Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife-Chapter 1108: The Target Is Her (9)

Logically speaking, there should be no problem.

But her heart was still hanging by a thread, somewhat anxious.

"Young Madam, slow down, watch your step." The Xiao housekeeper followed behind her, alarmed to see her climbing the stairs faster than usual.

At the same time, the voice echoed back into the dining room.

The faces of several members of the Xiao Family showed worry.

The elderly lady sighed.

Xiao Shuju did not know what to do, clutching Little Pudding in her arms tightly.

Xiao Jianming stood up from his chair.

Seeing this, Tang Shaohong said, "Chairman, Young Madam asked you to wait here."

Xiao Jianming swept his gaze across and reached out, pushing Tang Shaohong out of the way.

Tang Shaohong staggered a few steps before steadying himself, his face shocked, as he didn’t expect Xiao Jianming, despite his age, to possess such strength, even greater than that of a young man.

Uncle Tang stopped his son, then watched as Xiao Jianming walked out of the dining room and followed after him.

Having steadied himself, Tang Shaohong naturally hurried to catch up.

Xiao Shuju also wanted to follow, but suddenly the elderly lady said, "You stay here. I’m old and frail, it’s fine, but I’m afraid I can’t protect Qingqing."

Hearing the elder’s words, Xiao Shuju turned her head to meet her grandmother’s cold, emotionless eyes, unable to utter a single word.

Gu Nuan climbed to the top. Holding the handrail, she gazed out, seeing her husband’s room at the end of the corridor closed, looking uneventful. She opened her lips, taking a breath.

Behind her, suddenly the Xiao housekeeper shouted anxiously, "Young Madam, watch out!" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Less than a meter away, two figures suddenly jumped out.

They both held knives, advancing towards Gu Nuan.

At that moment, Gu Nuan’s mind went blank, and she realized she had walked into a trap. The target was her! They knew she would definitely come upstairs!

The Xiao housekeeper stepped in front of her to block the attackers.

Gu Nuan turned and headed back downstairs.

However, her belly was very large, and each step was extremely difficult. Going downstairs was far more dangerous than going up. Because of this, she kept calm in the face of crisis, took two steps down, then retreated and moved back upstairs.

The Xiao housekeeper began grappling with one of them.

The other attacker with a knife charged at Gu Nuan.

Gu Nuan turned around, leaning against the wall, pushing against the incoming knife with her hands.

Xiao Jianming, rushing up the stairs like a mad bull, used his entire body to hit the attacker from behind.

Gu Nuan evaded, the attacker brushed past her, missing with the knife, as his body was slammed against the wall by Xiao Jianming.

"Hurry and leave!" Xiao Jianming shouted at her.

Gu Nuan didn’t stop, maneuvering through the fighting crowd, retreating a few steps to reach a safe area when suddenly a figure approached her from behind.

She paused, about to react, but felt a chill on her neck, something pressing against it.

"Everyone stop." The person pressing the knife against Gu Nuan’s neck said.

Neither the Xiao housekeeper, Xiao Jianming, nor Tang Shaohong and the security guards who had quickly come up the stairs, dared to move.

At the same time, the other two attackers got up from the floor, easily freeing themselves and picking up their weapons.

One of them suddenly kicked Xiao Jianming in the chest with a bent knee.

Xiao Jianming’s face twisted with pain, clutching his chest and falling to his knees.

Uncle Tang and others exclaimed in shock, rushing to support him.

"You never expected this day would come, did you, Xiao Jianming—"

The voice sounded unfamiliar to Gu Nuan, but she felt it must be someone she had seen or encountered before. She lowered her head, looking at the reflection on the floor. The lights on the ceiling clearly outlined the shadow of the person with a limp leg.

Her mind suddenly sparked, a candle igniting as she recalled a name: Cyclops—

This person seemed to have one bad eye, covered with cloth, yet sometimes it wasn’t. In front of Su Yixia, both eyes were uncovered. In fact, Su Yixia couldn’t see what he really looked like.

But one thing was certain, he certainly had a limp leg.

This might be the only evidence Xiao Jianming could use to recognize him.

Xiao Jianming, with Uncle Tang’s help, slowly stood up, and said to him, "Let her go."

"You want me to let her go?" Cyclops laughed incredulously, "You have no grounds to ask me to let her go. You’re senile, Xiao Jianming!"

"I am senile, I really don’t remember who you are."

The other person suddenly became furious: "You say you don’t know who I am! My eye was blinded by you!"

Did his father-in-law really do such a terrible thing? Gu Nuan was a little surprised.

"It wasn’t blinded, was it?" Xiao Jianming said seriously, "I didn’t see your eye being blinded."

"That’s because I was saved later. This leg, pierced by you in its vein, no matter how treated, could never be healed."