Nangong Lizhu had already fully understood it at this moment and looked at me with wide eyes: "That--"

"Shh!"

I stretched out an index finger and pressed it on my lips to calm her down. Then the two of them stopped breathing and listened quietly outside. The wind had completely stopped. We were so close that we could almost hear each other's heartbeat.

Dongdongdongdongdong...

Just as the two of us were watching each other and motionless, suddenly, a loud noise came from our ears!

Clang!

A window on the other side of the room was smashed from the outside by something, and for a moment, wood chips splashed everywhere, as if the entire window was blown open. Then, two dark figures rushed in from outside the broken window.

They were two tall men in black, covered with black cloth, only their eyes were exposed, and they held a bright steel knife in their hands. When they suddenly broke in from the dark night, they were like the phantom of the night. At one glance, they saw Nangong Lizhu and I in the inner room, so scared that they opened their eyes wide and looked pale.

The two of them did not speak, but looked at each other and rushed in immediately.

At this moment, Nangong Lizhu really lost her breath. She stared at the two masked men in black with wide eyes. There was no need to ask, let alone think about it. The chill emitted by the steel knife that was so close to her already indicates the evil aura brought by their arrival.

I stood up subconsciously.

Nangong Lizhu was frightened and subconsciously grabbed my sleeve, as if she wanted to pull me back. I felt her voice trembling like hers: "Where are you, where is yours?"

“…”

"Are they waiting far away from home like last time?"

“…”

I didn't say anything, just stood there motionless, just looking at the two men in black coldly.

The bead curtain in the center of the room had been pulled out before, leaving only layers of curtains. When the window was smashed by them, the cold wind pouring in from outside made the curtains fly continuously, but it could not stop the two people at all. They strode over.

When a flying veil was raised in front of them, one of them suddenly waved the steel knife in his hand.

Just as he heard a "hiss", the gauze was cut open with a knife.

Seeing the half of the broken veil flying in the air, the man's slash did not stop, but then he waved his backhand and slashed straight towards my neck.

Nangong Lizhu was so scared that she screamed.

Amid her screams, I didn't even blink. I watched the knife draw a cold light in the air, and it was already slashing towards my neck quickly. At that critical moment, suddenly, two screams came from above my head.

Everything happened so quickly that before I could even look up, I saw two figures flying down from above my head, landing between me and the two men in black. One of them stood still and reached out to hold the knife that was slashing at me!

They are those two girls!

As soon as I saw them, my heart trembled. The two men in black were startled by their sudden appearance. One of them had a knife blocked, but he immediately reacted and sent it forward fiercely. After all, the girl was a girl and was not as strong as a man. The long sword was approaching her own throat, and it was about to cut her throat!

The girl was fearless and flashed, and took advantage of the opportunity to avoid the attack.

Immediately afterwards, the four of them fought in a melee.

I stood in the inner room, behind me was Nangong Lizhu with a pale face and cold sweat on her head. I watched the two girls and the two men in black fighting in the flying curtains. In a trance, countless figures were shaking, and they were in a mess.

Then I staggered and took a step back.

Because of the curtains, we couldn't see clearly what the situation was going on. But in a short while, we saw blood on the flying white veil. At this time, the night became heavier and deeper, and the sound of fighting in the house gradually came out. There seemed to be movement outside. The two men in black immediately realized that the opportunity had been lost, and it would be useless to continue to entangle. So they waved a move and forced the two girls to retreat, and immediately jumped out of the window they had just bumped into.

The two girls subconsciously were about to chase after them, and I hurriedly stepped forward: "Stop chasing them!"

Their steps stopped at the window and looked back at me.

I said, "No need to chase after me."

The two of them were still a little hesitant, but as soon as they were slowing down, they lost the best opportunity to pursue. The two figures had immediately merged into the heavy night outside.

The two of them sighed, and one of them came over: "Miss Yan, why don't you chase after me?"

"Yeah, we can catch them and at least find out where they came from."

"No," I said, "I know where they came from."

After saying that, I didn't explain too much, but looked back at Nangong Lizhu. She was sweating all over and looked up at me with lingering fear, as if she wanted to say something, but because of the excessive fright, her throat was hoarse and could not make a sound, so she could only sit there and gasp.

The two girls came over again: "Then, Miss Yan, were you injured just now?"

"I'm fine."

"Do you want to call someone over? Or a doctor?"

"No, you two are waiting outside for a while, I'll come out later."

They saw that I had just escaped from the knife, but they were so calm. Except for their pale face, they spoke and acted like Chang, so they let go and walked out with a little letting go. Then I turned around and walked to Nangong Lizhu: "Are you scared, are you?"

She looked up at me, and then she found her voice: "You knew it long ago?"

“…”

"You knew that Han Zitong was going to attack us, and you were deliberately coming to me?"

"If I don't come, there's no way to get her to attack."

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“…”

"If it's just now-"

"I know what you are worried about, but I am still very confident in those two girls. Look, aren't we okay now?"

She was so speechless that I had no choice but to say that before I came here, I had arranged for the two girls not to wait far outside like before, but to guard the room secretly. As long as there was a little movement, I rushed in immediately to protect us. Although nothing big happened, she felt angry at me after all, so she glared at me hard, and then slowly sat on the chair beside her holding the wall.

She stroked her breasts in shock, and after a while, she said, "Now, Han Zitong has already taken action. What are you going to do?"

"She failed."

"So what?" She stared at me: "Is it done if I miss it?"

“…”

"She missed this time, what about the next time?"

“…”

"There are some protections around you, but I don't. What if she wants it again-"

Seeing her getting angry and excited, I sighed softly and said, "Don't worry, there's no next time."

“…”

"Even if there is, it won't come for you."

Nangong Lizhu frowned and looked up at me: "What do you mean?"

I said calmly: "She sent someone to assassinate the mansion here, but in fact she was just a desperate bet. Since she failed, this matter would definitely not be hidden. Pei Yuanxiu would know about it tomorrow morning at the latest. By that time, she would be afraid that she would have to go through the same confinement as she did back then. Of course she didn't want to, so she would take action before Pei Yuanxiu knew about it."

Nangong Lizhu stared at me.

I said, "But, just now, she must have known that we are already prepared, and she will not come to you again, but to me."

"Why?"

"Because, what she wants to kill the most is me after all."

As I said, I slowly stood up straight, looked at the mess around, and said, "You don't have to worry about it tonight, but you'd better sleep in a different place. Tomorrow, I hope some things will be settled."

After saying that, I turned around and walked out.

There was no sound in the room. It seemed that Nangong Lizhu had not yet woken up from the shock caused by the sudden killing that he had just encountered. As soon as I went out, I saw the two girls standing under the steps. As soon as they saw me walking out, they all immediately came forward: "Ms. Yan."

"It's okay, let's go."

I waved my hand gently and took them to the Jinling Mansion.

The sky was completely dark, and I slowly walked back to the inner courtyard with the red light of the faint lanterns under the eaves in the distance. This place was quieter than in Nangong Lizhu's room just now, leaving only the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the bamboo leaves. It made the night look more and more quiet, but it seemed to have stirred up waves in people's hearts.

I returned to the room and left the two girls still staying outside. I had just changed into a home-cooked, comfortable long skirt. As soon as I sat at the table and poured a cup of hot tea, I heard footsteps coming from outside. I slowly walked to the door and stopped moving.

No one knocked on the door either.

I waited by the table for a while before I slowly stood up on the edge of the table, walked over and opened the door.

As expected, Han Zitong stood at the door with a pale face and lowered her head. I had already opened the door, but she seemed to have heard nothing or felt anything, and she still lowered her head.

I looked at her calmly: "Miss Zitong, you are here."

“…”

After a while of silence, she slowly raised her head.

In the night, the face was extremely pale, even like a strange face I had never seen before.

Behind her were the two loyal girls. They looked at me hesitantly, but I didn't say a word and just took a step back: "Let's talk, it's cold outside."

Han Zitong did not hesitate, but was very slow and took a step in solemnly.
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