Professor Zhang and the others looked at Lin Wu, Bai Jing and Ren Ke worriedly, but Han Yuesong had already agreed, so they had nothing more to say and had to do as they were told.

Luan Zhi came to Lin Wu and asked worriedly, "Ms. Lin, you just said that Ren Ke came for you. Is she really here to repay you? Or is she doing this for other purposes? Will she harm you?"

Ren Ke led her people downstairs and just happened to hear what he said. She said, "Don't you know how to avoid people when you speak? Can't you see that I'm still here? Or are you targeting me?"

Luan Zhi glanced at her coldly and ignored her.

Lin Wu was about to speak when she suddenly noticed that Chang Chi and Chang San were also looking at her, with alert expressions on their faces.

"She came to me just to repay me for helping her in the past, she has no other intentions." Lin Wu looked at Luan Zhi, "So the archaeological team can rest assured. If I hinder you, I will be responsible."

"That's not what I meant..."

Luan Zhi wanted to explain, but Lin Wu was impatient and said, "It's time to go."

She also bypassed Luan Zhi and went to Bai Jing's side, blocking her sharp gaze at Ren Ke, "Come on, I'll tell you in detail."

Bai Jing frowned at her, then turned and walked out.

Lin Wu followed and saw Bo Ning still standing there. He called out to him, "What are you standing there for? Come on."

Bai Ning said: "This is Miss Bai's private matter, I won't listen to it..."

Bai Jing turned back, grabbed Bo Ning's hand, and dragged him away without saying a word.

Lin Wu shook his head and followed.

Luan Zhi looked at Lin Wu's back and followed him.

Ren Ke clicked his tongue. "What is there to say? It's just those trivial things. Even if there is something hidden, can speaking it out change the facts? No. What's the point of talking about it..."

The two people beside her looked at each other.

"Master Ren, do you really want to help An...Lin Wu?" asked the tall man with a black mole at the corner of his mouth.

Ren Ke walked out with his arms folded, and said lazily: "Didn't she already say that she wanted to repay the favor? Then repay the favor, let her finish what she wants to do, and then find her. This way it will be smoother."

The two of them frowned, with disapproval in their eyes, thinking that this was very troublesome and unnecessary.

But thinking of Lin Wu's ability to stir up trouble, they were also a little afraid that Lin Wu would make a big fuss, and then they would have to go back in and pay a heavy price. It would be better to just keep an eye on Lin Wu for now.

The two of them followed without saying a word.

Finally, there are Chang Chi, Chang San and others.

Chang San frowned and said, "This Ren Ke is definitely not an ordinary person. Her sudden appearance here is definitely not as simple as... Lin Wu said."

"Nonsense! She has so many capable people under her command, but she chose to hire a killer who is wanted by an international organization. It sounds wrong! Moreover, by appearing in public with Ren Ke, she is tied to Ren Ke, and there is no telling how much trouble will follow. She is not crazy, how could she do this for no reason?"

Chang Chi wasn't feeling well at all.

He turned to Chang San and said, "I have reason to suspect that she must be setting a trap for me and deliberately asked Ren Ke to mess with me! Right? Absolutely!"

Chang San choked and wanted to say that it wasn't necessary for you, but as some images flashed through his mind, he fell silent again and began to believe Chang Chi's words.

This does seem like something Lin Wu would do.

"Listen carefully, keep a close eye on Ren Ke and her people along the way." Chang Chi immediately ordered the people around him, "If they show any abnormality, kill them first!"

"Don't worry about it. Don't forget that you promised me that you would listen to me in everything and you are not allowed to have any objections! If you can't do it, just leave. I don't have to keep you!" Chang Chi looked at Chang San, "I don't want someone who doesn't listen to me around me."

Chang San was silent for a few seconds and hummed in a low voice.

Chang Chi gave an order and led his men to follow the people outside.

The destination was just behind the mountain, so they didn't need to drive and could just walk there along the mountain road. The archaeological team led the way, and everyone else followed them.

Lin Wu, Bai Jing and Bo Ning walked in the middle of the team, keeping a certain distance from the people in front and behind them.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Bai Jing said.

Lin Wu said: "Do you still remember why your mother died?"

"Of course I remember!" Bai Jing sneered, with a chill in his eyes, "She is such a fool. She actually believed the man's lie that he would be sincere for her whole life. She ignored her family's opposition and went overseas with the old man alone. She went from being the daughter of a scholarly family to a pirate's woman!"

"What happened? They had only been together for two years when they quarreled and became strangers, only disgusted with each other. The old man also imprisoned her in a villa on the island, leaving her alone until she was driven crazy. And the old man never went back to see her, leaving her to fend for herself. Even when she gave birth to me, he didn't go back. He was surrounded by other women and partied with others every night."

Bai Ning was right next to Bai Jing and heard it clearly. He was immediately shocked.

Bai Jing clenched her hands, "I almost didn't survive the first few days after my baby was born because she was too exhausted and emaciated. She had no milk, and there were no servants in the villa, let alone baby supplies. She was so weak that she couldn't even cook some rice soup. I had a high fever."

"She felt that she couldn't support me that way, and she didn't have a phone to contact the old man. In the end, in order to let the old man know of my existence and to get him to come back and take me away for treatment, she propped herself up and placed me in the most conspicuous place outside the villa, and she herself... used natural gas to cause an explosion."

"This kind of movement finally caught the old man's attention. He really came back and really found me, but she...died in the villa and was buried in the ruins."

Bai Jing's voice was hoarse and seemed to be filled with blood.

The forest fog was silent.

Bai Ning was stunned after hearing this, with heartache in his eyes. He wanted to comfort Bai Jing, but didn't know how.

Bai Jing closed his eyes. "I was still young at that time and didn't know these things. As far as I can remember, the old man was very kind to me. There was a big photo of my mother in his room, and he would look at it for a long time every day. I thought they were very loving, but unfortunately my mother died during childbirth."

"But truth cannot be hidden. A few years later, a woman came to the door and asked the old man to take responsibility. She looked a bit like my mother. I ran into her and that's when I learned the truth."

Bai Jing, who was still young at the time, couldn't accept it and fell seriously ill.

Not fully recovered yet, she secretly left alone, wanting to go to the island where her mother had stayed to see it with her own eyes.

Because people around her said that after her mother died, the island became a forbidden area for the White Sea Lord. He did not allow anyone to enter, and he did not change any of the grass or trees on it.

Bai Jing was shocked to see that it was true. She was in a daze on the way back. It was at that time that she was targeted by human traffickers and met Lin Wu.

In fact, at that time, Bai Jing really thought about dying, so that she wouldn't have to face her shattered family. But she didn't die, because she was stopped by another person.

Bai Jing glanced at Bo Ning, who was looking at her worriedly, and continued after a moment: "After that, I started to distance myself from the old man and didn't want to see him. But after all... we still have some father-daughter feelings, because he didn't treat me badly. But because of my mother, I hate him."

Neither love nor hate was complete. Bai Jing lived a very painful few years and almost suffered from autism and depression at one point.

"Then something else happened. It was this incident that made me completely disappointed and gave up on the old man. I left and never went back, and I never saw him again."

"And this matter is related to Ren Ke." (End of this chapter)