Chapter 119 Sister, are you going to trade my life for your own?
"Mom, you finally called me! Fu Xiaoting has gone mad, it's terrifying!"
As soon as Shen Mingyue answered the phone, she couldn't wait to complain to the person on the other end.
"Did you send someone to pick me up? In the back garden? Why are you being so secretive?"
A gentle female voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Yueyue, the situation is a bit complicated right now. We need to bring your aunt out as well."
"Go wait in the back garden first, Mom's people will be here soon."
Shen Mingyue put down the phone and turned to look at Fu Xiaojun sitting on the sofa next to her.
"Did you hear that? My mom sent people to pick us up. Please, sister, take you away."
Fu Xiaojun didn't move. He just raised his head, and his eyes, which should have been innocent and pure, were now bloodshot.
"Didn't you wonder why they chose to come pick us up now of all times, instead of earlier or later?"
His voice was soft, yet it was like a needle piercing Shen Mingyue's heart.
"Now all the bodyguards and servants in the villa have run out to look for Xiaoxin."
“They can sneak in unnoticed and kill us.”
“I am a child, you are a woman, and the two of us are powerless to resist.”
Shen Mingyue was stunned, tilting her head to look at him as if he were a monster.
"Are you out of your mind from sleep? What nonsense are you talking about?"
"That's my own mother! Would she ever harm me?"
She urged impatiently, "Are you coming or not? If not, fine! If Fu Xiaoting goes crazy again, he'll chop up your NewNew first!"
Fu Xiaojun's tears finally slid down his cheeks.
His small body was huddled in the large sofa, looking so helpless.
"Maybe it won't harm you."
“But if I go out with you, I’m sure I won’t survive.”
"My mother may have had an accident."
He sniffed: "When you see her later, if she's still breathing, please tell her for me that I love her."
"Also, I will live well."
Shen Mingyue thought this little brat was simply unreasonable.
However, his words reminded her.
She really needed to go to the basement first and bring Zhang Yan with her.
Shen Mingyue turned and walked downstairs.
In the long corridor, not a single extra light was turned on, and the dim light cast her long, thin shadow.
The servants, who were usually always busy, were nowhere to be seen.
Shen Mingyue felt a sudden unease creeping into her heart. She reached into her pocket and gripped the cold pistol tightly.
The closer she got to the basement, the stronger her unease became.
It seems something bad is happening down there.
"Clang... Clang..."
A dull, muffled sound, like banging on a door, came intermittently from below the stairs.
She moved quietly, like a cat, and crept closer.
A man's gruff complaint reached her ears clearly.
"Damn it, the hinges on this door have been nailed shut with steel nails, it can't be opened at all!"
"Why is it so difficult on your end too? Haven't you managed to fool the young lady and young master yet?"
Young Miss? Young Master?
Shen Mingyue's heart skipped a beat.
She cautiously peeked out, half her head out, and secretly looked towards the basement door.
A man in a black suit was seen wielding a large iron sledgehammer, repeatedly pounding on the tightly closed iron door.
Behind that door was Su Wanqing!
"Clang!"
With a loud bang, the man in black who had been banging on the door seemed to have lost his patience and abruptly threw the hammer in his hand to the ground.
The sudden commotion startled Shen Mingyue.
She yanked her head back in a flash, and because the movement was so hasty, the bracelet on her wrist jingled twice.
Fortunately, the people below did not seem to notice this insignificant commotion.
An angry, exasperated voice rang out again.
"It won't open! Never mind!"
"Just implement Plan B, burn this whole place down!"
"Make sure everyone outside keeps a close eye on things, and absolutely no one is allowed to escape alive!"
These words were like poisoned daggers, piercing Shen Mingyue's heart.
Her back was pressed tightly against the cold wall, and the blood in her body seemed to freeze at that moment.
Could it be...?
Could it be that everything that brat Fu Xiaojun said was true?
Her mother...
Are we really going to kill her?
Why?
Was it because she fell in love with Zhang Yan, or for some other reason?
How could that be? She's her parents' most beloved daughter.
Shen Mingyue's face turned deathly pale in an instant, devoid of any color.
She bit her lower lip hard until she tasted a strong metallic taste of blood, which barely brought her back to her senses.
No, she doesn't believe it!
She had no time to think about it.
"Da, da, da..."
Clear footsteps could be heard downstairs.
Someone's coming up!
Shen Mingyue's heart skipped a beat.
If she turns around and runs upstairs now, she will definitely be spotted immediately!
At that time, with attacks from both sides, she will surely die!
Rather than waiting to be killed, it's better to strike first!
Shen Mingyue took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
She quickly glanced around, then darted into the shadows at the corner of the stairs.
She took the pistol out of her pocket, gripped it tightly with both hands, and released the safety.
The cold, metallic touch calmed her wildly beating heart a little.
The footsteps were getting closer.
A dark figure appeared at the corner of the stairs.
Now!
The moment the man in black looked up, Shen Mingyue burst out of the shadows!
Almost instinctively, she aimed at the man's head and pulled the trigger without hesitation!
"Bang--!"
A muffled gunshot rang out, sounding particularly jarring in the empty and silent corridor!
The man in black didn't even have time to react before a bloody hole appeared on his forehead, and his body fell straight backward.
Warm blood splattered all over Shen Mingyue's face.
"ah--!!!"
The next second, a piercing scream shattered the silence of the villa.
Shen Mingyue's voice sounded as if she had been terrified. She then ripped off the black-clad man's earpiece and cried out with all her might.
"Help! Murder!"
"Fu Xiaoting's men are back!"
"I'm in the basement! Help me!"
A voice came through the headset: "Hello, hello, what's going on?"
She threw down her headset, turned around without hesitation, and ran upstairs.
Hopefully, we can buy some more time so that we can actually wait for Fu Xiaoting's men to return.
...
at the same time.
Fu Xiaojun was hiding alone in the closet.
His small body was curled up in the corner, hugging his knees, with his head bowed low.
What should I burn for Shen Mingyue's grave next year?
Let's make a paper effigy in Zhang Yan's likeness and burn it, so they can keep each other company down there.
Oh, by the way, she also likes to eat mala tang (a spicy hot pot dish).
During holidays and festivals, I would cook her a few extra bowls.
Just as he was seriously planning Shen Mingyue's funeral arrangements, Shen Mingyue's panicked voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Fu Xiaojun! Where did you run off to?"
"Get out of here! It's not safe here. Let's hide in Fu Xiaoting's room!"
Fu Xiaoting's room was more secure than a bank vault.
Not only are the walls reinforced with steel plates, making them resistant to fire and water damage, but they can even withstand an earthquake of magnitude 8.
Most importantly, there's a secret room inside that no one knows about!
Shen Mingyue guessed that Fu Xiaojun would definitely find a place to hide, so she started to open the wardrobe doors one by one.
"Fu Xiaojun, come out now! Stop hiding!"
Just as she opened the third wardrobe door, something cold and hard pressed against her back.
Shen Mingyue froze.
She slowly turned her head around.
She saw that little brat Fu Xiaojun standing right behind her.
In his hand, he was holding a black pistol, the muzzle pressed firmly against her waist.
"Sister, are you going to trade my life for your own?"
Shen Mingyue let out a long sigh.
No wonder he's her aunt's son.
Because of their tiny bit of cleverness, they treat everyone else like fools.
If the situation weren't so dire, she would have liked to just turn around and leave, letting him fend for himself.
But now is clearly not the time for infighting.
Shen Mingyue's eyes narrowed, and she moved with lightning speed, grabbing Fu Xiaojun's wrist, the one holding the gun.
Twist it hard.
Fu Xiaojun winced in pain and loosened his grip.
The black pistol fell onto the soft carpet.
Shen Mingyue bent down to pick up the gun, casually stuffed it back into her pocket, then scooped up Fu Xiaojun and tucked him under her arm as she headed out.
"I'm not leaving!"
Fu Xiaojun reacted and bit Shen Mingyue's arm hard.
A sharp pain shot through her instantly, and Shen Mingyue gasped in pain.
Is this little brat born in the Year of the Dog?
"I don't want to die!"
Fu Xiaojun shouted indistinctly, but his voice remained firm.
"I want to live! I want to avenge my mother!"
Despite the excruciating pain in her arm, Shen Mingyue gritted her teeth and growled helplessly, "We have to be alive first! If you don't come with me, we'll both be roasted like suckling pigs!"
"I don't!"
Just when the two were at an impasse...
"Thump, thump, thump."
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door from the outside.
The two paused, then fell silent.
A man's voice, deliberately lowered, came through the door.
"Young Master, are you inside?"
"Your mother has gone out safely, and she asked us to come and pick you up."
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