Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 2113: Chapter 2113: King of the Pirates (Part 4)

The family where Chuzheng was hiding saw the commotion on the island and immediately understood whom they were searching for.

There was only one new face here...

"Dear, what should we do?" The woman clutched her husband, nervously glancing towards the inside of the house.

Inside, the young girl was wearing clean clothes, sitting by the table, and beside her was an infant about one year old.

This infant was their child.

"They must be looking for her outside. If she’s caught, we’ll all die." The woman cried miserably, fearing both for the little girl’s potential harm to the infant and the island people coming to find her.

The man was irritated by the woman’s crying and scolded her in a low voice, "If you hadn’t been greedy, would we be experiencing this now?"

"How was I to know that she..."

She was greedy, but it was for the sake of the family. Although she was a stranger, she thought that with today’s return of the fleet, maybe she had escaped from the ship.

She looked so soft and weak, seemingly harmless, carrying so much money, she thought she could first let her come in, think of a way to seize her silver, and then hand her over.

Both establishing merit and gaining money.

But she hadn’t expected this kind of situation.

Regretting now was of no use, the person was already here, and their child was taken by her.

"How did you let her take Xiao Bao?" The man scolded her in a low voice, eyes full of resentment.

"I..."

Tears welled up in the woman’s eyes, choking her words.

The man gritted his teeth, "Report this now..."

"No, no, Xiao Bao is with her." The woman shook her head in refusal, "She just said that if she is found, she would first kill Xiao Bao!"

Man: "!!!"

Bang bang bang!!

The courtyard door was suddenly pounded loudly.

"Open the door!"

The woman shuddered, clinging to the man in panic, "What should we do!"

The man glanced at the young girl inside; she was propping up her chin and looking at them, her eyes filled with an indifferent light.

The man involuntarily shivered, feeling that the girl’s gaze was somewhat creepy.

"Open the door, hurry up, stop dawdling!"

The people outside grew impatient, the door banging even louder, the woman was so terrified her legs went weak, almost unable to stand, holding onto the man’s arm, which kept her from falling.

"Go and open the door." The young girl slightly raised her chin, giving an instruction.

The man didn’t know if Chuzheng was being sarcastic or serious and stood still.

Who knew if he opened the door, she would come down hard on him, killing his child.

Chuzheng urged once more, "Waiting for me to open it?"

The man: "..."

With a hardened heart, the man pushed away the woman and went to open the door.

She herself let him open the door...thus he couldn’t be blamed.

"Here, here...what’s the matter?" As soon as the man opened the door, people outside rushed in, causing him to stagger a bit.

The man was about to speak when the corner of his eye caught Chuzheng’s fingers resting on the infant’s neck. That weak neck could snap easily under her palm.

The man broke out in a cold sweat, the words stuck in his throat, watching helplessly as the group of people rushed inside.

Soon, the man noticed something off; they seemed not to see the young girl.

This...

She sat right there, yet several people passed by her without seeing her.

The man almost fainted with fear; was she a human? Broad daylight, was he seeing a ghost?

After a tour inside, those people came out again, seeing the woman’s upset expression, asked suspiciously, "What’s going on? Why do you look so pale?"

The man immediately rushed to support the woman, "She isn’t feeling well; I’m planning to take her to see Doctor Huang."

The woman looked pale and was trembling severely, appearing suspicious; the man pinched her hard, she gasped in pain, showing less panic and more genuine agony.

The man’s hands were shaking too, but he forced himself to remain calm, "What happened?"

"Someone escaped, if there’s a stranger seen, report immediately, understand? Whoever hides them, knows the consequences!"

The man exclaimed, then nodded repeatedly, "Understood, understood!"

Once this group left, the man shut the door, and the two slumped to the ground, completely exhausted.

-

Chuzheng stroked the infant’s furry hair; the infant, unable to speak, babbled at her, trying to grab her with his tiny hands.

The man approached tremblingly, "Are you...human or ghost?"

"..." Chuzheng felt somewhat offended.

Chuzheng gave the infant’s hair a gentle caress, "Human."

Human? The man didn’t quite believe her, but he’d better not question.

The man dared not approach too closely, fearing to provoke Chuzheng would be unfavorable for his child.

"We...we’ll return the silver to you, and we won’t tell anyone you were here, can you give back Xiao Bao?" the man negotiated with Chuzheng.

Chuzheng answered politely, "It might trouble you for a few days."

The man’s legs buckled, collapsing utterly, "Please spare us, if we’re found, we’ll die!"

"Oh." Chuzheng patted the infant’s head, "Do you prefer to die now or be discovered and die?"

The man: "!!!!"

Isn’t that implying she’ll kill them right away?

Chuzheng continued leisurely, "Maybe you’ll be lucky and won’t be discovered."

The man: "..."

Letting her go meant dying now. Not letting her go might avoid the lurking danger...between dying now and dying later, the man certainly chose the latter.

Chuzheng’s fingers fiddled with the infant’s hair, "Remember to take her to see Doctor Huang."

"??"

"To avoid suspicion."

The man quickly agreed, leading the woman away. As soon as he stepped out, he saw those people returning, seeing him and the woman leaving, watching from afar.

The menacing stance brought chills to the man’s back, he pinched the woman hard and supported her towards Doctor Huang.

Those people watched for a few seconds, probably dismissing suspicion, before heading to the next household.

-

For the Pirates, this huge fuss was perplexing.

It wasn’t unheard of for captured people to escape, but rarely with such a commotion, one would mistakenly think that the Island Master’s daughter was lost.

The key problem was that these people searched every nook of the island without capturing anyone.

The island’s residents couldn’t help but speculate.

"Who exactly is missing?"

"Who knows it’s strange, our island may be big, but with so many people out there unable to capture someone, she’s quite the expert at hiding."

"Rumor has it it’s a girl."

"Could it be the Island Master’s abducted beauty?"

"I’ve got a feeling there’s something odd about this time."

"Is that person really on our island? Maybe she died at sea?"

"..."

The theories grew increasingly absurd, yet no one came forward to clarify who the person was.

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