I arranged a marriage for you, not made you invincible under a disguise.

"Don't rush, take your time and tell me."

Shen Sixi pulled up a chair and sat down to comfort the servants.

She remembered; there was such a part in the world's storyline.

Shen Tu Zhi will not be in any trouble.

However, some people took advantage of the situation and kidnapped Shen Tu Zhi, hoping to get some money for him.

Coincidentally, Chu Lian and Shen Siyan rescued Shen Tu Zhi together.

Later, to express their gratitude, the Shen Tu family gave the two men very generous compensation.

Shen Sixi originally didn't want to meddle in other people's business.

But why not make money when it's too good to pass up and let her "kind and gentle" sister benefit from it? Wouldn't that be too unpleasant?

Therefore, Shen Sixi agreed without hesitation.

"Don't worry, I will rescue Xiaozhi, but you must explain what happened clearly."

However, the servants were like restless ants, frantically pacing around in circles.

Shen Sixi pointed to the oldest one, "You speak."

"Okay. I... let me think." The man frowned, but having more experience and weathered more storms, he finally stammered out his explanation.

It turns out that Shen Tuzhi had just been eating at the restaurant.

But as they ate, they noticed that there were fewer and fewer people in the restaurant, and eventually even the waiters disappeared.

The servants sensed something was wrong.

Yet he dared not leave Shentu even half a step.

Shen Tu Zhi ate his dumplings slowly, and they wanted to urge him to eat faster so they could go back to his cabin.

Suddenly, several men in black rushed in through the door.

They came charging in with a large cardboard box and kidnapped Shen Tu Zhi.

These men in black were very strong, and the servants were no match for them.

They were powerless to resist and could only watch helplessly as they left.

Moreover, the men in black were very familiar with the layout of the cruise ship.

The servants chased after them, but were quickly outmaneuvered.

We have absolutely no idea where they took Shen Tu Zhi.

"Madam, you must tell the master that it's not that we didn't try our best."

"Look, my arm was bleeding from trying to grab a man in black."

"Me too, I bumped into a wall and my knee is bruised like this."

"Sigh, my head is already bleeding, what did I say? We should get Xiaozhi out of here as soon as possible. What does it matter if we get hurt a little?"

Shen Sixi looked at the group of people, somewhat surprised.

Are these the same servants who recently abandoned Shen Tu Zhi to eat cold dumplings alone in a restaurant while they went out to eat, drink, and have fun?

He sensed Shen Sixi's probing gaze.

They quickly explained, "Madam, please don't doubt us."

"We know we were wrong last time, and we will never do it again."

"Right now, we just hope to find Xiaozhi as soon as possible."

They were all extremely anxious, as if they were more worried about their own lives.

I don't know how Shen Tu Mo "disciplined" them after the last time.

But it's clear that their attitude is completely different now than before.

Shen Tu Mo's methods of managing his subordinates are indeed excellent, which explains why he was able to become the head of the Shen Tu family.

Shen Sixi stood up. "Alright, everyone, let's split up and go find Xiaozhi."

"Madam, we have already searched."

"The cruise ship is so big, are you sure you searched every single place?"

"This..." Everyone was speechless.

Shen Sixi raised an eyebrow, calmly and composedly giving instructions.

“So, you go out of the restaurant and turn left. After that, at every fork in the road, you split into two groups until you are completely dispersed.”

"Good lady."

The servants were filled with hope, finding Shen Sixi to be very organized.

They might have really been searching blindly before!

Little did they know, Shen Sixi was only trying to get rid of them.

She doesn't need to search every place at all.

He simply opened his phone, hacked into the cruise ship's surveillance system, and then his brain quickly began calculating.

The mastermind behind the kidnapping of Shen Tu Mo was not a professional.

Unlike those people from the Temple of Angels, they deliberately avoided the cameras.

Shen Sixi quickly located their position.

She raised her lips slightly, then disappeared into the shadows, her figure moving like a graceful dragon.

-

The boundless darkness swallowed Shen Tu Zhi.

He was huddled in a small cardboard box, trembling uncontrollably.

Despite having experienced something similar before, he was more afraid and terrified than ever before.

He couldn't see anything.

It felt as if the cardboard box containing him was floating on an endless sea, like duckweed and foam.

It's on the verge of falling apart.

I could die at any moment.

That feeling of extreme insecurity is very unpleasant.

Shen Tu Zhi felt very dizzy and could barely breathe.

He reached out and started picking at the cardboard.

The cardboard was too thick, and he used so much force that his fingertips bled.

The pain in one's heart is far greater than the pain one's fingers can feel.

The cardboard box was very thick and completely blocked out the light.

But the soundproofing wasn't good, and he could hear people talking outside.

"This child is quite quiet."

"I heard he's mute; in any case, no one has ever heard him speak."

"It's all thanks to being born into a good family. If you were a child from a poor family, you wouldn't have this kind of luck."

"He's had enough of enjoying life, and now he's fallen on our shoulders. It's just his bad luck."

"Brother, should we really kill him once the ransom from the Shentu family arrives?"

"Are you stupid? Just throw him into the sea, it's easy and no one will know. Keeping him or sending him back is much riskier."

"That's true, but why hasn't the Shentu family made any move yet?"

"Anyway, once it's dawn, we'll deal with him regardless of whether he has money or not."

"Big brother is right. We made money and enjoyed being bodyguards on this ship. This is just an unexpected job."

"It would be best to make money, but it's not a loss if you don't."

"Well, let's put it this way then."

"..."

Shen Tu Zhi silently covered his ears, his small body curling up even more.

He recalled that stormy night two years ago.

He was locked up in the same way.

Those vicious villains, while eating hotpot, chatted and laughed, discussing how to kill him and how to live a carefree life after receiving the ransom.

But on that occasion, Shen Tu Zhi and his sister Shen Tu Xia were locked in the same iron cage.

He used her hair clip, his hands worn raw by the wire until the bones were visible.

He finally managed to escape with his sister.

The two children were covered in mud, blood, and rainwater.

Staggering, she lost her shoe, and half of her face was covered by wet yellow dust.

They were like crawling out of hell, walking for hours through the mountains before finally being discovered.

Everyone was amazed that these two children could do things that even adults find difficult.

He escaped from bad guys, demonstrating a level of perseverance and intelligence far exceeding that of his peers.

Only Shentu Zhi knew.

No one will come to save him.

He hugged his knees, rubbing his palms together.

The palms, worn smooth by the metal sheet, bear scars that will never fade.

He felt almost no pain, touching the bump on his palm with his bloodied fingertips.

So I struggled so hard.

In the end, he still had to die.

Shen Tu Zhi lowered his long eyelashes, his expression serene and calm.

He lived in darkness for a long time, and waited to die in the darkness.

He has grown accustomed to and accepted his fate.

Suddenly, there was a noise coming from above the cardboard box.

Shen Tu Zhi stared blankly at it.

The cardboard box was opened a crack, and light shone in, dispelling all the darkness around him.

Shen Sixi's face appeared in the light. She leaned closer to look and muttered something.

"Oh, so this is where you are. Come out quickly."

She seems to be the same as always.

Leisurely, calm, and nonchalant.

Shen Tu Zhi also seemed to be the same as before.

His dark, unfathomable eyes stared straight at Shen Sixi without uttering a word.

At this moment, no one in the world would know.

For Shentu Zhi, the whole world had changed.

This was the first time he, who had always been in darkness, had seen the existence of light.