Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

The sound of a car horn came from downstairs; it’s Cheng Yue and the others.

Huo Wen’an heard the car and said, ”Looks like I should leave.”

After everything was laid out, Huo Wen’an understood the reason Xu Xingguang was sending her away.

But he truly couldn’t bear to leave Xu Xingguang. ”I just got out of danger, the ring you gave me hasn’t even warmed up, and you eagerly want to send me to Divine Concealment Island.”

Upon finishing, Huo Wen’an suddenly raised his finger and pinched Xu Xingguang’s chin.

He leaned in close to Xu Xingguang, nose to nose, whispering softly like lovers do, ”Xu Xingguang, you must remember to miss me.”

Xu Xingguang slightly lifted her chin and kissed Huo Wen’an’s cold yet crimson lips.

Huo Wen’an instinctively parted his lips, allowing Xingguang entry into his fortress.

After finishing a fiery, passionate kiss, Xu Xingguang finally released Huo Wen’an.

She used her fingertips to wipe the lipstick mark she left on Huo Wen’an’s lip corner and said to him, ”Your current position as pilot is quite unstable. First, return to Divine Concealment Island to consolidate your power; once I resolve matters in West Continent, I’ll come find you on Divine Concealment Island.”

”By then, I hope to see a Divine Concealment Island absolutely loyal to you.”

Most importantly, Huo Wen’an must solidify his position as a pilot and gain Old Sir’s absolute approval to get the answers he wants, to avenge those three years of humiliation.

”Buddha says to lay down the butcher’s knife and achieve instant enlightenment. But I’m not Buddha; I won’t urge you to lay down your butcher’s knife.” Xu Xingguang intertwined her fingers with Huo Wen’an’s.

She raised their intertwined fingers, her gaze becoming cold and ruthless, ”Huo Wen’an, to live is to repay kindness with kindness, revenge debts with revenge. I hope you can raise the butcher’s knife, to slay the dragon and kill the demon!”

Old Sir always advised him to forget the past and look forward. Previously, Huo Wen’an would be confused by these matters, doubting whether his relentless pursuit of truth and revenge was right or wrong.

But Xu Xingguang’s words ’raise the butcher’s knife, slay the dragon and kill the demon’ suddenly enlightened Huo Wen’an.

Revenge debts with revenge, repay kindness with kindness, where is there room for right or wrong?

”You’re right, I need to raise the butcher’s knife, slay the dragon and kill the demon.”

Seeing Huo Wen’an absorb her words, Xu Xingguang felt comforted.

Releasing Huo Wen’an’s hand, Xu Xingguang brushed aside his loose long robe, then gently lowered her head.

Outside the window, the blazing sun shone fiercely, cicadas chirped incessantly.

Xu Xingguang pressed her soft lips against the fierce scar on Huo Wen’an.

Huo Wen’an instinctively straightened his back, filled with uncontrollable emotion, ”Xingguang...”

If he were healthy, he would want to immediately embrace Xu Xingguang into his body, to cherish and hold her fiercely.

Xu Xingguang hugged Huo Wen’an from behind, resting her chin on his shoulder, exhaling warmly into his ear.

Huo Wen’an heard Xu Xingguang saying, ”Wipe clean the disgrace, transform the scars of shame into badges of honor, only then will this life not be in vain. Brother A Zui, let go and do what you think is necessary, don’t hesitate.”

Huo Wen’an closed his eyes and leaned into Xu Xingguang’s embrace, saying, ”Okay.”

Downstairs, Cheng Yue was asking Ye Mingluo about Huo Wen’an’s whereabouts.

Huo Wen’an heard this, realizing he truly had to set off for Divine Concealment Island.

He turned his head to bite Xu Xingguang’s ear, solemnly saying, ”We are engaged, your matters are my matters. If you need help anywhere, remember to come to me. Understand?”

”Of course I will.”

Thinking of something, Xu Xingguang suddenly asked Huo Wen’an, ”Do you have any siblings scattered outside?”

Huo Wen’an released her, with a puzzled look in his eyes. ”In the Huo Family?”

”Yes.”

”No.” Xu Xingguang wouldn’t ask such strange questions without reason, Huo Wen’an thoughtfully asked, ”Did you encounter someone who resembles me?”

In Xu Xingguang’s mind, appeared the young man’s visage she met in the Underground Beast Fighting Arena.

”Did you watch the fight at the Underground Beast Fighting Arena that night?”

Huo Wen’an honestly replied, ”After you left the stage, I turned off the live stream.”

”Then you probably didn’t see that young man.” Xu Xingguang told Huo Wen’an, ”I saw a young man at the Underground Beast Fighting Arena who looks a lot like you—not that you two look very similar, but he gives me a feeling very much like you.”

”And he lost his memory, was controlled by the Underground Beast Fighting Arena. You really don’t have siblings scattered outside?”

Huo Wen’an thought for a moment, then said, ”I indeed don’t have any siblings, however, many years ago, the Huo Family experienced a terrifying kidnapping case. Among the kidnapped was the child my mother swapped into the Huo Family.”

Which is Huo Xin’s real brother.

”And another was Old Sir’s most beloved youngest son.”

”But those two children were both silenced by the kidnappers.” Huo Wen’an sneered and sighed, ”After that foster child’s death, my parents then had my current brother.”

”If that little uncle were still alive, the position of Huo Family Leader wouldn’t be mine at all.”

Hearing all this, Xu Xingguang summarized the key point with one sentence. ”To hear it, the Huo Family’s situation seems a little like the Xiahou Family. If the little uncle you mentioned were alive, his status in the Huo Family would be much like Xiahou Huai Gui’s in the Xiahou Family.”

”How can the Huo Family be compared to the Xiahou Family?” Huo Wen’an shook his head and sarcastically said, ”Old Master Xiahou was deeply devoted to his wife, whereas my grandfather was known to be a notorious philanderer.”

Regarding Old Sir Huo’s amorous deeds, Xu Xingguang offered no comment.

”In this case, I was probably just overthinking it.” Maybe that young man merely happened to have eyes similar to Huo Wen’an’s.