Huo Jiayuan remained silent.

She didn't know, but she could guess a bit. Xiao Rong's ambition was never to be the head butler of the Huo family; his target was probably her.

But from childhood to adulthood, he had countless opportunities to make a move on her, and he never did, did he?

"Think about it, what has Bailing been through before?" Acai looked at her worriedly. "Don't trust that Xiao Rong anymore, he's a madman, a pervert!"

"The two times he tried to take you away before, there were always special circumstances that happened. Those were not coincidences at all!"

Huo Jiayuan lowered her head, feeling extremely sad.

"For so many years, Xiao Rong has been like family to me." After a long pause, she said softly, "I really don't understand why he..."

Ah Cai patted her on the back and gave her a sympathetic look.

However, Huo Jiayuan wasn't truly ignorant; she simply didn't want to face this reality.

Xiao Rong came from a poor background, and he had a sense of inferiority since childhood. He was wholeheartedly protecting her, but he was also wholeheartedly trying to pull her into the same world as him.

Huo Jiayuan took a deep breath, just about to say something to Acai, when suddenly several gunshots rang out outside!

She was startled and rushed out. Ah Cai quickly grabbed her, exchanged a glance with her, and then walked out first.

"Miss, be careful..."

Huo Jiayuan forced herself to remain calm and went outside to see that one of the two bodyguards was already lying in a pool of blood.

Xiao Rong's gun was smoking, and his expression was sinister as he silently stared at the convenience store, like a vengeful ghost wandering the world.

When Huo Jiayuan came out, his face did not change, but the darkness in his eyes grew deeper.

"So you were here after all," he said coldly, glancing at A-Cai. "Looks like you know everything already, don't you?"

Huo Jiayuan bit her lip. "Are you afraid I'll find out?"

Xiao Rong did not answer, but only gave a disdainful smile.

"Xiao Rong," she said softly, "do you really want to take me away, or are you plotting to kill me at your hands?"

Xiao Rong's hand holding the gun trembled slightly.

“I believe the kindness you showed me in the past was genuine,” she said, looking into his eyes, “and the evil you are doing to me now is also genuine!”

Xiao Rong pursed his lips and remained silent.

"You know perfectly well how important Xiaoman is to me!" Huo Jiayuan could no longer forgive him. "She's my best friend!"

"I did this for you." Xiao Rong coldly raised his eyes. "You have no idea how treacherous people can be. Only I can protect you!"

"Shut up!" Ah Cai, unable to bear it any longer, stood in front of Huo Jiayuan. "You've killed so many people and done so many bad things, can you sleep at night? Don't you feel even a little bit guilty?"

Xiao Rong looked at her and suddenly burst into laughter.

With each laugh he let out, Huo Jiayuan's heart trembled. The man lying on the ground, his blood already dark red, hadn't even closed his eyes before the bullet pierced his heart.

Huo Jiayuan will never know that this person died because he wanted to tip her off.

But in Xiao Rong's eyes, this person's death was the fate of a traitor.

"You're the one who should shut up!"

Xiao Rong glared fiercely at A Cai, pointing the gun at her. "The only wrong thing I ever did was let a bitch like you into my house!"

"Ha, you deserve it!" Ah Cai sneered. "It just proves that my disguise skills are too superb; your dog eyes couldn't see through it at all!"

A murderous glint flashed in Xiao Rong's eyes. Huo Jiayuan pulled A Cai close to him.

She didn't want to lose any more innocent lives, and although she was also very afraid, she knew that this was a showdown between her and Xiao Rong.

She has to face it herself.

“Release the others,” Huo Jiayuan said in a trembling voice, “I’ll go back with you. I’ll listen to whatever you say… Didn’t you say you wanted to leave here by bus? No problem, I’ll go with you.”

"You just want to prove that only you can protect me." She looked at him. "And only by destroying me will you be worthy of me, right?"

Xiao Rong's eyes darkened, and facing Huo Jiayuan's cold gaze, he couldn't help but take two steps back.

"Pervert!" A-Cai was furious. "So what Miss said really came true?! You clearly like her, yet you're using all sorts of methods to ruin her! You're utterly unreasonable!"

Xiao Rong was furious and roared. At the same time he raised his gun, A Cai also raised her gun. The two were locked in a stalemate, the air seemed to freeze, and every breath was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

However, at that moment, the door behind them slowly opened, and Xiaoman walked out, her two beautiful eyes filled with a resolute determination to perish together with him.

"You've finally shown up." Xiao Rong smirked. "I shouldn't have poisoned you to make you mute; I should have just killed you!"

“Yes,” Huo Jiayuan looked at him coldly, “you’ve reminded me… Today, I shouldn’t let you go out of consideration for our past relationship. I should make a clean break!”

"Do you think you can?" Xiao Rong scoffed. "Yuan Yuan, why do you never believe me? Everything I've done is for you!"

Everything you do is for yourself!

A deep voice came from behind Huo Jiayuan. She was stunned. When she turned around, she saw Meng Yan standing behind her.

He was like a mountain, instantly calming her heart and making her fearless.

“Yuan Yuan is not your puppet.” Meng Yan shielded Huo Jia Yuan with her body. “She is not your puppet; she has her own life.”

"She didn't!"

At this moment, Xiao Rong was hysterical. He pointed the gun at Meng Yan's head and said fiercely, word by word, "Her life was meant to be tied to mine! Only I can love her, only I can protect her for the rest of my life!"

"If you love her, why can't you love her properly!" Meng Yan demanded sharply. "Everything you've done is aimed at destroying her!"

Huo Jiayuan gasped, her lips moved, but she couldn't say anything.

In fact, Xiao Rong knew all along that Xiao Man was in Biandu; he was the mastermind behind it all. The information she received was all released by Xiao Rong.

He lured her to Biandu, and once there, he would find an opportunity to make his move on her!

So their group encountered trouble as soon as they arrived at this place; she was trapped in the red-light district, facing numerous dangers...

If she had been destroyed at that time, Xiao Rong would have immediately appeared as her savior... He would have pretended to hold her in his arms, shattered as she was, and after enduring these blows, she would have naturally regarded him as the only light in her life.

Huo Jiayuan closed her eyes briefly, her eyelashes damp with tears and trembling slightly.

Xiao Rong had schemed and plotted at that time, but he never expected that Meng Yan would appear out of nowhere.