Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Chapter 64

Huo Wen’an suddenly said, ”My sister really likes you.”

Upon hearing Huo Wen’an mention his sister, Xu Xingguang’s expression turned a bit serious. ”Why?”

A gentle light appeared in Huo Wen’an’s eyes as he said, ”Because you don’t bully her, nor do you call her a fool. You always call her Sister Xin Xin. Your mom bought you many dolls, and you always played with her.”

”My sister considers you her best friend.”

Listening to Huo Wen’an recount those childhood memories, Xu Xingguang felt a bit regretful. She desperately searched her mind for memories, but still couldn’t find any related to Huo Wen’an’s siblings.

Seeing Xu Xingguang’s troubled and confused look, Huo Wen’an pondered and asked, ”Becoming a plant person, did it cause you some aftereffects?”

The events Huo Wen’an mentioned happened when Xu Xingguang was five or six years old, and she shouldn’t have no recollection. Unless she had memory loss and forgot the childhood memories.

As Xu Xingguang was at a loss for what to say, Huo Wen’an gave her an excuse.

Xu Xingguang quickly nodded and said, ”I indeed have gaps in my memory. When I first woke up, I couldn’t even remember what my mom looked like. But now it’s much better, and I’ve been slowly recovering memory fragments.”

”Hmm.”

They finally arrived at the parking lot; Ye Mingluo hadn’t driven the black Range Rover today but was driving a newly purchased Bentley instead.

It was a white Bentley, with a particularly bold license plate of triple nines.

On the way, Xu Xingguang asked Huo Wen’an, ”How did you meet Doctor Ye?” Ye Mingluo was born into a noble family of medicine, with a very distinguished background, completely different from Huo Wen’an’s path.

Their friendship indeed comes as a surprise.

”Ye Mingluo’s grandfather was the mayor of Cangshan Town. Like you, he often spent his summers in Cangshan Town as a child. But he’s much older, so you guys never met.”

Nodding, Xu Xingguang said, ”It seems Cangshan Town is a nice place. My grandfather also lived in Cangshan Town when he was young. The small courtyard I live in now used to be my grandfather’s house.”

Huo Wen’an had never seen Xu Xingguang’s grandfather. In his memory, there was a shabby little red-brick building next door when he was very young.

Later, the small building was demolished and replaced by the current small villa.

Tonight, Xu Xingguang had a few drinks and was slightly tipsy. After chatting with Huo Wen’an for a while, she fell silent.

Seeing Xu Xingguang asleep, Huo Wen’an raised the air conditioning and lowered the music.

The ever-changing neon lights from outside the car window swept over his sharply defined profile, making him look like an Evil God guarding the gate of the underworld, half-clad in mysterious darkness and half in brilliant warmth.

When they arrived in Cangshan Town, it was almost ten o’clock.

Xu Xingguang was still asleep, so Huo Wen’an didn’t turn off the engine. He sat quietly in the driver’s seat, patiently waiting.

But Xu Xingguang soon woke up. She looked up to see the tightly shut gate in front of her home. ”Arrived?” Xu Xingguang noticed a black suit jacket draped over her.

She quickly took off the jacket and returned it to Huo Wen’an. ”Thank you.”

Huo Wen’an acknowledged with a ”Hmm.”

Xu Xingguang unbuckled her seatbelt, opened the car door, and placed her right foot, clad in a high heel, on the ground. Suddenly, she heard Huo Wen’an say, ”The moonlight tonight is beautiful and indeed very suitable for a boat trip and drinking.”

Turning back, Xu Xingguang smiled at Huo Wen’an and said, ”It’s also very suitable for a chance encounter, isn’t it?”

Huo Wen’an’s eyes deepened. ”It’s late, Miss Xu, goodnight.”

”Goodnight, Boss Huo.”

Watching Xu Xingguang’s graceful figure as she swayed into the courtyard, Huo Wen’an finally turned off the car.

He slid a hand into his pocket, pushed open his own courtyard gate, and walked inside. As he reached the middle of his courtyard, he couldn’t help but glance toward the small courtyard of the neighbor’s house.

To be exact, he was looking at the row of small potted plants that Xu Xingguang had planted beneath the courtyard wall.

The small things in those pots hadn’t sprouted yet, and a layer of white crystalline material had been sprinkled on the soil.

”Mint, perhaps?”

Huo Wen’an lowered his gaze and headed towards the house. Just as his left foot touched the steps, he heard Ye Mingluo’s voice. ”You tricked me into coming back just to pick up Miss Xu?”

The lights in the photography studio were suddenly turned on. Ye Mingluo leaned crookedly against the door frame, looking down at Huo Wen’an, shaking his head and sighing, ”You prioritize beauty over friends, A Zui.”

Ye Mingluo arrived in Cangshan Town at half-past nine and, finding that Huo Wen’an hadn’t returned, really thought Huo Wen’an had urgent matters to attend to.

Since he had a key to Huo Wen’an’s house, he thought he’d prepare the An Shen Wood fruit in advance, so when Huo Wen’an returned, it would be ready to drink. Therefore, as soon as he arrived at Huo Wen’an’s home, he began brewing the medicine.