Upon hearing Gu Zixiao's words, the jade Pixiu laughed so hard it rolled around on the floor.

"Hahahaha. What's wrong with Gu Zixiao? Why is he suddenly acting so stupid? I remember he wasn't like this before."

Jade Abacus: "This man is so cunning! Waaah, what should I do, Master?"

Lan Yao raised her eyelids, somewhat speechless: "Are you sick?"

"Yao Xin, stop nagging me! Those guys are coming! What do we do? I'm so scared, you have to protect me!" Gu Zixiao said, already hiding behind Lan Yao.

Lan Yao: ...

Why is Gu Zixiao like this?

They've only been apart for a short time! How come he's changed so much?

Lan Yao felt a little annoyed, but she was very quick and decisive. She stretched out her fingers and pressed on the pressure points of those people.

In no time, those people were unable to move.

Lan Yao looked at Gu Zixiao and said irritably, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and come help!"

Gu Zixiao smiled and said, "My husband is so amazing! He took care of all these people in such a short time."

"Shut up! I'm not your husband. If you dare to yell again, I'll tear your mouth apart."

Gu Zixiao pretended to be scared: "Yao Xin, you're so scary. Can you please stop talking like that? You're frightening me."

Lan Yao: ...

She took a deep breath, inhaling and exhaling, and it took her a long time to calm herself down.

While helping her, Gu Zixiao noticed her expression and cautiously asked, "Yao Xin, are you angry? Why?"

"...No reason, just get to work. I'm sleepy."

"good."

Without further ado, Gu Zixiao tied these people up and then tried to get Lan Yao to sleep.

As a result, a shrill scream suddenly rang out in the quiet night, followed by a pitiful cry for help.

"Murder!"

"Help!"

Hearing the commotion in the backyard, Wang Zhenfeng and the others rushed to the front yard and asked Gu Zixiao, who was about to leave, "Boss, what happened?"

Gu Zixiao said with a somber face, "I don't know. I guess it might be related to the person we lost track of."

Maybe what happened tonight was that man's doing.

But what's the point of doing this so late at night?

Grandma Yu was also awakened by the commotion. She put on her clothes and came out, asking with a worried look, "What happened? What's wrong?"

Lan Yao comforted Grandma Yu: "Something might have happened outside. I'll go check it out. Grandma Yu, stay home and be good."

Lan Yao looked at Li Hao, who was about to leave with Gu Zixiao, and called out to him, "Li Hao, you stay."

Li Hao pointed to himself: "You mean me?"

Lan Yao replied without hesitation, "Yes, it's you. Your strength is too low, I'll go instead."

Just as Li Hao was about to argue, Wang Zhenfeng's eyes lit up. He pushed Li Hao aside and said to Lan Yao, "Yes, yes, Yao Xin, you should help. Li Hao can stay here and protect Grandma Yu."

Li Hao: ...

He wanted to resist, but when he met Lan Yao's gaze, Li Hao actually chickened out.

He sighed, reluctantly saying, "...I understand."

Grandma Yu patted his shoulder and gently comforted him, "Li Hao, let Yao Xin go. You stay here and talk to me."

Li Hao: ...

Fine, fine! He knows he's pretty useless, okay?

However, how did Grandma Yu realize that Lan Yao was so capable?

Li Hao thought this to himself, and that's what he asked.

"Grandma Yu, how did you know?" Li Hao was genuinely curious.

Grandma Yu smiled and said, "Although I'm old, my eyes are still sharp. Yao Xin has a stable territory, is cautious, cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and doesn't easily trust people."

Especially last night, even an old lady like her who doesn't sleep much could hear the noises coming from next door. How could someone as sharp as Yao Xin not hear them?

Grandma Yu saw everything, but she just didn't want to say anything.

After all, it's good to be a little confused sometimes.

Li Hao: ...

Okay!

Actually, he figured it out too.

Gu Zixiao is a very powerful person in special departments and the military.

As a result, Yao Xin was a man of great stature, and even Wang Zhenfeng, who was usually a man of his word, felt an instinctive sense of timidity and respect when he met Yao Xin.

Li Hao could naturally tell from their words and actions.

...

Lan Yao didn't know what Li Hao and Grandma Yu were thinking. She left the Yu family's gate with Gu Zixiao and the others. To ensure the safety of Grandma Yu and them, Lan Yao released her spiritual power directly on the gate when she left.

This wisp of spiritual energy can cover the door to prevent others from suddenly barging in and causing Grandma Yu to be harmed by those indifferent people.

Lan Yao did this just in case.

Gu Zixiao had been paying close attention to Lan Yao's every move, so after noticing her actions, he moved closer to her and asked in a low voice, "What were you doing just now?"

Lan Yao glanced at him and said indifferently, "Isn't your curiosity a little too much?"

Gu Zixiao: "I'm only curious about your affairs."

Lan Yao: "I'm not interested in men who are overly curious. So congratulations, you've been passed over."

Gu Zixiao raised an eyebrow, a slight smile playing on her lips: "I see. Then I take back my question. Just pretend I didn't ask it. Let's make up."

Lan Yao chuckled twice: "You wish."

"If it was your fart, then I might consider trying it," Gu Zixiao said with a straight face, spouting nonsense.

Lan Yao's face turned green.

This bastard, is he out of his mind?

Wang Zhenfeng, who had been walking ahead in a hurry, couldn't help but complain: "Boss, can you focus on this? Wait until later to be all lovey-dovey with your man."

The alley was quite long, but no matter how long it was, they quickly arrived at the scene of the incident.

At this moment, the doors of half the houses in the alley were wide open, some with bloodied bodies lying in front of them, and others lying haphazardly on the main road.

Upon seeing this, Lei Shengrong couldn't help but curse, and then he grabbed his weapon and charged forward.

Gu Zixiao said to Wang Zhenfeng, "Get some people over here, just the few of us..."

He meant to say that he probably couldn't handle it.

Gu Zixiao would never have said such a thing before.

But something like that just happened right before his eyes; those people wouldn't fall down no matter what.

This made Gu Zixiao somewhat discouraged.

However, when he looked at Lan Yao standing beside him, he suddenly swallowed the words he wanted to say.

He looked at Lan Yao pitifully: "Yao Xin, if the situation just happened again, you'll protect me, right?"

Lan Yao rolled her eyes and said irritably, "What are you dreaming about? Someone as capable as you doesn't need me to protect you."

"I don't care, I just want you to protect me. At worst, I'll bring a bigger dowry after we get married."

Lan Yao: ...