Jiang Qiao wasn't hungry, so she just drank some noodle soup. "We'll assign rooms later, and my uncles and I will stay with you for the night."

Mengzi looked up at Jiang Qiao and said, "We don't need so many people. I was scared just now, but I feel much better now."

Jiang Qiao waved his hand. "We'll stay with you for one night. We have important business to do tomorrow. I need to investigate how this assassin came to be. Mengzi, try not to open the door to strangers at night. You're the only big one here; the rest are too small."

Also, let's add some protection to this side of the wall, just in case someone jumps in.

Song Zhi nodded in agreement. "I think it's a good idea. Let's put some glass shards on it. Zhao Jian, tomorrow try to find workers and cement for the children to reinforce the wall."

Zhao Jian nodded. "No problem, I'll take care of it."

The children were embarrassed. "Uncle, isn't this too much trouble?"

Song Zhi patted the little guy's head. "It's okay. You're still young. When you grow up, you can do it yourselves without your uncle. The situation is special right now. Your sister Jiang Qiao killed someone, and we're worried that you children might become her weakness, allowing those bad people to use you as tools to threaten her. Your safety is also very important."

Jiang Qiao smiled at everyone and said, "It's alright. Just travel together as usual. Remember, don't go with strangers, and try not to accept food. You've probably figured out what's going on here by now. You can accept food from your neighbors, but not from strangers. We're not short of food. I'll try to get you some more later so we can have a good New Year."

At night, Jiang Qiao slept with Er Ya and the others. Although the children came from a begging background, since they moved, with Jiang Qiao's supervision, the house was kept very clean. Moreover, most of the things in the house were moved by Jiang Qiao, making it probably better than some other families.

So Song Zhi and the others slept soundly without feeling anything amiss; the bedding was clean and tidy, no worse than what they would have at home.

Jiang Qiao and Er Ya cooked porridge in the morning, and everyone ate it with spicy cabbage.

Mengzi has to go to work today, so Jiang Qiao rode her bike back and brought back a bag of grain for the children.

"Alright, this should be enough for the New Year. Er Ya, you keep these noodles safe. If you don't want to cook, just eat noodles. I'm leaving now. Remember, if anyone feels unwell, remember the medicine I left for you. I'm leaving now. Please be careful."

All the children walked to the door to see Jiang Qiao off. "Sister, come over when you have time. We're fine, don't worry about us. We'll take care of ourselves."

Last night, the children discussed it with Mengzi and learned how that person died. The children didn't say anything, but they all made up their minds that if their sister needed them in the future, they would go through fire and water for her.

The children didn't tell Jiang Qiao these words; they just kept them to themselves.

Jiang Qiao was also busy at the moment. She originally wanted to take Gu Zhixuan into the city, but she was delayed because of the assassin matter. So she discussed it with Song Zhi and decided that she and Gu Zhixuan would go first, and Song Zhi would meet up with them after he finished dealing with things here.

Since they don't know Xu Mingdong's true identity in the city, they can only wait for Yang Yunqi to send a message. It would be a good choice for Jiang Qiao to go there now, as she can both relax and help out.

Song Zhi didn't keep the assassination a secret this time. He contacted Song Shutian's people, and soon both Song Shutian and Jiang Jinyu knew about it.

"What? An assassin? Really? These enemy agents have gone mad, sending out assassins to deal with Jiang Qiao? My god, this girl is too amazing!"

After hearing this series of exclamations, Song Shutian didn't want to say anything more. Whether Jiang Qiao was powerful or not was not the point. What he was worried about was what would happen in the future.

"Director, if this continues, what will happen to Jiang Qiao? We can't always be so lucky, managing to evade capture once and then every time. Those are people who don't value their lives—"

Jiang Jinyu sat in the chair in silence for a long while before slowly asking, "Did Jiang Qiao ask you for help?"

Song Shutian sighed and shook his head. "That brat hasn't said a word. She was arguing with me before, but this time, she's completely silent. I don't know what's wrong with her. Is she being assertive, or is she disappointed with our arrangements?"

Jiang Jinyu smiled and said, "Jiang Qiao probably doesn't want us to interfere in her affairs right now. If we send people to follow her all the time, she'll probably find it annoying."

So, the order was issued to the militia and border guards in the county town to increase patrols. Relying solely on the public security department was definitely not enough, so the military was also ordered to send out night patrols. The daytime was fine, but the nighttime was a concern.

I reckon that girl won't let this go easily. Let's just wait and see how much trouble she can cause.

Song Shutian glanced at Jiang Jinyu and said, "Director, aren't you afraid that something might happen to her? What if she gets into big trouble?"

Jiang Jinyu smiled confidently, "Do you think the people in our Jiang family are the kind of people who are brainless?"

Song Shutian snorted, "When did we become members of your Jiang family? Their surname is Gu."

Jiang Jinyu rolled her eyes at Song Shutian. "Kid, I don't need you to remind me. She's surnamed Jiang now, so she's a member of our Jiang family. Alright, keep an eye on things over there. As long as she doesn't cause any trouble, let the girl cause as much trouble as she wants."

Don't forget, our opponents aren't stupid either. Even their assassins were wiped out. Do you think they'll be able to make any moves anytime soon? Don't worry, they'll be quiet for a while.”

After Song Shutian left, Jiang Jinyu's expression changed; it would be a lie to say she wasn't worried.

Putting aside the fact that Jiang Qiao had been kind to their family, just considering his feelings for Jiang Qiao, although he couldn't quite explain them, he didn't want any problems to arise for the child.

Just because of Jiang Qiao's name, he had to protect this child. With that thought, he picked up the phone on the table and made a call.

Jiang Qiao had just finished her work when Gu Zhengkai arrived with his son. He had been on duty at his workplace last night and knew nothing about what had happened in the city.

I just got back this morning and ran into Song Zhi. He learned that his niece had gone through a life-or-death ordeal last night. You can imagine how he managed to sit still and came over to see Jiang Qiao with his son.

"Oh dear, I'm fine. I was lucky, thankfully it was a close call. Uncle, don't worry. Don't tell my grandfather about this, the old man should be more concerned."

Gu Zhengkai looked his niece up and down, and said with a serious expression, "Qiao'er, are you sure you're alright? If there's a problem, tell your uncle as soon as possible, and we'll go to the hospital to get checked out."