"Who exactly are you people, and what is your purpose in coming here?"
Ji Yanwen held a dagger in his hand, his gaze cold as he looked at the two men in black in front of him. There was a palm-sized wound on his left hand, from which blood was dripping. Behind him was Jiang Lu, whose eyes were filled with fear and whose face was deathly pale.
Upon closer inspection, traces of a broken lock can be seen on the ground.
"Wasn't it said that this family only had two girls and a scholar? What kind of scholar knows martial arts?"
The newcomers were also bewildered. The employer had clearly stated when placing the order that this family was just an ordinary farming household, but the fact that this farming household could injure the two brothers was quite an eye-opener for them.
Upon closer inspection, one can see that both assassins are also wounded, with several bloody holes from which blood is seeping out.
"superior."
The two assassins exchanged a glance and stepped forward again. Ji Yanwen's face turned cold, and his hand gripping the dagger trembled slightly. He couldn't hold out for long.
Jiang Bai, where are you?
He was secretly anxious and raised his dagger to block the assassin's knife, but unexpectedly another assassin sprinkled powder on his face.
Oh no.
Ji Yanwen cursed inwardly, but having already inhaled quite a bit through his nose, he felt weak all over and collapsed to the ground.
"Brother-in-law."
Jiang Lu rushed forward anxiously, but the two assassins used the same trick again, sprinkling a sleeping potion on Jiang Lu's face. Jiang Lu's eyes rolled back, and she also fainted to the ground.
"Be careful, there's one more."
The drug is expensive and costs a lot of money.
They thought they were just ordinary farmers, so they didn't use sleeping pills at the beginning. Unexpectedly, the two almost capsized in the ditch. After dealing with Ji Yanwen and Jiang Lu, the two did not forget their goal and searched the whole house for Jiang Bai's whereabouts.
Even Jiang Songwen, who was hiding under the bed, was found, but the employer still couldn't find the person he wanted.
"What do we do? The person they want isn't here."
"Never mind, we're already here, let's take those guys with us."
The two returned to the courtyard dejectedly, looking at the two people lying on the ground and Jiang Songwen sitting on the ground, feeling troubled.
"There are only two of us, but there are three of them."
"Take these two younger ones with you. The older one is a son-in-law who lives with his wife's family; he's useless."
After discussing it, the two decided to abandon Ji Yanwen and take Jiang Lu and Jiang Songwen with them.
Unexpectedly, just as the two bent down, two stones flew over the courtyard wall and hit them.
The two men were skilled in martial arts and dodged to the side. The two stones flew in the same direction and crashed into the wall behind them, disappearing completely into the wall.
Such incredible power!
Who is it?
The two were startled. Jiang Bai had already jumped down from the courtyard wall. Seeing Ji Yanwen and Jiang Lu, whose lives were unknown, and their blood-stained knives, her eyes turned red instantly. Her ghostly gaze fell on the two of them, and she roared, "You deserve to die."
After speaking, she moved swiftly, and before the two could react, she was right in front of them. She grabbed one of them by the neck and, almost without hesitation, tightened her grip. With a snap, the man's exposed eyes widened suddenly, and he immediately stopped breathing.
At the same time, Jiang Bai suddenly felt dizzy and lost control of his body, freezing in place.
The other man's large knife was already aimed at her head.
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Bai bit her tongue hard, and the sharp pain allowed her body to recover for a moment. She dodged the knife, grabbed the man's wrist, kicked him hard in the abdomen, clenched her fist, and punched him in the forehead, knocking him unconscious.
Despite struggling to keep his body under control, Jiang Bai found a rope in the house, tied up the unconscious person, and then leaned against the wall and slumped down.
My soul... it felt like it was about to fly away.
Jiang Bai pressed his head, trying to squeeze his soul back into his body, but to no avail.
Her sense of her body was getting weaker and weaker, as if some inexplicable force was trying to pull her soul out of her body.
Why?
Why?
Her mind was full of questions, and she was completely focused on fighting against that force, so she didn't notice that Jiang Songwen, who had been sitting next to Jiang Lu, stood up and walked towards her.
The force of the separation between her body and soul grew stronger, and it seemed she was about to lose this body when a small hand suddenly grabbed her wrist, and a clear child's voice rang in her ear: "Big sister, don't go."
Yes, in my ear.
The moment that hand grabbed her, her soul seemed to be summoned and instantly returned to her body, and the pulling sensation she had felt earlier disappeared.
She opened her eyes, and what came into view were Jiang Songwen's clear eyes.
"Big sister, don't go," he said.
Looking at the child in front of her, Jiang Bai's eyes reddened. As strong as she was, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes at this moment. She hugged Jiang Songwen tightly and murmured, "Awen, you saved my life."
If he hadn't suddenly grabbed her hand, if he hadn't suddenly shouted "Big sister, don't go!", she would have been struck by lightning and killed because her soul had left her body.
Jiang Bai's body trembled slightly, a rare moment of vulnerability for her.
Hot, wet tears seeped down his shoulders and onto his skin. Jiang Songwen's dazed eyes also filled with tears, his gaze unfocused again, but he murmured, "Big sister, don't go."
It took Jiang Bai a long time to calm down.
She suppressed the fear of losing control of her body and the fear of her soul being shattered.
"Awen, wait here for your eldest sister. Your eldest sister is going to see your second sister."
Jiang Bai released Jiang Songwen, gently rubbed his head, got up and went to Jiang Lu. After checking her over and confirming that she had only been drugged and unconscious, he felt relieved and carried her into the house and put her down.
Back in the courtyard, Jiang Bai's gaze fell on Ji Yanwen beside her. She pursed her lips, first bandaged his wounds, then helped him sit down against the wall, fetched a basin of water, and gave him a cloth to wipe his face.
The temperature at night was lower than during the day, and the water in the kitchen was also colder. The sleeping pills the two men carried were not high-end products, so they made him unconscious quickly, but the effects did not last long. As soon as the cold cloth was placed on his face, Ji Yanwen woke up immediately.
"Jiang Bai? Quick, there's a thief!"
Ji Yanwen was stunned for a second. When he woke up, he saw Jiang Bai's face and immediately remembered what had happened before he fainted. He couldn't help but call out anxiously.
Jiang Bai's expression softened slightly, and he said, "I've already subdued the thieves. Are they here to see you?"
The sisters had lived in Jiangjia Village for so long and had never encountered anything like this before. They had only been married to Ji Yanwen for two days when someone came to their door in the middle of the night with a knife.
She couldn't even imagine what would have happened if she had come back any later today.
So she naturally took her anger out on Ji Yanwen.
Especially since she almost lost her soul tonight, her resentment towards Ji Yanwen has only intensified, and there's even a hint of murderous intent hidden in her eyes.
"What?"
Ji Yanwen was stunned for a few seconds. It was then that he began to think about what the purpose of these two people who suddenly broke into the Jiang family was. If they really came for him, wouldn't he have implicated Jiang Bai and her siblings?
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