It wasn't until a cold gust of wind blew past that Mo Yu felt herself slowly break free from a dream-like nightmare.

She was sprawled on a broad, firm back, and the streetscape around them was rapidly receding.

Everything felt hazy.

"Boss... is that really you?"

Her voice was soft, tinged with a deep sense of unreality.

"Didn't you... get killed by that giant Dragon?"

She had seen it with her own eyes; the Dragon's breath, capable of melting steel, had completely engulfed that figure.

Yet now, he stood before her, perfectly fine.

There wasn't even a single scratch on him.

Zhou Huai, controlling Yasuo, didn't pause his steps for a moment, his voice coming calmly through the wind.

"I have my ways."

"You don't need to ask.""

Mo Yu obediently closed her mouth.

But the tears that had long accumulated in her eyes could no longer be held back, silently falling and soaking the man's collar.

Before stepping through the Bloody Guild's door, she had never imagined she would come out alive.

She didn't even dare to hope that someone would come to save her.

In this cold world, apart from her sister, who was her only family, no one else would care about her life or death.

But he came.

This man before her was like a light piercing through the endless night.

Strong, domineering, and unreasonably, he had forcibly pulled her back from the abyss of despair.

"Boss... how can you be so kind...?"

"I thought I was dead, boohoohoo..."

Listening to the girl's tearful sobs, Zhou Huai's tone remained calm.

"Don't cry."

"Didn't I tell you?"

"I'm your Boss, so of course I'll protect you."

Not long after, the two returned to the dilapidated residential building on Dingxiang Road.

When Mo Yu saw her sister being carried back by Yasuo, an unbelievable light instantly burst forth in her lifeless eyes, which then turned into a torrent of tears.

"Mo Yu! You're back! You're safe!"

Mo Yu got off Yasuo's back, hurried to the bedside, tightly grasped her sister's weak hand, and comforted her, holding back her own tears.

"Sister, I'm fine, I'm very well."

Mo Yu cried tears of joy, her gaze turning to the silent man at the door, her voice filled with the most sincere gratitude.

"Thank you... Thank you for saving my sister..."

Zhou Huai waved his hand, indicating there was no need to be polite.

His gaze fell on Mo Yu's haggard face, and a subtle sense of familiarity made him frown imperceptibly.

The next second, he suddenly stepped forward.

Under the astonished gazes of the two sisters, he pulled back the thin quilt covering Mo Yu.

Immediately, a hand rested on Mo Yu's slender wrist.

It was only a brief contact.

Zhou Huai's expression suddenly tensed.

That's right. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

It was this feeling.

Chilling, desolate, like a maggot clinging to bone.

It was that damned curse power!

This woman before him was also cursed, just like him!

This sudden action startled both sisters.

Mo Yu cautiously spoke.

"Boss... what's... what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Huai released her hand, not answering, but stared at Mo Yu with an unprecedentedly serious tone.

"How did your sister end up in her current state?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Yu's initial worry was instantly replaced by towering rage, and she gritted her teeth.

"Isn't it because of the Zhou Family?!"

"Zhou Family?"

Zhou Huai's heart stirred; Mo Yu was actually connected to the Zhou Family?

At this moment, Mo Yu on the bed sighed softly and began to explain proactively.

Her voice was very weak, yet very clear.

"A few years ago, I used to be a servant of the Zhou Family, specifically responsible for attending to the Third Madam."

"Later, the Third Madam suffered that terrible attack, and several of us servants were affected."

"In the end... only I and the young master survived."

"Since then, I haven't been able to move my body, and the Zhou Family... they kicked me out."

Zhou Huai suddenly understood.

So it was his mother's maid from back then.

He searched through the blurred depths of the original owner's memory for a moment; there indeed seemed to be such a figure, always quietly busy by his mother's side.

It was just that the Mo Yu before him was too much weaker and thinner than the girl in his memory, almost like a different person.

No wonder he hadn't recognized her at first.

The original owner's memories of that attack were fragmented, filled with chaos and fear.

Perhaps, he could find some clues about the curse from this survivor.

"Do you still remember what exactly happened at that time?"

Yasuo's question surprised Mo Yu, and the Mo Yu beside her was also very curious.

"Boss, why are you asking this?"

Zhou Huai said without changing his expression, "I just want to understand the situation; perhaps I can find a way to lift your sister's curse."

Hearing this, Mo Yu's face showed a desolate, bitter smile.

"Lift the curse?"

"Even the esteemed young master of the Zhou Family, who consulted numerous renowned doctors, found no solution, so how could I dare to hope?"

She fell silent for a moment, seemingly recalling that unbearable past.

"This matter, by rights, I shouldn't tell outsiders. But you are Mo Yu's savior, so there's no harm in telling you."

"That day was the Zhou Family Old Master's birthday banquet."

"After the banquet, the Third Madam, with the young master and a few of us servants, returned to the Third Branch's villa by car."

"It was on the way back that we were attacked."

Her voice began to tremble slightly, clearly recalling that terrifying scene.

"Everything happened too quickly; I only remember countless attacks coming from all directions, and the car was instantly torn apart."

"I was knocked unconscious at that moment."

"Before I completely lost consciousness, I think I saw... I saw the Third Master, that is, Master Zhou Feng, he rushed to rescue us."

"I also vaguely... seemed to hear him roaring at those men in black..."

Mo Yu tried hard to recall, her brows tightly furrowed.

"He seemed to be asking... 'Are you sent by the Sun Family?'"

Sun Family?

These two words, like a thunderclap, exploded in Zhou Huai's mind!

The current number one family in Donghai City, the Sun Family!

Could it be that the attack targeting his mother and himself back then was actually related to the Sun Family?

"What happened next?" Zhou Huai pressed.

Mo Yu shook her head, her face full of sorrow.

"Later... later I didn't know anything."

"When I woke up again, everything was over."

"Madam was dead, and the young master was paralyzed."

"Although I fortunately survived, I'm as good as dead."

"The Zhou Family gave me some money and sent me away."

"These years, if Mo Yu hadn't been taking care of me, I probably wouldn't have survived."

Zhou Huai nodded understandingly.

Regardless of whether this clue was true or false, at least he had a direction for investigation.

He looked at the two sisters.

"You can't stay here anymore."

"The remnants of the Bloody Guild might still come looking for trouble."

"I'll arrange a new place for you to live."

Fortunately, there were enough apartments that Butler Fu had rented earlier; arranging one would be enough to house this helpless pair of sisters.

Soon.

After settling the sisters in their new residence, Zhou Huai instructed Mo Yu.

"For the next few days, you should rest well and take care of your sister."

"In a while, I have an important task to give you."

Mo Yu immediately straightened her back and nodded vigorously, not even asking what it was about.

"Boss, don't worry! Leave it to me!"

Watching Yasuo's figure disappear at the door, Mo Yu looked at her sister and asked softly.

"Mo Yu, who exactly is your Boss...?"

Mo Yu shook her head.

"I don't know either."

But her eyes were already filled with almost blind adoration and trust.

"In short, he's a very, very amazing person."

On the other side, Yasuo walked out of the apartment building and merged into the bustling city traffic.

He didn't stop for a moment, heading straight in one direction.

Donghai City, Forging Guild.

His equipment had already been forged by Ouyezi.