"No, no, no!" Chen Xu sensed something was wrong; if this continued, something unexpected was bound to happen!
You have to understand, he's a man! And a man who's never really seen a woman before... Think of that monk Xuzhu, who surrendered the moment he met Meng Gu. What did Mr. Jin Yong say? This is the greatest temptation in the world! Chen Xu isn't a saint; he's physically and mentally sound. What if he accidentally gets carried away and can't put it out? Wouldn't he make a mistake?!
Chen Xu's thinking is still quite traditional; otherwise, with so much money, what kind of woman couldn't he find?
However, he already had three beauties by his side, and these three beauties were all rare gems. Chen Xu was wavering between the three of them, so why would he think about other women?
But then someone unexpectedly came knocking, quickly igniting Chen Xu's anger... Chen Xu didn't think he had much self-control, but when he thought of Guan Yi, Zhan Jing, and Gao Xiaojie, and that all three of them were on this ship, he took a deep breath and said, "Miss, please have some self-respect."
Chapter 267 Temptation (Part 2)
It's impossible for Chen Xu not to have any ideas right now, but having ideas doesn't mean he has to do them... And the main problem is that Gao Xiaojie and the others are on this ship, so they absolutely mustn't see this scene!
The woman raised an eyebrow: "Miss? Ha, you already know I'm a young lady, so what's there to be modest about? Don't worry, I won't charge you today." Then she reached out and touched Chen Xu's chest, giggling, "You're so strong!"
To be honest, this is the most shameless woman Chen Xu has ever met in his life!
Chen Xu didn't discriminate against the profession of "ladies," after all, it was a path they chose themselves. But to say such things so openly at this time, Chen Xu felt that it could only be described as shameless.
Chen Xu put on a stern face: "Sorry, I'm not interested in you. Well, if there's nothing else, you can leave now. I need to rest."
Xin Xin paused for a moment with her heavy makeup, then giggled and said, "Don't be so serious, handsome. Come on, have a drink." After saying that, she walked to the bar as if she were the owner of the room, casually opened the liquor cabinet, took out a bottle of foreign liquor that Chen Xu didn't recognize, and then picked up two glasses.
Chen Xu wondered what was wrong with this woman. But what she said next stunned him: "Do you know someone wants to kill you?"
Chen Xu was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "Miss, this joke is not funny at all."
Xin Xin smiled and poured wine into two glasses: "Well, if you want to be a joke, then be a joke. You're strong, and maybe you're not afraid of assassins, but what about your three confidantes?"
"What did you say?!"
Chen Xu shouted, lunging forward and grabbing Xin Xin by the neck. He glared at her, emphasizing each word, "What did you just say?!"
"Let go! You're hurting me!" Xinxin struggled, but seeing the ferocity in Chen Xu's eyes, she quickly cried out, "Let go and I'll tell you! I didn't lie to you!"
Seeing her panicked expression, Chen Xu finally released her grip slowly, turned around, and slammed the door shut. He said, "Tell me quickly, what do you mean?"
Xin Xin rubbed her neck in dissatisfaction, took out her makeup box from her bag, and looked at herself in the mirror: "Ugh, you've ruined my makeup! And look at my neck, it's all red!"
"I don't have time to waste with your nonsense!" Chen Xu looked at her. "Either you talk, or you get out!"
Dear reader, Chen Xu was deliberately making this expression because this woman was incredibly difficult to deal with. He had never encountered a woman like this in his entire life, and he had absolutely no idea how to handle her. If she got carried away with her words, she really might just take off her clothes on the spot! So Chen Xu quickly came up with a clumsy solution… to act cool.
As for what she had just said, Chen Xu was half-convinced, but he wanted to see what this woman could say. If she was lying, he could send her away later.
Xin Xin touched up her makeup in a very affected manner, then glanced back at Chen Xu. Seeing Chen Xu's impatient expression, she sighed dramatically, "I really don't know what's so good about those three girls. They have no figure... Okay, okay, don't glare at me, I won't say anything more."
"Explain what you just said. Who's going to attack us?"
Xin Xin sighed, "I don't know who it is either. Hey. Don't worry. I just heard someone say they were going to attack you when I was passing by the deck."
Chen Xu raised an eyebrow: "On this ship?"
"That's interesting!" Xin Xin raised an eyebrow. "What other ship could it be? Humph. They kindly came to inform you, and you were so rude to them!"
Chen Xu got goosebumps from her sweet talk. But seeing that she didn't seem to be making things up, Chen Xu couldn't just kick her out. He smiled apologetically and asked, "What are the details? Can you tell me?" After all, he was under her roof and had to bow his head. Besides, judging from her tone, it wasn't just him who was in danger, but Guan Yi and the others were too!
So at this point, Chen Xu couldn't keep a straight face anymore.
Xin Xin glanced at him, picked up her wine glass, and said with a coquettish smile, "Oh, you're begging me? Fine, drink this glass with me, and I'll tell you. We'll drink a toast together, okay?"
Chen Xu frowned, picked up the wine glass on the table, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp. He said, "Forget about the toast. You're just bothering me because you want something. If what you're saying is true, you'll definitely get your share of the benefits. Name your price."
“Great,” Xin Xin stood up. “Fifteen million, the same price as that cat’s eye stone. How about it, for your four lives?”
That woman is so greedy!
Chen Xu gave away the cat's eye stone today and transferred 15 million to Tian Fang, which means he lost 30 million overnight. Now this woman wants another 15 million... Well, Chen Xu doesn't care about the money; safety comes first.
So Chen Xu nodded: "If what you're saying is true, 15 million for four lives isn't expensive. But if you're lying to me..."
"Don't worry." Xin Xin smiled and said, "After you left halfway through the banquet, I drank a bit too much, so I went out to the deck to get some fresh air. That's when I heard a voice coming from the warehouse below me. One voice said, 'We must take care of them before we go ashore.' So I got curious and lay down on the floor to listen to what they were saying."
"There were two people talking, or at least I only heard two people talking. One of them said: 'Shall we make our move on the boat? There are too many people here, it's not convenient, is it?'"
Another person said: "It's okay, they're just four students. They might be on the lookout, but if we do it discreetly, no one will notice."
The man had said earlier, "That's true... but this is still murder. We have some connections with Zhang Bo, but we don't need to stick our necks out for him like this, do we? He and his father have both lost power..."
"Zhang Bo?! It's him again?!" Chen Xu's eyes almost spit fire. Was this guy going to oppose him again?!
Xin Xin glanced at Chen Xu and continued, "That's all I heard. Then some sailors came over, and they left. I'm thinking, of the four students mentioned on the ship, besides you and your three confidantes, there's no one else. So I guess it must be you."
Judging from the words she overheard, the people they were referring to were indeed Chen Xu and Guan Yi. Four students, and connected to Zhang Bo—who else could they be? Of course, Yi Shuihan might also be in trouble, but regardless of who it was targeting, since someone wanted to stay on the ship to kill people and had threatened him and those around him, Chen Xu couldn't let this go unpunished.
“I understand, but I can’t give you money just because of those two sentences. Do you understand what I mean?” Chen Xu looked at the woman. “You should remember those two people’s accents, right? Can you tell who was speaking?”
"How would I know?" Xin Xin said. "There are so many people on the ship, and I don't know everyone. Besides, the sea breeze is so strong. It's already good enough that I can hear the voices. How could I know who is talking?"
"Then, when you hear that voice again, will you be able to recognize it?"
Xin Xin hesitated for a moment: "Well, I'm not sure either, but I should be able to tell from the sound..."
This is rather vague. Although Chen Xu can tell from her expression that this woman is either a natural-born actress or she's telling the truth, he wouldn't just throw around 15 million. So Chen Xu gently tapped the table: "Xin Xin... um, ma'am, your way of making money is really easy. Next time I'll go up on the deck and tell a rich man that someone wants to kill you."
Xin Xin smiled a little shyly, and after thinking carefully, she said, "Those two people both spoke Chinese. One had a soft voice and seemed a bit timid, and the other had a rough voice... If you ask me anything else, I really can't answer, but I can guarantee that everything I say is true."
After a pause, Xin Xin said, "How about we find an opportunity to talk to the people on the ship tomorrow? They speak Chinese, so I think they're probably not the ship's staff, but rather the group that came with us. There aren't many people, so I think it'll be easy to pinpoint a general target."
That's one way, but Chen Xu's eyes darted around and he smiled, "That's too complicated. I have a simpler way."
"What?"
Chen Xu was about to speak, but suddenly stared at what was behind Xin Xin, a look of horror on his face. Xin Xin was startled and subconsciously turned around to look, but suddenly felt a pain in her neck, and then collapsed onto the sofa.
Chen Xu withdrew his hand from behind her: "My method is to have Xiao Min directly read the information in your brain, and then have Xiao Min analyze the sound samples... This is more reliable than you." Chen Xu then turned Xiao Min into earphones and put them on Xin Xin's head: "Um, also, although you helped me, charging 15 million for a single sentence is too outrageous. Do you really think I'm stupid? Get a good night's sleep, and when you wake up tomorrow, you'll feel that what happened tonight was just a dream..."
While this approach is rather unethical, you can't just give her 15 million yuan like that, treating Chen Xu like a sucker.
Xiaomin's ability is to read some of the thought information in a person's brain, but she cannot delete it... However, she can process and alter this information, which is commonly known as hypnosis...
Using hypnosis, she was made to believe that everything that had just happened was a dream. Some random, nonsensical elements were added to this memory… for example, at the end of the memory, it was added that Chen Xu opened the safe and pulled out a huge pile of banknotes, a total of fifteen million yuan, but just as she was about to pounce on the banknotes… she woke up.
Just then, the door behind them was pushed open with a "whoosh," followed by Gao Xiaojie's scream: "Pervert! What are you doing?!"
Chapter 268 The Demon's Song Reappears (Part 1)
From Gao Xiaojie's perspective, Chen Xu's actions at this time were indeed not very gentlemanly.
The glamorous woman, Xin Xin, was lying on the sofa with her eyes closed, and Chen Xu was half-lying on top of her... well, even the most innocent person would have impure thoughts if they saw this!
Chen Xu knew he was in trouble the moment he heard the voice. Why didn't this girl knock?!
He turned around, his face full of pain: "Jiejie, let me explain!"
"Pah!" Gao Xiaojie spat at him, turned and ran out, leaving behind the words, "Don't call me so affectionately, we're not that close!"
Chen Xu was about to chase after her, but then he suddenly remembered that Xiao Min was still hanging on the woman's head as an earphone. He couldn't bear to leave Xiao Min with someone else... she was his lifeline!
So Chen Xu didn't care whether Xiao Min had finished or not, he ripped off his headphones and ran out. As he ran, he vaguely heard Xiao Min say something, but he couldn't make it out. The moment he left the room, Xin Xin's eyes snapped open, her face filled with terror...
Chen Xu ran outside and saw Gao Xiaojie's figure disappear around the corner ahead. He quickly chased after her, but couldn't find her anywhere.
This really worried Chen Xu. He thought to himself, if he didn't explain things clearly to her tonight, who knew what she would think? What if she went back and imitated Guan Yizhanjing... Please! This girl already had a misunderstanding, how could he let her make it worse?!
Chen Xu had no choice but to take out his phone to make a call. The call was answered after only one ring, and Gao Xiaojie's puffed-up voice came through: "Hey, what's up?!"
"Jiejie, you've misunderstood. Let me explain." After saying this, Chen Xu realized the sentence sounded familiar... and quickly said, "Don't run away, come back first. I have to tell you, we're in danger on the ship!"
"What danger... Ah!"
A scream came from Gao Xiaojie on the other end of the phone, startling Chen Xu. He wondered if something had happened to her! Chen Xu immediately rushed forward, shouting into the phone as he ran, "What's wrong? What happened?! Answer me right now!"
As Chen Xu rushed around the next corner, he immediately stopped.
Because it was just a short distance ahead. Gao Xiaojie stood there, covering her mouth. There seemed to be someone in front of her, but their figure blocked their view. Chen Xu rushed forward, pulled Gao Xiaojie behind him, and hugged her. Only then did he see what was in front of her, and couldn't help but exclaim "Ah!"
Before them lay a man covered in blood, lying on the deck, face up to the sky. His eyes were wide open; he was clearly dead. The deepest and most abundant blood was in his left chest, near his heart, but the weapon was not visible. Chen Xu guessed he had been shot.
But how did this person die here?
Just then, a commotion arose in the distance, and Chen Xu quickly pulled Gao Xiaojie over. They saw a large black man in a sailor suit pinning someone down, and the person was struggling.
"Who is it?!" Chen Xu quickly shielded Gao Xiaojie behind him, inwardly groaning, because he saw the gun in the burly man's hand! He regretted not bringing a bulletproof vest!
But when the black man looked up, Chen Xu saw his face and couldn't help but exclaim, "Douglas?!"
This black man was none other than Guan Yi's black bodyguard... Douglas!
"Hold this guy down, keep him alive," Douglas said in his fairly fluent Chinese. "Watch out for that radio he's holding, make sure he doesn't turn it on!"
"What's going on?!"
"Don't ask so many questions. Just do it!"
Chen Xu quickly subdued the man. He had known Douglas for a while and knew his fighting skills. The man in front of him didn't seem like a particularly capable fighter, yet Douglas needed Chen Xu's help to restrain him. This was very strange!
With Chen Xu's help, Douglas quickly tied the guy up, watching him struggle on the ground like a dead fish. Douglas kicked him hard: "Damn it, if it weren't for finding out who the mastermind is, I'd kill you right now!"
"What's going on? What's coming from that radio?"
“The Demon's Song.” Douglas turned to Chen Xu. “You should know this better than I do… The Demon's Song from the Luxor massacre site—this guy plans to play it over the ship’s loudspeaker!”
Upon hearing this, Chen Xu's face immediately turned deathly pale, and Gao Xiaojie's face, which was already pale, became even more bloodless at this moment!
How could they not know that song, "The Devil's Song"?
That subconscious song was incredibly powerful; Guan Yi and Gao Xiaojie were both captivated by it and launched a deadly attack on Chen Xu!
The commotion had alerted the ship's crew. Upon seeing the corpse, the alarm immediately went off, and soon men rushed over, pointing guns and shouting, "Don't move! Who are you?!"
The Dubai ship naturally had professional security personnel, most of whom were special forces soldiers. The firearms on board were also not ordinary pistols. Chen Xu glanced at it and saw at least three submachine guns.
"Don't shoot! Don't shoot! I'm Prince Maktoum's friend!" Chen Xu shouted, raising his hands. "Tell Prince Maktoum to come here quickly! Someone's trying to kill everyone on the ship!"
"Everyone on the ship?" Soon someone brought Prince Maktoum over. Upon seeing the corpse, Prince Maktoum frowned, but when he saw Chen Xu, the prince smiled, opened his arms, and walked over, saying, "My friend, are you alright? What happened?"
"Actually, I don't know the specifics of what happened either." Chen Xu shrugged and smiled wryly. "This Douglas is my friend. Well, let him explain."
Maktoum frowned as he looked at Douglas, who was dressed in a sailor's uniform. "Who are you, sir? I don't recall having a sailor like you on my ship." Douglas pulled out something that looked like a medal from his pocket, gold in color, with an image of a four-leafed plant on it, and handed it to Prince Maktoum.