Ke Muning's grip on her arm suddenly tightened.
Then he couldn't help but curse.
While everyone was wondering whether his cursing was out of happiness or displeasure... Ke Muning pinched Xiao Ya's cheek and gave her a fierce kiss.
Well, that cleared up any doubts.
"Listen to her," Ke Muning said to his subordinates.
The subordinate looked up at Xiao Ya dazedly, released the servant's tongue and pulled him up from the ground: "So I'll go see Mr. Jefferson now?"
"Go ahead."
The subordinate couldn't help but glance at Xiao Ya again. The little one spoke... quite sweetly.
The key was, no one had ever spoken to Mr. Ke Muning like that before.
After looking several more times, the subordinate finally walked away with the servant in tow.
"She..." Ke Muning then turned to Xing Siyun, "Who is she?"
Xing Siyun quickly pointed to herself, then to Xiao Ya: "Me, I'm her person! We're on the same side!"
Ke Muning glanced at Xiao Ya's expression, and seeing that she didn't object, he tacitly agreed.
"She won't be staying with you," Ke Muning said coldly.
Xing Siyun nodded repeatedly: "Understood, understood. I'll just tell him that Mr. Jefferson has arranged a separate room for Xiao Ya."
"Mm."
Seeing that they were about to leave, Xing Siyun hurriedly asked: "That recording..."
"I'll let you know when and to whom it should be played," Xiao Ya said, resting her chin on Ke Muning's shoulder.
"Alright, alright."
The man's figure carrying Xiao Ya soon disappeared into the distance. Xing Siyun touched her neck and realized she had broken out in a cold sweat.
That man was terrifying!
And yet, such a man had told his subordinates to listen to Xiao Ya.
Meanwhile, Wei Lin waited for a long time but the servant never came to report.
Had he overthought things? Did the little girl not have any schemes after all? It made sense - at her age, being able to adapt to the environment was already quite impressive. How could she have time to concoct any plots?
Just as he was thinking this...
Mr. Jefferson suddenly walked over.
Wei Lin immediately put on a polite smile: "Sir..."
Wei Lin couldn't even finish his sentence.
Jefferson spoke first: "I heard your godfather hasn't been managing affairs for a long time."
"Yes, he's ill."
"So no one's been teaching you. You're even trying to buy people from my side."
Wei Lin's expression immediately changed.
The servant hadn't come to find him, not because nothing had happened... but because Jefferson had caught him red-handed!
"Mr. Jefferson, I wasn't trying to buy him to spy on you. I was just concerned about the little one at home..."
Jefferson interrupted him: "Since you're so worried, why don't I take care of her for you?"
Wei Lin couldn't keep face, but could only squeeze out a "Thank you for your trouble."
This banquet had been extremely vexing for Wei Lin, and he no longer had the mood to schmooze. When they returned, Xing Siyun told him: "Mr. Jefferson has arranged a separate room for Xiao Ya."
Hearing this, Wei Lin didn't doubt it at all.
He just looked even more displeased, muttering under his breath: "Is this a warning to me?"
The next day.
The guests were all preparing to leave the mountain. Wei Lin, preoccupied with trying to salvage things with Jefferson, let Xiao Ya and Xing Siyun leave first.
The car hadn't gone far from the mountain when Xiao Ya said: "Stop for a moment."
The driver asked: "What's wrong?" But he didn't stop as requested.
They were all Wei Lin's subordinates, so of course they followed Wei Lin's orders more closely.
Xiao Ya asked: "Why isn't Uncle Wei Lin with us?"
"The boss said earlier that he had something to do."
"Oh, I'm worried about him. I heard he offended Mr. Jefferson."
The driver was taken aback, but still said: "That's not something you need to concern yourself with."
Xiao Ya didn't get angry upon hearing this, she just wrinkled her nose: "I'm very worried about him."
Then, she called the bodyguards her uncle had assigned to her.
Those bodyguards were in the car behind them.
She roughly described her concerns to them, then expressed her hope that they would go back to protect Wei Lin for her.
The bodyguards on the other end were also surprised.
Protect Wei Lin?
Wei Lin and their young master didn't get along at all! Wait... this wasn't about protection at all. Clearly, the young miss wanted them to keep an eye on whether Wei Lin was up to anything else...
This was a very reasonable excuse!
"Alright, young miss. Don't worry, we'll protect him," they said resolutely.
Xiao Ya responded with an "Mm."
The driver saw them turning back in the rearview mirror and couldn't help saying: "The boss doesn't need their protection."
Xiao Ya asked: "Why not?"
The driver was puzzled, thinking that this behavior made it seem like their boss had some kind of scheme!
There was no reason why!
He just had something to take care of!
This young miss was really troublesome...
Just as the driver's thoughts reached this point.
"Bang!"
A tire was shot out.
The driver sharply turned the steering wheel, but the car sank into a muddy ditch by the roadside and stopped moving.
The driver shouted: "Quick, call those people back!"
Xiao Ya took out her phone and said: "There's no signal."
The driver's heart tightened: "We're under attack... The other side was prepared, they even brought signal jammers!"
Xing Siyun was also scared pale: "What do we do, Xiao Ya? What do we do?"
She didn't know why, but at this moment she could only instinctively seek help from a child.
"Bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
Several white spots quickly appeared on the windows.
The glass was bulletproof, made in Hua Country, but the driver didn't look relieved at all.
".50 BMG bullets," the driver's voice trembled, "This stuff can penetrate armored vehicles. Get down... Get down! Quick!"
The bodyguard in the passenger seat also shouted: "They have snipers!"
As soon as he finished speaking.
The glass shattered.
It was like a knife slicing through a watermelon with a "splat."
Everything happened too fast, and it came very cleanly and swiftly.
The driver and bodyguard both fell.
Shot in the head, it was like a ladle of blood spraying up into the air. Xing Siyun screamed and closed her eyes.
We're going to die... We're going to die!
This was the life of the Wei family!
Beyond the perfume and glamour of the top social circles, there were more dark guns and fresh blood.
She regretted it... She really regretted it so much!
Xing Siyun hugged her head, shaking violently.
But what followed wasn't more gunshots.
It was a phone ringing...
Xiao Ya's phone rang.
Xing Siyun painfully opened her eyelids, carefully looking towards Xiao Ya.
She saw her answer the phone, her long eyelashes trembling lightly, with a drop of blood hanging from them.
"Hello," Xiao Ya said in English to the person on the other end.
The person on the other end asked: "Eyes closed tight?"
"Closed tight," Xiao Ya responded.
"Then keep them closed."
"Mm."
"X-Xiao Ya? There's... signal now? We should, we should call the police!" Xing Siyun forced out the words.
"We need to wait a moment," Xiao Ya said softly.
Xing Siyun asked shakily: "W-wait for what?"
In the forest, someone strode down, tossing the sniper rifle to a subordinate at his side.
He came to the car, opened the door, and lifted Xiao Ya out.
Xing Siyun didn't dare to look closely, quickly copying Xiao Ya by squeezing her eyes shut, and shouted: "I didn't see anything! Please spare me!"
"Bye-bye, someone will come pick you up to take you back. Wait for my call." That was Xiao Ya's soft voice.
W-what?
Xing Siyun had thought Xiao Ya would be strangled to death the moment she was picked up...
She really wanted to see what was going on, but didn't dare open her eyes.
She only heard the foreign man's voice: "You trust me this much? You really are crazy."
The man's words sounded like a rebuke, but his tone seemed pleased.
It's, it's him!
