Chapter 323: Chapter 323

Looking at the closed study door, Song Qiao did not immediately open it. Instead, she knocked on the door and then softly spoke, "Yu Xia, are you still in there?"

The study was quiet, but after nearly half a minute, Yu Xia’s voice, carrying a sense of urgency, came through, "Song Qiao, don’t come in, you guys hurry and leave..." No sooner had she spoken than she burst into furious swearing, "Damn, are you even men, daring to lay hands on a woman, damn it, don’t think I won’t fight back, you’re picking on the few with many, right? Believe it or not, I’ll have my dad beat you shameless men to death."

Yu Xia’s cursing voice came from inside, intermittently accompanied by what seemed like the sounds of objects hitting the floor and scuffling.

Song Qiao, standing at the doorway, instantly turned pale, as did the equally shocked Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen almost instinctively said, "Madam, someone has broken into the villa."

Song Qiao wholly agreed with Mrs. Chen’s remark; someone definitely had broken into the villa.

At that moment, the study door suddenly opened from the inside. Before Song Qiao could react, a large hand reached out, grabbed her arm, and forcefully pulled her inside. The door slammed shut with a bang, leaving Mrs. Chen, who had not come back to her senses, locked outside.

Song Qiao was passive throughout, being pulled in without any preparation. She nearly lost her balance and fell due to the inertia. By the time she realized it, she was already dragged inside the study, and a strong smell of blood abruptly hit her nostrils.

Someone was injured and bleeding...

That was Song Qiao’s first reaction.

Mrs. Chen stood at the door, watching the fast-unfolding events. She saw Song Qiao being pulled into the study right before her eyes. By the time she reacted, she rushed to the door and began knocking fiercely, "Who are you? Don’t hurt our madam..."

The study was actually quite soundproof. Mrs. Chen’s voice wasn’t too loud or too soft, but it sounded very faint from inside.

It was only after hearing Mrs. Chen’s voice that Song Qiao fully grasped the scene in front of her, and she was momentarily dumbfounded, staring at the chaos inside the study, and at several sinister-looking men in black who she had no idea how got there. Her mind blanked for a moment with only one thought.

How did these people get in?

In the corner, Yu Xia was completely tied up with a rope by these men and tossed there, unable to struggle free. Seeing Song Qiao being dragged in, she almost spat out blood in anger, nearly gnashing her teeth as she said to Song Qiao, "Didn’t I tell you to stay away from here? I told you it was dangerous, how could you still get caught, how could you be so foolish?"

Song Qiao, "..." This isn’t entirely my fault, okay?

She was caught without any warning.

She had absolutely no preparation, and from the time Yu Xia started speaking to the time she finished, it was barely twenty seconds, and she was caught before she could react.

Song Qiao felt that she was also very unlucky.

Someone pushed from behind, causing Song Qiao to stagger a few steps forward, feeling a throbbing pain from the impact on her back, making her involuntarily furrow her brows and almost gasp in pain.

"Joe, don’t be so rough, you should be gentle with a lady." At that moment, a somewhat awkward voice, clearly that of a foreigner speaking Chinese, came from a corner, tinged with a hint of amusement as it addressed the man behind Song Qiao.

A cold snort came from behind, slightly displeased, but it was a response nonetheless.

Song Qiao looked up towards the sound, and saw a blonde young man sitting on the old executive chair she used frequently, observing her with a gentle smile.

For some reason, the way this man looked at her made Song Qiao feel a chill down her spine, almost instinctively making her shiver and wanting to move back, but knowing well that another man stood behind her, she didn’t budge.

Perhaps because Song Qiao remained standing still, seemingly unafraid, the young man with blonde hair and blue eyes found it amusing, stood up, glanced at Yu Xia and then at Song Qiao, stroked his chin, smiled, and said, "I didn’t expect Eastern women to be so courageous, not afraid of us at all." The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novel·fire.net