He first gently took her hand, which was resting on the blanket, played with it for a moment, and then leaned down to kiss her lips.
While he was playing with her hand, she, a light sleeper, had already woken up, but she continued to pretend to be asleep.
After being detained on the ship for almost a month, she seemed to have lost her fighting spirit. She became lazy and listless all day long, not wanting to argue or make a fuss.
However, given the chance, she still wanted to kill Cheng Zhiwen, that traitor!
Cheng Zhiwen kissed her for a while and then left. She quickly moved a half-person-high dresser from the room to block the door.
The same thing happened before going to bed the next day; as usual, the door was blocked off.
Who knows what Cheng Zhiwen might do one night if he suddenly becomes a beast, so she decided to block the door first.
I thought I could get a good night's sleep, but I had just fallen asleep when a scream suddenly rang out outside. The terrified voices of men and women were mixed with the chaotic footsteps.
Shen Qing immediately guessed that pirates had boarded the ship, and everyone was busy escaping for their lives.
Fortunately, her room was deep inside, and it would take the pirates quite a while to find it after coming up from the deck.
Shen Qing calmly and quickly put on her clothes and shoes, packed all her money and personal belongings, and hid under the bed.
The pirates would leave after looting the ship's valuables, and she would come out after they left.
"Quick! Go check over there!"
The sounds of smashing and looting grew closer; it seemed they had found the first-class cabin.
Shen Qing held her breath and hid herself, her gaze fixed on the door.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Three muffled thuds rang out in succession, and the chest of drawers blocking the doorway moved and fell backward.
It made a loud noise.
Two Black men carrying large scythes ran in, stepping on a chest of drawers.
After searching around and finding nothing, he waved his hand and called to his accomplices to leave.
Shen Qingsong breathed a sigh of relief.
Once you leave, you'll be safe.
"Wait!" the leader of the black men suddenly spoke up, "This door is blocked by a cabinet, there must be someone inside!"
Shen Qing held her breath.
Two pairs of large feet wearing tattered leather boots walked towards the bottom of the bed, getting closer and closer.
Shen Qing covered her mouth in horror.
Big Feet stood still in front of the bed.
One of them said to his companion with a smile, "I smell a woman!"
Both of them chuckled lewdly.
Shen Qing was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat and hugged the soft bag containing her clothes tightly.
Suddenly, a large, black face appeared in front of her.
She was so frightened that she bounced backward.
The black pirate looked down under the bed and saw a woman. He immediately grinned lewdly and said, "Here she is! Here she is! Take her out!"
After saying that, four dark arms reached in to grab Shen Qing's body.
Shen Qing tried her best to back away so they wouldn't catch her.
Later, they simply crawled under the bed. Shen Qing's hand was touching the hairpin knife in her hair bun, but she couldn't find it. Then she remembered that Cheng Zhiwen had taken it.
She immediately sensed that her time was coming to an end, so she stopped resisting and raised her hands in surrender: "I won't resist, I can leave."
The two Black men exchanged a glance and quickly withdrew, standing outside to wait for Shen Qing.
Shen Qing quickly glanced under the bed; it was empty, nothing she could use to resist.
She couldn't help but curse Cheng Zhiwen in her heart for taking away her hairpin and knife; otherwise, she would at least have something to defend herself.
Shen Qing crawled out from under the bed, immediately raised her hands in surrender, and said in English, "Hi friend, I won't resist. Can I go out and stay with everyone?"
One of the Black men shouted, “Get to the deck!”
Another Black man came forward and took her by force, leading her from the first-class corridor all the way to the deck.
By this time, the deck was already full of people, all crouching there with their hands behind their heads.
It seems like everyone on the ship is squatting here.
Shen Qing felt a chill run down her spine and quickly found a corner to squat down.
She also covered her head with her hands, but her eyes were taking in the surroundings.
Several armed black pirates watched them, while the rest of the pirates searched each room for valuables. They quickly filled several large bags with good stuff and excitedly showed them off to their companions.
One of them is a rare green diamond, which a jeweler in first class was taking to Europe for auction.
His business was on the verge of bankruptcy, which is why he was selling his family heirloom. Now, his last chance of survival is about to be taken by these pirates!
What difference is there between him being alive and dead?!
"Stop!" He rushed forward, grabbing the diamond from the pirate's hand. "Give me back, you band of robbers!"
Just then, a pirate came up from behind, his dark gun barrel poking the jeweler in the lower back.
With a bang, a gunshot rang out, and the man fell to the ground, leaving a pool of blood on the deck.
Shen Qing was stunned, covering her mouth with both hands, not daring to make a sound.
The pirates, pistols in hand, patrolled the area row by row, shouting, "Take all the money and jewelry you have! Put them on the ground!"
Shen Qing pressed on his hip bone.
She had a small pouch sewn inside her waistband to hold silver and banknotes; pressing it down now revealed a slight bulge.
Those are loose silver pieces.
Hopefully, she won't be discovered by these pirates, otherwise she'll be reduced to a beggar the moment she arrives in England! She might not even be able to afford a ship ticket home.
Many of the women around him had already removed their cash, earrings, jewelry, and necklaces.
Shen Qing looked at the empty floor beside her and thought that when the pirates patrolled over here and saw that she hadn't handed over her valuables, they would definitely drag her out to be shot as a warning to others.
No, we still need to come up with something.
What should I take?
Shen Qing didn't want to give away a single piece of silver. He was already strapped for cash, and if he gave it to the pirates, what would he spend when they got to England?
As the pirates were about to reach her, she became increasingly nervous and conflicted.
Just then, someone dropped something on the floor next to her.
With a loud bang, Shen Qing looked toward the source of the sound.
Then Cheng Zhiwen squatted down next to him, and threw a few gold bars to the side.
Seeing the gleaming gold, Shen Qing was almost blinded by its brilliance.
I really wanted to steal one.
But when she saw that it was thrown by the traitor Cheng Zhiwen, she became disdainful, covered her head, and squatted to the side.
Cheng Zhiwen said in a low voice, "Give these gold bars to them, they won't make things difficult for you. Don't worry, you'll be safe once these pirates disembark at dawn."
Shen Qing bit her lip, her nostrils flaring.
It's easy to guess where Cheng Zhiwen got those gold bars. Today, he's using such dirty money to save her life. Doesn't that mean she's indirectly becoming like him?
Thinking of this, Shen Qing pushed the gold bars behind her back, placing them at Cheng Zhiwen's feet: "I don't want them, you can take them!"
As she spoke, she reached into her jacket, down to her waistband, and pulled out a few loose gold and silver coins, placing them on the ground as her share.
If Cheng Zhiwen wants to use gold bars, that's his business.
She wants to use her clean money to save her life!
"That one!" the pirate suddenly pointed his gun in their direction. "It's that woman in the orange robe!"
An orange robe?
Shen Qing snapped out of her reverie and looked down at her orange jacket and skirt.
Not far away, two armed pirates were already walking towards her.
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