The man was caught off guard and someone suddenly grabbed him from behind. His gun trembled, and he fired off target.

Enraged, the other man kicked Xia Bingqing and then fired a shot at her.

The bullet grazed Xia Bingqing's arm, cutting her skin. She screamed, her face turning deathly pale with fear. She clutched her arm and slumped to one side.

The people Dad sent were actually serious!

Despite this, Xia Bingqing weakly cried out, "Brother Xun, run! Someone's trying to kill you! Run!"

The man raised his gun, pointed it at Xia Bingqing's head, and was about to pull the trigger when a sharp pain suddenly shot through his wrist, and blood gushed out.

"ah--"

The man's hand trembled, and the dagger pierced his wrist. He was in so much pain that all he could do was howl and roar.

As the other man turned around, he was struck by another dagger, and his gun fell to the ground.

"Qingyun, Mohan!"

Mu Nanxun stood outside the door, majestic as an emperor.

At a command, Qingyun and Mohan rushed over and took the two men, who were writhing on the ground in pain, away.

In fact, the man in black had already spotted the assassins who had been loitering around the Maple Riverside Villa area for the past few days. Mu Nanxun also guessed that he was their target, so he hadn't been sleeping in his room at all; he was just waiting for them to come in so he could take them all down in one fell swoop.

Everything was going according to plan, and he was confident he could easily subdue the two men. But unexpectedly, Xia Bingqing suddenly rushed out and was shot.

"Brother Xun, I'm so glad you're alright, so glad..."

Xia Bingqing spoke weakly, but before she could finish her sentence, she collapsed limply to the ground. She was terrified.

Mu Nanxun thought she was seriously injured, so he picked her up from the ground and ran outside.

"Get the car ready!"

*

Upon arriving at the hospital, after an examination, the doctor confirmed that Xia Bingqing had only suffered a minor scratch on her arm and was otherwise unharmed.

"Brother Xun, I'm sorry for making you worry. I'm fine." Xia Bingqing sat up from the hospital bed. She had already vaguely guessed what her father's true purpose was.

Her father had told her before that he had come up with a way to win Mu Nanxun back: for her to save him in front of him one more time. When she saw the two assassins tonight, she thought they were just putting on an act, so she rushed forward to defend them without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, the two assassins really wanted to kill Xun-gege, and they almost shot her to death.

The so-called desire to win back Mu Nanxun's heart was just a pretense. What he really wanted to do was to kill Brother Xun and, together with that old bastard Ji Nian, seize the Mu family for himself.

Thinking about this, Xia Bingqing still felt a little scared.

Mu Nanxun scrutinized Xia Bingqing for a moment. Although he couldn't be sure if she knew about tonight's assassination attempt, it shouldn't be her fault. Otherwise, she wouldn't have risked her life to save him.

"Since you're alright, I'll be going now. I've sent men in black to take care of you."

"Brother Xun, where are you going? I don't want you to leave!"

Xia Bingqing hugged Mu Nanxun from behind, pressing her head tightly against his back. She was injured, yet Mu Nanxun still wanted to go somewhere else.

Mu Nanxun frowned and stiffly pried her hands off his body.

"I'm worried about Yi Yi, I need to go check on her."

Xia Bingqing: "..."

It was that bitch again!