Drawing a Line

When Bai Miaoke entered the room, she found that the bunk bed in the inner room was neatly covered with soft bedding, and even the bed curtains on both sides were gathered into a uniform shape.

"You are worthy of being the Prime Minister. You even handle such small matters so meticulously." Bai Miaoke praised generously.

"It's just a piece of cake." Lu Yu said it calmly, but he felt very happy in his heart.

Bai Miaoke didn't bother to be polite with him: "Then I'll sleep inside."

"Okay, I'll be outside. Call me if you have any problems." Lu Yu replied. After that, he thought that the probability of him having problems was higher, and then added: "There are guards arranged by Rong Qing around the room, you don't have to worry."

"Okay, then I'll go first..." Bai Miaoke agreed and prepared to wash up, but she found that there was only one bathroom!

So her words got stuck in her throat. It was one thing to peek at Lu Yu taking a bath, but she didn't want to be seen!

Lu Yu just discovered this problem, and almost immediately stood up and said, "I'll go out and check on the guards they have arranged."

"Okay!" Bai Miaoke breathed a sigh of relief, watched him leave, then quickly took three steps over to lock the door.

She picked up the hot water prepared by the waiter, took off her clothes, and soaked comfortably in the bathtub to wash away the day's fatigue.

But she didn't know when Lu Yu would come back, so Bai Miaoke finished washing and getting dressed in less than half an hour.

After removing the bolt from the door, she sat down on the bed and slowly wrung out her hair. She pressed a few wrinkles on Lu Yu's neatly made bed, and then she remembered his sincere eyes in the afternoon.

I don’t know whether I should believe him or not, but I also feel like it doesn’t really matter whether I believe him or not.

She kept daydreaming like this until her long hair dried up. It was already dark outside the window, but Lu Yu still hadn't returned.

"Could something have happened?" Bai Miaoke muttered to herself as she prepared to go out to look for him, but as soon as she pushed the door open, she found Lu Yu guarding the door.

Half of his body was hidden in the shadows, and he turned around when he heard the sound of the door opening.

"When did you come back? Why don't you go in?" Bai Miaoke didn't expect him to be guarding the door, and asked in confusion.

"I just came back from Fugui. I... was watching the moon." Lu Yu replied. He would not admit that he had been waiting at the door for half a day.

"Do you want to enjoy it for a while longer or come back to rest?" Bai Miaoke didn't expose him, but just asked him with a smile and folded her arms.

"Let's go, it's time to rest." Lu Yu quietly moved his numb legs, and the two of them walked into the house one after the other.

"You go wash up, I'm going to sleep first." After saying that, Bai Miaoke went into the house and lay down. She was really tired after a whole day of hard work.

Not long after, the sound of water was heard coming from the bathroom. If it had happened before, Bai Miaoke would have gotten up to take a look, but after realizing once again this afternoon that the two of them were just using each other, she suddenly lost interest.

Since it's just exploitation, it's better to draw a clear line.

Thinking of this, Bai Miaoke gradually fell asleep to the intermittent sound of water, leaving Lu Yu alone in the outer room, curled up on the chaise longue, unable to sleep all night.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was curled up. This chaise longue was originally used for drinking tea and taking a nap. Lu Yu, who was more than 1.8 feet tall, felt a little cramped lying on it.

Lu Yu had no choice but to curl up his legs and lie on his side, listening attentively to the silence in the inner room, thinking that everyone must have fallen asleep.

Lu Yu found it difficult to fall asleep when he thought that there was only a thin door between them, and he couldn't help feeling secretly excited.

But when he thought of her cold attitude in the afternoon when she asked him whether he was using her or was sincere, Lu Yu felt like a basin of cold water was poured over his head, and the hot beating heart in his chest also turned cold.

The second day on board.

Bai Miaoke slept until noon before getting up. She rubbed her eyes and opened the door, and found that Lu Yu had been up for an unknown period of time and was sitting by the window doing something unknown.

"Good morning." Bai Miaoke didn't know how soft her voice was when she just woke up.

"Good morning." Lu Yu withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at the woman, but suddenly turned away.

Because Bai Miaoke was only wearing a plain white pajamas, with her long hair loosely draped over her shoulders, her every move was inadvertently captivating.

Seeing his reaction, Bai Miaoke glanced at her pajamas that did not reveal an inch of skin and smiled helplessly, thinking that he was really an old-fashioned guy. However, she still went back to the inner room to change her clothes before going out again.

After a quick wash, she asked, "Have you had breakfast?"

This successfully earned Lu Yu a speechless expression, as if she was talking nonsense. "If you are hungry, have someone bring lunch over."

Bai Miaoke then realized that it was already noon, but the mist outside the window and the drizzle made her mistakenly believe that it was still early.

While waiting for lunch, Bai Miaoke went to see Chun Xing. Seeing that she looked better today, she felt relieved and went back to have lunch with Lu Yu.

But the two of them had just finished eating when Fugui came outside the door asking to see them.

Bai Miaoke didn't care, but Lu Yu was startled. If it wasn't an urgent matter, Fugui wouldn't have come to disturb them while they were having a meal.

As expected, as soon as he came in, his face was full of solemnity: "Sir, Madam, someone died on the ship last night."

"Last night? Who died?" Bai Miaoke put down her chopsticks, a little surprised.

"I just went to inquire. The dead were a salt merchant in his thirties and his two servants. They all died in the guest rooms. Now everyone on the ship is in panic and it is very chaotic." Fugui replied.

"Then let's not go out?" Bai Miaoke turned and asked Lu Yu.

"Okay." Lu Yu's expression remained calm, but he had already guessed that something was unusual. He just hoped that he was overthinking it.

Sure enough, not long after, Fugui knocked on the door again and reported: "Sir, Madam, the rich businessman's nephew is looking for the murderer on the ship with great fanfare, and he wants to search every room."

"If we don't let him in, can he still force his way in?" Bai Miaoke said as a matter of course.

"No, but if we don't allow the search, people will think we have something to hide, which might arouse suspicion from other people on the ship." Lu Yu obviously understood human nature better.

"I can only meet him." Lu Yu said.

"Go check the body and see if there is anything abnormal." Lu Yu then instructed Fugui.

"I'll go too." Bai Miaoke quickly followed.

Fugui looked back at his master, who did not comment. Then he took Bai Miaoke to the door of the guest room where the person died last night.

There were a few people watching the fun gathered in front of the door, whispering in groups of three or four.

"Excuse me. Excuse me." Fugui finally cleared a path for Bai Miaoke to squeeze in.

There were three bodies in the house, they were the salt merchant's son and his two servants.

Bai Miaoke squatted beside the salt merchant's son and looked at him carefully. There were no signs of fighting on his body. At first glance, there was only a knife wound on his chest. However, with her rich experience in killing, she could tell at a glance that this wound was inflicted after the man fell down. She was afraid that he had other wounds on his body.

Sure enough, when Bai Miaoke turned the man over, she saw a small mosquito or fly bite on the back of his head.

"This is the fatal injury." A familiar female voice came.

Bai Miaoke looked up and found that it was indeed an acquaintance. It was none other than Sister A Ling, the woman who treated Chun Xing that day.

"Can I take a look?" the woman said to Bai Miaoke.

Remembering that the other person was a doctor, Bai Miaoke nodded and gave up her seat to let her come over.

"Judging from the location, the wound was shot right in the back of the head. Judging from the depth of the wound, the murderer used great force. The murder took place at about 1 a.m. last night." The woman looked around the body and gave her conclusion slowly.

"Can such a small wound kill someone?" someone in the crowd questioned.

"Well, theoretically it's possible if the force is strong enough." Ah Ling hesitated. She had been practicing medicine for many years and this was the first time she had seen such a barely detectable fatal injury.

"It's a flying cymbal. You just need to aim at the right position and a silver needle will fly out. If the distance is close, it will be enough to be a fatal blow." Bai Miaoke added for her.

Ah Ling nodded at her to show that she accepted the instruction, but her senior brother Zhu Yu, who was standing behind her with his arms crossed, narrowed his fox eyes dangerously.

Bai Miaoke did not notice his dangerous look. She and Fugui looked at the bodies one by one, and walked around the room. When they did not find anything unusual, they returned to the guest room.

Before entering, I saw Rong Qing and several guards guarding the door, confronting several people.

"You don't let us in to search, do you have something to hide?" the leader said in a bad tone.

"This is our Master and Madam's guest room, how can we let you barge in without permission!" Rong Qing did not give in at all.

The atmosphere was tense for a moment.

Not wanting to let them reveal their abilities, Bai Miaoke quickly walked over and stood in front of Rong Qing.

"Are you the deceased's brother? Now your brother's body is lying in the room and people are pointing at it, but you don't care. Instead, you have the mood to search every room?"

"Who are you? Women, stay away from us. Don't cry if we hurt you." The man looked Bai Miaoke up and down with lustful eyes and his tone became non-serious.

Another man behind him tugged at his arm, telling him to focus on the business.

"This is my wife, how can you speak rudely to her?!" Fugui, who had been standing next to her, couldn't help but speak up for Bai Miaoke.

Bai Miaoke gave him a look, signaling him to be patient.

"My two brothers, my husband is not feeling well. If you rush in, you might disturb him." Bai Miaoke brought out the excuse they had agreed on beforehand.

"We don't have to go in and search, as long as you stay with your brother for one night. Anyway, your husband with poor health may not be able to satisfy you." The man from before showed his yellow teeth and his eyes became more unscrupulous.

Bai Miaoke's smile turned cold in an instant. Just as she was about to teach these two ungrateful scoundrels a lesson, she saw the door that had been closed was suddenly pushed open.

With a livid face, Lu Yu walked out of the door, and before anyone could react, he raised his leg and kicked the wretched man in the heart. The latter was caught off guard and was instantly knocked to the ground.

The man covered his chest and cried out in pain. After looking up and seeing Lu Yu's face clearly, he swallowed the sound of the pain and just kept winking at his accomplice.

Bai Miaoke noticed the movements of the other people preparing to escape, sighed helplessly, pulled out the silver whip that was decorated with fancy patterns and used as a belt from her waist, swung it and wrapped it directly around the neck of one person, then tightened the whip with a slight turn of her wrist, and the person died without even a scream.

Rong Qing and others also reacted quickly and quickly controlled the remaining people.

Bai Miaoke put away the whip and looked at Lu Yu, expecting to see disgust or fear in his eyes. After all, killing someone to silence them was never a good thing.

But she only saw appreciation and concern in his eyes, as well as some emotions that she couldn't understand.

Bai Miaoke was stunned and thought to herself, he is indeed the Prime Minister who is rumored to be cruel and ruthless. He can show such an intoxicated look when watching others kill people, completely forgetting that he is the real killer who can kill a person silently.