"Don't move, or I'll pull the trigger!"
Essie knew she couldn't outrun the gun, so she had to stand still.
Not far away, Yesseca felt like everything was a bolt from the blue.
She didn't expect Matthew's men to take out their guns!
Yesseca had seen it before.
It was on a train from Nashaland.
In Yesseca's eyes, a gun only represented one thing... killing.
Her mind was suddenly in a mess.
Matthew actually wanted to kill Essie.
He wanted to kill Essie!
She couldn't let Essie die!
She was the one who was followed by Matthew's men, and if Essie died, it would be her fault. She couldn't let this happen!
Yesseca, feeling dizzy, rushed over.
She held onto the man with the crew cut. "Essie, hurry up, run!"
The man who was about to grab Essie was furious after the joy of his apparent success was overturned by Yesseca grabbing onto him.
He had been looking for Essie for a long time. It wasn't easy for him to make any progress today, and he was unwilling to let his success be hampered by this woman.
He remembered Hansen saying that Matthew wanted to get hold of Essie.
He pointed his gun at Yesseca, "Let go, or I'll shoot!"
Hansen, seeing this, was terrified out of his wits.
His subordinates didn't know, but he knew that Yesseca was practically the younger sister of Matthew's wife. If his subordinates killed Yesseca, Matthew would skin all of them alive.
Hansen was about to ask the man to stop, but Essie ran over.
She was afraid that the man would really kill Yesseca.
She hit the man with force and sent him flying. At the same time, he pulled the trigger, and the bullet flew towards Yesseca. Essie instantly pushed Yesseca to the ground with the bullet narrowly escaping Yesseca's head.
When Yesseca heard the shot of a bullet, her soul felt like it had been sucked out from her body.
Everything around her seemed to have turned blank.
Hansen stepped forward and kicked the man with the crew cut. "You fool, you could've just ask her to move. If Matthew thought that she had gotten injured, we will all die with her!"
The man was stunned. He thought Yesseca was someone uninvolved, he never would have thought she was someone who would be important.
Just then, a glint flashed across Essie's eyes.
She quickly whispered in Yesseca's ear, "Did you see that? The one you trust the most was going to kill the both of us!"
After that, Essie ran forward quickly and soon disappeared.
Hansen's sudden actions earlier caused everyone to betaken aback. No one dared to stop Essie. It wasn't until Essie ran away that they came to their senses.
Hansen was furious.
He said angrily, "Hurry up and go after her!"
Everyone went after her except for the man with the crew cut, who was now on the ground.
Yesseca stood up.
Essie's words had sobered her up.
Essie said that Matthew wanted to kill them.
Yesseca's mind was in a mess.
That was impossible!
Matthew would never kill the two of them.
He had always been a modest gentleman. How could such a man kill people?
At that moment, the man with the crew cut also got up and walked towards Yesseca.
Yesseca's complexion instantly turned pale.
She had just been shot by that man. If it weren't for Essie, she might have been killed.
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