Based on Xu Xiang's experience, the best strategy against a group of enemies is guerrilla warfare. Holding the tranquilizer gun, she slowed down her breathing and erased her own presence. With the turtle breathing technique, she can hide her aura as if she were dead. This is the skill she developed when she was hunted down by a group of supernatural beings in her previous life.
After a few seconds, those people found their target. It turned out that they were going to kill the Xiao family. With the life saving grace she owed to the Xiao family, she must save them now. Without hesitation, she aimed at one of the assassins and pulled the tranquilizer gun's trigger.
A centimeter-long needle, coated with a powerful sleeping drug, shot out and hit the assassin's neck. Before he could react, the assassin had already fallen to the ground. The sound of the body falling to the ground alarmed the others.
Seeing the assassins' movements getting faster and faster, Xu Xiang shot three needles at once and successfully hit the three assassins who wanted to kill Xiao Shao. Because there were too many assassins attacking at the same time, she had no time to shoot them. One of them saw the opportunity and rushed to stab Xiao Shao without hesitation.
Clang!
Fortunately, before the sword touched Xiao Shao, someone blocked it. Seeing the opportunity, Xu Xiang shot the assassin instantly.
Thud.
With the help of the mysterious man, they finally can stop the assassins' attack. It's a pity that some of them managed to escape. Seeing that there were no assassins left, she put away the tranquilizer gun and walked towards Xiao family members.
There was such a big commotion just now, but no one was awakened by the noise, which is really strange. When she came to Xiao Jing's side, the mysterious man was already checking Xiao Shao. Xu Xiang recognized him as soon as she saw his mask.
'It seems that he is protecting Xiao Shao just now.'
Turning her eyes back to Xiao Jing, she felt her pulse and knew she was drugged. With a thought, she took out a small glass vial from the space. She opened the lid and put the vial under Xiao Jing's nose.
A few seconds later, Xiao Jing groaned softly. Seeing that she was fine, Xu Xiang did the same to the rest of the Xiao family. For others, she doesn't care at all. When she was about to let Xiao Shao inhale the potion, the masked man stopped her.
"What is that?"
This was the second time she heard his voice. She looked at the masked man and showed him the small glass vial containing a light blue liquid.
"This is a potion that can remove the sleeping drugs in his blood." She answered while observing his reactions.
The masked man glanced at the rest of the Xiao family, and saw that they were beginning to wake up. Xu Xiang looked at him with raised eyebrows, waiting for his decision. A few seconds later, he takes the small glass vial between her fingers, and lets Xiao Shao inhale it. Xu Xiang rolled her eyes at him and thought to herself.
'He treats Xiao Shao just like someone treats his lover. Don't tell me... Have I discovered some shocking secret?!'
After the masked man took Xiao Shao's pulse, he returned the small glass vial to her.
"Thank y–" Seeing the way Xu Xiang looked at him, he stopped talking.
Realizing that the look in her eyes almost let him know that she knew their secret, she quickly took the glass vial from him and said, "You don't need to thank me. I just returned the Xiao family's kindness. Aunt Wen saved me once, and now I will repay her kindness and save her family. You take care of those assassins."
After listening to her words, the masked man didn't say anything else, and disappeared there after cleaning up the assassins' bodies. Putting the potion back into the space, she yawned a few times. Not sensing any danger around her, she returned to her place and continued to sleep.
A few hours later, the officers had already woken the prisoner. The commotion woke her up instantly.
"Wake up! Wake up! It's time to go!" The officers yelled at the prisoners while whipping the slower ones.
While she was still rubbing her eyes and yawning, an officer saw her. He approached her with a whip in his hand and asked, "What is your name?"
Looking up, she saw a middle-aged man with a whip in his hand, looking at her fiercely. Seeing that she didn't answer, he said, "I haven't seen you before. Who are you?"
Xu Xiang stood up from the ground, brushed off the dust from her clothes, and said, "My name is Xu Xiang, and I am not your prisoner."
The officer narrowed his eyes in thought for a while before taking the prisoners' name list from his subordinate. After being sure that Xu Xiang was indeed not one of the prisoners, he looked at her and asked, "Then why are you here? What is your purpose in joining the prisoners?"
She looked at him calmly and said, "Yesterday I fainted in the forest, and it was Aunt Wen who saved me. I suffered an injury on my head and lost most of my memory. That's why I'm following them for now while deciding what I'm going to do in the future."
The officer still doesn't believe her. He looked at the Xiao family, then at her, and asked, "Can you prove what you said?"
Without hesitation, Xu Xiang turned around and pointed at the back of her head. "Look at this. I still have blood stuck in my hair."
The officer took a closer look and saw a large patch of hair covered in blood. From how much blood was stained on her hair, he knew that her injury was serious. Since she was not a prisoner, there was a slight change in the tone of his speech to her.
"It seems that what you said is really true. You can follow them, but it's best not to cause trouble." He warned her, and at the same time glanced at Xiao Yi.
"Mhm."