"That year, it was also when I met that person..."

Feng Huang's face turned pale as if she recalled some unpleasant memory.

She tried to force a smile and said, "Oppa, you might not have experienced that kind of situation."

"That winter, my brother fell seriously ill, and he needed to see a doctor. I carried him to the hospital, but was immediately chased away by the doctor there."

"After all, I was just a beggar, not someone who looked like they could afford medical expenses."

"Having no other choice to raise money, I could only hit the streets to steal..."

"Maybe it was my bad luck, I got caught red-handed. Oppa, what do you think, how would they deal with a fourteen-year-old girl caught in the act?"

Looking at Feng Huang's questioning gaze, Xu Fan could not help but give a bitter smile.

He began to understand why Feng Huang was reluctant to mention her past.

Unlike her peers, Feng Huang never experienced the warmth of this world. She endured hunger, disdain, and all of the world's indifference.

Perhaps that's why she was unwilling to trust others.

"A fourteen-year-old girl can already tell beauty from ugliness. Perhaps it was my misfortune that the person I stole from was not a good person either."

"At the time, they wanted to sell me into a brothel. Oppa, do you know how I felt then?"

Feng Huang wiped her tears and said with a bitter smile, "I really felt that God was not fair. Why does suffering always fall on me?"

"My brother was still waiting for me to raise money to cure his illness. How could I let them take me away?"

"Even against four burly men, I had no choice but to resist."

Clenching her fists, Feng Huang said with a bitter smile, "Maybe they didn't expect that a little beggar could have such courage. At that time, I actually managed to kill someone with a stone."

"Oppa, am I not incredible?"

"..."

Looking at Feng Huang's forced smile, Xu Fan found himself at a loss for words.

Perhaps God was indeed too unfair to her.

"Alright, even if one was dead, there were still three left. How could a fourteen-year-old girl be so powerful? It was just that..."

At this point, Feng Huang paused, sniffled, and then said, "That person appeared."

"Watching those three guys fall under his dagger, at that moment, I thought that maybe, for me... God wasn't so bad after all."

Watching Feng Huang wiping away tears, Xu Fan couldn't help but let out a sigh.

The person she was referring to must have been the creditor she spoke of.

If it weren't for his appearance, Feng Huang's life might have taken a totally different path.

"Because of him, I was saved, and he even cured my brother's illness."

If life indeed has turning points, Feng Huang felt that hers shifted from darkness to light in the year she turned fourteen.

"Since then, my brother and I were taken out of the country by him."

"Over five years, he taught me and my brother many things. Because of him, my brother and I no longer starved."

"Oppa, tell me, do I owe him a lot? In that moment, I treated him like a father. Even if he wanted me to die right then, I wouldn't blink."

If it weren't for that man, Feng Huang would never have been able to emerge from the Abyss. Their relationship was indeed both teacher and father.

Thinking of Old Immortal and himself, Xu Fan could indeed understand Feng Huang's feelings at the moment.

However, looking at Feng Huang, Xu Fan suddenly frowned.

She had a brother, a fact he had only just learned today; she had never mentioned it before.

Xu Fan couldn't help but ask, "Then, where is your brother now?"

"..."

Hearing Xu Fan ask about this, Feng Huang's whole body trembled uncontrollably!

The tears she had held back uncontrollably streamed down.

"He... he..."

Memories surged in her mind, and Feng Huang trembled all over, sobbing as she said, "He was killed by that person... killed..."

"Why?"

Hearing Feng Huang's explanation, Xu Fan couldn't help feeling somewhat puzzled.

If that guy had saved Feng Huang and her brother, why would he go on to kill Feng Huang's brother?

Wasn't that superfluous?

"My brother was too kind; he didn't want to kill for him, so..."

Although grateful that the man had changed their lives, her brother's character was always too kind.

Thinking of the day she heard him tell her this news, Feng Huang shook her head with a bitter smile.

"If it wasn't for taking care of my brother, I couldn't have made it to fourteen."

"Brother, he personally gave me hope for living, but at the same time, he destroyed the hope for living. Tell me, should I hate him? Or should I be thankful?"

"..."

This question was truly difficult to answer. Xu Fan looked at Feng Huang, momentarily at a loss for words.

"I could never forgive him for my brother's death, so, I proposed leaving."

"He agreed but set a condition, telling me to do three things for him in the future as repayment of the debt."

Having said this, everything that needed to be explained was explained.

Feng Huang wiped away her tears and said, "With my brother gone, I couldn't find any meaning in living, and thought about just dying as well."

"But I'm someone who doesn't like owing others, so I've been waiting for him to call on me to repay my debt."

"After that, I met you."

Looking at Xu Fan, Feng Huang couldn't help but smile.

"To be honest, Brother, when I first saw you, I didn't believe in you, but for some reason, I always felt you were different from other people, so I stayed."

"Now, looking back, you truly are different from the others."

Watching Feng Huang's smiling face, Xu Fan couldn't help but shake his head.

Her experiences were indeed harder than those of most people.

After the darkness, she finally saw the light, but the person who gave her the light also destroyed her hope at the same time.

Hearing this, Xu Fan largely understood the three things that person wanted Feng Huang to do.

The first was to steal something Xia Hengzhou had left in a bronze box.

The second was to kill himself.

The third was to retrieve the new energy technology from Professor Sun's hands.

Feng Huang had not completed any of these tasks for him.

With that guy's methods, he probably wouldn't just let it go.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Fan stood up and walked over to Feng Huang.

"Brother, you... what are you doing..."

As Xu Fan walked towards her, he directly embraced her in his arms.

Feng Huang lay in his arms, so tense that her body stiffened.

Smelling his scent, she couldn't help but blush.

"Feng Huang, listen to me carefully."

Holding Feng Huang tightly, Xu Fan said with a serious face, "I don't care what kind of suffering you have gone through in the past, but no matter what, you must not lose hope in this world."

"Starting today, even if the sky falls down, I, Xu Fan, will hold it up for you."

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