Shen Qing was startled, wondering why the pirate was pointing directly at him, and quickly lowered his head.
The two pirates drew closer and closer, finally standing in front of her, pointing their spears at her head: "You! Stand up!"
Shen Qing pretended not to understand English and continued to keep her head down until the gun was pressed against her forehead.
The pirate roared, "You! Stand up!"
Shen Qing was terrified and stood up with her hands raised.
Beneath the loose skirt, her legs were trembling.
The pirate with his gun raised said menacingly, "Raise your face!"
Shen Qing raised her face.
The pirate asked his companion, "Is this the woman?"
The companion nodded.
The pirate pulled the trigger.
Hearing the spring-like sound, Shen Qing asked in terror, "Why do you want to kill me?"
After saying that, he kicked the broken silver and gold coins at his feet: "I did not refuse to hand over the money, nor did I resist, so why kill me?"
The pirates exchanged glances, said nothing, and pressed the guns against her forehead even harder.
The trigger was pulled more than halfway, and the bullet would soon be fired, piercing Shen Qing's forehead.
Faced with bullets, she was powerless to resist and tried to defend herself, but the pirates refused to communicate.
Death seemed imminent. Shen Qing turned to look at Cheng Zhiwen and calmly said, "The Gao family owes Master Zhao 100,000 taels of silver. Lord Qi must not let Master Zhao take the house for nothing. That house is the foundation of the Gao family's livelihood!"
As long as Cheng Zhiwen is willing to convey this message, Qi Zhenheng will definitely help the Gao family deal with their debts.
That way, even if she were no longer in this world, the Gao family would at least have a small courtyard to shelter them from the wind and rain after paying off their debts.
Time was running out, and she said in a trembling voice, "Please trouble Lord Qi to take good care of Chunju and Sulan..."
After explaining all this, she calmly closed her eyes and awaited death.
The spring-like sound became increasingly clear; the trigger was almost fully pulled.
Just when Shen Qing thought the bullet was about to be fired, the cold gun barrel left his forehead.
She opened her eyes and saw Cheng Zhiwen raise her hand to press down the pirate's gun-wielding hand, and then pull a handful of gold bars from her suit pocket with her other hand.
The pirates' eyes lit up when they saw the gold bars. They raised their hands, ordered their men to take away Cheng Zhiwen's gold bars, and then pointed their guns at Cheng Zhiwen's forehead.
Shen Qing stared at all of this in astonishment.
Cheng Zhiwen looked at the pirates with guns raised, her expression unchanged, and said in fluent English, "You've already received all the gold bars. What does this mean?"
The pirate laughed, "You must still have gold. Bring it all out!"
"It's all here."
The pirates didn't believe them and pulled the trigger.
Cheng Zhiwen snapped his fingers, and several young men immediately stood up from the crouching crowd, all of them raising their guns.
Bullets pierced the hearts and foreheads of several pirates on the deck, while a few others darted aside, escaping the bullets, and continued the pursuit.
The scene descended into chaos, with passengers who had been crouching on the deck scattering in all directions, further exacerbating the already chaotic gunfight.
The pirate who pointed a gun at Cheng Zhiwen was shot dead. After Cheng Zhiwen was safe, he also pulled out a pistol and shot another pirate.
Then, with his arm around Shen Qing, he bent down and ran forward through the hail of bullets.
"Let's hide in the cabin first!"
Shen Qing nodded, ran forward quickly, and dodged behind the cabin door.
Just as Cheng Zhiwen was about to enter, she suddenly jolted and lurched forward.
Shen Qing saw a bullet hole in the back of his suit!
Someone shot him from behind!
"Cheng Zhiwen!" Shen Qing shouted, immediately crouching down and dragging his body into the cabin, away from the hail of bullets outside.
She sat on the ground, her back against the cabin door, pulled Cheng Zhiwen's body to her side, lifted his face, and asked anxiously, "How are you?"
Cheng Zhiwen seemed to be out of consciousness. She glanced at her with a faint look in her eyes, then closed them again.
"Cheng Zhiwen... Cheng Zhiwen..." Shen Qing cried as she hugged his face. "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a bullet wound, we'll remove it!"
Through her teary eyes, she looked at the wound on his back and tried to pinpoint the location of the bullet.
It seems to be located at the back of the stomach...
"It's okay, that part is fine," she comforted Cheng Zhiwen, crying.
Cheng Zhiwen weakly opened her eyes and smiled: "Didn't you always want to kill me...? Now you've got your wish..."
After saying that, he lost consciousness.
Shen Qing cried, "As long as you can change, I won't kill you!"
But he could no longer answer her.
The intermittent gunfire outside gradually subsided until it stopped.
Shen Qing heard the cheers and knew that none of the pirates had been killed.
She rubbed Cheng Zhiwen's slowly cooling cheeks with her palms to warm them up a little.
"Mr. Cheng!" Jiang Shen rushed into the cabin and saw Cheng Zhiwen lying in Shen Qing's arms with his eyes closed. His face turned pale.
Then He Fei and several young men rushed in, including Cheng Zhiwen's friend, the young man named Li Chong.
As soon as he arrived, he started yelling at everyone, "What are you all standing there for! Hurry up and carry the person inside!"
Jiang Shen and He Fei quickly stepped forward, one head and one foot, ready to lift Cheng Zhiwen up.
Shen Qing snapped out of his daze and shouted, "No! We can't touch him! The bullet is in the back of his stomach, where the digestive organs are loose and rich in blood. If we move his body now, it could very likely cause bleeding."
Jiang Shen and He Fei immediately let go and asked respectfully, "Mr. Shen, what do you think is the best course of action?"
"Go and ask if there's a surgeon on this ship!" Shen Qing calmly ordered. "Bring him here immediately!"
She knew very well that the digestive organs were not the fatal parts. The most important thing now was to create a sterile environment so that someone with surgical dissection experience could remove the bullet and perform debridement and suturing.
Jiang Shen immediately rushed out to find a surgeon.
Li Chong frowned as he looked at Shen Qing and said, "It's windy here. If she catches a cold after fainting, it will be even more dangerous. We should carry her to a room first."
After saying that, he ordered He Fei: "He Fei, quickly carry the person inside!"
He Fei didn't move, but glanced at Shen Qing: "Mr. Cheng instructed that if anything happens to him, everything should be done according to Boss Shen's wishes."
Li Chong was so angry that he slapped him.
Although the young boy was skilled and had a gun at his waist, he dared not resist Li Chong in the slightest.
Shen Qing realized that Li Chong held a position similar to Cheng Zhiwen's within the organization, which was why Cheng Zhiwen's subordinates dared not retaliate even after being beaten by him.
But Cheng Zhiwen didn't seem to trust him. She knew that if something happened to her, Li Chong would definitely interfere, so she instructed her subordinates to listen to her if he got into trouble.
Remembering He Fei's words, "Mr. Cheng instructed that if anything happens to him, everything should be done according to Boss Shen's wishes," Shen Qing shed tears again.
She looked down at Cheng Zhiwen's pale face, stroked his cheek with her hand, and thought to herself: You trust me so much, what should I do?
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