The two of them left the restaurant after lunch. A sudden figure at the entrance caught Zhu Jiayin off guard.

Xiao Shuju rushed over like a train, blocking Zhu Jiayin’s path and laughed, "What’s the matter, Jiayin? You don’t even greet your third aunt. I’ve been so good to you before and never failed to buy you food and things."

"Third aunt." Zhu Jiayin said timidly.

"What’s wrong with you, sneaky; you don’t dare to lift your head to speak." Xiao Shuju grabbed the girl’s arm and said, "Come on, tell me where your mother is?"

"She’s at home."

"Great, take me home to see your mom."

Zhu Jiayin stiffened and quickly shook her head, "No, my mom is not at home, nobody’s at home." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Who are you lying to? Who am I to you, tell me!" Xiao Shuju held her tightly.

Zhu Jiayin couldn’t break free, pleading, "I beg you, third aunt, really, my mom is not home, my dad isn’t home either, nobody’s there. It’s useless for you to go."

"I’m your third aunt, your mom’s sister! Can’t I see my own sister?!" Xiao Shuju yelled into Zhu Jiayin’s ear.

Zhu Jiayin trembled all over.

At that moment, a figure stepped out, forcibly inserting itself between Xiao Shuju and Zhu Jiayin, saying, "Let her go."

Xiao Shuju turned her head at the sound, seeing a man wearing sunglasses. He was dressed in all black, resembling a gangster.

"Who are you?" Xiao Shuju asked.

"You don’t need to ask who I am." The man suddenly pulled out a handgun from his coat, pointing it at Xiao Shuju’s forehead.

Xiao Shuju exclaimed in shock.

Zhu Jiayin cried out repeatedly, "Paul, stop! She’s my aunt!"

"Who is he?" Xiao Shuju asked Zhu Jiayin, cold sweat dripping as she stared at the gun barrel.

Zhu Jiayin, shaking, said, "I’ve already asked you to let me go, but you didn’t. He’s my dad’s bodyguard."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Shuju wasn’t afraid but began screaming, "You’re just my brother-in-law’s bodyguard, and you dare point a gun at me! Call your boss Zhu Minxuan out here to apologize to his sister-in-law!"

Paul, wearing sunglasses, noticed more and more people gathering at the shouting, he pushed Xiao Shuju aside, but Xiao Shuju held onto Zhu Jiayin’s hand and wouldn’t let go. So, the man raised the gun and pulled the trigger.

Bang, a gunshot sounded.

Xiao Shuju fell to the ground.

Zhu Jiayin screamed at the top of her lungs.

Ou Yanan, who reported the dispute and notified the police first, heard the gunshot and quickly turned back to run to Xiao Shuju.

Xiao Shuju was shot in the shoulder, the ground covered in blood, but she still shouted, "Don’t let him escape!"

Paul couldn’t evacuate the scene with Zhu Jiayin in time, surrounded by incoming police and squad cars.

The news reached Dabai.

Gu Nuan was genuinely shocked. She hadn’t expected them to be so ruthless, even daring to attack Xiao Shuju in front of Zhu Jiayin. This husband of the fourth child, did he have any feeling left for the Xiao Family?

Dabai suddenly stood up, quickly put on a coat, and grabbed the car keys.

Gu Nuan hugged their two sons and said to him, "Be careful."

Dabai nodded, opened the door, and walked straight out.

The two sons watched their dad’s departing figure, suddenly feeling scared, clinging to their mom’s clothes.

Xiao Shuju was rushed to a local hospital for emergency treatment. Luckily, Ou Yanan was on-site to handle it promptly, and after the bleeding was stopped, Xiao Shuju’s life was no longer in danger.

In the car, after listening to Ou Yanan’s report, Xiao Yebai drove straight to the police station. Zhu Jiayin and Paul, who fired the shot, were taken to the police station.

Paul was involved in a criminal offense and was already held awaiting trial.

Zhu Jiayin sat alone in the police station’s lobby, her head down, silent. The police tried contacting her family.

When Xiao Yebai arrived, he claimed to be her uncle and was granted permission to meet her.

Hearing footsteps, Zhu Jiayin looked up, saw Xiao Yebai, and then instantly lowered her head again.

"Were you expecting your dad to come to pick you up?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jiayin laughed humorlessly, "Ever since my dad had my brother, he doesn’t see me anymore. He doesn’t care whether I’m dead or alive."

"Do you want to meet your dad?"

Zhu Jiayin’s brows furrowed. When she looked up again, she saw that her uncle’s usually carefree image had markedly transformed.