"Hahaha, you're talking nonsense. How can soaking in seawater be the same as sitting on a boat?"
No one had ever seen a handgun before, and the men who were trying to steal the boat didn't take Yun Zhourong seriously at all. They said arrogantly, "We're taking this lifeboat. If you've got the guts, come and try to steal it!"
"Fine, you yourselves said you'd steal it by skill, right?" Yun Zhourong nodded, then raised his gun and pulled the trigger, aiming it at the mast of the sailboat.
"Bang..."
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the bullet shot out with lightning speed, piercing a hole in the mast and still emitting wisps of smoke.
"hiss…"
Upon seeing this, the men staring at the gun gasped, their eyes widening in disbelief. "What...what kind of hidden weapon is this?"
"You don't need to know what this is. Just know that if I want to make a move, none of you will have time to react."
Yun Zhourong said with a cold expression, "So, are you going to obediently listen to me now, or do you want to test the power of my hidden weapon?"
"You...you're ruthless!"
The group exchanged glances, and finally gave in, saying reluctantly, "Then...then what about the life jackets we were promised!"
“Listen to me, everyone. There are only a limited number of lifeboats, which can only hold twenty people. So we will give priority to children and the elderly. But I have life jackets for everyone, which can save lives just the same.”
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhourong put away her gun, looked at the crowd, and said, "If you want to live, do as I say, line up and collect your share. Everyone will get one!"
Ji Minxiu had prepared hundreds of life jackets in his space, which was more than enough for the boat, which only had about a hundred people including the boatman.
When lives are at stake, she naturally wouldn't use it for profit anymore.
"I need a life jacket! Give me one now!"
"I want one too!"
"..."
Upon hearing this, the previously despairing crowd became excited.
Although they really wanted to rush forward and snatch it, after seeing the several constables holding knives and protecting Yun Zhourong, they all chose to obediently submit.
Those who were rescuing the lifeboats obediently accepted the arrangements.
Before long, all the passengers had put on life jackets, and the previously panicked atmosphere calmed down considerably.
"Where is my mother? Where is my mother?"
At this moment, Yun Mingzhu shouted to her surroundings, "Where is my mother? I can't see her!"
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhourong frowned. "She's not in the cabin?"
"No, I just went to check, but I didn't see anyone."
Yun Mingzhu's face turned pale, tears welled up in her eyes, and she looked at Yun Hongshen and said, "Father, didn't you see Mother?"
“I just saw Qin heading towards the lower deck, I don’t know…” a foreman said with a frown.
Upon hearing this, Yun Mingzhu felt as if the sky had fallen, and tears instantly streamed down her face. "No, it can't be! My mother could never be in the hold, she could never be!"
"Ah... Help... Help me..."
Just then, a person engulfed in flames stumbled out of the cabin and rolled around on the ground.
"This is... Mother... Help! Someone save my mother!" Upon hearing this, Yun Mingzhu shouted excitedly.
"Hey, Doctor Yun, don't you have that fire extinguisher? Quickly, get it out and save people!" The foreman next to him said immediately.
No matter who the other party is, when lives are at stake, nothing else matters.
Yun Zhourong was also anxious, but she shook her head and said, "No, you can't use a fire extinguisher on someone, otherwise the wound will get infected and they won't survive..."
"What infection? You just don't want to save my mother!" Yun Mingzhu simply didn't believe it.
Yun Zhourong ignored her and looked around, discovering that the water on the deck had been used to put out the fire in the cabin.
So she turned around and ran to the room next door.
"Yun Zhourong, if anything happens to my mother, I will hate you for the rest of my life!" Seeing that she had actually left, Yun Mingzhu couldn't hold back her emotions any longer and shouted hysterically with red eyes.
"Get away!"
However, Yun Zhourong came out quickly, carrying two buckets of water, and poured them onto Qin Shi.
The fire was quickly extinguished.
She rushed forward to check on the situation, but it was too late. Qin's body was already charred, her face was unrecognizable, and her breath was very weak. There was no way to save her.
At this moment, Qin Shi grasped Yun Zhourong's hand and said with difficulty, "I'm...sorry...be careful...kill...splat..."
Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, and then her whole body began to fester.
Yun Zhourong was startled and quickly released the person and stood up.
Before long, everyone watched as Qin Shi was completely reduced to blood, leaving only her tattered, burned clothes.
"vomit…"
Such a bizarre situation caused many witnesses to vomit.
Yun Zhourong's face was also deathly pale. She had never encountered such a situation before. One second the person was fine in her arms, and the next second he just melted.
"Mother... what did you do to my mother? What did you do to my mother!"
Staring blankly at the blood on the ground for a moment, Yun Mingzhu suddenly lunged forward, grabbing Yun Zhourong's collar and screaming wildly. Then she reached out to strangle her, shouting, "I'll kill you! I'll make you pay for my mother's life!"
"You're insane!"
Upon seeing this, Yun Hongcheng immediately stepped forward and pulled Yun Mingzhu away, angrily saying, "Ruan Ruan saved your mother. If she really wanted to harm someone, she could have just burned your mother to death. Why did she save her and then kill someone in front of you? Isn't that redundant?"
"She did it on purpose, she just wanted to make me suffer, she wanted revenge..."
"Smack..."
Unable to bear it any longer, Yun Hongcheng slapped Yun Mingzhu hard across the face. "Calm down! Your mother's condition is clearly not right. Instead of helping her find the murderer, you're making baseless accusations. What good does that do?"
Yunming collapsed to the ground, finally calming down a bit. He covered his face, tears streaming down his face. "But...but who wanted to harm my mother? Besides you, who else would hate my mother so much..."
Yun Zhourong, recalling Qin Shi's dying words, pursed her lips and asked, "Do you know the person who frequently gives your mother money behind the scenes?"
Yun Mingzhu panicked upon hearing this and denied it, saying, "What money? I don't understand what you're talking about."
"There's no use hiding it. I caught your mother meeting with the other party once. If I'm not mistaken, the other party was trying to kill her to cover it up."
Yun Zhourong slowly analyzed, "Their target should be me. Your mother is doing things for them, which is why she has targeted me repeatedly."
Qin apologized to her just now. It seems that it is very likely that, as Lady Xueyao said, her maternal grandfather learned some secret when he was a royal physician, and now the other party wants to eliminate her completely.
"Murder...to silence witnesses..."
Yun Mingzhu was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and suddenly remembered what Qin had said to her with great confidence not long ago.
They said Yun Zhourong was doomed this time, and that they had received a lot of money so they could live a good life after going to Qiongzhou. Now it seems they received a death sentence.
But soon, she stared intently at Yun Zhourong, "It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, Mother wouldn't have taken their money and wouldn't have been killed. It's all because of you!"
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