Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

”Do you know how that wealthy businessman dealt with Bai Xi later on?”

Bai Xuan listened in a daze and asked hoarsely, ”What did he do to Bai Xi?”

Jiang Heng’s pupils turned crimson, he clenched his fists tightly and said in a pained, suppressed voice, ”He sold Bai Xi to the Black Mine Cave, making her a labor slave there for three years. It wasn’t until a journalist risked life to go undercover and take some footage that the existence of the Black Mine Cave was exposed, and the miners inside were rescued.”

”The rescued miners were all numb-faced, and they had to undergo two years of psychological treatment before they could return to society. Bai Xi was hurt repeatedly, became mentally unstable at one point, and almost jumped off a building to commit suicide. If Cheng Xizhou hadn’t found her in time, she would’ve been dead by now!”

Jiang Heng stared at Bai Xuan with bloodshot eyes and choked, ”When she was struggling to live, fighting against depression, I was painstakingly plotting against Xu Xingguang to save you!”

”I kept saying I wanted to repay kindness, but I was completely wrong! My savior’s life was full of misfortunes, suffering endless hardships. Yet, I pampered the one who caused my savior’s suffering into becoming the woman most envied in West Continent City!”

”Bai Xuan, tell me, is this matter simple? This is the cause of Jiang Heng’s deepest shame.”

The blood drained from Bai Xuan’s cheeks.

From the moment she learned that Bai Xi was Jiang Heng’s savior, she knew there was no room for maneuver in this matter.

Her relationship with Jiang Heng also hit a dead end, and they couldn’t find a way out anymore.

”Ah Heng...” Bai Xuan asked Jiang Heng tearfully, ”You don’t want me anymore, is that it?”

Jiang Heng smiled bitterly and said, ”Bai Xuan, how could I dare to want you anymore?”

Bai Xuan shook with fear and shouted at the top of her lungs, ”But it was you who pursued me first! It was you who proposed to me, said you’d pamper me for a lifetime! You brought me into your life on your own and now you want to push me away, Jiang Heng, what do you take me for!”

Faced with Bai Xuan’s angry rebuke, Jiang Heng remained silent.

Jiang Heng’s silence made Bai Xuan even more heartbroken.

Bai Xuan cried so much her delicate body trembled uncontrollably, and she cursed angrily, ”I never claimed to be your savior, it was always you imagining it! You married me, lifted me to the highest position in West Continent City, and now you want to push me down from this position, Jiang Heng, you really are a bastard!”

Jiang Heng still remained silent like a mute.

Bai Xuan’s fury seemed to hit a fluffy mass, soft and yielding. She cried like a madwoman, while Jiang Heng remained cold and mechanical.

Bai Xuan suddenly felt it was all very pointless.

Bai Xuan wiped away her tear-streaked face and asked Jiang Heng, ”Are you planning to divorce me?”

Jiang Heng turned his head away, looking at the empty soup bowl beside him, answering evasively, ”We both let Bai Xi down.”

”So for letting her down, must we divorce? Do you think divorcing will earn Bai Xi’s forgiveness?”

Bai Xuan laughed sarcastically, ”Dream on! Only you hold onto childhood memories obsessively, Bai Xi might have forgotten all about you! You think divorcing will win her understanding? She probably doesn’t care about you at all!”

In response, Jiang Heng merely said, ”Whether she cares about me isn’t important, what’s important is that I must repay the life-saving grace she bestowed upon me back then.”

”What about me then?” Bai Xuan angrily stood up, walked towards Jiang Heng, bent down and tightly grabbed his collar, gritting her teeth and asked, ”Then what am I to you? What do you think of me?”

Jiang Heng just looked at her, silent and guilt-ridden.

”Jiang Heng, you damn fool!” Bai Xuan leaned her forehead against Jiang Heng’s, crying as she spoke, ”You loved me so much, did all the bad things for me, but how can you say you don’t want me anymore so easily?”

”Jiang Heng, let’s not divorce, let’s go apologize to Bai Xi together, okay? Let’s give her money, a lot of money, would that work?”

Bai Xuan obstinately rambled, ”She’s suffered all her life, surely afraid of poverty. As long as we give her enough money, ensure she has a happy latter half of her life, she’ll surely forgive us. Ah Heng, let’s go find her, talk properly, okay?”

Listening to these words from Bai Xuan, Jiang Heng felt even more disappointed.

He said, ”Put yourself in Bai Xi’s shoes, if everything she went through happened to you, would you still think money can solve everything?”

Bai Xuan bit her red lips, remained silent.

Jiang Heng mocked as he spoke, ”Your mother wanted to sell you to a wealthy businessman as his mistress, your most trusted sister personally fed you drugged milk, she watched as you were sent onto a pirate ship yet chose to turn a blind eye.”