Chapter Thirty-Six Situation

  "Then, when the assassin comes tonight, hand over Miss Wen!" Wu Renjie heard his father's words and was greatly shocked in his heart. He secretly thought that he had gotten himself into trouble, so he hastily said:

  "Nonsense!" Wu Zongyue glared at Wu Renjie and said, "You think that by handing over Miss Wen to the assassins, they will let us off? Don't we have enough blood on our hands already? Even if those assassins really don't pursue us anymore, what about the people of the Wen family?! What about your sister who is in the Wen family?! You're just going to hand over Miss Wen like that, and you think the people of the Wen family will let us off?! How can you be so old and yet still not have a brain to match?!" Wu Zongyue scolded Wu Renjie angrily.

  "Master, master, Renjie just spoke thoughtlessly, it wasn't intentional, please don't blame him. Think about what to do instead. Renjie, hurry up and apologize to your father!" The second wife hastily pulled Wu Zongyue aside and then quickly gave Wu Renjie a meaningful glance.

  "Sorry, Father, I was wrong!" Wu Renjie wasn't a fool either, knowing that his previous words were thoughtless, and he quickly apologized to Wu Zongyue, feeling like slapping himself at this moment.

  "Alas!" Wu Zongyue let out a deep sigh. "For now, I don't have any good ideas either, we can only take it one step at a time. However, you two need to leave the Wu household immediately. Hmm, I have an ordinary courtyard in a secluded area of town that's not well-known, no one knows about it. You should wear enough silver and first go to Wenxiang Building, find a private room to pretend to eat, change your clothes and disguise yourselves, then go there to hide out for now, we'll talk again after the storm passes..."

  Wu Zongyue pulled out a one-million silver note and two human skin masks from his bosom, handed them to the two men, then looked at Wu Renjie and said: "Take good care of your mother, got it?!"

  Wu Renjie's eyes turned red, but he also knew that he couldn't cry at this time, or else his mother would definitely be even more unbearable. So he held back and didn't shed a tear, nodding instead. The second wife was already pale-faced, but she hadn't reacted yet because things were changing too fast. Wu Zongyue saw this and promptly pressed the second wife's acupoints, making her unable to speak and temporarily unable to make facial expressions. He then pressed her neck, and the second wife immediately fainted.

  "Find a sedan chair and have the servants carry your mother to the Fragrant Building. When the time comes, you'll know what to do." Wu Zongyue said to Wu Renjie.

  "Got it, Dad." Wu Renjie lowered his head, a wave of regret in his heart, hating himself for having brought about this vendetta due to his own personal grievances. If not for his own sake, he believed that the assassins would not have smoothly discovered Wen's departure and thus would not have come to attack the Wu family.

  "Go ahead, take care of your mother and be careful yourself."

  Wu Renjie's body shook and he felt tears about to fall, so he quickly supported his mother and turned around to walk outside.

  Wu Zongyue watched the two leave the yard, remained silent for a while, shook his head somewhat gloomily, and then called some of the guards in to tell them what had happened, instructing them not to come to the Wu residence for the next couple of days.

  "But, sir, these are just your guesses, and besides, can't we still find reinforcements? The other families in Qing Shui Town, as well as the town's official, Zhang Da Ren, will surely come to our aid when the time comes." One of the squad leaders with some prestige said this. This guard captain had a thick beard and a sturdy build, and was one of the earliest followers of Wu Zong Yue. He felt extremely grateful towards the Wu family.

  Those few families are just wall grass, if they seek help, they will definitely ask questions, and if they know that someone is coming here to find trouble because of wanting to confront the Wen family, then they will not participate in it. Choosing to be wise and safe is the best way out. As for Zhang Daren from the town government office, although he is a good person and has some dealings with our Wu family on ordinary days, unfortunately, he is exactly the kind of person who is against the Wen family. At this time, not coming to kick us when we are down is already giving me, Wu Zongyue, face, how can he lend a helping hand?

  "Even so, can't the master of the house just watch Wu's family decline like this?" Another guard asked reluctantly.

  "Hehe, it's not that there's no way out. As long as we can hold on for a few more days until the skilled fighters from the Wen family return, everything will be fine. At that time, my Wu family will have done a great service in protecting Miss Wen, and they will naturally give us some compensation. However, this matter still needs to be carefully considered. To protect Miss Wen well, it's not just a matter of being extremely cautious. The enemy is too strong. Hmm, if necessary, we may need to hide Miss Wen away. If we're lucky enough to evade the assassins' search, then everything will be fine. But that's up to fate. This matter isn't something that can be accomplished with just a large number of people. For skilled fighters, having more people is useless. So, for the next few days, don't come to the Wu residence. Stay hidden at home and avoid going out or drawing attention to yourselves. If, after three days, the Wu family is still here, you can return. But if the Wu family is no longer here, you'll need to find a new master. I believe that with your martial arts skills, it shouldn't be too difficult." Wu Zongyue smiled as he looked at these guards and instructed them.

  "But what about the homeowner? How did you..."

  Wu Zongyue saw the guards wanting to say something else, so he waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to say anything more. "I naturally have my own way, remember my words, this is not something that can be controlled by having more people, you don't need to worry about it, three days later, if the Wu family is still here, you can come back then, now, go!"

  The guards saw the master's persistence, looked around, exchanged glances with each other for a while, and finally reluctantly saluted Wu Zongyue before dragging their feet out.

  "Ah~!" Wu Zongyue slowly let out a breath, then sat down in his seat and stared blankly for a while, muttering to himself a few times, but his voice was too low, no one knew what he was saying, probably only Wu Zongyue himself understood.

  After a while, Wu Zongyue suddenly stood up, looked at the sun outside the window, and said, "I, Wu Zongyue, have seen everything in this life, encountered all kinds of things. What's the difference if there are more hardships? In the end, I still managed to build this family business with my own hands. Although it may not be worth much to some people, or even a joke, but it was all built by me with my sword. Now that it has come to this point, wanting to easily destroy it? Hmph! It's not that easy!" Wu Zongyue's eyes were wide with anger at this time, and the fire in his heart had also risen, so he made up his mind to fight to the death.

  ……

  "Hmm, and there's another little guy who needs to be taken care of. Miss Wen seems to be with him too... Sigh, I'll go find him myself." Wu Zongyue calmed down a bit after that, thought of Wu Yeru, and then headed towards his residence.

  Wu Ye Yu was currently practicing the last few moves of "Basic Muscle Mastery" with Wen Xue Yue, who had just finished taking a bath. Since it was the last few moves, the difficulty didn't need to be said, and could only be described as perverted. Their heads were already twisted back so far that they seemed to be looking at their own backsides, and still hadn't relaxed - if ordinary people did this, they would have long since snapped their spines in two. It was only because the two of them had practiced a special technique that their bones could be so flexible.

  At this time, Wu Ye Yu was practicing, and Wen Xue Yue was assisting on the side. Suddenly, a little loli hugged Wu Ye Yu's head and twisted it backwards with all her might. Those who didn't know would think that the two had some deep grudge or feud that had reached an irreconcilable point. After all, the scene before them was quite frightening. Then, there was a "crack" sound, followed by Wu Ye Yu's pained cry. His head seemed to have been twisted around in a circle, and his body went limp as he fell to the ground.

  "Ah! Finally turned around! Wu Ye Yu, you're so stupid, it took you this long to master this move, I can turn around with just a flick of my neck!" Little Loli said disdainfully to Wu Ye Yu who was lying on the ground.

  Only to see Wu Yeran's body, his two hands suddenly lifted up and supported the ground, and with a burst of strength, he bounced back up. Then, with another burst of strength, he twisted his neck around in a circle before snapping it back into place, the whole process displaying an unnatural elasticity, as if there were no bones inside his neck at all.

  "You still have the nerve to say that, I told you to use a bit more force, but you just wouldn't listen. If you had done it like that earlier, I would have finished already. Hmm, you must be doing it on purpose, right? I knew it, Xiyue, you don't want me to finish before you do, huh? Hehe, I've got you figured out~" Wu Yeyu said with a look of sudden realization.

  "Cut! Only you could come up with such a reason, are they afraid of really twisting your neck?!" Wen Xiyue retorted strongly, her pretty face slightly red, but it wasn't easily noticeable due to the dim lighting.

  "Really!?" Wu Yeyu circled Wen Xueyue twice, trying to find a weakness, but the little loli didn't budge at all. In the end, she chose to give up, "Hmph! This time I'll let it slide, but next time if I catch you again, watch out for your butt!"

  "Huh? Wu Zongyue has actually come to find me, hmm, Xiyue, I need to go up for a bit now, you stay here and don't move around, got it? Those assassins from daytime may not dare to cause trouble at the Wu residence openly, but no one can guarantee anything, so just bear with it for these few days, did you hear me?" Wu Yeru glanced at the task map in her hand, saw that the largest green light point, which was Wu Zongyue, was actually walking towards her own courtyard and was almost there, and said to Wen Xiyue.

  "Got it! Go ahead, Brother Ye Yu, I'll listen."

  "Good boy/girl"

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