In Ruan Qi's memory, Brother Iceberg's final fate was being drowned in the river.
She couldn't imagine any end worse than being drowned.
Thinking of Brother Iceberg, who had suffered so much, being Xi Jiu...
Ruan Qi felt as if the blood in her body had frozen, and a cold draft blew through her heart.
She tightly clenched her fists.
She had to find out what Xi Jiu went through ten years ago.
Even if the truth was unbearable, she needed to know Xi Jiu's past sacrifices!
...
That night, Ruan Qi made a call to Wen Ran, who was far away in Country M.
She asked Wen Ran to use the power and connections of "Skyway" to fully investigate Xi Jiu's whereabouts from ten years ago.
That night, Ruan Qi didn't sleep well.
She started having nightmares again.
Fire, a raging fire, burning the skin painfully.
Terrifying tongues of flame writhing madly in the dark night, spreading unrestrained.
A nine-year-old girl stood blankly before the raging fire, her eyes empty and fearful.
