Chapter 2750: The Only Hope

Ye Chen was surprised to hear this and couldn't help but ask her: "Back in Northern Europe, you had an old man accompanying you. You called him Grandpa in front of me, but he was actually an orphan you raised, right?"

Lin Wan'er smiled slightly: "The old man you speak of is called Old Zhang. He was the last abandoned infant I adopted in Jingcheng after the July 7th Incident and before I set off for the United States."

After a pause, Lin Wan'er continued: "Actually, most of these children would stand on their own feet with my help after they were in their twenties. Some assets were said to be handed over to them for management, but in fact, it was equivalent to a gift I gave them. In these two hundred plus years, I don't know how much wealth I have given away;"

"Only a very small number, like Old Zhang, who had a very deep relationship with me and were willing to stay by my side, would I keep with me. After all, I am a weak woman with no means of self-defense, and when fleeing everywhere, I need someone to take care of me;"

"Besides Old Zhang, there was originally an American girl born in 1942 who also followed me, but she passed away from cancer a few years ago."

"The owner of this residence was adopted by me before the July 7th Incident. He was still in swaddling clothes at the time. I later took him to the United States. He was admitted to Yale University in the United States. After graduation, I let him go to Southeast Asia to take over some of my industries there. He has managed them well over the years and has become the richest man in the local area;"

"Old Sun, who helped me find a lot of information about you in Jingcheng, was also adopted by me before the July 7th Incident. He also studied and pursued advanced studies in the United States before and returned to build the motherland in 1963. He has developed very well in the years since."

Speaking of this, Lin Wan'er paused slightly and added: "After I arrived in the United States, I also adopted a few orphans there. But after World War II ended, technology became more and more developed, and the strength of the Qing-Breaking Society grew stronger. I became much more cautious and wandered around some island countries in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean for decades. During this time, I didn't dare to continue adopting. A few years ago, I wandered to Northern Europe and ended up meeting you in Northern Europe..."

Ye Chen listened silently to Lin Wan'er's narrative, and stormy waves had already risen in his heart.

Lin Wan'er spoke lightly of her three hundred plus years of experience, but in this understatement, she didn't know how many thousands of miles of travel and hardship were included, nor did she know how many world-shaking changes were contained.

It must have been extremely bumpy and full of hardships for her these three hundred plus years.

After Lin Wan'er finished saying these things, seeing Ye Chen silent for a long time, she asked with a smile: "Knowing that I have lived for so long, are you very envious?"

Ye Chen looked at her, shook his head gently, and said from the bottom of his heart: "I'm not envious, I even feel a bit heartbroken..."

"Heartbroken?" Lin Wan'er was startled and asked subconsciously: "Are you heartbroken for me?"

"Yes..." Ye Chen looked at her and nodded slightly.

Lin Wan'er's eyes became hot, and she hurriedly turned her face away, deliberately forcing a smile and saying: "What is there to be heartbroken for me? If my story were told to outsiders, I don't know how many people would be envious to death..."

Although she said so, even if she looked up at the ceiling, tears still uncontrollably burst out of her eyes and flowed down her cheeks.

Lin Wan'er hurriedly wiped away her tears, her eyes flashing with tears, but she asked Ye Chen with a smile: "By the way, why are you heartbroken for me?"

Ye Chen sighed with emotion: "Although I haven't attained immortality, just thinking that I might live to be two hundred years old makes me terrified. Now hearing you say that you, a little girl, have lived alone in this ever-changing world for nearly four hundred years, and it was the four hundred years of the most turbulent human society, I don't know how many displacements and how much pain and suffering you have experienced. Thinking about it is truly heartbreaking..."

At this moment, Lin Wan'er looked at Ye Chen, only wanting to cry bitterly in front of him.

For over three hundred years, she had never felt lucky or happy about attaining immortality. On the contrary, she had long been tired of this life of hiding and fleeing.

In the past three hundred plus years, she had thought about ending her life countless times, but whenever she thought that her father had exchanged his own life for her immortality, she had to dispel the thought of suicide.

After all, she knew clearly that her father's greatest wish before he died was to let her live on.

He hoped his precious daughter would live for a hundred years, and even a hundred years wasn't enough; five hundred years would be best.

Yet his own life was forever frozen at forty-one.

Precisely because of this, Lin Wan'er had gritted her teeth and persisted countless times on the verge of collapse.

However, her heart had long been tortured and ravaged by immortality.

Ye Chen also truly felt heartbroken for this little girl in front of him, even if she was already nearly four hundred years old.

At this time, Lin Wan'er sighed long and choked up with red eyes: "Thank you for your compassion..."

After finishing, Lin Wan'er added: "I once investigated your past and knew that you also have a deep hatred for the Qing-Breaking Society. If you are willing, from today on, I am willing to do my best to help you kill Wu Feiyan. When that time comes, I can also end this three hundred plus years of life on the run and live the life of a normal person..."

Ye Chen nodded gently and said firmly: "Miss Lin, rest assured, the Qing-Breaking Society killed my parents and has repeatedly tried to kill my grandparents' entire family. I will definitely make Wu Feiyan pay for this blood debt with blood!"

After saying this, Ye Chen said somewhat dejectedly: "It's just that this Wu Feiyan's strength must be very powerful. Not to mention anything else, when that Xu Changqing blew himself up, he cursed the Lord for being heartless. I imagine the powerful energy of his self-detonation was a means left by the Lord. Just this point alone is something I can't reach, not to mention she has lived three hundred plus years longer than me and has much more experience in all aspects. I currently have no confidence in whether I can beat her..."

Lin Wan'er comforted him: "You don't need to be discouraged. Although Wu Feiyan has lived three hundred plus years longer than you, she definitely doesn't have your opportunities;"

"What's more, I once cast a hex to find your whereabouts. Your hex is that of a flood dragon entering the sea. Looking at it this way, you must have the fate of a dragon. This is something Wu Feiyan can't catch up to even if she lives for another thousand years;"

"So, even if you are not Wu Feiyan's match now, given time, you will definitely be able to surpass her!"

Ye Chen sighed: "Then I don't know how many years that will be..."

Lin Wan'er looked at Ye Chen and said solemnly: "No matter how many years it takes, I believe you will definitely be able to kill the enemy with your own hands, and my only wish is to be able to see that day arrive in my lifetime!"

Ye Chen raised his right hand with some difficulty, examined the ring on his finger, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "If Wu Feiyan can't get this ring, she only has a hundred years left to live. If I can't kill her within this hundred years, she will die of old age..."

Lin Wan'er smiled: "You don't need to have too much pressure. If Wu Feiyan dies of old age, it's not unacceptable. After all, whoever lives the longest is the real winner."

Ye Chen shook his head, his eyes like torches, and said: "No! If I let Wu Feiyan die of old age, it would be letting her off too easily! I must kill her with my own hands!"

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something and blurted out: "By the way, when Xu Changqing blew himself up just now, I saw a woman hiding nearby. That woman had been hiding her tracks, but her aura was exposed at the last moment. She has spiritual energy and should also be a cultivator. Perhaps she is another Earl of the Qing-Breaking Society, and she was ten zhang away from the center of the explosion. I imagine she might still be alive!" ===== CHAPTER 2751 =====