220 Monster Summer

was the boss of the eastern district, quite powerful.""Big Brother Biao" Hearing this name, Xia Tian remembered the guy who sang "Two Tigers" in front of him. "Is he a short fellow, almost like a dwa...Chapter 220: Monster Summer - Wuyou Chinese Network

"Hurry up, get upstairs and find Xiao Qiao for me!" Qiao Donghai suddenly bellowed. "If anything happens to Xiao Qiao, I'll hold all of you accountable!"

In fact, there was no need for him to shout; both Qiao Feng'er and Qiao Huang'er had already rushed upstairs, followed by a bunch of police officers who ran up after them.

"Hey, what are you guys doing up there We're right here!" A lazy voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears. Qiao Feng'er and Qiao Huang'er abruptly stopped and turned to look—sure enough, it was Summer!

Summer stood at the door, one hand holding Xiao Qiao while the other carried a laptop, as if nothing had happened.

"Summer, Xiao Qiao, are you guys okay" Qiao Donghai was overjoyed. In this moment, he truly felt like he'd gone from hell to heaven.

The policemen also sighed in relief—since Xiao Qiao was fine, their jobs were safe. However, they couldn't figure out why these two weren't upstairs as expected; instead, they had come back from outside

"Of course I'm okay. How could anything happen to me" Summer said with an air of matter-of-factness.

"Summer." Huang Anping hurried over. "Didn't you two encounter the explosion"

"When the bomb exploded, my husband helped me jump out of the window," Qiao Xiaoqiao interjected.

Qiao Donghai was stunned and couldn't help but ask, "You jumped from the ninth floor"

The police officers present all looked at Xia Tian with a look of disbelief; this guy actually jumped from the ninth floor and didn’t seem to be affected by it.

On the other hand, Huang Anping wasn't surprised at all. Ninth floor What’s so special about that Xia Tian once took him down from the twelfth floor.

"Brother, let's leave this place first," Qiao Xiaoqiao didn’t want Xia Tian to be treated as a monster and interjected.

Qiao Donghai finally came to his senses. Although Qiao Xiaoqiao had narrowly escaped one disaster, the situation was far from over; they hadn't caught the bomber yet. For now, it would be best to quickly transfer Qiao Xiaoqiao to a safer location.

"Right, let's leave first," Qiao Donghai gave an order on his phone and soon a stretched-out Lincoln car arrived. This was a specially modified bulletproof vehicle; after encountering a sniper attack earlier, Qiao Donghai naturally had to be more careful.

The group quickly got into the car and headed towards Qiao's residence. As for the aftermath of the incident at the Qiao Corporation building, there would definitely be someone handling it; they didn’t need Qiao Xiaoqiao or Qiao Donghai to worry about it.

In the vast complex of buildings belonging to the Qiao family, there was a three-story villa that belonged solely to Qiao Xiaoqiao. Although the villa hadn't been occupied for quite some time, it remained very clean, obviously someone had been cleaning every day. However, there were no maids in the villa because Qiao Xiaoqiao's daily life was actually handled by Qiao Feng'er and Qiao Huang'er; they weren’t just bodyguards but also served as her personal caretakers.

The first floor of the villa houses a living room and kitchen bathroom, while bedrooms are located on the second floor. Qiao Xiaoqiao and Liu Meng went to tidy up the bedrooms, with Qiao Feng'er and Qiao Huang'er naturally joining in to help. Xia Tian and Qiao Donghai stayed downstairs in the living room.

"Xia Tian, is this still an assassin from the Shadow Team" Qiao Donghai asked.

"Oh right, send two people to that high-rise across from the Qiao Family building. There's someone on the rooftop who should still be alive. Bring him here," Xia Tian remembered this matter at last and planned to interrogate the guy again.

Qiao Donghai quickly called his contacts, but within five minutes, he was informed that the person had disappeared already.

"Disappeared" Xia Tian muttered to himself. "Did someone rescue him"

He didn't mind too much though. Even if the man had been rescued, there was no way he would survive past laughing to death.

"Xia Tian, we can't just wait passively for assassins to come to us all the time. Is it really impossible to solve this issue once and for all After all, you can't follow Xiaoqiao every single moment," Qiao Donghai asked after pondering for a while. In less than a month, Qiao Xiaoqiao had already faced three assassination attempts. Although they were all narrowly avoided, constantly reacting to attacks was rather frustrating.

"I'm afraid it can't be solved in one go." Xia Tian scratched his head, looking somewhat troubled as well. "It's not easy to eliminate the entire Shadow Team, and even if we did manage that, there are countless assassin organizations in this world. Unless we find their clients, there's no way to solve this."

Qiao Donghai nodded helplessly: "You're right. Never mind, I was just venting. Even if we found the client, what would it matter We might deal with one client, but others could arise too. There are many enemies against our Qiao Family; we can't possibly eliminate all of them. Fortunately, you protect Xiaoqiao now, and Feng'er and Huang'er have also improved in their martial arts skills. Liu Meng is often with Xiaoqiao as well. Under normal circumstances, Xiaoqiao shouldn't be at risk."

Silence fell for a moment before Qiao Donghai suddenly remembered something else: "Oh right, Xia Tian, do you remember Yin Shijiu"

"Of course I remember. Has that guy managed to get Lin Zihao killed yet" Summer could hardly forget such an event.

Qiao Donghai shook his head and sighed: "Lin Zihao was more cautious than we thought. Although Yin Shijiu got a beating from us, it still made Lin Zihao suspicious of him. Actually, after we captured Yin Shijiu that night, he never saw Lin Zihao again; hence, it’s impossible for him to have killed Lin Zihao."

"Is that so" Summer felt somewhat disappointed. Hadn’t all her hard work in hypnotizing Yin Shijiu been wasted

Summer was irritated. If she had known hypnosis wouldn’t work, she would’ve just gotten rid of Yin Shijiu.

"Where is that guy now" Summer asked again. It wasn’t too late to get rid of him now.

"He has left Jianghai and gone to the capital city," Qiao Donghai replied.

"To the capital Does this mean he’s returned to the Yin Medical Clan’s base" Summer muttered to herself. If that were true, it wouldn’t be such a bad thing for him.

In this metropolis, regarding medical skills, only people from the Yin Medical Clan could rival him. The harmful medical techniques of the Yin Medical Clan often caused him trouble and might even turn them into his enemies in the future. If Yin Shijiu could create some chaos within the Yin Medical Clan, dealing with them later on would be much simpler.

"However, recently Lin Zihao has been relatively quiet and hasn’t caused us any trouble." Qiao Donghai continued. "I’ll also mention this to you: Ji Nan and He Yunshan have already handed over to the judicial process. Ji Nan will most likely be sentenced to death, while He Yunshan is expected to die in prison as well. Uncle Two has basically confirmed his position as vice-provincial governor after Ji Nan's departure. If things continue like this, Uncle Two will definitely become a key figure in the province sooner or later, and our Qiao family might also establish a foothold in Beijing."

Although the Qiao family was the top family in Jianghai City, on a national scale, they were still not considered a major clan. In places like Beijing, they wouldn’t even rank among the families there. Perhaps for this reason, when Qiao Donghai’s grandfather was alive, he repeatedly instructed them to hold onto their position in Jianghai and avoid meddling in affairs in Beijing.

Unfortunately, that deceased elder Mr. Qiao probably never imagined that while the Qiao family wanted to maintain their status in Jianghai, someone from Beijing would actively seek them out.

The vast Qiao Family business could indeed attract covetous eyes, and Xiaojia Qiao herself was also a person many coveted. At this thought, Qiao Donghai suddenly recalled that over the years, numerous families had proposed marriage alliances with the Qiao family, all targeting Xiaojia Qiao. If they succeeded in marrying her off, it would clearly be both wealth and status gained.

But Xiaojia Qiao always declined their proposals on grounds of existing engagements, so these people’s plans for dual gain naturally fell through. Originally covetous of the Qiao Family business and Xiaojia Qiao herself, now that they couldn’t obtain her as a wife, they might resort to destroying her completely. If Xiaojia Qiao were killed, it would be a major blow to the entire Qiao family, possibly allowing them an opportunity to seize control of the Qiao Family's enterprises.

"It looks like we need to investigate those families that proposed marriage in the past," thought Qiao Donghai. However, he didn’t tell Xia Tian about this; it wasn’t because he didn’t trust Xia Tian, but rather out of fear that Xia Tian would interrogate everyone involved and potentially offend more clans than necessary. The Qiao family couldn’t afford to have too many enemies right now.

The phone rang at this moment. Seeing the call was from his uncle Qiao ZhenGuo, Qiao Donghai knew it must be regarding what happened earlier and quickly picked up.

"Donghai, is Xiaojia alright" Uncle Qiao asked urgently as soon as he answered the call.

"Uncle Two can rest assured. Not even a strand of Xiaojia’s hair was harmed," replied Qiao Donghai. "Xiaojia has already returned home now and is safer here, so there's nothing to worry about."

"Qiao Ken has returned home" Qiao Zhen Guo was a bit surprised, "That's good. It will be more convenient for us to look out for each other in the future and avoid gossip from outsiders."

"Today's incident would have been impossible without Xia Tian. Without him, Little Qiao...

Qiao Dong Hai didn't continue, as today’s series of secret assassinations had caught everyone off guard. Without Xia Tian's extraordinary abilities, it was likely that Qiao Xiaoqiao would have been blown to pieces.

"If he could get into less trouble, that would be even better." Qiao Zhen Guo couldn’t help but sigh, "Let’s talk no more about this. I'll hang up now."

Qiao Dong Hai shook his head; if Xia Tian didn't create trouble, he wouldn't have been Xia Tian.

The moment Qiao Dong Hai hung up the phone, Xia Tian's mobile rang cheerfully.

Xia Tian took out his phone and saw that it was an unknown number. He had no idea who it might be.

"Who is it" Xia Tian answered the call with little interest in his voice.

“Brother-in-law, it's me!” An excited voice came from the other end of the line, "Brother-in-law, where are you Are you busy If not, come out and play with us! We're swimming at North Lake!""I could clearly see her figure a moment ago. If she has an equally beautiful face, then she'd be qualified to be my wife."Mu Han felt a headache coming on; this rogue husband really had it in for Mei...