A gentle sea breeze swept past, carrying a hint of salt, blowing across the island that had just witnessed a bloody massacre.
Xu Lin stood quietly in place, his gaze focused and profound, listening in silence as Jess recounted his tale. A faint, bitter smile involuntarily tugged at the corners of his lips as his thoughts drifted.
It seemed that in his world, everyone connected to him or valued by him was relentlessly pushed by the dark hand of fate toward the abyss of suffering. Did he truly possess some peculiar constitution that brought misfortune to everyone around him? Or was it not his fault at all, but rather the flaws and injustices of this dark world itself that birthed these heartbreaking tragedies?
Chapter 171