Shocking! The master of metaphysics is actually the ancestor of ghosts and monsters!

"Sister?" Nangong Qian's interest piqued even more, a mischievous grin spreading across her face. "Are we related by blood?"

"Of course!"

Jiang Huaiyu immediately interrupted her, "That's my own sister! What are you thinking?"

He glanced at Nangong Qian, his expression speechless.

Upon seeing this, Nangong Qian pursed her lips and asked, "What's wrong with your sister? Is she in the country now? Or is she married? Do you miss her?"

"died."

The soft voice startled Nangong Qian. She looked at Jiang Huaiyu in surprise, and then a sense of guilt welled up inside her.

Seeing this, Zeng Lei, standing to the side, didn't know what to say and looked on helplessly.

"I'm sorry..." Nangong Qian's voice was very low, "I didn't know it was intentional..."

"fine."

You're joking about your sister.

The words that were about to come out of his throat were all swallowed back down.

Jiang Huaiyu's calm and composed face showed no trace of sadness, but the hidden pain in his eyes betrayed his true emotions.

For a long while, no one made a sound.

It wasn't until Jiang Huaiyu saw Nangong Qian's remorseful expression that he calmly explained, "Xiaoyu was my younger sister. She died ten years ago."

Nangong Qian looked conflicted, wanting to ask but not daring to.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Huaiyu chuckled and said casually, "Ask whatever you want."

Nangong Qian hesitated for a moment, but couldn't resist the question in her heart, "Then how did she die?"

Jiang Huaiyu doesn't look very old. Ten years ago, his sister should have been in high school, right?

It could be a freshman or a sophomore.

At this point, a hint of pain flashed across Jiang Huaiyu's face, and Nangong Qian noticed it. She quickly said, "It's nothing. I was just asking. There was no need to tell me. I was being nosy."

You're so sharp-tongued! Why bring up someone else's painful memories?!

Nangong Qian wished she could bury herself from just now.

As Jiang Huaiyu's thoughts returned, the immense hidden pain was actually relieved by her reaction.

He chuckled, "It's alright, there's nothing I can't say."

“I was kidnapped before, and she and I were locked in two different places. I struggled to escape from where I was being held, and later I found Xiaoyu. Then, the two of us ran and ran for a long time, and the people behind us chased us for a long time. It was a desolate flat area, with nowhere to hide our figures.”

Jiang Huaiyu seemed to be lost in some painful memories.

Zeng Lei and Nangong Qian listened quietly to her explanation.

"Later...then another group of people came. That group had guns! They were with the group that was chasing them. And at that time, we were on the border of China."

Hear this.

Nangong Qian was startled. "Could it be?!?"

“That’s right!” Jiang Huaiyu confirmed her guess. “It’s those human traffickers from Dianyi.”

At this point, Nangong Qian showed an incredulous expression, followed by a look of hatred, "They were a bunch of scum, thankfully the big boss went and dealt with them."

Considering the ruthlessness of those people, if the boss wasn't an ordinary person, would she still have a chance to come out alive?

So she asked cautiously, "How did you escape later?"

"During the escape, Xiaoyu took a bullet for me, and then I was caught again."

Jiang Huaiyu forced a bitter smile. "Originally, I wanted to die with her, but she didn't want to. She told me to live well, to think of Mom and Dad..."

At this point, one could almost hear the tremor in Jiang Huaiyu's voice.

The air grew heavy.

Nangong Qian felt a mix of emotions as she looked at Jiang Huaiyu with a face full of sympathy.

Zeng Lei was also secretly shocked. He never expected that the Jiang family's sister would die like this... He seemed to have heard his family say that the Jiang family had another daughter, but she died young.

He kept his lips tightly shut, not daring to say another word.

After a while, Nangong Qian finally spoke. She couldn't let Jiang Huaiyu remain immersed in sadness forever. "So, how did you escape all by yourself?"

She wanted to go over and comfort him, but didn't know what to say, so she could only continue to guide him to continue.

Jiang Huaiyu recovered, his voice hoarse, "Later, even when my parents gave me a huge sum of cash, they still refused to let me go. In the end, they embezzled the money. However, I was still in that place. If my parents hadn't given me money time and time again, I probably wouldn't have survived. They wanted to use me as bait to take all of the Jiang family's money. If they wanted to drain the Jiang family's money, they could only ensure that I wouldn't be harmed."

"So, my repeated escapes didn't lead to them beating me too much."

"And I memorized all the routes..."

Nangong Qian and Zeng Lei were astonished, exclaiming, "!!!"

"You're really amazing. Did you manage to escape on your own in the end?" Nangong Qian asked.

Jiang Huaiyu nodded.

His perception was triggered during his last escape; during that time, he had all sorts of images in his mind.

He could hear even the cries of a child clearly within a radius of ten miles.

He used this to evade everyone.

Heaven was still kind to him.

It wasn't until he encountered the Xuanling Group that he realized there were many incredible things in the world, and that people like them were collectively known as Xuanshu Masters.

To this day, no one except the higher-ups of the Xuanling Group knows about this matter.

Now that he could finally release his pent-up emotions, Jiang Huaiyu felt an immense sense of relief, as if a heavy stone had finally been lifted from his heart.

He looked at Nangong Qian, who was concerned about him, with a funny expression.

It's like wanting to comfort her, but not knowing where to begin...

"You've been down there for about the same amount of time as me. Haven't you really seen anyone you know or can't forget appear in the black mist below?"

Nangong Qian shook her head, "No, only corpses are chasing after my great-aunt!"

She tilted her head back, seemingly trying to make Jiang Huaiyu laugh.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Huaiyu smiled and said, "You are very insightful."

"Captain Nangong should have protected you very well."

Nangong Qian smiled sheepishly, "I have indeed caused my older brother a lot of trouble. He's probably getting annoyed with me to death. I'm such a troublemaker."

Jiang Huaiyu smiled and said, "Captain Nangong will definitely not be annoyed; he will only cherish you as his younger sister."

"And it's because I failed to protect my sister."

"It's okay, I can be your little sister from now on!" Nangong Qian patted his shoulder and smiled.

"it is good."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

At this moment, Zeng Lei timidly raised his hand, "I can be your younger brother! I'm afraid I can't be your younger sister."

"roll--"

"roll--"

The two said in unison.