[GB] Boss Ruan, your husband doesn't want you anymore.

Ling Shu rolled her eyes, chuckled twice, and simply ignored her.

Ling Shu led the two through this place and turned into a dark and cramped road that could only accommodate two people walking side by side.

As he walked, he said to the two men, "Those children are being held in the water dungeon down there."

Qin Ru casually asked, "Are they all locked up in the water dungeon?"

Ling Shu clearly understood that Qin Ru was asking which adults were also imprisoned in the water dungeon.

She frowned in disgust and said, "No, I'd love for them all to die!"

"What a pity, those bastards are all still alive and well!"

Qin Ru looked around the place and then asked Ling Shu, "What happened between you? How could they betray us? Did Xiao Xin and Xiao Yun betray us too?"

Qin Ru looked at Ling Shu with disbelief.

Ling Shu's lips twitched slightly with rage as he said, "That's right! Xiao Xin betrayed us, but Xiao Yun didn't, so Xiao Xin killed her with her own hands!"

Qin Ru stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "How could this be?!"

Ling Shu sneered: "I never expected that Xiao Xinxin, who looks the most delicate, would be so ruthless, even capable of harming her own friends."

Ruan Qian'an paused in her steps but said nothing. She should have expected this; in that kind of environment, people's hearts are the most unpredictable thing. She just hadn't expected it to be Xiao Xin.

Qin Ru then asked, "Besides Xiao Xin, there must be someone else who betrayed us, right?"

After Qin Ru asked her that question, Ling Shu seemed to have thought of something. She looked disgusted, with a constipated expression.

Qin Ru glanced at Ruan Qian'an and wondered if those people had really engaged in power struggles under those circumstances?

Qin Ru said, "Could there really be a spy among those people?"

Hearing Qin Ru's question, Ling Shu became even more indignant and said, "If there really were spies, I wouldn't be so disgusted. They're all just doing it for their own selfish desires!"

"They actually said that I, a woman, was not qualified to command them, and at first they wanted to kick me off the ship."

Then someone said they wanted me to warm their bed!

Ling Shu sneered, "No one has ever dared to insult me ​​like this! I wanted to just leave, but Xiao Xin persuaded me to endure it for the sake of those children."

"Who would have thought that they would kill all the drivers just because they had a small argument with them?"

They even accidentally made contact with the Dark City, and they were tempted to sell their children and women for money.

Ling Shu suddenly let out a mocking laugh and said, "Those fools just told them the ship's location like that."

"It's all because of those people that we've ended up in this situation!"

Ling Shu, his eyes red-rimmed, said through gritted teeth, "Thinking of resisting led to the deaths of all but eight children!"

Ling Shu's tone gradually turned sorrowful. She squatted down, stroked the hair of the two children, and said, "It's all my fault. If I had noticed their intentions sooner, or if I had been able to deal with the people from Dark City, I wouldn't have had to watch those people die tragically before my eyes."

Ling Shu stood up and looked at Ruan Qian'an and Qin Ru. When she chased Ruan Qian'an away, Xiao Xin and Xiao Yun told her about the strange scene of Ruan Qian'an subduing those people all by herself.

At that time, she was still half-believing and half-doubting, but when she saw Ruan Qian'an leading Qin Ru into Jubaoge alone, she believed what Xiao Xin and the others said.

Ling Shu said very sincerely, "Because of my arrogance, if you were still here, you wouldn't be so helpless. I want to apologize to you. I'm so sorry!"

Qin Ru ignored Ling Shu's apology, but was somewhat incredulous. She grabbed Ling Shu's collar and said, "What did you say? There are only eight children left!"

"Ling Shu, you! You!"

"Scumbag!"

"Those people are scum!"

Ruan Qian'an leaned against the wall and said, "Instead of grieving and arguing here, let's hurry up and rescue the remaining children."

Ling Shu broke free from Qin Ru's hand. The scene of her spending time with the children was still vivid in her mind, and she could not forget the tragic scene of those children dying before her eyes!

And those few people's obsequious and ugly faces!

The murderers were despicable, but the traitors were even more despicable, considering how much the children trusted them.

Ling Shu led Ruan Qian'an and Qin Ru into a deeper, more secluded passageway, where the sound of their footsteps echoed on the ground.

They unconsciously softened their footsteps even more, and the further they went in, the more they could feel the darkness and dampness of the place.

The sound of dripping water added to the eerie atmosphere.

Ling Shu walked ahead, then suddenly gestured for them to stop and said to Ruan Qian'an, "There are two people guarding this place."

She spoke a little loudly at first, then softened her voice: "They are lying in wait in the shadows. Find their hiding place and take them down first."

Qin Ru asked quietly, "How do you know so much about them? And wouldn't it be faster and more convenient to lure them out instead of finding their location?"

Ling Shu slowly shook his head and said, "I was also imprisoned here before."

Seeing that only one person came to arrest me, I tried to resist, but two other people suddenly appeared and subdued me. I had absolutely no chance to fight back.

"And I suspect that if I weren't an item being auctioned off, they would have slit my throat right away."

Therefore, luring them out is not advisable; they might not even know how they died.

Qin Ru asked Ling Shu with a grave expression, "Then how do we find them without alerting them and then turn the tables on them? From your description, they seem to be professional assassins!"

"Can we really handle them?"

Ling Shu glanced at Ruan Qian'an with a solemn expression, as if waiting for Ruan Qian'an to make a decision.

"There's no other way but to give it a shot."

Ruan Qian'an: "Didn't you notice where they came out?"

Ling Shu thought for a moment and described it to Ruan Qian'an uncertainly: "The layout of the water dungeon inside is similar to that outside."

They came from two directions: one from the southeast corner and the other from due south.

Ruan Qian'an pondered for a moment: "They are probably hidden in these two locations."

Ruan Qian'an said to Qin Ru, "You stay outside and watch over the two children."

"Ling Shu and I will go and probe these two locations."

Qin Ru nodded, knowing that she wouldn't be of much help if she went in; in fact, she would only be a hindrance.

Without hesitation, she said to Ruan Qian'an, "Don't worry, I'll take these two children and find a place to hide them."

"But you must come back soon."

Ruan Qian'an smiled and tossed Qin Ru a dagger, saying, "Take this for self-defense."

Qin Ru couldn't help but complain, "Just how many daggers are you hiding?"

Ruan Qian'an said cheerfully, "Guess!"