canghai’s arrangement, Huo Wen’an also agreed. ”Everything else can wait, but the bride price needs to be delivered to me soon.” He glanced at Xu Xingguang beside him and said with irresistible emotion, ”I don’t want to wait any longer.”

Xu Xingguang felt a warmth in her heart and couldn’t help but misunderstand.

Sigh.

Little pervert.

”Alright, those bride presents you want, once we’ve sorted them out, will be sent to the Pilot Mansion tomorrow. Wen An!” Huo Canghai’s old eyes turned red again, and he couldn’t help taking Huo Wen’an’s hand, choking with emotion, ”I’m thankful you’re still alive.”

Gazing at the tears in the old man’s eyes, Huo Wen’an felt a sense of awkwardness.

He didn’t pull his hand back but simply said, ”Shake hands once, and I’ll be happy to accept an additional jewel.”

Huo Canghai: ”...”

Not until it got dark did they say goodbye to the Huo couple and head back home.

Seeing that Huo Wen’an was clearly tired but stubbornly refused to close his eyes, Xu Xingguang suddenly smiled and said, ”Actually, you’re quite happy, aren’t you?”

Huo Wen’an didn’t avoid the topic, sighing lightly, ”In the past, I always questioned God in my heart, wondering why I was given such ridiculous and absurd parents. When I found out my biological parents were Huo Canghai and Her Highness, I finally felt relieved.”