Chapter 4: Left to the Police to Handle

After his words finished, Bai Ruoxi felt a pain in her wrist. The gun in her hands had already been taken away from her unconsciously. The man was as fast as lightning as he fiercely pressed her wrists down on the pillow. His valiant figure that was as hard as steel pushed her down. In that instant, Bai Ruoxi was frightened out of her wits. She did not know what to know and could only feel her heart sped up, beating even more ferociously Although she was fearful, she still anticipated his response without any backbone. The man’s hoarse voice was filled as he warned her, “Bai Ruoxi, don’t come and bother me. Scram as far as you can.” “Third Older Brother, you have great power. This little help is nothing to you. If you are willing to save mother, I will agree to any requests of yours.” Qiao Xuanshuo narrowed his dark eyes dangerously as he asked icily, “It doesn’t matter if it includes having to sleep with a man?” Bai Ruoxi’s heart skipped half a beat, her rhythm thrown into disarray. If that man was him, she would not mind. “Mmh.” Bai Ruoxi responded weakly. Qiao Xuanshuo got up from her strongly and jumped off the bed. His movements were rough as he pulled her wrist and dragged her towards the door. “Ah...” Bai Ruoxi did not have time to react as she fell and knocked against furniture and door edges while being dragged away. Her knees felt so painful that she could not walk properly and almost fell down a few times. The man’s strength was extremely strong. It was as if he wanted to break her wrist into pieces, it was so painful that she lost all strength. “Third Older Brother...” Bai Ruoxi pleaded him, “Listen to me, I’m really at my wits’ end... I beg you... Help me...” The long hallway was brightly lit. Bai Ruoxi’s heart sank as she looked at the man’s broad and thick back and his merciless atmosphere. He did not show tenderness to the fairer sex at all and dragged her to the front of a room with soldiers standing on guard. The soldiers stood sternly but it was as if Qiao Xuanshuo saw no one and kicked the door of the room open. Bang. A deafening sound was heard. All of the people who were sleeping soundly inside the room had woken up in fright. They looked towards the door in shock. Qiao Xuanshuo did not step in, instead, he flung Bai Ruoxi who was behind him inside the room. It was an extremely powerful swing that caused Bai Ruoxi to slam against the ground. Her palms bled from the friction produced by the floor. Ss. It was so painful that Bai Ruoxi wrinkled her eyebrows, the ripping pain from the hollow of her palm ached so badly that her complexion worsened. Qiao Xuanshuo looked down at Bai Ruoxi from above. His face was dark as ink and extremely ugly, he spoke word by word with absolute iciness, “Bring this woman along with those who are left to the police to handle.” The soldiers on duty accepted the order, “Understood...” Bai Ruoxi lightly bit her lower lips and slowly got up. The tears in her eyes kept falling down. She heard the sound of Qiao Xuanshuo swinging the door close. Her heart shattered into pieces. The people in the room were a group of tender models who engaged in prostitution services and even showed signs of taking drugs. If they were handed over to the police, they would have to be imprisoned for at least half a year according to Xi Country’s law. The light in the room was still on, the women discussed in hushed voices sleepily. “Who is this?” “I don’t know.” “So there were strangers on board our ship, no wonder the information got leaked.” “No need to care about that. Just sleep and think about how to explain it to the police tomorrow. The most important point is how to absolve the crime.” Some of the tender models in the room lied down and continued to sleep. Bai Ruoxi looked around the room in a circle and her eyes landed on a woman who was sitting quietly on the couch. That woman’s face filled with regret and misery was precisely her younger sister of the same father but a different mother, Bai Shanshan. Bai Shanshan stood up and walked over to Bai Ruoxi. Plop. She kneeled in front of Bai Ruoxi heavily, her tears were falling like rain as she lamented, “Older Sister, I know I am in the wrong. I’m sorry, Older Sis. Can you forgive me?” Bai Shanshan hugged Bai Ruoxi’s leg. “Older Sis, I really know I did wrong.” Bai Ruoxi’s heart was utterly cold, the coldness came from the bottom of her heart. She clenched her fists and apathetically lowered her head to look at Bai Shanshan who was kneeling before her legs. There was no warmth in her heart at all, it was even more impossible for her to feel anything towards the weeping Bai Shanshan. Bai Shanshan soliloquized while crying, “My dream is to become a celebrity. Mr. Tang is able to let me take home the championship of the Models Competition and debut successfully afterward. He was not interested in any women and only wanted you. He even designated your name. I only made this kind of mistake after being blinded by greed for a moment. Older Sis, you can hit me. You can also scold me. You can do whatever you want, I just beg you to forgive me this once, okay?” “Are you done with your speech?” Bai Ruoxi’s voice was placid as she asked calmly. Bai Shanshan sniffed her nose and raised her head to look at Bai Ruoxi in astonishment with a face full of repentance. Bai Ruoxi took a step back and distanced herself from Bai Shanshan’s touch. Her voice was stable without any emotions, “And don’t kneel in front of me.” “Older Sis...” Bai Shanshan looked up from where she was kneeling and asked with anticipation, “Have you forgiven me?” Forgive? Bai Ruoxi snorted with sarcasm, “I have never seen that man before. Don’t make me pay the price for your dreams. Stop pretending to kneel in front of me. Let’s end our sisterhood here.” Bai Shanshan was extremely tensed and explained hurriedly, “I’m also not sure how Mr. Tang came to know you but I definitely didn’t take the initiative. He sent your photo to all of the models and said whoever that managed to bring you to the ship, the championship will belong to that person. So I...” Bai Ruoxi instantly felt alarmed and afraid, her hair stood on end as she calmly asked, “Who exactly is that man?” “Tang Lide, the director of films and television from the subsidiary company under Qiao Group.” Qiao Group? That was her stepfather’s family business. She did not work at Qiao Group nor did she ever attend any activities or banquets related to the Qiao Group. There was zero chance of her meeting those people. Most importantly, this private yacht that is holding an adult party had no reason to come so far to the dangerous maritime spaces such as the international waters. The only explanation was that anyone who murdered someone and disposed of the corpse in the international waters would not be legally sanctioned by any country. In these troubled times, the old man of the Qiao family’s health was failing. The offsprings were beginning to get restless in the struggle over equity shares. Her mother was framed and put behind bars. It was definitely not so simple now that she was also implicated. Bai Ruoxi pondered for a long time and took a step forward to the door when Bai Shanshan hugged her thigh quickly, “Older Sis, I beg you to forgive me, please. Only you can save me now. I heard that the general who arrested us is your stepfather’s third son. Can you plead with him to let me off? I didn’t prostitute myself nor take drugs. I cannot be thrown into prison. I...” Bai Ruoxi looked askance at her with annoyance, “Qiao Xuanshuo hates me more than anyone else. Even I cannot save myself.” Bai Shanshan’s face darkened instantly and her gaze became full of contempt. She cantankerously let go of Bai Ruoxi’s leg and immediately stood up before patting her knees. Her voice was filled with disdain, “You made me kneel for nothing when it turns out you don’t have any privilege either.” Bai Ruoxi ignored her and walked over to pull the door open but it was locked. She panicked, “Can you open the door? I have something very important to talk with your general...” Bai Shanshan’s cold and sarcastic words came from behind, “It’s not hard to see why, your mother married into the family pompously after destroying someone else’s family. You are a daughter brought into the family by a mistress. No wonder there are people racking their brains to kill you.” Bai Ruoxi clenched her fists, her anger skyrocketed but she could still restrain herself. Bai Shanshan hugged her arms across her chest and spoke sarcastically while bloated with pride, “But thank goodness heavens have eyes. That kind of vicious woman like your mum committed a heinous crime in the end and received retribution. Only a fool like you will still want to look for Qiao Xuanshuo to save your mother, you are simply an idi...” She did not finish her word- “idiot” before Bai Ruoxi turned around and slapped her ruthlessly. Slap. The sound of that crisp slap frightened everyone awake. Everyone looked at the two people who stood at the door stupefied. Bai Shanshan became angry from the embarrassment, she held her face that was swollen from being slapped and stamped her feet. She gnashed her teeth and wanted to fight back, “Bitch, how dare you hit me...”