The front hall of the main courtyard of the Gu family's old house.
Mr. Gu was determined to keep Qiao Yuxian, so he played this game one after another.
When the old man was in the hospital, Qiao Yuxian often played chess with him, and she got to know him quite well.
Therefore, every game of chess played by Qiao Yuxian, whether he lost or won, was very skillful and always made the old man happy.
It wasn't until eleven o'clock that the old man said he was tired and wanted to go to bed.
"Then let's fight again next time?" The old man's eyes were filled with anticipation.
Qiao Yuxian smiled obediently and said, "Okay. Grandpa, if you want, I will come to accompany you at any time."
"That's it." The old man's eyes flickered from the safety buckle on her wrist, "Let them take you back to the east courtyard."
"I know the way, just go back by yourself." Qiao Yuxian said.
"Let them send you off," the old man insisted. "The lights in the yard are a little dim, so let them accompany you so that you won't be afraid."
Qiao Yuxian nodded and responded obediently, but said in her heart: Are you afraid that I will run away?
Mr. Gu looked at the people standing at the door: "You accompany Yu Xian there."
"Yes." The person at the door responded.
Leaving the front hall, Qiao Yuxian walked to the east courtyard. He said to the people around him: "Go and have a rest. I can go there by myself."
"It's okay. Please come this way."
All the people in the old house are men. The cooks, cleaners, bodyguards and drivers are all men.
The person leading the way for Qiao Yuxian looked to be about thirty years old, tall and steady in his steps.
He should be the bodyguard of the old house.
"Be careful," the man said, "the road is a little uneven."
"Thank you." Qiao Yuxian followed him.
The man kept his body slightly sideways and kept a suitable distance from her: "The lighting is a bit dark and the road is gravel. You will get used to it after you come here a few times."
"Yeah." Qiao Yuxian responded.
The two walked some distance, and the man said again: "Miss Qiao, there is a rockery pool here, and the scenery is very good at night. There is a cement road over there, which is relatively smooth."
Qiao Yuxian glanced at him.
The man smiled and said: "I see that you are wearing high heels and it is inconvenient to walk on the gravel road."
Qiao Yuxian blinked her eyelashes lightly and said, "I'll trouble you then."
"You're welcome." The man made an inviting gesture, "This way."
Qiao Yuxian followed him.
The rockery is surrounded by willow trees. Walking here at night feels like walking in a remote small garden.
But the scenery is really good and there are many night lights.
Not only is the road surface smoother, but the light is also brighter.
Under the rockery is a pool. With the help of a night light, you can see the water flowing from the rockery.
Listening to the sound of gurgling water at night is another kind of fun.
Qiao Yuxian tilted her head slightly and looked at the rockery, walking slowly.
When she was almost in the middle of the rockery, the man in front suddenly turned around and reached out to strangle her neck.
It happened suddenly and very quickly.
Qiao Yuxian raised her eyes to look at him, raised her hand to hold his wrist accurately, and pulled hard.
The man was pulled forward and staggered a step forward, and his sinister expression instantly turned to panic.
As he staggered forward, Qiao Yuxian raised her leg and kicked him in the leg. The heel stabbed him so hard that the man instantly knelt on one knee in pain.
At this moment, seven or eight men in black appeared around.
Qiao Yuxian held the man's wrist and used force to remove his wrist.
Then he threw his arm away like trash.
She lightly dusted her skirt, looked at the eight people around her, and said quietly: "Whose person?"
No one spoke.
Qiao Yuxian chuckled softly, but his eyes were like sharp knives: "I can't do it in the Gu family's old house because my enemies chase me here, right?"
Her words were already very obvious.
They were from the Gu family, and they came to her because of Gu Yanjing.
Still no one said anything, so they took action directly.
One against eight, Qiao Yuxian could handle them with ease.
She blocked the attacking arm, and quickly struck the opponent's neck with a knife with strong wind. Then she punched the person next to her on the arm, and hit the person with her elbow on the face.
Taking advantage of the gap, Qiao Yuxian grabbed the wicker on the side, broke off the wicker, and held it in his hand.
She was wearing a skirt and didn't dare to raise her legs. She could only attack at close range, which was a bit restrictive.
Holding the wicker in his hand, he prepared to deal with them quickly.
As she stepped forward, there were rapid footsteps behind her, and then, a figure appeared beside her.
Kicked out the person in front of her.
The force was so great that the person who was kicked flew out sideways and knocked down another person.
Qiao Yuxian turned her head and looked at the people around her.
Gu Yanjing looked at her with cold eyes, looking her up and down.
Shang Chen went to deal with the remaining people.
Qiao Yuxian and Gu Yanjing looked at each other for two seconds, threw away the wicker in their hands, and ran to him, looking as if they were in shock: "Fortunately, you arrived in time, you scared me to death."
Gu Yanjing looked at more than half of the people she had teased to the ground: "."
"Fortunately, I have learned self-defense skills." Qiao Yuxian said with lingering fear, "It was only because of my vigorous counterattack that I was not attacked."
Gu Yanjing looked at her.
Qiao Yuxian pointed at the man who was leading him and complained: "It's him, he wants to strangle me. If I had been slower to hide, I would have died now."
Gu Yanjing glanced at her slender neck and then at the sleeves of her skirt that were blown by the wind.
He looked away, paused, took off his suit jacket, and put it on Qiao Yuxian.
A heavy weight hit his body. Qiao Yuxian was startled for a moment and looked at Gu Yanjing: "I'm okay, I'm not cold."
"Wear." Gu Yanjing dropped two words.
"Oh." Qiao Yuxian clasped her clothes with her hands, feeling like she was surrounded by a cool fragrance. She smiled and said, "Thank you."
Gu Yanjing looked forward without saying anything.
Shang Chen knocked them all down, stood among them, kicked them one by one, and found a person in a better situation to ask: "Who instigated this?"
The person being asked did not speak.
Shang Chen didn't get an answer, so he took the dagger from his waist, pulled it out, and stabbed it directly into his shoulder.
Qiao Yuxian watched the sharp dagger reflect in the night light, and watched the dagger fall, but she didn't see where it penetrated.
Because the eyes were covered.
When her vision went dark, Qiao Yuxian subconsciously grabbed Gu Yanjing's hand that was covering her eyes.
Because she was not used to the darkness, she exerted some force.
Gu Yanjing's arm went around her back and covered her eyes with his hand, as if he was holding Qiao Yuxian in his arms.
He just glanced at Qiao Yuxian's strong hand, and when he looked away, he accidentally saw her lips.
Her lips pursed and moved slightly, as if to express her dissatisfaction with her sight being blocked.
Gu Yanjing watched, and her lips couldn't help but move.
For a moment, he looked away, and after two seconds, he frowned slightly.
Shang Chen squatted next to the person being interrogated, gently turning the dagger: "Let me tell you, if you feel relaxed, so will I."
Lying on the ground, he groaned and clawed the ground hard with his fingers. The sweat on his forehead flowed down his forehead. After a while, he said: "It's the second, second young master."
Qiao Yuxian's eyelashes blinked slightly.
He is the half-brother of Gu Shuluo and Gu Yanjing.
Her eyelashes brushed against Gu Yanjing's hand, and Gu Yanjing's hand hanging on the other side of her body squeezed lightly.
"The explanation is clear." Shang Chen said coldly.
"The second young master arranged for us to be in the old house and asked us to pay attention to the movements of the old house." The man explained, "Tonight, tonight, Mrs. Gu, come over. We reported. The second young master asked us to find an opportunity to take her away and threaten her.
Threatening Young Master Gu."
Qiao Yuxian: "."
Shang Chen pulled out the dagger, stood up straight, and looked at Gu Yanjing.
Gu Yanjing's eyes fell on the man who led Qiao Yuxian: "Well, I need his hands."
"yes."
Shang Chen walked over.
Qiao Yuxian could only hear the approximate location where Shang Chen walked. She listened intently, and suddenly the man screamed, making her tremble.
Gu Yanjing glanced down at her, let her go, then took her wrist and led her away directly.