"Yes, it was them. A few years ago, the leader searched everywhere for that child but couldn't find him. That couple kept their mouths shut. They suffered every kind of torture without saying a single word."
"In a fit of rage, the leader assigned them a mission with only a sliver of hope of survival. Who would have thought they'd not only finish it, but make it back with a breath still left in them?"
"The leader threw them into the mountains while they were barely alive, figuring he might as well let the wild beasts eat them. But they fought those beasts for ten days, then dragged their broken bodies back here. Half their faces had been gnawed off, and they wouldn't stop bleeding."
"They came back with merits to their names, so the leader couldn't just kill them even if he wanted to. Whenever there's a mission that sends people to their deaths, aren't they always the ones he sends?"
This mission was purely about Sister Yu's personal grudge.
That man was so formidable, yet killing him would earn them no merit. Completing the mission would bring no benefit, while failing it would cost them their lives.
If the assassination failed, even if that expert didn't kill them, someone like Sister Yu would silence them herself.
In short, no one would willingly take on something like this.
They could only wait for Leader Ci Mang to name someone. Whoever he picked had to obey!
Their voices gradually faded into the distance.
Liu Zi Xing hid behind the wall, biting his lip hard as great drops of tears fell, refusing to make even the slightest sound.
"Were they talking about my father and mother?"
Xia Wanwan felt awful too. All she could do was squeeze Brother Zi Xing's hand