"Stop! With the Duke here, let's see who dares to touch them!" Third Sister turned her head and saw the Duke of Zhenguo walking towards them.

Following behind the Duke of Zhenguo were a group of guards and servants from the Xu family. The servants did not dare to stop the Duke of Zhenguo and his entourage. They lowered their eyes and followed closely behind them, worried that Xu Jingui and the others would punish them later.

When Xu Mingzhi and Xu Jingui saw the Duke of Zhenguo arrive, they were at a loss for what to do. They had already sent people to investigate and found that the Duke of Zhenguo had not been in the city recently, which was why they had secretly targeted San Niang and Jiang Qianqian.

Unexpectedly, the Duke of Zhenguo actually came looking for him! Xu Mingzhi glanced at Third Sister, glaring at her with a threatening look. Then, Xu Mingzhi smiled and bowed to the Duke of Zhenguo.

"Greetings, Your Excellency. What brings you to the Xu family?"

"Am I not allowed to come here? Are you not welcoming me?" The Duke of Zhenguo glanced at Xu Mingzhi with sharp eyes.

Upon hearing this, Xu Mingzhi immediately shook his head. "Your Excellency is welcome to come whenever you wish."

"But I wonder what brings you here today?" Xu Mingzhi asked the Duke of Zhenguo, feigning ignorance.

The Duke of Zhenguo sneered and ordered someone to bring over a stool. Once the stool was brought over, the Duke of Zhenguo sat down majestically on it and glanced at Xu Mingzhi and his son in front of him.

"I heard you guys made a move on Jiang Qianqian?"

"Jiang Qianqian is just a young woman, why are you doing this to her?" The Third Sister, who was standing to the side, had already hidden behind the Duke of Zhenguo when she saw him arrive.

Upon hearing this, Third Sister glared angrily at Xu Mingzhi and his son. Seeing that Third Sister had someone backing her up, Xu Mingzhi immediately stopped threatening her.

"It's all a misunderstanding, Your Highness!"

"Why would we harm Miss Jiang Qianqian?"

"It's just that I invited her over as a guest!"

"Third Sister has misunderstood!"

"We'll send someone to invite Miss Jiang Qianqian over right away!"

The Duke of Zhenguo remained seated, ignoring Xu Mingzhi. Xu Mingzhi dared not be negligent, and ordered tea to be served to the Duke while simultaneously sending someone to bring Jiang Qianqian over.

Just as the Duke of Zhenguo finished his tea, Jiang Qianqian was brought over. When Third Sister saw Jiang Qianqian arrive, she rushed forward, embraced her, and checked her for any injuries.

Jiang Qianqian was also terrified, clinging to Third Sister, her body trembling uncontrollably. Third Sister stroked Jiang Qianqian's back and asked in her ear, "Did they do anything to you?"

Where are you injured?

Jiang Qianqian hurriedly shook her head and stammered, "They didn't do anything to me, and I wasn't injured."

San Niang found this hard to believe. If Jiang Qianqian wasn't injured, why was her body temperature so low?

Third Sister thought that Jiang Qianqian definitely wouldn't dare to speak out, fearing retaliation from Xu Mingzhi and his gang. Since she was still alive, things would be easier to handle in the future.

It's best to go back now and avoid getting involved with Xu Mingzhi and his son any further.

So San Niang turned to the Duke of Zhenguo and said, "Thank you for coming to help today, Your Excellency. Qianqian is alright, let's go back now."

Upon hearing this, Xu Mingzhi chuckled inwardly. Even if he had done something to Jiang Qianqian, without evidence, the Duke of Zhenguo and the others had no way to deal with him.

Third Sister just wanted to take Jiang Qianqian back as soon as possible. The Duke of Zhenguo understood her thoughts, so he verbally suppressed Xu Mingzhi and the others, and then left with Jiang Qianqian and the others.

After they left, Xu Mingzhi gave the gatekeeper a cold look.

"How do you all do your jobs?"

"The Duke of Zhenguo arrived without even sending someone to announce his arrival?"

The servant said tremblingly, "The Duke of Zhenguo came in far too fast. We are no match for the guards he brought."

"When they brandished their knives like that, we didn't dare to stop them at all! That's how they got in!" Xu Mingzhi kicked the man, knocking him to the ground.

"What a piece of trash!"

"What a waste of my money! Keeping you useless people around is a complete waste!"

Meanwhile, Third Sister left the Xu residence with Jiang Qianqian. Outside the Xu residence, Third Sister wanted to kneel down to thank the Duke of Zhenguo.

The Duke of Zhenguo quickly had someone help San Niang up, and Jiang Qianqian also bowed and thanked him, saying, "Thank you so much, Duke. If it weren't for you, I might have been sold into a brothel."

The Duke of Zhenguo had always liked the people Xu Yuehuai kept by his side, and Jiang Qianqian was also a good girl. Now that she could be saved, he naturally wanted to help her as much as possible.

Otherwise, what if when Xu Yuehuai returns, he finds that he hasn't taken good care of San Niang and the others, and has become angry with his adoptive father and disowns him?

The Duke of Zhenguo was quite fortunate to have arrived in time. As soon as he returned to the manor, the guards told him that Third Sister had come looking for him that day.

The Duke of Zhenguo sent people to investigate and discovered that San Niang had come to the Xu residence after leaving. That's why the Duke of Zhenguo led his men directly to the Xu residence to look for her, and coincidentally helped San Niang and Jiang Qianqian.

“You are all Xu’s family, so I must help you out.”

"After you go back like this, you must be careful before Xu returns."

“Xu Mingzhi is not a good person, but there are other people watching your Tianxiang Restaurant.”

"Although I can help you a little, I don't have the energy to keep an eye on you all the time."

"You yourselves must be more careful, that would be best."

Third Sister immediately said, "We'll do as the Duke says. We'll stay here properly when we get back."

"Under normal circumstances, they don't usually run around causing trouble." The Duke of Zhenguo gave them some more instructions, then bid them farewell and returned to his mansion.

San Niang then led Jiang Qianqian into the carriage they had come in and headed towards Tianxiang Tower. "You were really captured by Xu Mingzhi? You have no idea how scared I was!"

Third Sister hugged Jiang Qianqian, gently stroking her hair to comfort her. Jiang Qianqian then told her what had happened. "You'll have to be more careful next time. I don't know when A-Yue will be back."

"We've lost our support during this time, so we have to behave ourselves. If we cause trouble, we might even get ourselves into trouble." They had gone through so much hardship before they finally had this peace and stability.

They realized they had to proceed cautiously to maintain stability. Jiang Qianqian understood this and nodded. The two returned to Tianxiang Tower without incident, and San Niang quickly arranged for Jiang Qianqian to wash up and cleanse herself of the bad luck.

She prepared a feast for Jiang Qianqian, who had been starving for days and ate several bowls of rice. Third Aunt watched from the side, feeling very sorry for her.

"Should we write this down and tell A-Yue?"

Jiang Qianqian shook her head and said very sensibly, "Grandma is busy with things right now, so let's not make her anxious. It's such a long journey, we shouldn't make her worry unnecessarily."