Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

"Senior sister, you’ve fallen in love with brother-in-law, haven’t you?" Xu Xingguang gazed at Zhang Zhiyi with eyes that saw through everything, and laughed mockingly, "You always say we’re useless trash, yet you’ve fallen in love with a piece of trash too."

Facing Xu Xingguang’s mockery, Zhang Zhiyi’s expression showed some embarrassment.

"You’ve fallen for him, so you can’t bear to see him suffer. You simply turned him into a vegetable to lie there for years. Once everything is over, you’ll wake him up again."

"Senior sister’s deep feelings for brother-in-law truly make me see you in a new light. People, once they have love, they have weaknesses."

Zhang Zhiyi pressed her lips together, feeling a bit uneasy. "Xu Xingguang, what are you trying to say with all your sarcasm?"

With a sly smile, Xu Xingguang said with intonation, "Senior sister, aren’t you strange? According to your plan, brother-in-law should be unconscious in half a month, so why did it happen so early?"

Zhang Zhiyi’s expression changed drastically. She looked at the unconscious Xiahou Shang and questioned Xu Xingguang, "Xu Xingguang, what did you do to Brother Shang?"

"Guess." Xu Xingguang deliberately baited her curiosity.

Zhang Zhiyi was both angry and ashamed, cursing, "Xu Xingguang, you’re so despicable. If you want to use dirty tricks, come at me, what’s the skill in harming an innocent?"

"I’m despicable?" Xu Xingguang laughed angrily. "Zhang Zhiyi, isn’t it actually you who caused Huo Wen’an to be plagued by a severe disease?"

Zhang Zhiyi was taken aback. She asked quietly, "Why do you think so?"

"I always thought Huo Wen’an’s genetic disease was due to the Y Country Royal Family’s close relative marriages, but they have stopped this deformed union for over a hundred years. The possibility of Huo Wen’an being affected by his ancestors is very low."

"When I learned there was a traitor in grandpa’s research team, yesterday I had Zheng Qin successfully restore their group photo from back then. Guess who I saw in the photo?"

Group photo?

Zhang Zhiyi thought carefully, recalling that the day the Neuroscience Research Institute was founded, they took a photo at the Cangshan racetrack.

At that time, Cangshan was still a racetrack, not the forest it is now.

She hadn’t expected that the group photo would still exist.

Since Xu Xingguang had seen the group photo, Zhang Zhiyi didn’t feel the need to hide it anymore. She candidly said, "That’s right, I indeed was a member of the founding team of the Neuroscience Research Institute, and I betrayed their team."

Seeing her admit it openly, Xu Xingguang’s demeanor became serious, and she coldly said, "Using the Neuroscience Research Institute team to develop what you wanted, then dismantling it, was just your first step to clear the Mortal World."

"After successfully dismantling the Neuroscience Research Institute, the second thing you need to do is eliminate the strongest forces in the Mortal World. And the uncontrollable, notorious Young Master of the Huo Family became a thorn in your side that you must remove."

Listening quietly to Xu Xingguang’s logically clear analysis, Zhang Zhiyi was greatly surprised.

Xu Xingguang was able to deduce the entire truth from mere clues, Zhang Zhiyi had underestimated her.

"Xu Xingguang, you’re even smarter than I thought." Zhang Zhiyi looked at her with admiration in her eyes, "Someone like you would achieve remarkable success even in the Divine Martial Realm."

Divine Martial Realm?

A bunch of hypocritical robbers, she had no interest in them at all.

Xu Xingguang asked Zhang Zhiyi, "Senior sister, the drug you gave Huo Wen’an, is it the same one you used on his grandfather?"

Zhang Zhiyi did use the same drug on Huo Wen’an that poisoned his grandfather to death a hundred years ago. But for some reason, Huo Wen’an did not die suddenly like his grandfather.

"You must be puzzled why Huo Wen’an didn’t die suddenly like his grandfather, but instead delayed multiple times, finally lucky enough to wait for my appearance."

Zhang Zhiyi finally spoke up, "Why?"

Xu Xingguang laughed mockingly, "Because Huo Wei once sent him to the Divine Martial Realm, where he was injected with drugs like an animal by people there. Fortunately, those drugs provided his body with drug resistance, helping him escape the crisis."

Upon learning the truth, Zhang Zhiyi found it somewhat amusing.

The person she painstakingly wanted to kill was actually saved by those people from the Divine Martial Realm.

Isn’t it funny?

Looking at the sleeping Xiahou Shang, Xu Xingguang said expressionlessly, "I didn’t do much, I just gave him the same drug you gave to Huo Wen’an back then."