Transmigrated into a poor peasant family, lacking clothes and food, life is hard enough, why must she also be schemed against by her only relative?
So she's not their biological child, wh...
Jiang Qiao originally didn't want to get involved in this, but then she thought, what if this person really was a bad guy? She didn't dare to think about the consequences, especially since this was in Dahaishan.
She quietly circled around, but she didn't see the person from before. Instead, she noticed that there were still guards on duty in the first-class section.
She didn't want to go over and ask, so she could only walk back dejectedly, pondering the matter as she went.
She believed her intuition was infallible; it was a kind of vigilance honed through years of training and work against the enemy.
However, she wasn't in a hurry at the moment. It was late at night, and even if something happened, how could those bad guys escape? This was at sea.
Just to be safe, she spent a long time observing the deck, and brought out some food. On the way back, she also grabbed a few life jackets. It's better to be safe than sorry. Although she can swim, she can't keep up with the group of people around her, the old and the young, especially since it's the dead of winter.
When Jiang Qiao went in, most of the people were either sleeping or eating and chatting.
"Grandpa, have something to eat—"
Jiang Qiao brought in hot water and steaming buns. "I had someone heat them up, you guys eat quickly—"
Lin Laidi was surprised that Jiang Qiao had brought them food again, and the old lady blushed, mainly because she was embarrassed.
"Brother Qiao, I can't accept this. I'm always eating your food, I'm so embarrassed."
Qiao Jie shoved the lunchbox into Lin Laidi's hands. "Don't be so polite. Eat quickly and get some rest."
Jiang Qiao didn't have much of an appetite, but she forced herself to eat two steamed buns.
After finishing her meal, Jiang Qiao helped the old man lie down. She really couldn't fall asleep. With so many people crammed together, some snoring and some talking in their sleep, she just couldn't get any sleep.
Resting her head on her life jacket, she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. Before she knew it, she had drifted off to sleep.
Just as everyone was sound asleep, Jiang Qiao was suddenly startled awake. If she wasn't mistaken, it sounded like a gunshot.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, hurry, get up and get dressed, Grandma Lin—"
Jiang Qiao quickly pushed the people around her to their feet and made them put on life jackets.
Even those who were light sleepers in the cabin were awakened by Jiang Qiao and the others' noise, especially the continuous gunfire outside. Even if they didn't know what was happening, they knew something was definitely wrong. Many elderly people jumped up and quickly urged everyone to run outside.
Jiang Qiao originally wanted to call everyone back, as going out rashly like this was not a wise choice.
But no one listened to her. With the help of Jiang Qiao and the others, Qiao Jie also ran outside with the group.
"Grandpa, don't rush, take your time—"
When I came out, the outside was already in complete chaos.
The sky was just beginning to lighten, and visibility was not very good, but Jiang Qiao could still hear someone shouting for everyone to be quiet and not to panic.
"Grandpa, you all stay here. Don't go anywhere else, and don't get separated—"
But panicked people are not so easy to control. The deck was in chaos, with people everywhere, and the sporadic gunshots made everyone nervous and uneasy.
Jiang Qiao made arrangements for a few people and wanted to go out to see what had happened.
Pushing through the crowd, a man carrying a black leather bag squeezed past her. At first, Jiang Qiao didn't think much of it, but as the two passed each other, she could smell the gunpowder emanating from him.
Most people wouldn't have noticed, but Jiang Qiao wasn't just anyone. She didn't even need to turn around to guess who it was.
Taking advantage of the other person's momentary lapse in attention, he snatched the briefcase from his hand.
When the man saw that what he was holding was gone, he turned around in surprise and saw a little girl. His expression changed immediately, and he pounced on Jiang Qiao.
In his mind, what strength could a little girl have to steal his bag? She must have thought it contained money; she was just a thief.
However, he was completely wrong. Jiang Qiao was no thief at all. Seeing the man's expression, he understood what was going on even more clearly.
When Jiang Qiao saw the man attacking, she turned and ran outside. There were too many people around, and she was worried that if the man got angry, he might implicate innocent people.
However, what Jiang Qiao didn't see was that the people standing on the upper deck saw the man's bag being snatched below and turned to leave.
Jiang Qiao grabbed her purse and ran into the cabin. As soon as she was out of the man's sight, she threw the purse into her spatial storage.
It's a bit inconvenient to carry this thing, and it's quite heavy inside. I wonder what's inside it.
However, she didn't hide inside. She couldn't let a bad person go out and harm the people, since her grandparents were still outside.
When the man saw Jiang Qiao, he initially tried to coax her, saying, "Little girl, give me your bag, and I'll give you money, okay?"
Seeing the man's expression, like a big bad wolf trying to abduct Little Red Riding Hood, Jiang Qiao wasn't about to waste words with him. She had already seen the man's hand reach into his pocket, and if she wasn't mistaken, there was definitely a weapon inside.
Jiang Qiao wouldn't confront the other party head-on. Seeing that the other party had misunderstood, she didn't attack directly. However, her weapon was a packet of medicine powder, which Qiao Jie had prepared himself. The old man was worried that the two of them might encounter bad people while traveling. What if they couldn't beat them?
He was an old man and it didn't matter, but Qiao'er was a little girl, and he couldn't let anything happen to the child.
The man never dreamed that Jiang Qiao would do such a thing to him in front of everyone. By the time he reacted, the gun in his hand was pointed at Jiang Qiao. Before he could pull the trigger, he had already fallen straight to the ground.
Jiang Qiao went up and tied the person up tightly. Just as she was about to drag him out, there was a sudden loud crash. "Oh no—"
She recognized the sound; it was the sound of an explosion. She strongly suspected that there were enemy accomplices on the ship.
She dragged the bad guy and ran hurriedly outside. Fortunately, she hadn't run very far inside.
At this moment, chaos had broken out outside. When Jiang Qiao dragged the person out, those on the deck who could find life jackets jumped down, and those who could swim but didn't have life jackets also jumped down. Some people were also untying the life rafts by the side of the ship.
Of course, there were also crew members on board organizing and clearing the way. Everyone wanted to live and leave as soon as possible, but there were only a few life rafts available.
The staff prioritized the elderly and children, but some people wouldn't listen. Not everyone is so selfless; some people, even men, were afraid of dying and desperately tried to squeeze into the life rafts. This made some people unhappy and caused a commotion.
Jiang Qiao didn't have the time to look at these people, so she quickly dragged her people to find Qiao Jie and the others.
"Joan, Joan, we're here—"
老爷子他们几个还真挺听话的,甲板上闹作一团了,他们三个愣是没挪动地方,老老实实的等江乔出来。