The man was armed. When he saw the two injured people, he looked at them as if they were prey.
He wasn't in a hurry to kill them but just toyed with them sadistically.
Especially after seeing Xu Tingyu, a young and pretty girl, the man squatted down, pinched her face, clicked his tongue a few times, and expressed his regret.
After all, it was really a pity that such a beautiful girl was about to die.
Xu Tingyu spat out the blood in her mouth and asked the man in front of her, "Who on earth are you? Even if I'm going to die, at least let me know why."
Hearing this, the man burst into laughter.
"You're quite brave. Among all the people I've dealt with, you're the first woman who doesn't cry and wail."
"Thinking about killing you later, it's really a pity. But the client paid me so much that I have to do the job."
The man sized her up from head to toe with a predatory look in his eyes.
Xu Tingyu didn't say a word but just stared at him stubbornly.
The man seemed to find it interesting to watch someone break down, so he told her who the client was.
It turned out to be her former boss.
The boss thought that Xu Tingyu had snatched a lot of students from her. Seeing that Xu Tingyu was doing better and better while her own business was getting worse, she just couldn't swallow this humiliation.
But it was really exaggerated to want to kill someone just because of business competition.
Xu Tingyu didn't believe this reason, but she couldn't discuss this with a killer at that time.
Ignoring the pain in her body, she bargained with him, "How much did she pay you? I can double it."
However, the killer laughed even more proudly, "Do I look like someone who has no professional ethics?"
As he spoke, he glanced at his car behind him, then grabbed Xu Tingyu by the arm and dragged her towards the car.
"Anyway, you're going to die. It won't hurt to make me happy before you die, right?"
Xu Tingyu was dragged like a broken doll.
By the time she was thrown into the car, there were already many more wounds on her body.
Just as she was thinking about giving in and begging the man to spare her life, the man suddenly let out a muffled groan.
Xu Tingyu looked up and saw Alan standing behind the man with a big rock in his hand.
He had fainted because of the violent tumble, so the man didn't pay attention to him.
But when he woke up, he saw Xu Tingyu being threatened and didn't think twice before coming to save her.
However, the rock didn't cause a fatal injury to the man.
Before Xu Tingyu could remind Alan to finish him off, she saw the man angrily take out his gun and shoot Alan.
Although Xu Tingyu had experienced street gunfights when she lived in the slums, it was the first time she had witnessed a shooting at such a close distance.
Her mind went blank for a moment, but when the man turned around, she instinctively kicked him.
Because of this kick, the muzzle of the man's gun deviated, and the bullet missed Alan.
Alan was also very scared, but he still rushed over and hugged the man immediately and told Xu Tingyu to run.
Xu Tingyu quickly got out of the car from the other side but didn't run away directly.
Instead, she walked around the car, picked up the rock that Alan had used before, and hit the man hard on the head.
This really enraged the man.
He was wrestling with Alan, but he still managed to fire a few shots.
The bullets were flying everywhere. One of them hit their car, and the already battered car immediately exploded.
The huge explosion and the shockwave knocked all three of them to the ground.
The killer seemed to be tired of the entanglement. Taking advantage of this moment, he aimed his gun at Xu Tingyu and fired.
The distance was too close. Xu Tingyu had nowhere to hide and could only wait for death.
Fortunately, the killer's head had been injured twice, so his aim was off. The first shot missed Xu Tingyu.
When he fired the second shot, Alan had already rushed over and took the bullet for her.
"Don't, Alan."
That was the scream that Xu Tingyu let out at that moment.
It was also the nightmare that haunted her ever since.
Unlike in the TV dramas, Alan didn't even have a chance to say a single word before he died in front of her.
Just as the man was about to fire another shot at Xu Tingyu to finish the job, his gun ran out of bullets.
He wanted to come forward and strangle her to death, but the huge explosion had already attracted other people.
Moreover, there was the sound of a police siren in the distance.
The man hesitated for a moment and finally gave up the mission and drove away.
"Alan was my driver and my lifesaver."
Xu Tingyu said this last sentence softly.
After the murder attempt, with the evidence she provided, the killer was quickly found and brought to justice.
Her former boss was also imprisoned.
After she was imprisoned, she once sent her lawyer to Xu Tingyu, saying that she wanted to see her, but Xu Tingyu refused.
Xu Tingyu had no interest in listening to a criminal explain why she had committed the crime.
But later, she still learned from the lawyer the real reason why her former boss had wanted to kill her.
Business competition was one thing, but another reason was that her former boss's husband had praised Xu Tingyu in front of her more than once.
When Xu Tingyu was still working in the company, the boss's husband had harassed her more than once.
But Xu Tingyu had never given him any response. She had even scolded him in front of him more than once.
Since he couldn't have her, he wanted to destroy her.
This scumbag had even spread rumors about their relationship in front of many people.
Later, his relationship with his wife became worse and worse. In order to make his wife unhappy, he made up a lot of things about him and Xu Tingyu in front of her.
He also mocked his wife, saying that Xu Tingyu was becoming more and more outstanding and was still very young. She had countless possibilities in the future.
But what about his wife? She was getting old and ugly. Whether it was in her career or in men's hearts, she was no match for Xu Tingyu.
Especially since Xu Tingyu was still young and could still have children, but his wife could no longer have a child of her own.
This was the most painful thing for her former boss.
She had had two abortions because of her career.
When she finally thought her career was stable and wanted to have a child, she was told that it was no longer possible.
This was also the most crucial reason for the deterioration of her relationship with her husband.
Now, being used as an attack point by her husband, her former boss finally had a mental breakdown after being constantly stimulated.
In fact, the person she should have hated the most was her husband. She could have just left him, but instead, she chose to hate Xu Tingyu.
She hated that Xu Tingyu had easily won the career that she had worked so hard for.
She also hated that Xu Tingyu was young and beautiful and had become a winner in life.
So, after getting drunk one day, she picked up the phone, found a killer, and paid a large deposit.
Actually, she had forgotten about this after she sobered up.
But the killer had taken the money and naturally had to complete the task to get the rest of the payment.
As a result, Alan died in Xu Tingyu's place.
She didn't forgive her former boss and didn't even see her. She just held a grudge and snatched all the shares of the former company.
Didn't her former boss care about this the most?
Then she would make her lose everything she cared about.