Li Wan sighed softly and turned her eyes to the ceiling. The dim light cast a shadow on her face, making her look even more haggard.

She gave a bitter smile: "I know you can't accept it, so I haven't dared to tell you."

"After I lost my husband and children in the war, I wanted to end my life. Xuanyuan Ji showed up at this time. I guess he also lost his family in this era of constant gunfire and ended up on the streets."

"My child was about this age before he died, so I admit that Xuanyuan Ji's appearance gave me hope to continue living."

"So, I lived with Xuanyuan Ji. I did my best to take care of him and educate him, hoping that he would grow up healthy and happy. Later, I gradually discovered a secret. Whether it was ten, twenty or thirty years, his appearance and height had never changed at all, and I...also always looked like I was 28 years old and had never aged."

Having said that, Li Wan noticed the changes in Tang Huaili's expression, but he lowered his eyes and no one knew what he was thinking.

"I just realized that Xuanyuan Ji is not that simple. I started paying attention to his every move. It turns out that he would secretly sprinkle some mermaid powder on my food every once in a while."

"Mermaid meat?" Sun Haochen and Liu Yu looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.

It was obviously the first time they had heard the word.

"Yes, it's the flesh of the mermaid, ground into powder."

"Mrs. Tang, this is too alarmist. Are there really mermaids in this world?"

"Haha, you also find it unbelievable, but that's the fact. I was eager to know the truth, so I put a knife on Xuanyuan Ji's neck and threatened him. Unexpectedly, I accidentally cut his neck and he was injured, but his scar disappeared quickly. I was shocked, but when he saw how shocked I was, he told me the secret that he had eaten mermaid flesh."

The three people present had complicated expressions, still digesting what Li Wan said.

After a moment, Sun Haochen said, "Mrs. Tang, please continue."

"Of course, not everyone can eat this mermaid meat. Legend has it that those who eat this mermaid meat can live forever, their appearance will not change, and their life will last forever. However, if someone is not adapted to it, their body will have problems. In the best case, they will die directly, and in the worst case..."

Having said that, Li Wan glanced at the monster's corpse lying on the floor.

“They will become monsters whose lives are worse than death and who have lost their minds.”

"Monster..." The three of them suddenly turned around and took a look at the monster's corpse on the ground.

Sun Haochen looked incredulous: "You mean, this monster was a human before? It ate the so-called mermaid meat and became physically unwell, so it turned into a monster..."

"Yeah," Li Wan nodded and added, "I don't know how many people Xuanyuan Ji used for experiments before me, and I should be his most successful experiment."

"In order to get rid of the demon Xuanyuan Ji, I kept changing my name and moved to many places, and even got married. However, no matter how far away I married, he would find me soon. I guess the reason why he came back to find me and pestered me was that he wanted me to stay with him forever, or maybe he couldn't find the next antibody that could adapt to the toxicity of mermaid meat, so he appeared in my life frequently, but I couldn't accept such an arrangement. So, every time we met again, I ran away within a few days."

"Later, I met Huaili, and Huaili was really nice to me." Li Wan smiled tenderly at this time, and her hand held Tang Huaili's hand.

However, this time, Tang Huaili only felt a buzzing in his head.

There were mixed feelings in my heart: shock, panic, and confusion.

He even forgot how to express his opinion and could only stand there stiffly.

Sun Haochen and Liu Yu also had mixed feelings, but they could understand Tang Huaili's current mood.

After all, no normal person can accept that the person next to you is over a hundred years old.

Seeing that Tang Huaili did not express his opinion, Li Wan's voice revealed a hint of sadness: "If the previous marriage was to get rid of Xuanyuan Ji, then this time, Huaili, I just want to be with you."

She stretched out her hand and covered the back of Tang Huaili's hand, and Tang Huaili finally came to his senses.

"No, I don't believe it."

He shook his head, broke free from her hand, held her shoulders instead, and looked straight at her: "Xiao Wan, you are lying to me, right?"

Li Wan avoided his gaze and continued, "It was not until a year ago that the police contacted me and I learned that a fire had broken out in the M country family that adopted Xuanyuan Ji. Haha, it's obvious that it must have been this little devil's doing. He must have fed them fish meat, but the result was not what he expected, so he chose to destroy the body and cover up all traces."

"In order to stop him from hurting innocent people, I decided to supervise him personally. It happened that Huaili had to go on a business trip at that time, and I chose not to accompany him. Because I wanted to find an opportunity to completely eradicate Xuanyuan Ji, the scourge. But he was extremely cunning and was on guard against me everywhere, so I never succeeded."

Tang Huaili suddenly realized and recalled that when he was on a business trip a year ago, he had indeed suggested that Li Wan move with him to another place so that he could take better care of her.

But Li Wan refused, saying that this was their love cottage and she wanted to stay to guard the house and wait for him to come back.

Then within two days, Tang Ji was taken back by Li Wan.

Thinking about it now, the reason why she refused at that time was because she already had her own plan - a plan on how to get rid of Tang Ji.

He looked at Li Wan deeply. At this moment, he still felt distressed for the pressure and pain she was suffering.

Maybe he still loves her.

"What I never expected was that Xuanyuan Ji started to target the nanny I hired for him."

After hearing this, Sun Haochen and Liu Yu finally understood why Mrs. Tang was against the nanny being nice to Tang Ji.

"I had no choice but to force him to hand over the remaining human flesh, but he refused and even threatened to attack Huaili. I was desperate and had to push him out of the car."

Sun Haochen nodded: "I see."

Suddenly, a possibility flashed through his mind: "Wait, Mrs. Tang, you just said that Tang Ji attacked the nanny you hired. You mean this monster corpse..."

"Well, this monster is one of our babysitters."

"What!!!!"

Upon hearing this, the two of them immediately showed shocked expressions.

Sun Haochen frowned, his face solemn, and said anxiously: "This Xuanyuan Ji is so scary."

Liu Yu slapped his forehead and said suddenly: "Oh no, Miss Yang is with Tang Ji now!!"

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