Ch. 126..130: Mr CEO Ex-wife Escapes Again Chapter 126-130
Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Stunning the World Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Stunning the World Jin Saiwen actually hadn’t mentioned Lan Yi yet.
Perhaps, he was still holding on to a thread of past affection.
But now, he hesitated…
“Jin Saiwen, you had better tell me the truth right now, otherwise, once I find out, even if you win this case, you won’t be able to escape the suspicion that your Landun had a premeditated plan for this incident,” he threatened severely over the phone after he noticed that Jin Saiwen had been silent for a long time.
Jin Saiwen’s face suddenly changed.
Premeditated plan, wasn’t that a capital crime?
By the time Jin Saiwen ended the call, his face was devoid of any color, but quickly, as he lifted his head and looked towards the court in front, a hint of maliciousness appeared in his eyes again.
“Lan Yi, don’t blame me, you brought this upon yourself!”
He regained his composure and walked towards the courtroom.
Outside the court, upon learning about the person behind the scenes, the military immediately dispatched someone in secret.
Destination—Aurora City!
Soon, as everyone arrived, the International Court’s Judgment Chief declared the opening of the case while everyone in the courtroom stood.
“This court now asks the attorney to state the basic situation of this case.”
At the start of the hearing, the court first let the plaintiff state the case.
Yi Hao looked up immediately when he heard this, his gaze shifting to the man sitting in the defendant’s seat, wanting to give him a comforting look.
But he didn’t even glance his way.
He sat there calmly, his peripheral vision catching the approach of the plaintiff’s attorney; he boredly began looking at his own fingernails.
They had grown long.
It seems he needs a good trim when he gets out.
“Judgment Chief, that is my statement regarding Prince Billy’s death being caused by Sheng Siyuan’s negligence, and all my evidence is here,” Jin Saiwen stated before presenting his evidence.
This evidence was actually the fingers of children that Sheng Siyuan had ordered to be chopped off. Jin Saiwen intended to use this to prove that Prince Billy had suffered a great shock that led to a car accident on his way back.
“My God, the CEO of Shengshi is so brutal, even chopping off children’s fingers.”
“Yeah, you wouldn’t know it by looking at him, that he’s such a cruel person.”
“He’s literally a beast!”
As soon as the fingers were presented, a wave of horrified murmurs erupted among the attendees in the courtroom.
And in the live broadcast, the audience that had just been raving about the CEO turned on him and started hurling abuse!
The military and Royal Family, who were not present, were thrilled when they saw this.
But the situation soon took a turn.
“Judgment Chief, I object!”
Yi Hao, serving as the defense attorney, finally raised his hand.
As his voice fell, the judges on the bench all looked towards him.
“These fingers, what evidence is there to prove they were chopped off by my client? And what proof is there that they belong to those two children?”
No one had expected the lawyer to suddenly come out with such a statement.
Sheng Siyuan finally raised an eyebrow, casting an appreciative look in the direction of this greenhorn.
He actually knew about this?
Not bad!
Jin Saiwen was a bit stunned.
Perhaps, he hadn’t expected the fingers to be fake; suddenly, his gaze immediately turned to the spectator seats.
There, sat the military personnel.
Unfortunately, in response to his look, the person showed an even more bewildered expression, as if, even more unexpectedly, this matter had never crossed his mind.
Jin Saiwen: “…”
“So, Judgment Chief, I request my witness to take the stand.” By now, Yi Hao was already making a demand for a witness.
Amidst the uproar in the court, everyone saw the two children from the legends, whose fingers had supposedly been chopped off.
They were brought to the courtroom, completely unharmed.
“You—”
“Attorney Jin, my client is an internationally renowned successful figure. How could he possibly commit such cruel and violent acts?”
Yi Hao touched his ear and smiled as he looked at his former boss.
In an instant, Jin Saiwen’s face turned green with rage.
In the courtroom, faced with such a twist, the crowd once again erupted, but this time they cheered for the man in the defendant’s seat.
The president of Shengshi Group is a real man, indeed!
“President, it seems this Mr. Yi does have some skills.”
Xu Guannan was also inside the courtroom, and upon witnessing this scene, he happily looked towards his president.
However, he found that he wasn’t being paid attention to.
Instead, those thoughtful gazes, shooting from behind thin eyeglasses, were fixated on the attorney.
“Plaintiff’s attorney, do you have any other evidence to provide?”
“Yes!”
After the courtroom quieted down, to everyone’s surprise, Jin Saiwen actually responded to the Judgment Chief’s query.
“This is a videotape containing evidence of Sheng Siyuan and Prince Billy conspiring to monopolize the royal mines. Sheng Siyuan clearly told Prince Billy that, should the plan succeed, Prince Billy would still be made a shareholder of the mines.”
Another box of evidence was submitted.
The audience saw it and immediately fixated their gazes on this new evidence, their expressions filled with confusion.
Including Sheng Siyuan.
Indeed, what did these things have to do with the accusation of his negligent homicide of that old man?
As the video finished playing, Jin Saiwen immediately proclaimed in front of everyone, “It was this very deal that ultimately cost Prince Billy his life!”
“Please clarify, plaintiff’s attorney!”
“Not long after the deal, the Royal Family found out. In order to escape blame, Prince Billy proactively handed over the contract to the Royal Family. Upon learning of this, Sheng Siyuan flew into a rage. He ordered his men to immediately pursue Prince Billy, even causing a scene at the Prince’s Mansion. Frightened by this, Prince Billy’s mental state began to falter, and eventually, he died in a car accident.”
This man was truly formidable, rattling off a great deal as if he was a storyteller.
He also casually submitted another piece of evidence.
Sheng Siyuan’s eyes narrowed slightly.
What kind of nonsense was this?
“Plaintiff, regarding this mental health assessment report of the deceased, do you have a witness to verify it?”
“Yes, I request that the doctor take the stand as a witness.”
Jin Saiwen immediately requested the witness to testify in court.
In an instant, the courtroom was once again abuzz with discussion, and Sheng Siyuan saw the dumbfounded young attorney’s complexion change.
“Turns out, Prince Billy was already experiencing mental confusion before his death.”
“If that’s the case, it’s quite normal for him to have been hit by a car, especially since he was already over sixty.”
“Yes, it seems that the president of Shengshi is a tough character! If the prince’s assessment report is true, then he can’t escape the charges.”
Upon seeing this piece of evidence, the spectators were almost convinced that the case was as good as closed.
Indeed, no one expected such evidence to appear.
Neither did Yi Hao.
He looked up at the defendant’s bench and saw that the man there had eyes like towering waves surging powerfully towards him.
A flare of panic surged within him, and he actually looked away!
“!!!!!!”
In that instant, the man in the defendant’s seat seemed almost ready to crush his own knuckles!
Chapter 127: Chapter 127 He Chased After Her… Chapter 127: Chapter 127 He Chased After Her… “Judgment Chief, I request…”
Just as Yi Hao’s stance was in great disorder, wanting to request a recess to give himself time to recover.
Suddenly, a voice reached his ears.
“If you request a recess now, it will be tantamount to admitting defeat in this case.”
“Lan… Lawyer Lan.” Yi Hao instantly covered his ears, revealing an expression of utter surprise.
“Have you already seen it? But… if I don’t request a recess, and they bring out that medical report, we’ll lose all the same.”
“Heh…”
A cold laugh.
From the tiny communication device in his ear, the woman’s voice conveyed utter disdain.
“Why would we lose? Can’t you see, he is luring you into a trap? Since he wants to argue that Prince Billy was mentally distracted, you should use his strategy against him. Wait until his witness comes forward and confirms the authenticity of the medical report.
Then tell everyone that your client’s reason for searching the entire city for Prince Billy was precisely because he knew Billy had mental issues and wanted to cancel the contract!”
“…”
My God!
Was this even the thinking of a human? To have so quickly found an even more vicious way to counterattack.
Moreover, in doing so, the president of Shengshi Group would not only avoid being found guilty, but he would also become the victim, a victim thoroughly persecuted by the Royal Family and the military!
It took Yi Hao well over a minute to digest the information and come back to reality.
And when he lifted his head, he realized that his client, the man in the defendant’s seat, had long since stopped looking at him.
He was staring at the doctor in the witness stand.
His expression was so fearsome it was as if he wanted to devour everything in sight.
“Judgment Chief, my witness has finished speaking, now we can fully prove that the deceased had issues before he died.”
“I object!”
It was like thunder shattering the sky.
No one had expected, just when everyone thought the defendant was doomed, that the defense attorney would stand up again.
The Judgment Chief looked at him.
“Defense attorney, what else do you have to argue?”
“Judgment Chief, I also have evidence to present, my client’s relentless pursuit to find Prince Billy was actually to cancel the contract.”
“What did you say?”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the courtroom turned their gaze towards him.
Including the man on the defendant’s bench.
Yi Hao continued, “Indeed, my client sought Billy because he discovered the deceased was mentally disturbed and unable to fulfill the contract normally, hence he urgently wanted to terminate the agreement.”
He left the defense bench and strode like an arrow to the witness stand, snatching the medical report right out of the doctor’s hand.
In an instant, the courtroom erupted!
This might be the most mind-boggling reversal in the history of the court, taking the other party’s evidence for himself.
And it was flawless, without a single defect.
The Judgment Chief was stunned.
And the man on the defendant’s bench, after casting his gaze towards this green lawyer, froze for several seconds.
How had he thought of this?
No, that was wrong, with his intellect, he absolutely could not have conceived such a brilliant idea, as evident from his reaction just before.
Then, the person who gave him this idea must be the one behind him.
The man’s gaze narrowed sharply, his eyes fixed on the lawyer like the fierce eyes of a hawk.
“Nonsense! How could Sheng Siyuan have known about Billy’s illness in advance? I only just received his medical report.”
Jin Saiwen had lost control.
He couldn’t accept that his perfect plan had been foiled, and in his fury, he roared on the spot.
Seeing this, Yi Hao shrugged, “Lawyer Jin, you’ve slipped up again. You just clearly stated that this medical report was made while the deceased was still alive.”
“You—”
“Lawyer Jin, just give up. This case, from beginning to end, was nothing but a collusion between Bai Feite and the Royal Family to bring Shengshi Group to its demise. That way, they could easily reclaim the two mines that were under contract with him.”
Yi Hao, having made his statement, then provided all of his evidence at once.
And this evidence was the confession of the real murderer, the former CEO of Bai Feite.
Seeing this, Jin Saiwen finally staggered.
Turning his ashen face, he saw that the military officials in the observers’ seats had already left, and suddenly, a wave of fear spread from the depths of his heart, tearing straight toward Yi Hao.
“Lan Yi! Get out here! Don’t think I don’t know you’re in here. If you’ve got the guts, come out and face me in open court yourself. What’s the point of manipulating this minion? Lan Yi, come out!!”
The crazed howl resounded throughout the courtroom.
Lan Yi?
Sheng Siyuan finally heard the name, and in that instant, he too widened his eyes behind his glasses in the defendant’s seat. For several seconds, he wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.
How could it be him?
Hadn’t he been helping the International Banking Supervisory Commission against him? Why was he suddenly hiding in the shadows helping him?
For the first time, he was plunged into deep confusion.
It was at this time, amidst the chaos in the courtroom, that he suddenly noticed the astonished young lawyer who had helped him, turning his head to look outside the courtroom following Lawyer Jin’s breakdown.
“Lan Lawyer?”
“Don’t move!” The woman’s voice from the communicator became much more intense.
Yi Hao immediately dared not move.
He obediently turned back around and did not look back until the small, delicate figure with the hat pulled low quickly left the courtroom.
Yin Hehe was gone.
However, she didn’t know that her small slip had already caught the attention of those wolf-like eyes.
“President, it’s finally over. Let’s go back,” said Guannan a few minutes later, as the court officially announced Sheng Siyuan’s acquittal, and Xu Guannan came over immediately.
But in that moment, the man charged out.
“Get the car ready immediately! Lan Yi must be nearby, and also, within ten minutes, I want all the information on this person, including his photo!”
The tall figure who burst out of the courtroom resembled a ferocious beast, his gaze fixated on the spot that had just lost its shadow, his aura as dark and imposing as the Night Emperor!
Xu Guannan was taken aback.
That lawyer… was actually nearby? But why look for him? If he didn’t want to show himself, wasn’t it his right?
He didn’t realize that Lan Yi, the person who had helped his president, was already in danger.
Soon, a black Maybach pulled up at the courthouse entrance.
Sheng Siyuan, seeing it, got into the car without even bothering to rid himself of the stench that had accumulated over so many days. His foot slammed down on the accelerator once inside the car.
“Whoosh—”
The Maybach, like a roaring tiger, swiftly carried the man away from the place.
Lan Yi!!
Chapter 128: Chapter 128: On the Run Again Chapter 128: Chapter 128: On the Run Again Yin Hehe arrived at the dock.
She had only come here this morning, to face Jin Saiwen, a man as cunning and calculating as they come, in court.
There was no real chance of victory.
That’s why, in the end, she had rushed over from Aurora City, and now, she had to leave immediately.
“I am a friend of Mr. Dillon, he has already booked a boat ticket to Aurora City for me.”
“Oh, it’s you. Hurry aboard then, we’re about to leave.”
Upon hearing that she was the one traveling to Aurora City, the cruise ship docked at the shore immediately waved her over, signaling her to come aboard.
Yin Hehe then covered her face with a mask and boarded the ship, head bowed.
She knew very well that Jin Saiwen’s loss of control in the courtroom had exposed her.
If she didn’t leave quickly, she would be in great danger!
She entered the cabin.
In the late autumn season, the weather was already chilly, especially at sea, where the wind brought a cold as harsh as that found in Aurora City.
She wrapped her clothes tight around her and found a seat inside, away from the door.
“Buzz… buzz…”
Just then, the phone she carried started to vibrate.
“Hello?”
She took it out and put it to her ear.
“Miss Yin, someone just came looking for you. Is that a friend of yours? Please tell them not to kick the door so violently; damage must be compensated for.”
It was a call from her landlord in Aurora City.
A friend?
And they had kicked her door down?
Yin Hehe’s face changed in an instant, “I am sorry, Miss Mary, are they still there now?”
“No, they left after I told them you were not in Aurora City anymore.”
“…”
Her heart dropped to her stomach with these words.
It seemed that those people were sent by the military, and Jin Saiwen had already betrayed her!
She hung up the phone, and within a few seconds, panic began to rise within her, and she couldn’t stay seated. With a “swoosh,” she stood up to go outside.
Since the other party had already pursued her to Aurora City…
Her whereabouts now might also be discovered, and by that time, there would be no place for her to escape to on the vast open sea if they came after her.
She rushed out of the cabin.
“Where are you going? The ship is about to set sail.”
As soon as she dashed out, an employee on the cruise ship stopped her, informing her that the ship had already weighed anchor.
Yin Hehe turned completely pale.
Looking at the shore receding into the distance, the normally cool and collected woman felt a chill at the bottom of her heart so intense that her fingers trembled slightly.
“…then where is the next dock? Will it stop?”
She didn’t know how long it took before she finally heard her own voice, staring attentively at the employee as she asked.
Fortunately, the employee nodded.
“In 5 hours, we will dock at Garo Sea, a supply area for the cruise ship. Is there a problem?”
“No, no problem.”
Yin Hehe breathed a sigh of relief and quickly shook her head.
As long as there was a stop midway, she could get off then. In five hours, even with so many ships at the dock, finding out which one she was on wouldn’t be so quick.
Yin Hehe returned to the cabin.
And this time, having a way out, she felt much more relaxed. It wasn’t long before she leaned back in her chair and drifted off to sleep.
She had hardly slept at all the previous night.
From departing Aurora City amidst snow and ice overnight to arriving just before court this morning, she hadn’t dared close her eyes.
—
Aurora City.
Sheng Siyuan had already turned this city upside down with his men.
Yet, in less than an hour, he found that the lawyer named Lan Yi disappeared as if she evaporated from the face of the earth.
“What about the one surnamed Yi? Bring him over!”
Sitting in the car, he flipped through the information about this person in his hand, radiating an icy chill that was frightening.
This Lan Yi, after searching the entire internet, he could only find these details without a photograph.
So, who exactly was he?
A few minutes later, Yi Hao was brought over.
“Sh… President Sheng, I really don’t know where Lawyer Lan is. This time, it was her who actively reached out to me.”
Upon being brought in front of this man again, Yi Hao hadn’t even started speaking before he began to shiver uncontrollably.
It couldn’t be helped; some people are innately endowed with an aura that sends shivers down others’ spines.
Sheng Siyuan glanced at him coldly, “She took the initiative to contact you? So, this case from the very start, she wanted to take it?”
“Of course,” Yi Hao nodded.
“In fact, when the Royal Family initially approached Landun, Mr. Jin wanted Lawyer Lan to take over, but Lawyer Lan refused. Later, with no other choice, Mr. Jin had to step in himself.”
“Then why did this Lan Yi later agree to help the President?”
Xu Guannan, who was beside them, couldn’t help but ask out of confusion.
But Yi Hao simply shook his head.
“I’m not sure about that. I was also shocked when I received the call. Later, Lawyer Lan mentioned there was a commission of twenty million, and only then did I dare to take it,” he said, spilling everything he knew at that point.
Xu Guannan: “…”
The man in the car, however, after hearing this, stared down at the information in his hand, his expression growing even more dangerous.
“What does he look like? Do you have his photo?”
“No, Lawyer Lan doesn’t have any photo in our Lawyers Association. Mr. Jin also explicitly stipulated that no one in the Lawyers Association is allowed to take photos of others without permission; otherwise, it would be a violation of their portrait rights.”
“…”
“However, Lawyer Lan is very beautiful.”
Suddenly, this green lawyer standing outside the car blurted out.
In an instant, the man inside the car heard him, and two sharp gazes were immediately fixed upon Yi Hao.
“She’s a woman?”
“Yes.” Yi Hao nodded promptly.
“Even though she is a woman, she is very formidable. She is the only female lawyer in our Lawyers Association to be granted the title of a first-rate lawyer. Moreover, she entered this profession just a mere five years ago.”
Yi Hao patiently added.
Of course, when he spoke about this legendary figure in Landun, his face was filled with admiration.
A beat seemed to skip in Sheng Siyuan’s heart.
Five years?
Why did that time frame come up again?
His fingers gripped the steering wheel, and after a moment, his thin lips moved, “If she’s such a prominent figure, how could Jin Saiwen still end up clashing with her?”
“That baffles me as well. Actually, Mr. Jin has always looked after Lawyer Lan very well. At one point, everyone at the Lawyers Association thought they would get together. But then it turned out that Lawyer Lan already had children, two of them at that, and the matter just fizzled.”
Unexpectedly, this blockheaded lawyer just spat out such words.
The man’s eyes suddenly flew open.
In that instant, Xu Guannan, who stood beside him, suddenly saw his always in-control leader, President Sheng, sitting in the car with his knuckles gripping the steering wheel, even his shoulders trembling slightly uncontrollably.
“President?”
“Find this Jin, he must know where this Lan Yi is. If he won’t talk, then chop him up and feed him to the dogs!”
His eyes roiled with stormy waves as he enunciated each word through clenched teeth.
Chapter 129: Chapter 129: His Eyes Were Full of Shocking Waves! Chapter 129: Chapter 129: His Eyes Were Full of Shocking Waves! Indeed, they wanted to find Lan Yi.
All they had to do was dig up Jin Saiwen.
However, just as Xu Guannan was about to take people to find this person, suddenly, the subordinate keeping an eye on the military came back.
“Brother Xu, I just saw that major make a move.”
“What kind of move?”
Xu Guannan immediately stopped in his tracks.
The man reported right away, “He answered a phone call, and then immediately sent out a troop. I followed them and saw that they went back to the military area and called in a military helicopter.”
“What did you say? A helicopter?”
As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Guannan’s face instantly changed, and he immediately turned back to look at the man in the car.
But he discovered that the man’s gaze too had instantly burst with danger.
“What are we waiting for? Why aren’t we following them?”
“!!!!!!!”
The oppressive atmosphere at the scene was like the end of the world, so heavy it made it hard for people to breathe.
—
The sea.
When Yin Hehe woke up groggily, it had already become quite dark outside.
The sea water, in the cold weather, seemed like a giant mist, and once it shrouded everything ahead, she slightly poked her head out, the cold dampness hitting her face made her shiver involuntarily.
“Excuse me, where are we now? Are we close to Gala Port?”
She glanced at her watch, saw that it was about time, and politely asked the passenger in front.
Indeed, the passenger nodded.
“We’re here, it’ll dock in half an hour.”
“That’s great!”
Yin Hehe excitedly stood up from her chair, walking out of the cabin, and when she saw what truly seemed like lights twinkling like stars in the distance,
she couldn’t contain her happiness.
As long as the ship docked, she could immediately escape the perilous situation.
She lowered her head to get out her phone, ready to look up some information about this place so she could quickly move after landing.
But at that moment, she suddenly seemed to hear a crackling noise from a walkie-talkie nearby.
“hello?”
Turned out, it was a crew member.
Yin Hehe brought her gaze back to her own phone, and in that moment of neglect, she didn’t see the crew member look in her direction after receiving the message over the walkie-talkie.
Yin Hehe quickly found a second-hand car repair shop at the port.
Right away, she booked a second-hand car on the ship.
Her adaptability was still very impressive.
This port, surrounded by water on all sides, whether to continue taking a ferry or leaving by plane from here,
would make her a big target.
Therefore, finding a second-hand car and taking the road was safer.
Yin Hehe put down her phone.
Just as the ship was about to dock at that moment, she looked up, overjoyed, hugging her bag and hurrying to the deck.
“Clang!”
The heavy anchor was thrown down, and the whole ship shook.
“Out of the way!”
Just as she was about to grab the railing, a crew member suddenly came forward and shoved her away roughly.
In an instant, as she was already unsteady, she staggered and crashed onto the deck.
“Thud!”
Intense pain surged through her, and she saw blackness for several seconds.
“Sorry, miss, are you okay? I didn’t see you just now.”
The crew member then noticed her.
Immediately, he was shocked and quickly came over to help her up.
Yin Hehe: “…”
Bearing the pain, she climbed up and looked at the crew member with a face full of apology, she could only shake her head.
“I’m fine.”
“My God, miss, what has happened to your face? Are you alright?”
Suddenly, the sailor’s eyes widened in horror as he stared at Yin Hehe’s face.
Yin Hehe’s complexion changed drastically in an instant.
She covered her face and the top of her head, only then realizing that her hat and mask had disappeared after her recent fall.
“I’m…I’m sorry, my face is injured and it hasn’t fully recovered.”
She was completely flustered.
Hurrying and enduring the pain, she ran to pick up her hat and mask from the deck and frantically ran back into the cabin.
She dived straight into the washroom.
Yes, that was indeed her own face.
But she hadn’t expected that it had reached the point where it could scare someone to tears.
Yin Hehe leaned against the tightly shut washroom door, at this moment she stared at the face in the mirror, crisscrossed with scars.
For the first time, she felt an oppressive discomfort, almost like suffocation.
She used to be someone who attracted a lot of attention wherever she went; how had she become this unrecognizable, ghastly figure today?
Slowly, she closed her eyes, and two cool droplets slid down from the corners of her eyes.
No knowing how long she had been in there,
eventually, she heard the sailors outside urging, “We’re docking now, anyone need to disembark?”
Only then did she snap back to reality.
After a quick tidy up, she came out of the washroom.
But just as she was about to leave the cabin and head to the deck, she suddenly saw the sailor who had pushed her down earlier, accompanied by several uniformed individuals, coming her way.
“She’s in the cabin, I’ve confirmed it just now. She has scars on her face, but it’s definitely the woman in the picture.”
The sailor was leading them this way, whispering to the men as they walked.
Yin Hehe’s complexion changed drastically again!
She couldn’t hear what they were saying, but being sharp as she was, she could tell from the sailor’s demeanor that something was off.
Suddenly, she shrunk back into the room.
“Have they discovered me? Have they come looking for me?”
Her face drained of color, and her whole body was so cold that her hands began to tremble slightly.
A few seconds later, as the sailor and his party were about to burst into her cabin, she gritted her teeth and dove back into the washroom.
“Bang!”
The washroom door slammed shut.
Simultaneously, the sailor and his group stepped into the cabin.
“Where is she?”
As soon as they entered, they scanned the cabin with fierce eyes and demanded forcefully.
The sailor instantly panicked.
“She was here just now, I swear to you. I knocked her hat and mask off, she fell down, and then she came back here,” he stammered.
On hearing this, the men’s faces turned even uglier.
“Then why aren’t you searching? I warn you, if this woman is not caught, you’re going to Hell with her!”
They cursed fiercely, terrifying the remaining people in the cabin, who cowered and shivered in fear.
The sailor was petrified.
He had intended to make a quick buck, not to risk his neck.
Ultimately, the terrified sailor found his way to the washroom, for the sound of trembling could be heard from within.
“Bang!”
“Ahh—”
He kicked open the door to the washroom.
A woman’s scream rang out.
A woman?
The sailor’s heart leapt with joy, and he rushed forward to grab the woman huddled over the toilet, holding her head.
“You—”
“Don’t kill me, please don’t kill me, I know nothing, absolutely nothing,” she sobbed in terror, her face marked with mundane features and freckles, crying out loudly at the sight of his ferocious appearance.
Sailor: “…”
Chapter 130: Chapter 130: Hanging by a Thread Chapter 130: Chapter 130: Hanging by a Thread “Where is everyone? Weren’t they supposed to be here?”
Just as the crew member forcefully grasped the woman in the restroom, those people behind him also arrived.
They saw that this woman was not the one they were looking for, and immediately questioned with a murderous aura.
The crew member shuddered, and his grip loosened.
“Maybe… maybe she slipped away during the chaos, I’ll take you to look for her again.”
“Bang!”
Before he could finish his sentence, those who had already lost their patience kicked him to the ground.
“Useless!” they cursed fiercely, and quickly surged out again.
The woman in the restroom continued to cower in the corner, shivering.
Not until she saw the crew member who was hit at the doorway get up and stagger out like a drenched dog did she finally support herself up slowly using the restroom walls.
“Miss, are you alright? These lunatics, I have no idea what they’re up to. I’m going to find the police and file a complaint.”
In the cabin, the passengers who hadn’t disembarked at this port after witnessing the scene came over to help her up with concern.
Yin Hehe quickly shook her head.
Find the police?
If she told them that these people were from the military, would that disappoint them?
Yin Hehe adjusted her clothes in front of the mirror.
Especially that face.
“Hiss—”
The moment the cold water touched her, even though she was prepared, the intense pain still made her gasp.
That was because she had recently forced the nanny’s face onto her own.
Her wound had not yet fully healed, and basically, as soon as the adhesive was applied, the wound started to worsen seriously. At the site of adhesion, if those people had been a bit more careful, they would have noticed a red line of blood.
“Jin Saiwen, you despicable scoundrel!”
She suppressed the throbbing pain, opened her eyes again, and looked at herself in the mirror, her pupils filled with a blade-like chill!
Indeed, Jin Saiwen had seen her real face.
At that time, grateful that he lent a hand during her plight, she treated him with the same honesty, revealing her true face when meeting him in private.
But who would have thought that she would be betrayed by him at such a moment?
Yin Hehe tidied herself up in the restroom for about four or five minutes before she opened the door and came out.
“Excuse me, how much longer until the ship departs?”
She did not go out but sat back down in the cabin.
The passenger sitting next to her hurriedly checked his watch: “It should be soon, it’s already been stopping for fifteen minutes.”
“Alright, thank you.”
She politely expressed her gratitude.
Then, she turned her head and looked out the window.
She couldn’t go down anymore; since those military people had already pursued her here, going down would undoubtedly be a death sentence.
She clutched her bag tightly, praying for the ship to depart quickly.
Fortunately, it wasn’t long before she felt a slight shake underfoot—the anchor must be getting pulled up.
At that moment, she breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension in her entire body also eased considerably.
“Listen up, starting now, everyone must come up to the deck!”
Just when she thought she had narrowly escaped, an announcement suddenly came from the loudspeaker above.
“What’s going on? Why do we have to go to the deck? Aren’t we about to depart?”
“Yeah, what kind of trick is this now?”
The people in the cabin started to complain.
However, they didn’t dare refuse, and after another prompt came through the broadcast, they all stood up.
Yin Hehe’s lips had already turned pale.
She had a vague premonition that this was still related to those people from before, and a layer of cold sweat had broken out on her back.
What should I do?
In her current state, if she went up to the deck, those people would surely notice something was amiss if they looked at her closely.
She felt as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
It was at this moment that she caught a glimpse of a tall traveller who, for convenience, had climbed out through the cabin window.
Right!
She could escape from here.
Her eyes finally brightened, and she immediately went to the window; she grabbed hold and climbed out as well.
“Hurry up, stop dawdling, everyone gather on the deck.”
As soon as she was out, she heard someone on the deck already violently herding people.
Instantly, she pinched her fingers, turned around, and headed in the opposite direction of the deck, planning to slip unnoticed into the cruise ship’s lower storerooms, where tools were typically stored.
No one would come looking.
She quickly found the entrance to this storage room.
“Who’s there?”
But just as she was about to duck inside, a figure appeared and shouted at her fiercely.
In that instant, her blood seemed to drain away.
“I…”
“So it’s you again? Why aren’t you on the deck? Why run to this place?”
By a strange coincidence, this person happened to be the same crew member who had been leading the search for her earlier.
Yin Hehe felt even colder all over.
She slowly turned to the side, and when she saw the crew member’s eyes staring intently at her face, especially the area around her chin,
suddenly, she calmed down.
“Because I want to hide.”
“What?”
“Aren’t you trying to dig me out? Of course I have to hide. Otherwise, I’d be in great danger.”
She said expressionlessly, and her hands casually pulled out a thin, long needle from her sleeve.
The crew member was immediately overjoyed.
“It really is you! Lieutenant, she’s in…”
Before he could finish shouting, a faint silvery glint flashed before his eyes!
In an instant, the crew member about to betray her felt a numbness in his neck, and immediately, he fell down, clutching at it in terror.
“You—”
“I didn’t want to harm you, but you’ve brought this on yourself!”
Yin Hehe withdrew the silver needle in her hand, then bent over to drag the man by one leg into the storage room as well.
A few minutes later, when she came out again, she was wearing a different set of crew member clothes.
Her face was also tightly concealed under the cap she wore.
“Make sure you all look carefully, there’s a fugitive on this ship. If anyone sees her, I can offer a reward, but if you know something and don’t report it, don’t blame me for being unkind!”
Upon exiting, she heard the group on the deck enticing the gathered passengers with threats and promises.
Yin Hehe pressed down on the brim of her hat and turned to glance.
They had her photo!
Those bastards, they had really tried every trick to smoke her out, and this photo, she knew without looking, must have been provided by Jin Saiwen.
Yin Hehe’s knuckles cracked with the sound of popping.
Ignoring these people, she saw the boat had not yet left the shore, and turned to sprint towards the stern.
She planned to jump into the sea from there.
After all, she was cornered; all she could do now was jump, then wait for an opportunity to swim back to shore.
“Will, where are you going at the stern?”
But just as she reached the stern, someone behind her noticed and immediately shouted out!