Chiang Xiao ran all the way to Hu Xibing’s teashop.
The door of Hu Xibing’s place was slightly ajar, as if he had been waiting for her. Seeing her running over, he hurriedly opened the door, pulled her in, and then quickly closed it again.
"Come in quickly." Hu Xibing led her to the backyard, pointed to a room, "You’ll sleep here tonight, and early tomorrow morning I’ll arrange for someone to send you back."
Having said that, he went outside to stand guard.
Chiang Xiao sat on the bed, feeling completely drained.
Someone must have died, someone must have been injured. When she ran out, she looked back and saw people being carried out now and then.
The smell of blood was strong, as if it stained the night with a layer of horror.
With such a big incident happening in Peace Town, erasing all traces in one night was not going to be easy, she thought.
So, it was certainly still chaotic outside tonight.
Earlier, she had already managed to leave a message at the bookstore for Yao Cong, and she supposed there should be no problem, but her grandparents must be very worried about her. She had never been away for a whole night before.
She would have to explain things well to them later.
Chiang Xiao thought she wouldn’t be able to sleep, but once she lay down, she fell asleep quickly.
Unbeknownst to her, in the hospital, the Chief Alliance Officer’s Wife, now in a clean patient’s uniform and lying in bed, was asking about her.
"Hanzhong, why didn’t you bring that young girl along?"
The Chief Alliance Officer’s Wife actually looked quite gentle and nice to gaze upon. Although she was over forty, her large, clear eyes still made her six-out-of-ten appearance rise to an eight.
The man sitting beside her bed was nearly fifty, tall, with a pair of thick black eyebrows that made him look very authoritative.
Perhaps due to the prolonged worry and lack of rest, dark circles shaded his eyes, and he seemed a bit exhausted.
Hearing his wife’s words, he frowned, and anger surged in his eyes.
"Ying Qiong, are you sure you saw that young girl?"
Jiang Yingqiong was stunned, "It was dark in the room, and I didn’t see what she looked like, but I could still tell whether the person was a young girl or not."
She had just regained consciousness at that time, opened her eyes to darkness, and, realizing she was in the clutches of those villains, felt a surge of despair and fear. Then, a delicate little hand took hers, and the voice that spoke was soft, yet steady, which was comforting to hear.
The young girl told her not to be afraid, that someone was coming to rescue her, and that she would safely return home.
Those who have never experienced such an ordeal can never understand the comfort and security the word "home" brings in that situation.
"At the time, no one could attend to her. There was a girl who ran out, saying she was Zhao Xin’s sister-in-law," Li Hanzhong explained. "I’ve also sent someone to ask Zhao Xin, but he treats Meng Xinian’s words as divine, so we really need to ask Meng Xinian about it."
That bastard Meng Xinian...
Although the group from the Capital City had made an intelligence error, he really went too far. If he weren’t injured, he probably would have caused an uproar!
When Meng Xinian was mentioned, Jiang Yingqiong showed concern, "Was it Xinian who saved me and Chu Liang this time?"
"How could he be alright? The adversaries were fourteen strong, armed with seven guns, and two of them were wanted felons with many lives on their hands," said Li Hanzhong, feeling a chill reflecting on it. If Meng Xinian hadn’t been the one to go, before breaching the place, who would have been able to withstand these criminals? "He took a bullet to the shoulder, was cut twice, and was bleeding all over the ground, yet still went on to beat up Gao Wei and Fong Jianye, those two bastards."