Chapter 5: Don't mistake the big bad wolf for a little rabbit 1
He and I quickly ran to Wen Jinliang and Shen Xiangxuan. They were squeezed into a corner by the frightened and agitated crowd. Amid the flashing swords and shadows, He took out the short knife in his arms and fiercely dealt with a man in black who attacked them.
"Are you okay?" I asked, grabbing their shoulders.
Shen Xiangxuan looked pale, and stared at me in shock, unable to speak for a long time. Wen Jinliang's expression and reaction were very calm. He looked at me calmly and said, "We are all fine."
"Guards! Guards!" Several people from the Shen family in the distance were desperately shouting for guards.
"I hope Grandpa is okay..." Shen Xiangxuan looked worriedly at Mr. Shen who was protected by a group of guards in the distance, and was sure that these killers were here to kill her grandfather.
"Don't worry, their target is not Grandpa Shen, but me." Wen Jinliang looked at the men in black who were constantly rushing towards him, his expression so calm that there was hardly a ripple.
When Shen Xiangxuan heard him say that, her expression immediately became anxious: "What should we do? The guards are all with grandpa!"
"Don't worry. We have He and Xiaoqi here, nothing will happen." Wen Jinliang gave Shen Xiangxuan a reassuring look.
Shen Xiangxuan looked at me and He who had already dealt with five or six people nearby, and her expression relaxed all of a sudden: "Yes... We have Mr. He and Xiao Qi here, there's really nothing to worry about..." She was very clear about He's and my strength.
I saw that Wen Jinliang and Shen Xiangxuan were no longer panicking, so I prepared to help He deal with the men in black. But as soon as I took a step, my hands and feet suddenly became weak, and I fell to the ground. I wanted to stand up immediately, but found that I couldn't use any strength.
What's going on? I was horrified by my current situation, and my face suddenly turned ugly.
"Xiao Qi, what's wrong with you?" Wen Jinliang and Shen Xiangxuan both noticed that something was wrong with me. They hurriedly walked over to my side, squatted down and asked.
"My body...can't move." I looked at the two of them stiffly and found it difficult to even speak.
"What's going on?" Shen Xiangxuan looked at me with eyes wide open, and stretched out her hand to help me up. "Xiao Qi, are you feeling unwell? Come, let me help you up first. Anyway, Mr. He is here, so nothing will happen."
"Don't worry about me...you guys...go!" I saw a man in black break through He's defense and rush towards the three of us. He raised his sharp long knife and prepared to stab Wen Jinliang who was beside me.
don't want!
I was screaming like crazy in my heart, but I couldn't move my body no matter what. I could only watch the knife fly down to Wen Jinliang's chest quickly. At that moment, I felt that the world had become dark.
"Be careful! Ah——"
At that moment, Shen Xiangxuan pushed the dazed Wen Jinliang away and blocked the knife from the man in black. Blood immediately flowed from her arm and her face turned pale.
"Xiangxuan, are you okay?" Wen Jinliang calmly helped Shen Xiangxuan up and asked worriedly.
"I, I'm fine... I'm so glad you're okay..." Shen Xiangxuan smiled despite the severe pain in her arm. She looked at Wen Jinliang and said softly, "Jinliang, I like you... I like you the most."
This sudden confession stunned both Wen Jinliang and I. Time seemed to stop and no one spoke.
"An eyesore." He snorted coldly and quickly dealt with the man in black who attacked us.
His arrival broke the tense atmosphere between the three of us. He quickly carried me on his shoulders and said to Wen Jinliang, "Why are you still standing there like an idiot? Why don't you take Shen Xiangxuan to heal her injuries?"
Wen Jinliang seemed to wake up from his dream. He helped Shen Xiangxuan up and said, "I'll take you to the hospital for treatment first. We can talk about other things later."
Shen Xiangxuan nodded with a bad look on her face, biting her lips, looking a little unwilling. The confession just now was so easily fooled...
He carried me to a special lounge, where several guests who were injured in the commotion were already standing. The Shen family was directing the doctors to perform first aid in an orderly manner.
"You can't speak now, right?" He put me on a chair aside, looked down at me and asked.
I nodded to Crane, my voice now completely gone.
"Doctor, she's seriously injured. Come quickly." Wen Jinliang supported the shaky Shen Xiangxuan and walked into the lounge. When several members of the Shen family saw this, their faces turned pale and they kept shouting, "What are you doctors doing standing there? Go and treat the young lady! Hurry up!" After that, a group of people walked up to Wen Jinliang and hurriedly took over Shen Xiangxuan.
When He saw Wen Jinliang, he gestured to me to stay where I was, then walked towards him.
But even if he asked me to move, I couldn't...
He and Wen Jinliang exchanged a few words before going outside to talk. Normally, I could hear their discussion outside the door clearly, but now, for some unknown reason, I have lost my sensitive hearing and can only hear the volume at a normal decibel.
Inside the room, the Shen family members nervously gathered around Shen Xiangxuan, urging the doctor to treat the patient carefully, making the young doctor sweat profusely.
After more than ten minutes, Shen Xiangxuan's pale face gradually regained color, and his injured arm was treated and the bleeding stopped.
"How's the situation in the hall?"
"The situation in the hall has been dealt with almost completely. Those guys have all been captured by the guards. Thanks to Mr. He from the Wen family for taking timely action, otherwise it would have been difficult for our guards to capture all of them..."
"How are the guests? Are they hurt in any way?"
"Except for a few guests who were slightly injured, everyone else is fine. The guests' emotions have basically stabilized now. Miss, you don't have to worry..."
"Then grandpa and mom and dad..."
"Don't worry, Miss. The master, the young master and the young mistress are all fine...it's just that the master got very angry about this sudden situation..."
Shen Xiangxuan was sitting not far away. She looked much better than before. She was looking up and asking the housekeeper about the situation. Hearing their conversation, I felt relieved. In short, the best outcome was that no one was killed.
"Xiao Xuan!" An elderly man rushed in from the door and walked quickly to Shen Xiangxuan's side. I looked closely and found that it was Shen Xiangxuan's grandfather, the protagonist of this banquet - Mr. Shen.
"Grandpa, I'm so glad to see that you're okay..." Shen Xiangxuan breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Grandpa Shen walking briskly.
"Grandpa is fine...but what happened to you?" When Mr. Shen saw the gauze wrapped around Shen Xiangxuan's arm, his face changed. He angrily scolded the guards who followed him in, "What's wrong with you guys? How can you protect the young lady?"
The guards were scolded so hard that they dared not breathe. No one spoke with their heads down, and their bodies were shaking slightly.
Mr. Shen seemed to have a bad temper and was quite ruthless when he scolded the guards. It seemed that he was completely different from the gentle Shen Xiangxuan.
"Grandpa, don't blame them... The situation was urgent and they were all concerned about you. Besides, I'm fine now, so don't blame them anymore!" Shen Xiangxuan pulled Mr. Shen's sleeve and pleaded for the innocent guards.
When Mr. Shen heard what Shen Xiangxuan said, his face looked a little better. He asked the housekeeper beside Shen Xiangxuan: "Who was beside the young lady at that time?"
"It's the young master of the Wen family and his bodyguards." The butler replied in a low voice.
"Oh, is it Jinliang?" Mr. Shen's expression eased a little after hearing Wen Jinliang's name. He squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then asked, "Is the bodyguard Mr. He?"
"Yes, there is another girl who seems to be Young Master Wen's personal bodyguard." The butler continued to answer.
"Girls?" Mr. Shen was stunned, as if he had never expected that there would be girls among his bodyguards.
"It's Xiao Qi." Shen Xiangxuan looked at Mr. Shen with a smile and introduced me to him. "Although Xiao Qi is a girl, she is very powerful! She once even fought Mr. He to a draw! Grandpa, don't underestimate her."
When Mr. Shen heard what Shen Xiangxuan said, he unconsciously showed an approving expression: "She is really an amazing girl to be able to tie with Mr. He!"
As soon as Mr. Shen finished speaking, the butler beside him raised his doubts: "If Miss Xiaoqi is really that powerful, why did you get injured? I remember she was always by your side at that time."
I heard them turn the topic to me, and my heart skipped a beat. I don't know why, but I suddenly had a bad feeling.
Shen Xiangxuan showed an embarrassment: "Xiao Qi seemed to be unwell at the time, she said she couldn't move..."
"Why are you feeling unwell?" The butler looked questioning.
"I don't know about this either. It's probably just a sudden physical discomfort. But I happened to hear Jin Liang say before that Xiao Qi was not in good health. Jin Liang even let Xiao Qi rest for a period of time, but it seems that he still hasn't fully recovered..." Shen Xiangxuan blinked and showed a puzzled expression.
"How can such a person be Master Wen's bodyguard? Next time he is unwell, he won't be so lucky!"
Suddenly, a dissatisfied hum came from the crowd. I turned around and saw a familiar member of the Wen family. With his voice, the guests who had been silent at the side seemed to have turned their attention to me, and openly said bad things about me. Some of the Wen family members even mocked me and Mr. He without any hesitation.
"Please don't say that. Everyone feels uncomfortable sometimes! Xiaoqi is just not feeling well. It's not a serious matter... Please don't blame her like this anymore." Shen Xiangxuan saw that everyone was blaming me and immediately stood up to speak for me.
Shen Xiangxuan's voice was not loud, but the group of guests who were talking stopped talking out of respect. The discussions and insults stopped instantly.
Shen Xiangxuan looked at me and smiled: "Xiao Qi, don't take their words to heart, they are just talking casually."
I looked at Shen Xiangxuan, who was smiling gently nearby, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Why did she keep emphasizing that I was in poor health? Besides, I didn't have any so-called "poor health" at all.
"If you're not in good health, don't be a bodyguard!"
"That's right, why would you be a bodyguard if you are in such poor health?"
Two members of the Wen family suddenly came up to me and started to scold me. I remember that they seemed to be Wen Jinliang's collateral brothers, and they were two very annoying guys.
"Since you are good-looking, if you beg me, I can let you stay in the Wen family as a maid." The older brother looked at me with an obscene smile.
I looked at the two brothers with disgust. If I hadn't been so weak, I would have really wanted to beat them up. Especially the older brother, his eyes were so disgusting. The younger brother came over directly and stretched out his hand to touch my face. I was so scared that my scalp went numb.
"Don't touch my men with your dirty hands." As the familiar voice sounded, his brother's arm was firmly grasped, and He looked at him with a cold face.
Wen Jinliang stood beside He, looking at his brother with extremely cold eyes, and his voice was without a trace of warmth: "He, break his hand and let him know what the consequences are of having thoughts that he shouldn't have."
Following Wen Jinliang's cold command, a crisp snapping sound rang out in the quiet lounge. The younger brother held his hands and screamed and stepped back, but the older brother was frightened by this scene and fell to the ground.
Wen Jinliang ignored everyone's horrified expressions and came to my side. He asked gently, "Do you feel better?"
Although I wasn't as frightened as everyone else, I was quite surprised by Wen Jinliang's reaction just now. This was the first time I saw Wen Jinliang's undisguised ferocity.
"You can't speak now, right?" Wen Jinliang reached out and touched my forehead, and said in a low voice, "It's a little cold. It looks like it will take some time for the effect of the medicine to wear off..."
Efficacy? What does Wen Jinliang mean by this ? I looked at Wen Jinliang in confusion.
"Jinliang, let me take Xiaoqi back first before things get worse." He suddenly picked me up.
What do you mean? What do you mean by bad things? Also, don't carry me, this angle is uncomfortable. Unfortunately, my silent protest was useless.
"Okay, you guys go back first." Wen Jinliang nodded to He.
After getting the answer, He carried me and prepared to leave the lounge. The butler who questioned at the beginning suddenly stood up and stopped Mr. He: "You can't take Miss Xiaoqi away now!"
"Give me a reason why not." He said with a cold expression.
"I suspect that she deliberately released a killer to harm my eldest daughter. This person might be a traitor sent by the killer!" The butler said something that made my hair stand on end with a serious face.
"There is no evidence at all. Why should I believe you? Get out of my way!" He still maintained a calm tone and was not affected by the housekeeper's words at all.
Looking at He's expression, my originally somewhat worried mood gradually calmed down. Fortunately, He still believed me more. So what about Wen Jinliang?
I lay on He's shoulder and looked up at Wen Jinliang. He looked at me with a gentle smile, his lips moved slightly, and he said silently, "I believe you."
Suddenly, my nose felt sore and my eyes became hot. At that moment, all the anxiety and fear in my heart disappeared, just because of his words "I believe in you".
Wen Jinliang walked up to the housekeeper and said calmly, "Do you have evidence? I only believe in solid evidence. Either show me the evidence or let her go."
"What if we can produce evidence?" The butler looked at Wen Jinliang fearlessly, with a confident look on his face.
"Then I'll hand her over to you and let you deal with her as you please." Wen Jinliang's voice turned cold.
"Are you serious about what you said?" Shen Xiangxuan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke. She slowly approached us with a sweet smile, staring at Wen Jinliang without blinking.
"Of course I'm serious." Wen Jinliang looked into Shen Xiangxuan's smiling eyes and said calmly.
After getting Wen Jinliang's assurance, Shen Xiangxuan's smile became brighter. She walked slowly in front of me and looked at me coldly: "Xiao Qi, I never knew that you never liked me."
I stared at Shen Xiangxuan in a daze, even though what she said was not wrong. At first, I didn't like her, but later I really regarded her as a good friend.
"Ever since I confessed my feelings for Jin Liang to you, you started targeting me. You deliberately brought that group of , right? Every time you pretend to be a hero to protect me, you use this method to show your good side in front of Jin Liang. You are so despicable." Shen Xiangxuan spoke in a sad tone, and her words immediately attracted a group of people's dissatisfied gazes at me.
But I looked at Shen Xiangxuan in confusion.
How could I have found that group of girls? I saved you only because you are my friend, not for Wen Jinliang! However, I couldn't say anything at this moment, and could only stare at her blankly.
"And I have already investigated clearly. You are actually a mole sent by that group of killers. You obeyed the orders of your master behind you to win Wen Jinliang's heart and make him fall in love with you. But my appearance ruined your plan, so you had to find a way to get rid of me." Shen Xiangxuan became more and more excited as she spoke, as if every word she said was a fact that she had seen with her own eyes.
My heart suddenly tensed up because of Shen Xiangxuan's words. Of course, my nervousness was not because of her false words, but because I was indeed sent to Wen Jinliang by someone else. But my mission was just to protect him, nothing else. If Wen Jinliang listened to her words and investigated me, he would soon find out the relationship between me and my master, which made me a little scared. Because what Wen Jinliang hates most is being deceived by others.
After hearing this, He sneered without giving any face: "You said Xiao Qi came to win Jin Liang's heart. This joke is really funny."
Wen Jinliang probably didn't expect to hear Shen Xiangxuan say such an outrageous thing. He was stunned for a moment before teasing, "Xiangxuan, it's such a pity that you don't write a book..."
Shen Xiangxuan was a little angry at He and Wen Jinliang's reactions. She said to the housekeeper, "Housekeeper, go and bring those people up to me! Don't they want evidence? Then I'll give them evidence!"
After receiving Shen Xiangxuan's order, the butler hurriedly left the lounge. Mr. Shen was also stunned by the sudden change in front of him. He walked to Shen Xiangxuan and asked, "Xiaoxuan, what is going on?"
