The Masterpiece of Leaving：Prepared A Perfect Stand-In For Him novel Chapter 73

The commotion had attracted quite a crowd of onlookers.

Someone pulled at my sleeve and whispered, "They heard that you got divorced and left with nothing. They even found out that your dad sold his shoemaking skills. They think you don't have money and want to force you out to take over your house."

The one speaking was a woman named Mrs. Finn. I'd known her since childhood, which is why she came forward to warn me. But seeing the fierce look on Jared's face, she got scared of getting involved and quickly backed away after speaking.

A faint chill came over my face. It was really a case of raising a tiger that later caused trouble.

Dad had let them live in the house for so many years for free, and now these scumbags wanted to claim it as their own?

"Son, it's Navier. She pushed me." Aunt Violet sat on the ground, pointing at me and signaling to Jared.

Jared immediately swung the pole towards me and said, "You dare to hurt my mom? I'll make sure you regret it!"

I didn't seem fazed by his threatening gesture at all and just raised my lips, saying, "Are you sure you want to do this? The police station isn't far from here. If you kill someone, you'll have to pay the price!"

Jared had only meant to scare me.

He'd already talked it over with Aunt Violet that I'd left with nothing, had no background or connections. And Dad was an honest person who sold his business without any influence.

Jared thought scaring Dad and me would be enough to make us leave and never come back. In their eyes, Dad's craftsmanship was worth at most a few thousand yuan, which wouldn't cause any trouble. They were just focused on extorting the house and didn't care if Dad and I would end up starving after leaving.

However, I stayed calm and wasn't shaken by Jared's threats.

Jared's hand visibly trembled.

"If you dare to touch my mommy, she will make sure you go to jail!" Iris shouted loudly.

Mommy had said not to start trouble, but if trouble came, we couldn't be afraid!

Iris stood in front of me, glaring at Jared with her big eyes.

I was worried that Iris might get hurt and pushed her back.

"Don't be scared, son! We have connections with the police station!" Aunt Violet yelled from the ground. "If they hit us, we can fight back. It's self-defense!"

Aunt Violet thought that if Jared could give me a few hits, I'd be scared and back down.

But seeing that I wasn't afraid, Jared got bolder and swung the pole at me again.

Fortunately, I'd had some martial arts training.

As Dad's only daughter, I was raised like a precious flower. Dad was afraid I might get into trouble and spent money to take me to the city for martial arts practice.

Although it had been years since I last practiced, the foundation was still there.

I raised my leg to block Jared's attack.

Clang!

The pole came down, stopping just five centimeters away from my leg.

Underneath Jared's pole, a knife suddenly appeared!

Jared was startled and cursed, "Who's meddling in other people's business? Get lost!"

As he looked up, he saw who was holding the knife.

It was Dad!

I also recognized Dad and called out, "Dad?"

Dad didn't respond, his eyes fixed firmly on Jared. "Dare you hit my daughter?"

He raised his knife and swung it towards Jared.

Dad was usually calm and polite to everyone; even if someone tried to take advantage of him, he wouldn't mind.

Jared was the first person to see him this angry.

His face tightened, his eyes filled with killing intent, and the sound of the knife cutting through the air was deafening. He really meant to kill!

Jared was scared to death and could only use the pole to defend himself.

But the pole was cut in half by Dad's strike!

His strength was terrifying.

It was just a hair's breadth away from cutting Jared's head.