Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

"But I guess what he’s looking for is very likely related to those strange potions I drank. Because he once said something like this."

After a short pause, Huo Xin imitated Huo Wei’s tone and demeanor, saying, "You, a child born with cerebral palsy, are the lowest form of trash, and to make you a normal person, it must be the evolutionary genes from their research that worked."

After speaking, Huo Xin first looked at Huo Wen’an, then at Xu Xingguang, and said, "The thing that escaped from my body and entered Dean Wang’s body, causing it to lose control, should be the thing Huo Wei wanted to find."

"But after Dean Wang was executed back then, I don’t know where that thing went."

After listening to the whole story, Xu Xingguang had new doubts, saying, "How does Huo Wei know about these things?"

"I don’t know." Huo Xin still shook her head.

Huo Xin also said, "I think Huo Wei must know some people, he used to refer to those people as ’Divine’. But I really don’t know who these so-called ’Divines’ are."

"Then later, how did you guys escape?" Clearly, Huo Xin managed to become a doctor and gain freedom, indicating she successfully escaped Huo Wei’s control later on.

Recalling those past events, a layer of frost unwittingly covered Huo Xin’s face, and her eyes were shadowed with gloom.

It was evidently another painful memory for her.

Huo Xin, somewhat lost in thought, said, "Later, Huo Wei’s mother fell seriously ill, and he had to travel back and forth to treat her, unable to watch over us for long periods. The day his mother died, we knew the time had come, so we decided to run away."

"I was lucky and escaped smoothly, but Wang Yue was in poor health. He carried me on his shoulders up to the wall, but he couldn’t climb over the tall walls of the Huo Family himself. As it happened, Huo Wei returned home midway and saw this scene..."

Huo Xin gave a mocking smile and said, "I cruelly left him behind and ran away by myself. Later, I never saw Wang Yue again."

"The next time I saw Huo Wei was three years later. By then, Huo Wei’s physical condition was much worse; he was kicked out of Divine Concealment Island by Old Sir Huo for his mistakes and settled alone in Yujiang City."

"That dangerous viper turned into a harmless lizard, tied up and bound by me on the execution rack. I shot arrows at him, scared him, and forced him to confess everything."

Huo Xin turned around, her alluring face now covered in tears.

She couldn’t help but cry out, "He told me he locked Wang Yue in the basement on Divine Concealment Island for over two years of human experiments. He said Wang Yue had become a monster and would never return to normal, would never come back to me!"

"Little Sin!" Huo Xin sobbed, "Wang Yue was so good, he didn’t care about my life or death and climbed out of the wall himself, but he gave the opportunity to escape to me."

"He was the only person in the world willing to protect me with his life. But my biological father turned him into a monster!"

Staring at the weeping Huo Xin, Xu Xingguang and the others didn’t know what to say to bring comfort to Huo Xin.

Zheng Lie cursed in a low voice, "That Huo Wei, damn him, he’s truly capable of any evil."

Huo Wen’an told Huo Xin, "I once saw Wang Yue in Huo Wei’s basement on Divine Concealment Island."

Huo Xin suddenly grabbed Huo Wen’an’s arm, hoarsely shouting, "Did he really become a monster?"

"Huo Wei was lying to you. Wang Yue didn’t turn into a monster, but he did suffer a lot. When I saw him, I almost couldn’t recognize him. Later, we sent him to the hospital on Divine Concealment Island to recuperate. But I heard he drowned himself by jumping into the sea three years ago."

"Jumped into the sea?" Huo Xin tightened her grip on Huo Wen’an’s arm and cautiously asked, "Are you saying his body fell into the sea after he died?"

"Yes." Noticing Huo Xin’s unusual reaction, Huo Wen’an found it strange, "Is there a problem with that?"

Huo Xin didn’t respond.

She lowered her head, seeming to be deep in thought.

And Huo Wen’an also clearly sensed that the dead atmosphere around Huo Xin suddenly became active. She seemed like someone frozen stiff in the cold, who had once again seen the warm sun.

Knowing the outcome that Wang Yue drowned himself, shouldn’t Huo Xin feel grieved?

But her reaction didn’t look like sadness at all; it seemed somewhat like joy.

Xu Xingguang also sensed something was off with Huo Xin. Something flashed in her mind, and her lips tightened slightly.

She thought of You Jiaoyang.

Three years ago, You Jiaoyang graduated from university and went on a trip with friends to the beaches of West Continent City, nearly drowning. When he woke up, he had changed completely, from a playboy to a steady and calm man.

Before Xu Xingguang moved out of the Xu Family, she felt that You Jiaoyang had a temperament that didn’t fit with You Jingqiu and You Mingyue.

You Jiaoyang gave Xu Xingguang the feeling of a solitary mountain shrouded in mist, impossible to see through.

Linking this to the abnormal relationship between You Jiaoyang and Huo Xin, Xu Xingguang roughly understood why Huo Xin kept You Jiaoyang tied to her side.

It’s highly likely she discovered Wang Yue’s shadow on You Jiaoyang.

Perhaps she already suspected that You Jiaoyang was Wang Yue, or maybe she just saw You Jiaoyang as Wang Yue’s substitute.

And at this moment, her sudden burst of excitement showed she seemed to have found the answer she wanted.

Focused on thinking about the relationship between Wang Yue and You Jiaoyang, Song Chi, who hadn’t spoken all this while, suddenly sharply asked, "Miss Huo Xin, how did you know the hospital was hiding the secret of mutation?"

Huo Xin’s emotions had calmed significantly by now.

The question was asked by Song Chi, but Huo Xin looked at Xu Xingguang while answering.

Huo Xin said, "Huo Wei told me that Cangshan Mental Hospital’s predecessor was the Neuroscience Research Institute. The founder of the institute was a group of the world’s top genetic medical geniuses at the time."

"Their goal was to develop a drug that could stimulate human potential and modify human genes. As for why they conducted this research, I’m not sure."

"According to Huo Wei, there was a traitor in their team, and that traitor sold their research plans, bringing disaster upon them."

At this, Huo Xin looked at Huo Wen’an and said, "Your grandfather seems to have been one of the core members of that team."

Huo Wen’an felt no waves in his heart upon hearing this news.

At this point, even if someone had pointed at Huo Wen’an’s head and said he was a test subject, he wouldn’t have been surprised.

And Xu Xingguang thought of the group photo she had seen on the photo wall in the Pilot Mansion.

It now seemed that the people in that group photo were most likely members of the Neuroscience Research Institute.

"Alright, I’ve told you all the clues I know." Huo Xin glanced at Huo Wen’an and Xu Xingguang, saying, "Now, it’s your turn to tell me why you visited the mental hospital at night."

"Have you really told us everything?" Xu Xingguang scrutinized Huo Xin, directly asking, "Then can you explain to me when you met the City Lord’s Wife? What is the relationship between you two?"

Hearing this, Huo Xin was a bit surprised. "How do you know?" She seldom met Zhang Zhiyi, and the last time they met was this afternoon.

But she and Zhang Zhiyi were both cautious people, unlikely to be followed without knowing.

Could it be...

Thinking of You Jiaoyang standing under the morning glory, deep in thought earlier that evening, Huo Xin knew where the problem lay. "Did You Jiaoyang tip you off? That bastard!"

She cursed You Jiaoyang as a bastard, but there was no hint of malice in her eyes.

In her tone, there was even a hint of helplessness and indulgence.