1293 I Want to Make You Stay 171 (1/2)

How was she so quick…

”Old Madam, I was kind to you at first but you tried to kill me so I had no other option. Who do you think will die first? You or me?”

The initially haughty Old Mrs. Donggong was at a sudden loss for words.

Everyone in the house was frightened out of their senses. They did not expect things to take such an unexpected turn.

A young woman interjected, ”Do you think you'd be able to leave this place alive even if you kill my grandmother?”

”Oh? Does that mean that you want your grandmother to die?”

”I… didn't say that! Let go of my grandmother and we can talk things over calmly,” the woman said frantically.

”I can let your grandmother go, but you must call off the engagement right now.”

Old Mr. Donggong barked, ”We'll call it off! We'll call off Lianzhi's engagement now! I'll send someone over to talk about it. Will that do?”

”I can let her go, but I'll do that after Lianzhi and I get inside our car.” She looked down and said to Old Mrs. Donggong, ”You're already so old and yet you're still so vicious. Get up, we're going out.”

Seething with exasperation, Old Mrs. Donggong had no choice but to leave with her walking stick in hand. An Xiaoning walked beside her while Donggong Lianzhi followed closely behind.

They headed to the entrance, after which An Xiaoning helped her into the car and got onto the backseat as well.

Donggong Lianzhi began driving away. As soon as he left, a fleet of cars began to take chase.

”Pull over after moving up onto the slope.”

”Sure.”

He stepped hard on the accelerator to move up the slope, after which he immediately slammed the brakes. An Xiaoning opened the car door and allowed Old Mrs. Donggong to alight.

The elderly matriarch frantically alighted, after which the cars chasing them pulled over in the middle of the road. They initially wanted to rush forward. However, there was no way they could do so.

The bodyguards alighted and walked toward Old Mrs. Donggong. They then frantically asked if she was alright. Knocking her walking stick against the ground, she answered, ”I'm alright. Okay, you may go back.”

”Madam, aren't we going to take chase?”

”There's no hurry. They can't escape so easily!” Old Mrs. Donggong exclaimed angrily, gritting her teeth. She was truly frightened.

Upon hearing her orders, the bodyguards proceeded to help her into the car without uttering another word.

An Xiaoning and Donggong Lianzhi continued zooming toward their destination.

They remained silent throughout the journey. Once they arrived at the estate, he smiled at her and said, ”I know why you did that. You're still a little worried about me so you tried to use this method to pull me away from my family completely so that I'll have no backup plan. I'll then be devoted and loyal to you. Actually, you really don't have to do this. I'm very clear about my current predicament. I've already figured it all out the moment I found out that they had sacrificed me. My only worry now is my mother. I wanted to take her along with me but I know I can't. My mother has been living with the Donggong family for so many years, and she probably already treats them as her everything. To her, leaving the Donggong family would be her greatest shame. She's usually very proud of being a member of the Donggong family. She will definitely be devastated if I ruin her pride.”

An Xiaoning looked at him and said, ”You've mistaken me. I didn't do that to ruin your backup plan. That wasn't my purpose for visiting them today. It's up to you to believe me.”

”What do we do next?” Donggong Lianzhi asked.