Lu Chunying stood by the window and saw a glamorous woman singing in the courtyard. Everyone in the household heard the song and knew this woman had come with ill intent.
The enforcers quickly gathered in the courtyard and asked the woman where she had come from.
The woman swept her gaze over the crowd. Her song did not change, but its volume rose slightly.
Several enforcers charging at the front felt a piercing shriek erupt in their ears and collapsed to the ground clutching their heads.
The remaining enforcers wanted to rush forward, but some lacked the courage while others lacked the strength. All of them froze in place.
Lu Chunying pulled the cord inside the house, and a burst of bell chimes rang from the roof.
This was the signal for everyone to evacuate at once. Lu Chunying knew perfectly well that this woman was not someone these people could handle. Asking the enforcers to stay and fight was no different from sending them to their deaths.
Hearing the bells, the enforcers scattered for their lives.
Lu Chunying grabbed Xiao Yeci and ran wildly toward the outside of the residence. The moment they emerged from the rear gate, Lu Chunying suddenly sensed something was wrong. She smelled flowers.
In the depths of winter, there were neither wintersweet nor narcissus nearby. Where had such a heavy floral fragrance come from?
Lu Chunying sensed danger in that fragrance. Instead of running into the street, she took Xiao Yeci and leaped into a silk shop beside the residence.
This silk shop was a business Lu Chunying had opened herself. It usually did not make much money, and Lu Chunying had never expected it to. The shop had another purpose.
Many traps were hidden inside the silk shop, all designed at great