Xiao Yi was very busy. Besides Ruan Bang, he also had many of his subordinates to interrogate. Moreover, Li Ke's questions to Ruan Bang were limited to the questions he wanted to know; she did not ask anything she shouldn't have.

For the next two days, Xiao Yi was busy, and Li Ke stayed quietly on the island, waiting for news. The two did not meet again.

Nguyen Xuan assisted Gotan in taking over most of the forces on the island. Li Ke was actually not satisfied with the military's handling of the situation; these villains deserved to die. However, it was clear that the higher-ups had their own arrangements.

In the evening, Xiao Yi had a rare meal with Li Ke. News came that more than 70,000 people had been rescued. As for the rest, Xiao Yi said with a heavy expression that they would continue to rescue them.

Li Ke sensed that there must be some bad news involved, but since Xiao Yi didn't say anything, she didn't press him for details.

The atmosphere was somewhat silent after the meal. After a while, Xiao Yi said, "After we make the necessary preparations tomorrow, we will take people out to sea."

Li Ke knew that Xiao Yi was waiting for her answer. She frowned and pondered for a moment: "I'll think about it some more."

Li Ke had just learned that Niu Dazhuang had also come to the village outside the island to save her. Xiao Yi's information did not reveal how many of those 70,000 people were from the Qiushan base.

Xiao Yi had no way to give Li Ke advice. Her identity as a woman was already a secret, and those in power already knew everything.

Although some people may not have thought about it deeply yet, as a woman with no powerful background, becoming the base manager of a gang's base is bound to be investigated.

He wanted Li Ke to go to sea with her, but he also wanted the girl to stay away from everything for a more stable life. However, in this world, stability is the hardest thing to find.

Li Ke didn't know how Xiao Yi and his group planned to go to sea, but it wasn't hard to guess. They probably planned to use the identity of one of the guests, or perhaps all five guests.

However, Li Ke was not entitled to know this information, and she was very discreet, so she did not ask any further questions.

That evening, Li Ke was leaving the island to visit Niu Dazhuang in the village, along with the people on the same boat as her, including Ruan Chun.

Ruan Xuan sat next to Li Ke. The ship was moving very fast, and they sat on the deck enjoying the breeze.

Ruan Chun said to Li Ke, "Although you don't look weak, I didn't expect you to be so capable. I underestimated you."

Li Ke looked at Ruan Chun with some confusion. Ruan Chun smiled and said, "I heard from Ruan Bang that you defeated him. He was asking me about your identity, but I didn't tell him anything."

Only then did Li Ke become curious: "What is your relationship with Ruan Bang? And what's the deal with Gotan?"

Nguyen Xuan Liang laughed coldly: "I am Nguyen Bang's goods, Nguyen Bang's woman, and Nguyen Bang's sister. Now that Nguyen Bang has lost power, outsiders think I am Gotan's goods and woman."

Although Li Ke had previously felt that Ruan Chun deserved to die, he couldn't help but say at this moment, "Perhaps you can take this opportunity to leave here."

Ruan Chun looked into Li Ke's eyes: "Are you concerned about me now?"

At this moment, Li Ke was dressed in men's clothing, with short hair and a mask, leaving only his beautiful eyes exposed, yet he still found Ruan Chun very attractive.

This woman had a pair of soft-hearted eyes. Even when her gaze was icy, Ruan Chun felt that warm water was flowing beneath the ice. Unfortunately, they met too late.

Li Ke said expressionlessly, "I'm just feeling sorry for a woman."

Ruan Xuan laughed again: "How do you know I'm not pretending to be pitiful? You're really easy to soften up to when it comes to women."

Moving closer to Li Ke, Ruan Chun added, "If you were involved in my past, you might want to kill me a hundred or a thousand times over."

Li Ke pushed Ruan Chun's shoulder to make her sit back down: "You should be grateful that you never showed any murderous intent towards me, otherwise, we might not be sitting together now."

Ruan Chun looked at Li Ke and said, "Actually, we are a lot of the same. We are both very tolerant of women."

The image of the figure submerged in the water flashed before Li Ke's eyes, and her gaze turned cold: "Not necessarily."

Ruan Xuan was quick-witted. Although she didn't interact much with Li Ke, she quickly understood Li Ke's change. She sighed and said, "It's not easy to survive on this island. Every girl who comes into my hands, I tell them to live well. Unfortunately, either they have their own ambitions, or they are just too stupid to be saved."

Li Ke did not respond, and Ruan Chun looked into the distance again: "Do you know how such a large green forest in the village came about?"

Li Ke had naturally thought about this question. With such a large mutated forest, who knew how many skeletons were buried underneath?

Ruan Xuan didn't need Li Ke's answer. She continued, "When I was little, the forest there was bigger and more lush. My mother often took me to wash clothes by the river in the forest. Sometimes my mother and I were punished and didn't have enough to eat at home, so we would find some small fish in the river and cook them outside to fill our stomachs."

Our Ruan family is the wealthiest in the area. As the young lady of the Ruan family, I sometimes don't live as comfortably as those from humbler families outside. Ruan Bang is the eldest son of the Ruan family, the destined future head of the household. Before I turned fifteen, he didn't even remember me, his younger sister. When he occasionally saw me, he thought I was just a maid.

Nguyen Xuan's mother was her father's twelfth concubine. Originally, she was just a maid working in the Nguyen family. One day, the drunken master of the Nguyen family got aroused and casually pulled her mother to bed.

From then on, Nguyen Xuan came into being. After her mother was discovered to be pregnant, she was made a concubine. Nguyen's father was a lustful and unrestrained man who had been with too many women.

Only pregnant women who were confirmed to be carrying the father's child would be elevated to the status of concubines. Although they were called concubines, their lives were not much different from those of their former servant status.

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