Yi Luowa furrowed her brows and looked at Tong Aino, "Fifth Tong, I’ve been frightened like this, can’t you show a little compassion? Dealing with your brother should be your top priority!"
Tong Aino hugged the still-shivering Connie tightly and said to Yi Luowa, "The expression of fear should look more like my wife’s!"
Yi Luowa shook her head helplessly, "Looks like from now on, I’ll just have to stay ho honestly, so as not to scare your precious family mbers."
"There’s no avoiding this. When we were young, many people had their eyes on us..." Tong Aino gently patted Connie’s shoulder, "It’s okay now, don’t be scared anymore. I’ll protect you."
Connie lightly shook her head, "I’m fine... I’m not afraid..."
Tong Aino sighed softly, frightened like this, but still saying she’s fine.
"The most innocent one is Joyina." Yi Luowa glanced at Joyina, who was still rubbing her wrist, "Looks like my bad luck is brewing again. In the future, wherever I am, try not to co. My life is worthless, but you are all noble princesses; don’t let drag you down."
"Sister Luowa, I’m not scared, in fact, I find it quite thrilling." Joyina pouted, "It’s just that Sunny’s grip is too strong, my bones almost got crushed."
Sunny lowered her head, not daring to speak.
Yi Luowa walked over and gently massaged her, "Sunny was just anxious to help. Once things settle down, I’ll go buy you so dicine."
Connie looked at Yi Luowa, "Sister-in-law, stop saying such self-deprecating things in the future. We’re family, there’s no such thing as dragging each other down."
"I’m telling the truth. I couldn’t be certain that person yesterday was coming for , but today’s attacker was definitely targeting . Looks like I’ve been tracked, but this feeling of being watched and not knowing by whom is truly terrible."
Yi Luowa rubbed her forehead as she thought about how she could keep the people around her from being implicated.
Tong Aino’s brows furrowed into a small mountain, "Sister-in-law, don’t overthink. Leave this matter to my brother. It’s probably one of his enemies... With all this fuss, I’ve actually thought up a way to deal with him. When he cos, before he speaks, let’s attack him together. If it weren’t for his many enemies, you wouldn’t have been caught in multiple incidents."
Yi Luowa quickly shook her head, "Don’t bla your brother, it’ll hurt him."
When Tong Airui arrived, the building’s alarm had already been lifted. Seeing Yi Luowa, he didn’t react as everyone expected—exploding in anger. Instead, he just pulled her tightly into his arms and held her for a long ti, not saying a word.
Yi Luowa remained silent, letting him hug her. She knew he was blaming himself, so her small hand gently comforted him by stroking his back again and again, hoping to calm him down.
Tong Airui slowly pushed her away, "Let’s go ho."
Yi Luowa nodded and followed Tong Airui out of Tong Aino’s office.
"Husband..."
"Wife..."
Their voices overlapped in the elevator as they tried to speak but stopped simultaneously.
"You go first."
"No, you go first."
Yi Luowa chuckled, "I just wanted to say I’m fine. Don’t overthink."
"I’m sorry!" Tong Airui hugged her once more and gently kissed her forehead.
"Don’t say such things. We’re husband and wife."
"If it weren’t for , you wouldn’t have been frightened..."
"I have a strong inner fortitude; I genuinely wasn’t scared." Yi Luowa patted his cheek in return, "Besides, I don’t believe the things I’ve been through are because of you. Maybe I’ve offended soone."
Tong Airui’s eye subtly twitched, "It’s not your fault; it’s mine. I’ll tell you more once we’re in the car."
The elevator quickly reached the ground floor. As Tong Airui stepped out, his subordinates swiftly surrounded them, shielding the pair as they exited the building.
Yi Luowa followed Tong Airui into the RV. Sitting down with her in his arms, Tong Airui said in a deep voice, "Dapeng sent word that yesterday’s assassin was likely one of Du Ma’s operatives, a person called ’You.’ This You was never activated while Du Ma was alive, so hardly anyone knows her existence.
Recently, Haotian has seen nurous murders. The victims were all forr subordinates of Du Ma, including those who defected and those who went into hiding. Dapeng uncovered that this You is responsible for all the killings!
Today’s assassin was also one of Du Ma’s operatives. The police extracted poison from her body identical to the toxins found in the palace infiltrators—the cook and the delivery worker.
She and You appeared in Xiawu, one after the other. It’s clear they’re seeking vengeance for Du Ma. They can’t easily get to , so they target those around instead. They’re trying to make suffer!"
Yi Luowa tightly gripped Tong Airui’s hand, "From now on, I’ll be extra careful and won’t give them the chance."
Tong Airui’s frown deepened, "This kind of thing is practically impossible to defend against. The information Dapeng sent says that You is as mysterious as her na suggests—like a ghost. No one has seen her real face or tracked her whereabouts. My only option now is to keep you by my side at all tis."
Yi Luowa blinked, "Husband, there’s one thing I don’t understand. If this You wants to avenge Du Ma, why is she killing her own colleagues?"
"Dapeng explained that she’s eliminating those who lacked loyalty to Du Ma. These individuals defected to new leaders imdiately after Du Ma’s death. As for the ones who went into hiding, they had violated organizational rules—people Du Ma wanted dead but couldn’t track down.
Dapeng even captured one of Du Ma’s followers, an adviser from when Du Ma was alive. That’s how we learned this information. In a few days, this person will be secretly transported to us. I’ll interrogate him thoroughly then."
Yi Luowa nodded but then nervously clutched Tong Airui’s hand, "Husband, if I stay with you, I’ll be safe. But what about our family?"
"Don’t worry, Dad and I will make arrangents." Tong Airui pursed his lips. "I’ll assign people to protect Uncle and his residence too. But Joyina... If sothing happens to her while staying with us, we’ll never be able to explain to the King of Beidi."
"When she gets ho tonight, I’ll try persuading her to return to Beidi temporarily. Once things calm down here, she can co back. But given her personality, I’m afraid my words will fall on deaf ears." Yi Luowa scratched her head, "Husband, the assassin was just a young girl. Do we really need to be this cautious?"
"No matter who it is, we mustn’t underestimate them."
Tong Airui’s nerves were taut whenever it involved his family. Only now did he truly understand his father’s feelings from back then.
At that ti, they were children. Aside from ho and school, they hardly went anywhere else. Even their schooling was akin to a presidential outing—protected by a heavily ard convoy.
Yi Luowa remained silent as she leaned against his chest. Sensing his bad mood, she stayed quietly by his side, hoping to comfort him.
As soon as they arrived ho, Long Che also returned, and the father and son entered the study.
Yi Luowa sat in the living room, ntally reviewing the sequence of events before picking up her phone to call Joyina.
Joyina was on her way back. After listening to Yi Luowa, she imdiately protested, "Sister Luowa, what do you an by this? You look down on ?"
Yi Luowa massaged her forehead—she had anticipated this reaction. "I didn’t an anything like that, I just don’t want you to get hurt."
"I’m tough! I’m afraid of nothing!" Joyina huffed, "I’m mad now. I don’t want to talk to you. I’m hanging up!"
The line went dead, and Yi Luowa sighed, clutching the phone and debating whether to call Uncle and Huo Li next.
As she hesitated, Lady Jing Ya and Prince Charles entered from outside. Yi Luowa quickly placed down the phone and stood up, "Grandfather, Grandmother, you’re back."
Lady Jing Ya smiled warmly, "We’re back. We just went to check on Kaikai’s new place to see if there’s anything missing."
Yi Luowa’s mind buzzed—she had completely forgotten about Old Seven and Shanshan. If their ho was being targeted, their post-marriage residency here could also be dangerous! Not to ntion her great-uncle, who would accompany Old Seven...
Afraid her grandmother might notice her unease, Yi Luowa quickly reined in her wandering thoughts and smiled, "Was anything missing? I’ll go buy whatever’s needed."
"Kaikai’s place is all set, but your great-uncle’s curtains— I think the color doesn’t look right, and your great-aunt probably won’t like it."
"Then let’s wait for her to arrive, and we’ll accompany her to choose them together." Yi Luowa hurriedly suggested with a smile, worried Jing Ya might insist they go shopping imdiately.
Lady Jing Ya thought for a mont and nodded with a smile, "That makes sense. If we buy now and she’s displeased... By the way, Luowa, I spotted your father’s and Rui’er’s cars. Where are they?"
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