Chapter 10: Mopping Up
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The man's voice was unfamiliar. It should be the voice of one of Zheng Hao's attendants, right?
Situ Yingshou was extremely nervous. Clinging to the window of the cabin, her whole body shook slightly.
But after thinking it over, in her previous life, Zheng Hao had no bad deeds. Moreover, since he could be on good terms with her fiancé, Murong Changqing, who was praised by everyone, he shouldn't be a bad person, right?
Besides, if he came onto their boat to harm them, what was his motive?
Situ Yingshou didn't think that her family, just a small royal merchant, had the ability to provoke the second prince of the Southern Zheng Kingdom to personally hunt them down...
"I understand," Situ Yingshou replied in a low voice.
The person outside left quickly.
Once again, shouts of killing rose all around outside the window, and the sounds of water splashing became even more frequent.
Whoosh!
A spray of blood shot up and stained the window in front of Situ Yingshou.
She instinctively dodged to the side.
Only after moving aside did she remember that she was inside the cabin, and the blood had sprayed from the outside.
A palm slapped heavily on the window in front of them, leaving a b****y handprint, and then slowly slid down.
Someone fell beneath the window of their cabin.
"Ah—!" Situ Anxiang happened to turn around and, upon seeing this scene, let out a terrified scream.
Situ Yingshou quickly turned around and ran to the bed. She saw that her younger brother had already woken up and was looking at her with a bewildered and helpless look, as if he didn't know what was happening.
Situ Yingshou immediately hugged her younger brother in her arms, supported the back of his head with her hand, and softly comforted him, "It's okay, it's okay..."
Situ Anxiang ran over following her, "Sister..."
Situ Yingshou hugged her as well, holding both her younger sister and brother in her arms.
The four maids surrounded them, positioning themselves to shield the three masters by the bed.
Situ Yingshou felt a warmth well up in her heart. She looked back at these four maids who were younger than her and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid. It'll be all right. There are people helping us."
Although Situ Yingshou didn't know what was happening outside, they should be safe.
Situ Anxiang nestled in Situ Yingshou's arms and stammered, "Sis... Ever since we got on the boat, I've been so scared... I always felt that there were people on the boat staring at us..."
Situ Yingshou blinked, patted Situ Anxiang on the back, "All right, all right. Let's talk about it later."
...
The battle outside lasted about the time it took to burn an incense stick, and then it fell into a dead silence.
Before long, a red sun leaped into the sky from the horizon. Golden sunlight poured over the boundless river surface, and countless golden rays danced on the clear river water. Schools of fish also leaped up from the riverbed, making plopping sounds, just like the sounds of people falling into the water last night...
"Miss Situ, you can come out now," Zheng Hao's lazy voice came from outside the cabin door.
Situ Yingshou composed herself, let go of her younger brother and sister, adjusted
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