Chapter 916

Shen Rang reacted quickly, pulling Huo Zhao behind him and facing the two assassins wielding weapons with his bare hands.

Although he was a scholar, he had practiced martial arts since childhood, and his movements were as agile as a dragon. The two men, even working together, could not defeat him for a time.

The incident happened so suddenly that Huo Zhao was thrown off balance. After regaining his senses, he called out, "Mother!"

She shouted it with all her might, so Zhong Jie should be here soon.

Seeing the two men attacking him, Huo Zhao nimbly hid behind a pillar.

She's not stupid.

Knowing your own limitations, if you can't beat someone, can't you at least avoid a fight?

Sure enough, the two were quickly stopped by Shen Rang again.

One of them let his guard down for a moment, and Shen Rang took his knife from him. The next moment, he fell into a pool of blood.

Seeing that Shen Rang and the other person were evenly matched, Huo Zhao gritted his teeth, mustered his courage, and went around to the side to enter the house.

The worst-case scenario still happened.

Inside, wet nurses were lying all over the floor, one of them holding a pillow and covering the child's face.

Huo Zhao's pupils contracted.

Taking advantage of the fact that the wet nurse hadn't noticed her, she tiptoed, walking cautiously yet quickly toward the wet nurse.

By the time the wet nurse finally noticed her approach, it was too late.

The shawl that Huo Zhao had been holding on her arm had fallen to her neck.

Before the wet nurse could react, Huo Zhao suddenly exerted force, and the wet nurse fell to the ground.

Huo Zhao was still worried, so he dragged the wet nurse away a long way before getting up to check on the two children.

Fortunately, they were still breathing.

Although Huo Zhao was still shaken, he could only grit his teeth, pick up the two children from the bed, and find a safe place to sit down.

Soon, a strong gust of wind blew outside, and the next moment, the assassin dressed in black was sent flying backward.

As luck would have it, the assassin landed right at Huo Zhao's feet.

At this moment, it was too late for Huo Zhao to run away; the assassin had already raised his knife towards her.

The cold light stung the eyes.

The next moment, a long sword flew over and pinned the assassin to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Zhong Jie's figure appeared before them.

Seeing that she was unharmed, Zhong Jie finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhong Jie took the two children from her arms, turned around and handed them to the person who followed her, while stepping forward to hug Huo Zhao.

"It's alright, your mother is here, don't be afraid."

Zhong Jie's embrace was warm and soft, but at this moment, it gave Huo Zhao a sense of reliability, like a high mountain.

Noticing that Huo Zhao had finally relaxed, Zhong Jie hugged her even tighter.

She had just kicked the assassin over, and only realized something was wrong when she saw the assassin raise his knife. After she dealt with the assassin and came over, she saw that Huo Zhao was indeed pale, clearly quite frightened.

She almost harmed Huo Zhao again.

Thinking of this, Zhong Jie couldn't help but exert even more effort.

A short while later, Madam Chen came forward.

"Both children are alright, Zhaozhao, thanks to you."

These two children were born from the desperate efforts of her own daughter, who almost lost them right before her eyes.

If Huo Zhao hadn't suddenly wanted to come and see them, if Huo Zhao hadn't protected them...

Chen Qiang is still in bed. If something happens to these two children, Madam Chen simply won't be able to face Chen Qiang!

Huo Zhao's smile was somewhat forced: "It's good that they're alright."

Seeing that Huo Zhao's face was still a little pale, Zhong Jie said, "It's getting late, I'll take you back."