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Faang Wei shook his head.

Shang Que slowly said, ”I clearly remember that it was a snow winter. My father and I had not been able to find any food for an entire three months, let alone human flesh, tree bark, grass roots, or even Guanyin dirt, my father knows that if this goes on, both he and I will starve to death.”

Shang Que stopped crying and looked ahead with empty eyes. His calm tone made Faang Wei feel a wave of fear: ”At that time, I was so hungry that I passed out, I thought I wouldn't be able to live anymore. But then, I felt a warm liquid dripping into my mouth, I thought it must be the most beautiful food in the world.

”Later on, I found out that the thing I was holding on to was my father's hand. My father cut open his own arteries and saved me, but my father could no longer live.”

After saying that, Shang Que's entire body shook, as though he had fallen into some unbearable memory. Faang Wei did not interrupt him, but instead, quietly listened.

”Before my father died, he said that if I wanted to live, I would eat him, or we would all die.”

”Then did you eat it?” Faang Wei turned his head, looked at Faang Wei, and slowly said: ”Do you know what a person who is extremely hungry will do? Do you know what kind of crazy things a person would do when they want to live on?”

Faang Wei's face twitched. Looking at Shang Que, he could not answer even a single word.

”That's right. I ate my father, and I ate him for three whole months. My father used his life to save me, allowing me to live three more months. But precisely because of those three months, I met a person.”

”Who is it?”

”At that time, he was dressed in white and he carried me, who was on the verge of death from hunger, with his hands and gave me a drop of blood. He said that once I drank this drop of blood, I would never be hungry again in this lifetime … ”

”Who is that person?” Faang Wei asked.

Shang Que shook his head, and said: ”I don't know, I only know that when there was such a big snowfall, that person only appeared for a short while, and then forever disappeared. Later on, I met Shang Fu, and later on, I met you.”

Faang Wei nodded. After hearing Shang Que's sad story, he only felt his back drenched in sweat, and the two of them no longer spoke. The entire space once again fell into a deathly silence.

In the end, Shang Que raised his head and said: ”Do you know why I'm telling you these things?”

Faang Wei blankly shook his head.

”This is my last secret before I die. I will pass my secret to you. You have to guard it well for me.”

Faang Wei frowned, and said: ”We will not die.”

Shang Que laughed, walked to Faang Wei and said slowly: ”Also, I need to tell you, eating people is not as terrifying as you think. I can do it, you can do it too.”

Faang Wei suddenly pushed Shang Que away and said: ”Shang Que, what nonsense are you talking again?”

Shang Que did not retreat. Instead, he stood on his tiptoes and kissed Faang Wei on the head: ”Faang Wei, I don't beg you to love me, but please remember me.”