Chapter 419: If You Don’t Want to Die, You’ve Got to Give It Your All
"So what happened afterward? How did you find my mother?" Yan Sijue continued to ask.
"I mentioned before, I often circled around your surroundings, so not long after you left that day, your mother also left. Following a kind of instinct, I followed her. We walked for a long distance. She went into a door and came out after a long while holding a bottle," Xin’s tone slightly wavered.
Yan Sijue suddenly clenched his hands tightly, saying bitterly, "She exchanged her own body for a bottle of poison... is that right?"
Xin took a deep breath, nodded lightly, "I wanted to stop her, but it was already too late. I dragged her to my hiding place, gave her some water... Luckily, the water I usually drank was very dirty, so your mother vomited, and some of the poison came out too, which is why she survived... Later, she started to have a fever and couldn’t be left alone. I watched over her for two days, and by the time her condition was stable and I went to find you, you were already gone. I heard from other kids that you were taken away by the Yan Family."
After saying this, she let out a deep breath, "So, I’ve been taking care of your mother since then. Unfortunately, after she recovered, her mind became somewhat unclear and she often muttered things I couldn’t understand. But judging from her fragmented words, I could roughly guess that she was very afraid of the Yan Family. That’s why I never passed you any messages over the years."
Yan Sijue closed his eyes tightly, and after a long time, he finally spoke, his voice painfully hoarse, "You couldn’t even feed yourself, how did you manage to take care of her?"
"I remember you told me that if you don’t want to die, you have to risk everything, so I was never afraid of having no food. Every time we fought for food, I was always the fiercest one. None of them could take the food from me," Xin said with a hint of pride, "Fortunately, your mother was very obedient, staying in my hiding place every day, never going anywhere, otherwise I really wouldn’t have managed."
"Thank you," Yan Sijue said in a low voice, "Thank you for saving her."
"You’re welcome. If it weren’t for you helping me first, I wouldn’t have saved your mother," Xin smiled, "Less than a year later, I encountered an organization recruiting people. You should know that many assassin organizations like to select candidates from the Ghost Market. Because the children who survive there are ruthless, resilient, and most importantly, for a full meal, they’ll do anything. That’s when I was chosen and taken away, and your mother was also taken and received attentive care. They thought she was my mother, so they treated her as both a favor and a threat."
"What organization?" Yan Sijue asked solemnly.
"An organization that specializes in supplying talent... assassins, spies, special agents, whatever you need, you’ll always find the right talent there... I trained very hard and was excellent, so I was sold at a high price at eighteen. A dignitary in City S bought me to be his bodyguard and secretary, and your mother was also taken care of by people sent by that dignitary... until recently." Xin finished speaking, smiling faintly, "So, most of the time, it was someone else taking care of your mother. I have always been obedient and diligent, whether in the organization or beside that dignitary. I completed tasks excellently, so no one ever made things difficult for her."
Yan Sijue gently rubbed his temples, his hands slightly trembling, "So now... where is she?"