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After that day, the entire Zhi Li upper-class circle had become painfully aware of one thing. Although Commander Chu was already buried on the ground, the Chu family still had not fallen, because Chu Jiao, the nominal fiancée of Governor Yan, had firmly established her ground.

It could be said that Chu Jiao had a ‘fulfilling’ day today. Once she had boarded the car, she immediately fell asleep and leaned her head on Yan Zhan’s shoulder.

Yan Zhan quietly instructed the chauffeur to drive a little slower than usual, carefully leaning back on the seat and loosening the tension in his shoulders and neck. He did his best to allow the young girl to lean into him more so she could be as comfortable as possible.

When they finally arrived at the Chu Residence, Yan Zhan personally carried the girl back to her bedroom and settled her down gently on the soft bed.

He neatly placed the gift he had instructed Adjutant Li to prepare on the bedside cabinet before turning off the lights and leaving.

Soon after he left, the girl on the bed groggily opened her eyes.

She slowly got up and opened the box. Then, she laughed.

This man, even when giving a gift, he was so bland.

After playing with her present for a while, she threw the thing on the bed and walked towards the bathroom.

Feeling sticky and greasy all over, she simply wouldn’t be able to fall asleep unless she took a nice hot bath.

As she bathed, atop the goose-white quilt laid a brand-new Browning M1910.

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Life had finally recovered its needed tranquility once again.

Chu Jiao and Yan Zhan gradually became more intimate with each other.

In routine, every day, the man would go over to her quiet home and knock on the door, in time to have a wonderful breakfast with her. The famous Yan mansion hadn’t found a cook yet was what she was told, yet Chu Jiao’s inner thoughts retaliated, ‘What a liar. If Governor Yan had really spoken up about this trifle matter, all the renowned chefs from all over Zhi Li would break their necks by simply trying to squeeze in and apply for this job.’

However, she didn’t mindlessly expose the secret intentions of a certain someone since this kind of interaction was quite helpful in cultivating a relationship between her and the male lead.

Chu Jiao had forgotten that her original mission only required the acquisition of the male lead’s fluids. But right now, in her heart, she felt that there was nothing wrong with also cultivating their feelings with one another, treating it as though this were part of her mission.

She happily carried around the gift Yan Zhan had given her every day and always stuffed it safely under the pillow as soon as she got home.

Originally, she had thought that it was merely an object for precautions, that there would never come a day for her to use it. However, she had never imagined that an opportunity would arise for her to use it.

On a certain night, while she was sleeping soundly, the system’s ‘beeping’ warning violently rang in her mind.

“Alert: Invader! Alert: Invader!”

Chu Jiao promptly opened her eyes and instinctively reached under her pillow to grab the Browning.

Doing her best to gather all her focus, she attentively listened to any movements amid her dark surroundings.

The elegant moonlight beyond the window shone like pure white silk, while the chirping of insects occasionally resounded everywhere.

Behind the bedroom door, a noise outside the room was so hushed that it was almost silent, but the alert Chu Jiao still caught the faint creaking on the stair’s steps.

Inside the huge Chu residence, the majority of the servants have almost gone, leaving only the old housekeeper and the cooking lady, who both still resided on the first floor.

There were plenty of rooms on the second floor, including Commander Chu’s study, the reception room, bedroom, as well as Chu Jiao’s boudoir, but the only room that was still in use today was the room that Chu Jiao was currently residing in.

The light sound of footsteps from outside gradually drew closer as Chu Jiao silently got up in the dark with vigilant eyes, patiently standing behind the door waiting for the approaching person.

However, what she didn’t expect was that this intruder did not enter her room. Instead, he passed through her bedroom room and entered the room beside it. Chu Jiao was completely stunned. She had assumed that this person was here to pick a flower¹Flower pickers or flower thieves are rapists who enter the houses at night to rape women..

The room next door was the study room of the original owner’s father. Chu Jiao frowned as her thoughts progressed. There was nothing of value that could be found inside there, so what was this late-night intruder plotting to do?

She opened the door gently and tiptoed her bare feet on the cold hard floor.

Inside the dark study, only the hazy light reflected by the full moon could be seen sprinkling through the old window.

Chu Jiao hid by the door, noiselessly peeking inside.

It was a masked man in black, systematically opening drawers on the desk and looking for something.

Chu Jiao slowly raised her gun.

This person had the nerve to break into her home in the middle of the night. If she allowed him to behave so atrociously inside her residence, she wouldn’t be able to have a good night’s sleep in the future.

She was no longer an orphan who was mercilessly bullied, nor was she a weak and defenseless woman.

“Bang!”

The dangerous gunshot startled the birds perched on the branches outside the house, causing them to fly away. It also alarmed Yan Zhan, who had just laid down to rest in the Yan mansion.

He got up immediately, grabbing the pistol on the bedside table, and running out of his mansion.

The gunshot didn’t come from far away.

It came from that direction! The Chu Residence!

For the very first time in his life, Yan Zhen felt immense panic arising in his heart. He also hated the fact that he didn’t shamelessly ask Jiao’er to live with him before! If-If something had happened to the little girl, he could never forgive himself for the rest of his life!

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