Cannot Bear to Dash Her Hopes

"You bastard!" Su Li kicked the basket open and said to Lingdang, "The child is not with them."

Jiang Shi shamelessly smiled and said, "Young lady, come back to my mountain stronghold as the matriarch, and I'll bring the child out for you. The 100,000 taels of silver will be your dowry."

Since it was confirmed that the child was not there, there was no need to worry that these bandits would panic and kill the child in anger.

Su Li stood in front of the carriage and shouted sharply, "Kill all these bandits!"

Jiang Shi hadn't realized what was happening and drooled as he said, "My dear, if you marry me, I'll give you my life. When we're in the bridal chamber, you can even kill me!"

As Jiang Shi finished speaking, a petite figure suddenly flew out from the carriage. Before Jiang Shi could even see what was happening, a gleaming sword shot through the air.

"Damn, I've encountered a master!" Jiang Shi quickly did a backward roll to dodge Lingdang's soft sword.

At that moment, more than twenty shadow guards appeared around, surrounding the bandits. Su Li observed the battle; although some bandits were skilled, they were no match for the well-trained Xiao family shadow guards.

During the fight with Lingdang, Jiang Shi was pierced in the shoulder within twenty moves, losing his combat ability. The rest of the bandits were either killed or captured, and soon they were defeated.

Su Li had seen many such scenes in martial arts dramas. Although the vividness and bloodiness were overwhelming, she remained calm.

Wu Caiwei couldn't bear it anymore. She had never seen such sword fights and bloodshed before, and the sight made her vomit beside the carriage.

The Xiao family shadow guards quickly completed their task, cleaned up the bodies, and kept the survivors alive for interrogation, as per Xiao Zetian's orders. Su Li realized these bandits were not ordinary; there was a bigger background behind them, and Xiao Zetian intended to investigate further.

After finishing up, Lingdang returned to the carriage and told Su Li, "Master, it seems the stronghold operation is almost done."

Wu Caiwei hurriedly asked, "Are there masters like just now in the stronghold? Has my son been saved?"

Lingdang shook her head, "Not sure yet."

Wu Caiwei sobbed, "I want to go to the stronghold to find my son!"

Lingdang sighed and looked to Su Li for her opinion. Su Li nodded, "With so many shadow guards protecting us, let's go together."

This time, Lingdang drove the carriage while Su Li and Wu Caiwei sat inside. Wu Caiwei finally came to her senses. Seeing Lingdang's martial skills and the sudden appearance of so many shadow guards, Su Li knew she couldn't keep it from her any longer and told Wu Caiwei about Xiao Zetian.

Wu Caiwei was shocked, her eyes wide open, "What? Yuanbao is actually our Great Jin Empire's War God General Xiao Zetian!?"

Su Li nodded, "Yes, Lingdang and those others are all under his command. Don't worry, with him around, Squirt will definitely be safe."

Wu Caiwei nodded, "Yes, I've heard that the War God General Xiao Zetian is invincible and unstoppable. A mere group of bandits is no match for him. Great, my son is saved!"

Su Li looked at Wu Caiwei's hopeful expression and couldn't bear to dampen her spirits, so she held back from telling her about Su Shimao.

Su Li wasn't as optimistic as Wu Caiwei. Because of the existence of that madman Su Shimao, what if Squirt was killed by him the very day he was kidnapped...

She couldn't even bear to imagine...