"Damn it, he escaped even from that." The governor was very angry that he didn't hit Rulu. He spun the steering wheel hard and drove the car toward Nana and Mrs. Qiao. Nana and Mrs. Qiao screamed in panic and ran away, but how could they outrun a car?

"Nana, you must survive." Mrs. Qiao looked deeply at her daughter, thinking that rather than both of them dying together, it would be better to let Nana live. She pushed hard against Nana's body with both hands. At this moment, the black van also arrived—

With a dull "bang," a figure flew out, fell to the ground, and rolled several times before stopping.

A burst of gunfire came from the distance. Captain Guan once again ordered fire to be opened on the black car. Bullets fell on the black car like raindrops, penetrating the car's shell and glass, making sharp sounds.

"This car can't hold out much longer. I'll come back to deal with them later." The governor turned his head, glared viciously at Rulu and the rebel army members, and drove rapidly toward the distant street, disappearing at the end of the street in no time.

"Dad, Mom..."

Nana looked at her parents lying in pools of blood and cried her heart out. Because Mrs. Qiao had been violently hit by the car, she died on the spot. Mayor Qiao had been stabbed, injuring his internal organs and losing too much blood. Although he still had one breath left, he was about to die.

"Captain... Captain Guan, from now on... I'm entrusting my family to you." Mayor Qiao lay on the ground, barely breathing, speaking to Captain Guan who was standing beside him.

Captain Guan slapped himself hard, saying with great heartache, "I'm sorry. If I had come earlier, this wouldn't have happened. It's all my fault."

Mayor Qiao shook his head and looked at Rulu not far beside him with exhausted eyes, saying with great difficulty, "Rulu..."

"I'm here." Rulu quickly walked over and squatted down beside Mayor Qiao. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his face was terribly gloomy.

Mayor Qiao tremblingly extended his hand and grabbed Rulu's foot: "Ru... Rulu, although you're not my blood relative, I've always treated you as my own son and sent you to the best school. Shouldn't... shouldn't you repay me?"

Rulu nodded slowly and said solemnly, "I will never forget Uncle Qiao's kindness to me."

Mayor Qiao continued, "Now I only have Nana, this one daughter left. If you want to repay me, you must always stay with her, protect her, and not let her be bullied..."

"Please rest assured, Nana is also my family." Rulu tightly grasped Mayor Qiao's hand and said in a deep tone, "I will definitely give her happiness and not let her suffer any harm."

"That's great, then... then I can rest at ease..." A smile appeared on Mayor Qiao's face. He slowly closed his eyes. Not long after, he took his last breath and never woke up again.

"Damn it, that governor is too detestable. I'm going to kill him and avenge Mayor Qiao!" The thin man called A-Bing raised his gun high and let out an angry roar.

His words were echoed by others:

"Mayor Qiao has always been very good to us and has been secretly providing us with support. Without Mayor Qiao, we wouldn't be here today. This matter can't end like this. We must avenge Mayor Qiao."

"Let's go to the governor's mansion and fight them!"

These voices rose one after another, and emotions ran high. However, as the leader of these people, Captain Guan remained very calm. He raised both hands high and said loudly, "Everyone, don't make noise first. I understand your feelings very well, but what we need to do now is not to avenge Mayor Qiao, but to leave here."

"How can that be? Won't Mayor Qiao and the others have died in vain?" Someone raised a questioning voice.

"Captain Guan is right. We need to leave here as soon as possible." Rulu's voice rang out. "Because that governor is very likely to come back, and with Sanctuary's military forces."

Hearing Rulu's words, A-Bing became a bit unhappy: "All you know is how to run away, kid. You're supposed to be a child adopted by Mayor Qiao, yet when they died, you didn't shed a single tear. Mayor Qiao really wasted all these years raising you."

Rulu snorted coldly, looked at A-Bing, and said, "I will settle this account with that bastard governor sooner or later, but staying here now will not only fail to get revenge but will get us killed by that governor. Do you think you people alone can fight against Sanctuary's military?"

A-Bing was stunned. Although he felt Rulu's words made some sense, he felt a bit humiliated being lectured by this youth, so he continued to insist on his own view:

"Kid, speak to me respectfully. Although we rebels are not heroes, we're not people who fear death either. If Sanctuary's military comes, we will definitely fight them to the death. Even if we die, we'll take a hundred or eighty of them with us."

"How foolish." Rulu said very disdainfully. "No wonder you can never defeat Sanctuary and are always oppressed by Sanctuary."

"What did you say?!" A-Bing was enraged by Rulu's words. He rushed over, grabbed Rulu's collar, and raised his fist as if wanting to punch Rulu.

"Stop it, A-Bing." Captain Guan shouted sternly. A-Bing looked at Captain Guan, then reluctantly lowered his fist and walked to the side by himself.

"I'm sorry, Rulu. A-Bing's personality is like that, but his heart is good. I hope you don't mind." Captain Guan walked over, patted Rulu on the shoulder, and said to Rulu with an apologetic expression on his face.

Rulu waved his hand: "It's okay. I also spoke a bit too harshly just now. I should also apologize."

Captain Guan nodded, thinking that although Rulu was young, his mind was more mature and calm than ordinary people. He looked around at the crowd and said, "Alright, it's time for us to go. Although we couldn't save Mayor Qiao, we can save his family, which can be considered repaying his kindness for helping us all these years."