Chapter 922 Can't you at least respect my status?
As the man spoke, he increased the pressure on his hands.
Ye Wanxi frowned. The reason she was willing to reason with the person in front of her was because she knew that the person in front of her was different from the other twenty-odd dead people.
He didn't get on this ship voluntarily; he was tied up with it.
At this moment, the ship was filled with resentment, almost forming a small-scale eerie ghost domain, but he was not affected. He only chased after Old Wang, his accomplice who had taken over his business.
Clearly, he wasn't a particularly wicked or treacherous person in life; he was clear about his grievances and gratitude, which is why he considered trying to appease them before resorting to force.
But he was clearly angry at this moment and wouldn't listen to anyone's advice, so he had no choice but to take action.
Thinking this, Ye Wanxi slightly opened her right hand, and a thin yellow thread suddenly wrapped around the man's soul. With a strong pull, the man was pulled away from Old Wang and floated in front of Ye Wanxi and the other person.
With a thud, Old Wang, losing his balance, fell to the ground. After a moment, clutching his bruised neck, he struggled to his feet, screaming hoarsely, "Cough cough, help! Help me! Help me! I didn't mean to, I really didn't mean to, it was just an accident, really just an accident! Don't kill me, don't kill me..."
The man was a little confused when he was suddenly tied up. After a moment, he realized what was happening and tried to break free, but found that although the string looked thin, it tied him up very tightly!
"What is this thing? Let me go, let me go!"
The special department guys who came with Captain Liu were old acquaintances of Ye Wanxi and her companion. When they saw the yellow silk thread, their eyes lit up, and they eagerly came over, asking curiously, "Miss Ye, this rope of yours is so special! It can actually bind ghosts. Could it be the legendary... Immortal Binding Rope?"
Ye Wanxi twitched her lips: "Have you ever seen a Binding Immortal Rope that's not used to bind immortals, but instead used to bind ghosts? Aren't you afraid of scattering their souls?"
The young man who asked the question paused slightly, then touched his nose and muttered guiltily, "I'm just a country bumpkin who's never seen anything like this before. Besides, there's no immortal to bind, is there? You're making such a big fuss over binding a ghost. How could I, a country bumpkin who's never seen anything like this, not misunderstand?"
Ye Wanxi: "..." She was speechless!
Seeing that Ye Wanxi and the others were talking to themselves and completely ignoring him, the bound man became angry and started jumping around and acting up again, struggling to run away.
Seeing this, Ye Wanxi shook the silk thread in her hand, sending him flying up like a kite, and then pulled him down hard. Duangduang—he landed on the ground, just like bouncing a ball.
"Behave yourself, or I might use you as a racket if I'm in a bad mood later."
Man: "???" Hey, can't you respect my status?!
On the other side, Old Wang, who had barely escaped with his life, scrambled onto the table and was immediately subdued by Captain Liu.
"Where are you going? Tell me honestly, what exactly happened on this ship? What happened to the twenty-odd people who died?"
"I...I didn't..." Old Wang's face turned pale, and he was about to deny it when Captain Liu raised his eyebrows and threatened him, "Still trying to lie? Do you want to experience what it's like to be choked by a ghost?"
As Captain Liu spoke, he pointed in the direction of Ye Wanxi and the other person, as if to say, "If you don't tell the truth, I'll release a ghost to deal with you."
Old Wang was indeed frightened, and stammered, "I'll talk, I'll talk, don't let him come over! Those twenty-odd people, they... they volunteered to get on the ship. They... they just wanted to sneak onto a ship along the way to work abroad."
After listening to Lao Wang's explanation, Captain Liu frowned deeply, already having a general idea of what had happened.
These days, going abroad is not a particularly rare thing, but there are still some people who choose to risk their lives by smuggling themselves out for various reasons.
They may be doing this simply to make a living, or perhaps for some ulterior motive, but undeniably, such behavior is extremely dangerous and highly likely to cause accidents.
According to Lao Wang, the passengers they transported ten days ago clearly fell into this category, but...
"If it was voluntary, why did they die? Who killed them?"
"No, no!" Old Wang hurriedly waved his hands. "No one killed them. Aren't they cracking down on these kinds of things really strict lately? They've been hiding ever since they boarded the ship. There were too many people, all crammed together. They were worried about being caught, so the room was always locked. Those few days were also cloudy and humid. The people above were busy... They stayed inside for several days, waiting for the ship to dock..."
Old Wang couldn't help but shudder when he recalled the scene he saw when he opened the door.
"I'm telling the truth! There's not a single lie. It really was just an accident, something nobody wanted to happen, and it has nothing to do with me!"
Whether it's your business or not is not up to you to decide!
Captain Liu snorted coldly, then turned to the bound man: "Sir, is what he said true? You are all..."
The man scoffed, "It's true."
Captain Liu's expression was rather grim: "Then what about that Young Master Qiu you just mentioned? You didn't get on this ship voluntarily, did you?"
Captain Liu's words seemed to sting the man, making his face look even more sinister and terrifying.
"The person who kidnapped you was that Young Master Qiu, and the person who put you on this ship was also him. He wants to send you far away, preferably never to come back, so that you won't threaten his position, right?"
Upon hearing Ye Wanxi's words, the man couldn't help but sneer: "Threaten his position? What do I have that could threaten his position? They all want him, not me. I'm just a superfluous person. What is there for him to go to such lengths for? He still thinks highly of me!"
"Actually... even if he hadn't done that, I would have left anyway. I had already decided to go far away, find a place where no one knows me, and start over. Why wouldn't he believe me? Why wouldn't he give me a chance? What did I do to offend them in my past life that I have to suffer like this in this life, being despised and humiliated like that, and in the end, they didn't even spare my life!"
As the man finished speaking, his resentment surged, and he darkened even more.
No wonder he was so angry. The man in front of him was named Tong Kaibin. Two or three months ago, he was just an ordinary employee of a small company, doing a very ordinary job, working from nine to five, often working overtime, earning a meager salary. He not only had to support himself, but also had to send money back to his parents from time to time.
But just a month ago, a man in a suit and tie suddenly approached him and told him something he thought could only happen in TV dramas: his parents were not his biological parents, and he had been switched at birth!
(End of this chapter)
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