Chapter 834: 833: We've met before when you saved Wen Huai

Xiao Mi, who was having her blood drawn, turned her head to look at Wen Xin, and after a moment of thought, furrowed her brows, “I don’t think we look very much alike, but I do think you resemble Wen Huai a lot.”

“You and I indeed don’t resemble each other; you look like mother…”

With her head bowed, Wen Xin slowly lifted her gaze to Xiao Mi, a somewhat helpless smile on her lips, “When I brought you back, I wasn’t certain you were my lost sister. I just felt you greatly resembled our mother.”

“And that place certainly wasn’t suitable for a young girl, so I decided to take you with me.”

“Later, on a whim, since you resembled mother so much and I had lost a sister, I wondered if fate could be such a wondrous thing. It might have brought you back to me, so I secretly did a DNA test for both of us.”

“To my surprise, destiny is indeed marvelous, bringing you into my life.”

As Wen Xin spoke, her expression softened considerably, something Mu Chengxi hadn’t seen in a long time.

He remembered that Wen Xin only revealed such an expression when facing Yang Jingyan, a sentiment too complex to articulate.

“Actually, up until today, I had never thought of telling you about our familial relationship, because I just wanted you to study well at school and do what you wish. The things I’m involved in are just too immense, and I didn’t want to drag you into it.”

“But I never considered that you would still end up getting deeply entangled.”

Wen Xin looked at Xiao Mi with a guilt-ridden expression, “I’m sorry, it’s due to my incompetence for not finding you sooner, for letting you suffer out there.”

Xiao Mi looked at Wen Xin, a long-forgotten image flashing through her mind, as she offered a gentle smile.

“In fact, we had met before in Independent State.”

Xiao Mi’s voice was soft, almost a murmur, but Wen Xin heard it clearly, her eyes widening in disbelief at what she said.

“You… When did we… When did we meet?”

“When I was about five or six years old, at Special Training Camp in Independent State, I encountered a particularly aloof little boy, whom I would talk to every day, though he never wished to speak to me.”

“Then one day, a sister appeared. She was like a queen commanding the training camp, forcing those in charge to hand over the little boy.”

“I remember the scene vividly. When the little boy saw the sister, his eyes lit up, brimming with light.”

“However, the situation was dire. As the sister rescued the little boy, she was already severely wounded. After instructing others to take the boy away, she used her slender body to block the pursuers.”

“She collapsed in the snow, unconscious, and only then the men departed…”

“Nobody cared for her; they even threw her into a freezing pool…”

“I was too young then; all I could do was gather several friends to pull her out of the icy pool… covering her with my coat…”

As Xiao Mi spoke, the atmosphere around Mu Chengxi, standing by Wen Xin’s side, turned cold, but Wen Xin did not notice.

Wen Xin’s gaze was fixed on Xiao Mi in shock, disbelief etched across her face, “You… You’re that twin-tailed little girl who was with Wen Huai back then? I told you I would come back to take you out, but… but by the time I returned, the training camp had vanished…”

Wen Xin couldn’t believe she had missed the chance to take Xiao Mi with her. Being able to save Wen Huai was already at her limit. If it weren’t for Alfredo’s help, she might not have managed to escape with Wen Huai either.

“That’s right, the training camp moved after your uproar because they knew you had been rescued and survived. Afraid of your single-minded pursuit, they simply relocated the camp.”

Wen Xin, with her head hung low, didn’t dare to meet Xiao Mi’s eyes. She had been so close to her; why hadn’t she persisted to take her along?

“I’m sorry…” Wen Xin’s voice was hushed, filled with a slowly surfacing guilt. She could have provided a life akin to Wen Huai’s, yet… she didn’t take her out.

Xiao Mi gazed at Wen Xin, gently shaking her head, “I don’t blame you. I only ever envied Wen Huai, for having a sister who would fight for him… Back then, I wished I had such a queen-like sister too.”

As Xiao Mi spoke, tears streamed down her face, not from sorrow, but from gratitude, thankful that she, too, now had a sister, and it was the very woman she had revered as a queen.

“I am sorry, back then… I… Anyway, I’m sorry, I… should have gone back for you. If I had found you, you wouldn’t have ended up on this path.”

Wen Xin stood, walked over to Xiao Mi, and with one hand, wiped away the tears on her face, “Don’t cry. Rest assured, with me here, everything will get better. I won’t let those people from Independent State trouble you again.”

Wen Xin was true to her word. If killing Old Fox could exchange for Xiao Mi’s normal life, even if it disrupted her plans, she wouldn’t regret it.

“If I still hope for a normal life, are you sure you’ll have time to spare? I am an assassin after all…”

Wen Xin placed a finger on Xiao Mi’s lips, silencing her from saying more about herself and the assassin alliance.

“As long as you want it, I can ensure you have a normal life. I can solve your identity issues. I’ll also clarify things with Old Fox in Independent State, and I’ll settle every debt with him for taking you away.”

“What’s with the poison in your body? Wen Huai was with you in the same training camp, yet he wasn’t controlled by any drugs, so why were you?”

Wen Xin asked with serious concern, giving Xiao Mi reassurance, who then didn’t feel like hiding anything from Wen Xin.

“We were force-fed pills at age ten, requiring an antidote every three years. I’ve been hiding from Independent State for two years already. I thought I’d just die in the base, hating that life of violence and killing.”

“But then I met you, and I wanted to leave that place. I wanted to come out and live a normal life with you… Even if just for a few months, I wanted it.”

“However, when I met Sun Ning, I realized my wish was probably just a foolish dream. Who would accept an assassin at their side…”

Before Xiao Mi could finish, Wen Xin embraced her, “I can completely provide you with a new identity, and I’ll erase your past one. Leave the antidote to Sun Ning; he’s highly skilled and can cure you.”