Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

Upon entering the wooden house, An Xiaohai witnessed a peculiar scene.

The master of Kunji sat in the middle of the wooden house, surrounded by eight or nine people, some standing and some sitting, all staring intently at him.

Xie Dan and another burly man each held a machete to his neck. Xie Dan would occasionally make slashing motions, the gleaming blade moving left and right against his neck, a sight that sent chills down one's spine.

"Xie Dan, you take the brothers out first, I want to talk to him."

"Boss, you have to be careful. This old guy is very slippery. Don't let him get away!" Xie Dan said with a worried expression.

An Xiaohai smiled slightly. He knew that Xie Dan was giving him face. Xie Dan wasn't afraid that Kunji's master would run away, but rather that he would be subdued by Kunji's master.

"It doesn't matter, he ran away, so be it. I asked you to keep him here because I just wanted to talk to him. If he really doesn't want to listen, then so be it."

Don't worry, I'm fine. You guys go out first.

"Well... alright, boss, be careful!" Xie Dan hesitated for a moment, then nodded and left with his men.

With fewer people, the room immediately became much brighter, and the faint light from the sky shone through the holes in the roof, making it possible to see everything inside.

Kunji's master looked extremely disheveled, his clothes were torn in many places, and through these holes, one could vaguely see bruises and bloodstains on his body.

Wang Bulai and his group suffered such a great loss, they certainly won't let him get away with it.

Kunji's master had some smudges on his face. He must have applied some kind of ink to his face to cover up his original appearance, but after a period of escape and fighting, the ink got smudged, making it look like someone had drawn a few lines on his face with a brush and then didn't wipe them off.

An Xiaohai was staring at Kunji's master, and Kunji's master was also staring at An Xiaohai. His gaze was filled with hatred, but even more so with surprise and uncertainty.

Master Kun's surprise and uncertainty stemmed from An Xiaohai's posture.

This stance may not seem particularly special, but Master Kun felt an extreme sense of danger, as if he were being stared at by a venomous snake. If he moved even slightly, he would be fatally attacked.

Master Kun believed he was not mistaken; over the years, his intuition had rarely been wrong.

This discovery slowly instilled a strange fear in Master Kunji's heart. Only now did he realize that there was still so much he didn't understand about this young man he had been observing for nearly two years!

Seeing the change in Master Kun's eyes, An Xiaohai secretly lamented that he had finally gotten a chance to practice fighting with He Xiaohu after so long of training. But before he could even make a move, his opponent had already chickened out.

"What do you want to tell me?" After a long while, Master Kun finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked.

"What did you say..." An Xiaohai frowned and clicked his tongue. "I did have some things I wanted to say to you, but now I suddenly don't want to say them anymore. You can leave."

"You're letting me go?" Master Kun's face was full of disbelief, but there was no joy; the fear in his eyes was becoming more and more obvious.

"Yes, go, don't come back. If you come back, I'll definitely kill you," An Xiaohai waved his hand impatiently.

Master Kun stood up with a look of surprise and uncertainty. After hesitating for a long time, he finally took a step towards the door. An Xiaohai ignored him and just raised his hand to rub his face.

I haven't had a good night's sleep for several days, and my mind is a bit foggy.

Master Kun walked to the door, glanced back, and saw that An Xiaohai still had his back to him, showing no intention of stopping him.

Master Kun gritted his teeth, stepped out of the doorway, and glanced back at An Xiaohai, who remained unchanged.

"Are you really letting me go?"

"Yes, we're really letting you go. Go now! And I'm reminding you again, don't come back."

Master Kun hesitated for a while, then suddenly withdrew his foot from the door, walked to the opposite side of An Xiaohai, and sat down on the ground with his head down.

At this moment, the sky grew brighter, and the pale blue light shone on Master Kun's face, making him appear much older.

"Excuse me, please tell me what you originally wanted to say to me. I want to hear it."

"Do you really want to hear it?"

"Really, this is my request to you."

"Alright, I'll tell you!" An Xiaohai stared at Master Kunji for a short while before taking a deep breath and walking to the door.

"It must have been more than two years ago when a mysterious person found you and gave you a task: to monitor my every move."

This mysterious person tells you that your apprentice, Kunji, has become my underling. As long as you get Kunji to help you, you can easily complete this task.

As for the price, he probably promised to give you a considerable sum of money, but I don't think that's enough. Someone like you wouldn't do something like that just for money.

"Yes, he helped me get rid of an enemy, an enemy I might never have been able to deal with."

"Oh, that's right!" An Xiaohai touched his nose: "Kunji probably doesn't want to help you monitor me, so you threatened him by saying you'd help him find his mother."

Kunji had no choice but to agree to your request, but he didn't really believe you could help him find his mother. Therefore, even though he agreed, he kept giving you the runaround and even gave you some wrong information.

I guess you were well aware of what Kunji was doing, and you even reported Kunji's situation to that mysterious person.

But that mysterious person told you, "It doesn't matter. You just need to tell him exactly what Kunji told you, right?"

"How did you know?!" Kunji's master became increasingly agitated, his voice trembling slightly.

"It's not hard to guess. If you think about it carefully, you should understand that during that time in prison, the surveillance of me was not mainly your responsibility. You and Kunji were just substitutes."

Master Kun was slightly taken aback. He quickly lowered his head to hide his panic.

"Later, just as I was about to be released from prison, that mysterious person found you again."

He gave you a very advanced listening device and asked you to find a way to install it in my house. After that, every now and then, you should go and pick up the recorded tapes, and if you hear any valuable information, you should tell him.

Since then, you have settled down in this area, faithfully carrying out the orders of that mysterious man. The reason you still keep pressuring Kunji is just to divert my suspicions.

"Once I discover anything suspicious, you should throw out Kunji's information so I'll suspect the problem lies with the person, rather than being monitored."

"How did you know all this?! You found out about me a long time ago?"

"Yes, I noticed you a while ago, but not as early as you think."

"How do you know I've been living nearby for a while? There's no way you could have found where I live!"

"Because I'm a child who grew up by the sea, I know all too well how long it takes for someone to live by the sea to become like you."

"You've been staying by the sea for at least a year now!" An Xiaohai said with a smile, staring at Kunji's master.

The master of Kunji became increasingly flustered and subconsciously touched his face.

"Stop touching your face, you've got the wrong place. You wear makeup all year round to avoid being seen, so sunlight doesn't affect your face much. I'm looking at your hair."

"An Xiaohai, why? Did you grab me just to say these things to show off how powerful you are?"

After a long while, Kunji's master finally suppressed his panic and asked with a frown. An Xiaohai sensed that his tone now carried a hint of sincerity.

"Because Kunji and Ah Lai begged me, they knelt on the ground and begged!"

A man's knees are worth gold... Do you know that, whether it's Kunji or Alai, although they are humble, their self-esteem is stronger than most people's?

Kunji was willing to endure three cuts and six holes rather than beg Gui Liu for mercy in order to be with me; Lai Donglin was beaten to death inside, but he never knelt down and begged for mercy.

A large part of the reason I'm willing to help them and accept them is because of this: only people with self-respect know how to love themselves, and only people who know how to love themselves have principles.

But they knelt down and begged me to let you go, so I had no choice but to agree.

"Since you already promised them you'd let me go, why did you still send people to arrest me?"

"Letting you go doesn't mean ignoring you, but rather seeing you and having a chat about these pointless things. I believe you're not stupid and will understand what I mean."

"Ah!" Kunji's master finally exclaimed in shock, his expression changing drastically.