"Aria!"
Aria froze, then turned around to see her mother collapsed on the ground, looking at her pleadingly.
It turned out that her father's kick had been incredibly heavy, striking Mom hard in the stomach. Mom had been badly injured and fallen to the ground. To make matters worse, she had twisted her ankle when she fell and could no longer move.
"Save me..." the middle-aged woman pleaded, her once-pretty face drained of color.
But Aria could barely save herself. Seeing Guan Xing approach, she gritted her teeth, turned away resolutely without a trace of hesitation, and ran into the distance. "Oh? It seems your family bond isn't all that strong."
A cold voice came from behind her. The married woman, who had seemed gentle and graceful just moments ago, had her pupils shrink. Her face instantly turned deathly pale, and her entire body trembled violently. Like a rusted machine, she slowly turned her head around.
A sky-blue flash streaked past, and all she could see was a fan flickering through the air.
The next moment... blood splattered!
Before she could even see clearly, her world began to spin. As she hit the ground, she saw her headless body, blood gushing from its neck...
The commotion inside the villa had already alerted the nearby guards. Amid the clamor of footsteps, a squad of guards appeared outside the villa.
"Kill her! Kill her!"
The middle-aged man shouted in terror, pointing at the white-haired loli as she approached step by step.
"Yes!"
The armored guards, swords in hand, charged toward Guan Xing. Their formation was orderly, each covering the others' flanks. It was obvious they were no ordinary guards, but proper imperial soldiers.
But in the end, they were still just ordinary people. No matter how many ordinary people there were, they