Yan Nujiao smelled the blood on the blade, and her pretty face went deathly pale. "Who exactly are you?" she asked in a trembling voice.
The middle-aged man slowly turned around, his narrow eyes resting on Yan Nujiao. "Hu Xiaotian, I know you're here," he said unhurriedly. "Why hide like a turtle with its head tucked into its shell? Come out and meet your death!"
Hu Xiaotian had been watching the developments outside all along. Although he knew something was wrong, he had never expected the situation to change so swiftly. Before he could even react, more than ten people at Azure Cloud Manor had died on the spot, and even Yan Nujiao had fallen into the enemy's clutches.
Hu Xiaotian had already concluded that these people were probably not government officials. Otherwise, they would never have begun slaughtering people without a word of explanation. What he had not expected was that they had come for him. Only when the middle-aged man called his name did Hu Xiaotian realize that he was their target.
Just then, Yan Boguang gradually regained consciousness. He was startled to see Hu Xiaotian, and the sounds outside terrified him even more. Leaning against the window, he peered out and saw a blade pointed at his sister's throat. Panic left him utterly at a loss.
"Hu Xiaotian! If you don't come out, I'll strip her clothes off right in front of you!"
Yan Boguang looked at Hu Xiaotian, beginning to piece together what had happened. Hu Xiaotian raised a fist at him, and Yan Boguang lamented, "You're the one who dragged us into all this..."
"Where's the antidote for the Mandarin Duck Ecstasy Powder?" Hu Xiaotian demanded angrily.
Yan Boguang pulled a miserable face. "What antidote? There's no need for one..."
Enraged, Hu Xiaotian kicked him