"Mom and Dad, please don't be angry. Don't ruin your health. I've been investigating this matter, but I don't have any leads yet. I won't let him get away with it."
In fact, those people already knew she was still alive. Shortly after leaving Corpse Island, they discovered she was still alive and relentlessly pursued her, only to be defeated by Yan Xiluo each time. They never left any clues; they either bit their tongues and committed suicide or kept their mouths shut, never revealing a word until their deaths. Perhaps they had some leverage over her.
She never saw the man who threw her into the sea among the assassins who came. But she could never forget those eyes, nor his unique aura.
"Luo Luo, how did you survive? Or did someone just happen to be out at sea and rescue you? We must thank the person who saved you properly."
After recovering, Li Shuwen was particularly eager to know what her daughter had gone through afterward.
Yan Xiluo hesitated for a moment, unsure whether she should tell them or not. If she did, her parents would become anxious and worried. If she didn't, she knew she couldn't hide it from them forever.
"I can say that, but please be prepared, Mom and Dad."
Of course, she couldn't tell them how she went through the trials on Corpse Island, because the scenes were too bloody, and Lin Chenxuan and Yan Yinran were still there; she didn't want to frighten them.
"Mom is ready."
Without a second thought, Li Shuwen was eager to know the answer, and she nervously gripped Yan Yinran's hand beside her.
“Dad is ready too.”
Yan Youting and Lin Zhengzhong spoke almost simultaneously.
"Go ahead and speak, Luo Luo, everyone is ready."
Yang Mei also wanted to know what had happened. After all, they didn't know what had happened to Yan Xiluo after she was rescued, and they dared not ask, afraid of reopening her wounds. They felt it was a miracle that she had returned unharmed after being kidnapped for more than a month.
"I was saved by Gui Chi."
Yan Xiluo spoke calmly.
"What?!"
Yan Youting and Lin Zhengzhong exclaimed in unison.
"The number one assassin in the US? Ghost Blaze?"
Yan Youting was shocked and couldn't believe it. That person actually took her daughter to the US and then murdered her? Trying to ensure there were no clues in China? He's a ruthless character! Luckily, she ran into Gui Chi?
"The person who harmed Luo Luo is truly vicious. To encounter Gui Chi, it must have been in the US! To go to such lengths to bring Luo Luo to US territory and then throw her into the sea, their plan is far too cunning!"
The person who kidnapped Luo Luo was too cunning and scheming; no wonder we couldn't find a single clue or trace of them. Lin Zhengzhong was furious, his fists clenched tightly.
"Alright, don't get too excited. Let's let our daughter finish what she has to say."
Yang Mei comforted her husband, gently holding his clenched fist, signaling him to calm down.
"According to Gui Chi, he had just finished a mission and returned to Corpse Island when he found me on the beach. He took me back to his place and saved my life. He said the reason he saved me was that he was also from Country Z, just like me. People on Corpse Island must participate in a trial; if they don't, they can't leave and will be trapped on the island for life, left to fend for themselves. But once the trial begins, they cannot quit halfway. There are only two paths: one is to pass the trial and leave alive, and the other is to fail the trial and die on the spot. That's why the island is called Corpse Island, because it's full of the corpses of those who failed the trial... Only a handful of people manage to get out..."
Yan Xiluo paused to observe her parents' expressions, and seeing that they were still accepting, she continued speaking.
“I knew my parents must be frantic with worry, so I desperately wanted to get out. I wanted to take a gamble and not be trapped on the island forever. If I succeeded, I would find the people who kidnapped me. Gui Chi took pity on me and felt a connection with me, so he took me in as his apprentice and taught me skills and various survival techniques. Later, I successfully passed the trial, and my master asked me if I wanted to stay on Corpse Island and continue to follow him, training me to be an assassin as skilled as him. I refused to stay there, and my master wasn't angry. Instead, he safely sent me back to my country. Also, my master helped me find out the whereabouts of my grandfather, Huo Tongcao.”
Having gone through so much, Yan Xiluo was able to calmly and without any emotional fluctuations recount her experiences, which made everyone present feel heartbroken.
"The Corpse Island trial is really this brutal? Luo Luo has just escaped one danger only to fall into another! Luckily, she's blessed with good fortune and has the help of a lucky person!"
Li Shuwen finds it hard to imagine how her daughter passed the trial; the thought alone terrifies her.
"Yes, secondly, Luo Luo has a strong will, is naturally intelligent, and learns quickly; otherwise, she might have just gone to her death during that trial!"
Yang Mei found it hard to accept that her daughter was in such a predicament. She had barely escaped a disaster and was rescued, but afterwards, she had to undergo trials in order to go home.
"So that's how it is. I never expected that the ruthless and cold-blooded number one assassin, Gui Chi, would be such a good person. It's a good thing he's here, otherwise Luo Luo would definitely be in grave danger. I must thank him properly when I have the chance."
Yan Youting sighed. He hadn't expected an assassin to have such tenderness. It was precisely because of this tenderness that Luo Luo was sitting here unharmed.
"You Ting is right, we must thank him when we have the chance."
Lin Zhengzhong echoed, after all, he was Luo Luo's savior and also her master.
Afterwards, both sets of parents chatted for a long time, mostly about Yan Xiluo's childhood, while Yan Xiluo showed Yan Yinran around her room.
After lunch, Yan Xiluo, Yan Youting, Li Shuwen, and Yan Yinran bid farewell to the Lin family couple and Lin Chenxuan and left.
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