Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Huo Wen’an hadn’t interacted much with You Jiaoyang, only having met twice. The first time was on You Jiaoyang and You Mingyue’s birthday, when he accompanied Xu Xingguang back to the Xu Family to move.

The second time was at the performance venue of ”Fox Demon Legend.”

But those two meetings were enough to leave a deep impression on Huo Wen’an. Instinct told Huo Wen’an that You Jiaoyang was different from You Jingqiu and You Mingyue. That mother and daughter were short-sighted and narrow-minded, while You Jiaoyang was clear-headed and wise.

You Jiaoyang gave Huo Wen’an the impression of someone who, though fallen into the mud, refused to sink.

Looking in the direction Xu Xingguang was staring, Huo Wen’an also saw that man. ”It really is You Jiaoyang.” Although his clothing style had changed greatly, Huo Wen’an still recognized him at a glance.

Huo Wen’an looked thoughtfully at You Jiaoyang, sharply commenting, ”He looks like a canary raised in a cage.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Xingguang understood why You Jiaoyang gave her a sense of discord.

Because the former You Jiaoyang was free and unrestrained. But tonight, although he appeared noble, there was an invisible shackle about him.

[A canary trapped in a cage.]

It might not be appropriate to describe a man in such terms, yet tonight You Jiaoyang gave off exactly that impression.

Standing by the roadside, You Jiaoyang had no idea he had become the scenery in Xu Xingguang and Huo Wen’an’s eyes. He was holding a lady’s leather bag, his gaze occasionally turning towards the parking area on the right.

”Is he waiting for someone?” Just as Xu Xingguang wondered who he was waiting for, she saw a woman with large wavy curls, wearing a black strap dress, striding gracefully on high heels toward You Jiaoyang.

The woman’s face was striking and captivating.

”Wow!” Xu Xingguang praised, ”A stunning beauty indeed.”

The entire aura of that woman screamed ’mature allure’, ’domineering presence’, ’untouchable elegance’. Since Xu Xingguang regained consciousness, this young woman was the most powerful and inscrutable woman she had encountered.

Xu Xingguang, quite intrigued, asked Huo Wen’an, ”So, how about it, isn’t that lady quite stunning?” Both in body and face, she was exquisite.

The answer Xu Xingguang received was the sound of a spoon clattering to the ground—

Clang!

Xu Xingguang looked at Huo Wen’an in surprise, about to ask if he hadn’t grasped his spoon properly, only to see him suddenly stand up, eyes red as he stared out the window, murmuring in shock, ”Huo Xin...”

Hearing this name, Xu Xingguang froze.

Huo Xin?

Huo Wen’an’s sister who’d been missing for over ten years and was mentally handicapped?

”Are you saying that woman outside is Huo Xin?” But Huo Xin was known to be mentally disabled, and the lady outside didn’t look like someone with cognitive issues.

Perhaps too stunned, Huo Wen’an found himself unable to speak. Yet his trembling pupils betrayed the tumultuous emotions within him.

Even though Xu Xingguang thought the likelihood of the woman in the black dress being Huo Xin was extremely low, she still stood up immediately, picked up her phone and said to Huo Wen’an, ”You’re weak, stay here, I can run fast, let me go ask!”

With that said, Xu Xingguang sprinted out.

”Alright!”

Huo Wen’an also ran out, but his body was too frail, his steps too hurried, nearly causing him to fall.

He quickly supported himself with the table, steadied his nerves, and after calming his emotions, set off in the direction Xu Xingguang had left.

”You Jiaoyang!”

Hearing his name in a foreign city, You Jiaoyang initially thought he was mistaken.

Until the voice grew closer and clearer, one he found familiar. ”You Jiaoyang! Wait!”

You Jiaoyang’s expression stiffened slightly.

Xu Xingguang?

The woman in the black dress, walking slightly ahead of You Jiaoyang, heard the voice too.

The woman paused, turned slightly, her eyes dangerously fixated on You Jiaoyang. She suddenly yanked on You Jiaoyang’s tie and said in a mysterious tone, ”Sweetheart, you have old friends in West Continent City?”

You Jiaoyang grasped the woman’s seemingly delicate but overpowering hand, calmly explaining, ”It’s Xu Xingguang, my half-sister.”

Upon hearing this, the woman in the black dress finally released his red tie.

You Jiaoyang turned back, looking at Xu Xingguang running towards him, and asked in disbelief, ”Xu Xingguang, why would you be in West Continent City?” He remembered that after Xu Xingguang disrupted Jiang Heng’s wedding, she was banned from entering West Continent City.