Chapter 22

I only found out later that before Virio left, he had sent out almost a third of his men.

After we confirmed our partnership, he had already assigned a quarter of his people.

Usually, there were always people secretly protecting me.

This time, he even added many more.

When I learned this from Charles, I covered my face and couldn't snap out of it for a long time.

Charles said with a smile, "I told you before that Mr. Soren treats you specially, you just didn't know it yourself."

"Maybe so, but I'm very grateful." I never expected that in this huge city, the person who treated me best was actually a man I'd only met a few times.

As for my real family, they were secretly trying to kill me!

I really didn't want Virio to leave this time.

Although he was always busy with his own affairs, I could feel our relationship getting closer and closer.

This was the first time he'd been away for so long.

After Virio left to handle Camorra's matters, I continued pushing forward with our project as usual.

But on this day, just as I was heading to the company, I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.

I turned around cautiously, trying to see the person's face clearly, when a car stopped beside me.

Following me was a man in black clothes. When he saw me turn around, he seemed surprised and stopped.

Our eyes met unexpectedly, and the next second his face showed a fierce look.

"Since you've discovered me, I won't pretend anymore!" After saying that, he lunged at me. I was about to dodge, but then two more people got out of the car.

A towel was pressed under my nose, the smell of ether spread, and in an instant I lost consciousness.

When I woke up, I found myself in a car.

Outside the window was scenery I'd never seen before.

My mouth was taped shut, and my hands were tied.

Seeing me wake up, I heard some voices talking nearby.

"Pretty strong constitution, woke up so fast."

"Who cares, we just need to deliver the person."

"Didn't they say the exchange location is at the dock? After that, it's none of our business, right?"

Listening to their conversation, I leaned back in my seat without struggling.

The car was bumping along, I wasn't familiar with the roads outside, and I didn't know what weapons they had on them.

Fighting back now would be like throwing eggs at a rock.

I could only stay calm and patient, looking for my opportunity.

As the car drove forward, the unfamiliar scenery suddenly became more open.

That's when I realized they had brought me to the dock.

After getting out of the car, those two men pushed me around, leading me forward.

There was also a man in black waiting at the dock.

He handed something to those two men, then took me onto a cruise ship himself.

I was tied up here, but I could feel the cruise ship hadn't set sail.

So what were they waiting for?

But thinking about this, I couldn't help feeling anxious.

Virio had already sent extra people to protect me, yet on my way to work, I still got kidnapped!

This meant these people were well-prepared, maybe they already knew I had people protecting me, so they made a thorough plan.

Just as I was huddled in the corner thinking about all this, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Hearing that sound, I shrank back further, only to see the man who had just made the exchange with them walk in.

The man had already pulled down his hood, revealing a fierce and menacing face.

He had a scar by his ear that you wouldn't notice unless you looked carefully, and the exposed part of his arm was covered in tattoos.

Seeing me huddled in the corner, the man suddenly smiled, walked over, bent down, and ripped the tape off my mouth.

As he did this, he said to me, "Don't scream, or I'll just gag you again."

I hadn't planned to scream to attract others' attention anyway.

Since they chose to make the exchange at the dock and tied me up here directly, there must be other people around.

They looked like they weren't afraid of me escaping, so screaming would be useless, just causing myself trouble.

So I cleared my throat and spoke, "Who are you? What are you planning to do?"

The man laughed. "Asking me this now, do you think I'll answer you?"

I swallowed. "I guess you didn't kidnap me with good intentions, but if I'm going to die, I want to die knowing why."

Hearing me say this, the man suddenly raised his eyebrows. "Didn't expect you to have such guts."

I could tell he was interested in me. "When you kidnapped me, didn't you know who I was?"

Hearing this, the man seemed to think for a moment.

After a while, he looked down at me with a condescending attitude.

A moment later he spoke, "You're right, actually the person who hired me is Mr. Johnson."

Hearing Hamilton's name, my face changed immediately.

Things had been too calm lately, I'd almost forgotten about what I did to him before.

Such an evil person would definitely try to get revenge, I was careless and negligent.

Maybe my face turned pale for a moment, which the man noticed, and he said with a smile, "Scared now? Although I don't know how you provoked him, when he hired us, he made it very clear that we could torture you properly."

Hearing this, I felt cold all over. "You can just kill me."

Of course, I only said this to buy time.

Even if the people Virio sent to protect me were diverted by them, they would definitely come looking for me once they realized something was wrong.

Most importantly, if Charles knew I didn't show up at the meeting today, he would definitely realize something happened to me.

What I could do now was buy time and wait for them to discover and come rescue me.

And I didn't want to be humiliated by these people!

But the man laughed when he heard me. "Oh, no no, do you think I'm going to do something to you? If that's what you think, you're overthinking it."

The man pulled out a delicate little dagger from his chest and wiped it on his clothes.

The cold light flashed, and I unconsciously swallowed.

Then the man said, "I have no interest in torturing a little lamb like you."

"Besides, I was hired to do this job, I've already received my payment. Now I just need to wait for that person to come and take you away, and my task is complete." After saying this, he looked down at me condescendingly, and after a few seconds burst out laughing before leaving.

After he left, I couldn't snap out of it for a long time.

But I first observed my surroundings and heard people coming and going around me.

They seemed to be dock workers, loading and unloading cargo.

I was certain the ship hadn't moved, I wasn't at sea right now.

Which meant I wasn't without a way to escape.