The Young Matriarch
Chapter 557 - Chapter 557 Chapter 557 Bai Chuwei Save Me

Chapter 557: Chapter 557 Bai Chuwei, Save Me! Chapter 557: Chapter 557 Bai Chuwei, Save Me! The stepmother was suddenly speechless. After the tree appeared, the whole family believed it was a treasure sent by the heavens to the Fang Family. Who could have predicted that harboring a treasure would make them innocent targets?

Because of this tree, they were now being watched.

Fang Xu, the younger brother, also gradually realized what terrible things were happening. He ran to the window, took a peek down below, and with a sudden scream, his legs gave way, and he sat down on the floor.

“Down there… down there…”

The stepmother hugged her son, her voice trembling, “Down there, what is it?”

Fang Xu cried, “Mom, there’s a man in black down there, looking up and smiling at me.”

The three adults immediately understood. There was one of their people beneath each window. Even if they wanted to sneak out through the windows, it was impossible.

It was over, completely over!

At that moment, they felt as though they were stranded on an isolated island, with no escape possible.

Fang Tiandong sat down on the floor with a thud, staring blankly ahead, mumbling, “A catastrophe… this is a monumental catastrophe.”

This was the sort of disaster that cost lives.

The treasure tree was indeed valuable. The Fang Family could have gotten incredibly rich with that tree. But they had to be alive to spend the money!

Without their lives, the money was worthless.

Fang Tiandong suddenly remembered Zhao Tianfang from a few days ago, who claimed he was ordered to uproot the tree. Fang Tiandong’s bloodied face was now filled with intense regret and despair.

Fang Tiandong slapped himself across the unharmed half of his face, tears streaming down his cheeks, he murmured, “If only I had listened earlier and really uprooted that tree!”

Even if the Fang Family had fallen on hard times, it would have been better than being entirely wiped out!

He was filled with complete regret.

Fang Tiandong wished time could be turned back; he would certainly have obeyed and uprooted the tree.

But it was too late.

Fang Tiandong cried out, fiercely slapping his own thigh until it turned bright red.

What was worse, the stepmother and Fang Qin could possibly face abuse.

“Uproot the tree? Uproot the tree… Bai Chuwei…” Fang Qin mumbled to herself, Bai Chuwei’s words suddenly coming to mind.

It was her who had told them to uproot the tree…

It was Bai Chuwei who said that her family would be in trouble because of it…

Fang Qin looked down at the trembling phone in her palm; on the top status bar, there was an obvious lack of any signal.

Earlier, Fang Qin had been cautious and got Bai Chuwei’s phone number from her roommate, Hua Yumeng, and saved it in her phone book.

Fang Qin looked at the number with hesitation.

It certainly wouldn’t go through; she had made so many calls before, even emergency calls were being blocked by the thugs outside, rendering them unable to connect. What use would calling Bai Chuwei be?

But…

Fang Xu suddenly cried out, his hand trembling as he pointed to the door blocked by giant furniture, “It sounds like, there are footsteps coming up.”

A child’s hearing was better than that of adults.

The family of four clutched their lips tightly and listened quietly.

Footsteps!

There were indeed footsteps.

The footsteps were getting progressively closer, very slowly, as if toying with them.

Fear, despair, regret–all these emotions intertwined within them.

The next moment, there was a knock on the door, like the grim reaper calling for lives.

The family clung to each other tightly, shivering all over.

It was over, this time for real.

They could feel that those people were not ordinary thugs; killing them would be effortless.

Fang Qin accidentally pressed the call button, and after a few seconds, a lazy voice with a hint of a smile said on the other end, “Hello?”