Chapter 489: Chapter 458, Recognizing the Situation_1
Sun Changze glanced at the rapidly approaching carriage before quickly averted his gaze. Seeing his cousin still craning his neck to look, he immediately slapped his head, “When you’re away from home, don’t be overly curious.”
Sun Changmao retracted his neck with a sheepish smile.
At that moment, the sound of a ship’s horn carried over, and as Sun Changze and the others turned their heads, they saw a cargo ship swiftly heading their way.
Upon seeing the tall and burly men standing on the deck, Sun Changze rapidly said to his relatives, “Start the boat, quick!”
The boat quickly set off, crossing paths with the oncoming cargo ship after just a few meters.
Once the cargo ship had passed, Sun Changmao tugged on Sun Changze’s sleeve and whispered, “Changze brother, those people on the boat looked like they were from the underworld; I saw they all had knives hanging from their waists.”
Sun Changze’s brow furrowed slightly, “Some things, it’s better to keep to yourself and not speak of.” After saying this, he turned back to look at the cargo ship.
At this point, the cargo ship had slowly docked at the pier, and the carriage they had just seen also stopped on the dock.
“Have you captured the person?”
“Yes, captured!”
As soon as the carriage stopped, Daohua and Dong Yuanyao considered how they might escape. Before they could devise a plan, they heard voices outside.
As the sound approached from the distance, both of them quickly lay down again, feigning unconsciousness.
With a ‘creak,’ the door of the carriage was opened.
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Seeing the four young ladies inside the carriage, the one-eyed strong man was taken aback, “Why have you captured four? Weren’t we only supposed to capture the young ladies from the Jiang and Chen families?”
“We didn’t want to take extra, but the other two were always with the Jiang and Chen young ladies. To avoid complications, we bound them along,” they explained.
Upon hearing this, both Daohua and Dong Yuanyao cursed their bad luck internally.
The one-eyed strong man waved his hand dismissively, “Fine, fine, since they’ve been captured, take them all.” As he raised his hand to signal his men to bring down the captives, he noticed one of the girls in the carriage twitching her eyelashes. His eyes immediately narrowed.
“Since you’re awake now, come down by yourself!”
At these words, both Daohua and Dong Yuanyao trembled inside.
Had they been discovered?
Although both were extremely nervous, neither of them moved.
Both guessed that the kidnappers were probably bluffing them. As long as they continued to feign unconsciousness, they could lower the kidnappers’ guard, increasing their chance for escape.
Seeing no movement from inside the carriage, the one-eyed strong man spoke up again, “You are all daughters of wealth and rank. Since you’re unwilling to come down yourselves, I’ll have my men come and ‘assist’ you.”
He knew that young ladies from noble families were extremely concerned with their reputation and would not allow an unrelated man to touch them.
Sure enough, the moment his words fell, the purple-clad young lady with the trembling eyelashes began to climb out, her face pale and her body shaking.
Upon seeing this, a cold smirk instantly played upon the lips of the one-eyed strong man. Humph, a sheltered young noblewoman thought she could feign unconsciousness under his watchful eye!
However, the very next moment, the one-eyed strong man’s face stiffened.
Another girl from inside the carriage climbed out.
Daohua and Dong Yuanyao, still pretending to be unconscious, sensed that Jiang Wanying and Chen Jiarou were getting up, and with a resigned sigh, they too slowly rose to their feet.
Seeing all four young ladies in the carriage now awake, the one-eyed strong man was taken aback; he had only noticed one!
Damn it, these scheming women of the inner courtyards! They were so skilled at deception that even he had been fooled.
The one-eyed strong man glanced at Daohua, Dong Yuanyao, and Jiang Wanying, then shot a fierce look at the two big men driving the carriage.
The drivers were also frightened; it was fortunate they had sealed the carriage windows beforehand, otherwise the captives they had worked so hard to catch might have escaped.
“What are you standing around for? Hurry up and get out, or do you need us to help you?” the bald-headed man driving the carriage could not hold back as he scolded fiercely.
Hearing this, Chen Jiarou and Jiang Wanying immediately shivered and disembarked from the carriage, followed closely by Daohua and Dong Yuanyao.
As soon as the four of them were off the carriage, the bald man came over to shove them, “Hurry, get on the boat!”
Looking at the cargo ship on the dock, both Daohua and Dong Yuanyao had gloomy expressions. With people on both land and boat, there was no chance to escape. With no other choice, they could only support each other onto the ship.
Before boarding the ship, Daohua tossed a Fragrant Pill onto the dock, praying in her heart that Xiao Yeyang would quickly come to rescue them with his men.
In the reeds by the shore, Sun Changze carefully hid himself, approaching the cargo ship as silently as possible. He didn’t come to poke his nose into other people’s business; rather, he recognized the one-eyed burly man.
When he was with the Little Prince in the mountains searching for gold mines, they had encountered a group of assassins, and he clearly remembered that among those people was the one-eyed burly man.
A few meters away from the cargo ship, as Sun Changze saw the four girls being escorted aboard, his gaze fell on Daohua, and his eyes suddenly widened in shock.
Whom did he see?
Yan’s young master!
At that moment, a series of images flashed through Sun Changze’s mind, and his expression slowly shifted from astonishment to a dawning realization.
No wonder the Little Prince had been so considerate and gentle in taking care of Yan’s young master—he now understood she was actually a girl!
He knew it, after all. He had inquired about the sons of the Yan Family, and there was no one who matched the description of Yan’s young master.
Sun Changze composed himself and quickly glanced at the cargo ship again, where Daohua and the other three had already been pushed into the cabin, and the ship was slowly starting up.
Without a second thought, Sun Changze quietly slipped into the river and swiftly swam toward the cargo ship.
Soon, the cargo ship left the dock.
After the ship had sailed some distance away, Sun Changmao and the others returned to the scene with their boat.
“Changze got on the ship and followed them.”
“What do we do now?”
“Do as Brother Changze said, go find the Little Prince.”
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On the cargo ship, Daohua and the others’ hands and feet were bound, and they remained in the corner of the hold.
Observing the four girls all with their heads bowed in silence, though their faces betrayed panic but none shouted or wept inconsolably, the one-eyed burly man raised his eyebrow, “True to their upbringing from prominent families, they all have a good grip on their emotions, huh?”
With that, he turned to look at the bald burly man.
“Among these four girls, which one is Jiang Wanying, and which is Chen Jiarou?”
The bald burly man glanced at Daohua and the others, then awkwardly rubbed his smooth head: “I have no clue!”
At these words, the one-eyed burly man became furious, “You abducted them, and you don’t know who is who? What if you captured the wrong ones?”
The bald burly man quickly said, “There can be no mistake; it was Yuniang who personally took action.”
Hearing this, Daohua’s eyes flickered, and she recalled the maid who had entered the room to add fragrance.
The bald burly man spoke up again, pointing at Jiang Wanying, “She must be Jiang’s young lady. I checked; she’s sickly, weak since childhood. Of the four, she’s the most frail, surely she is Jiang Wanying.”
Hearing this, Jiang Wanying gave the bald burly man a cold look, internally raging ‘You’re the sick one; your whole family is ill,’ but considering her current powerless situation, she silently bowed her head again.
“As for which one is Chen Jiarou…”
The bald burly man stroked his chin, “Chen Jiarou is renowned in Beijing for her beauty; she must be the most beautiful.” Saying so, he scrutinized the three remaining women thoroughly.
Feeling uncomfortable under the man’s gaze, Daohua and the other two women held back their words and endured.
After a brief moment, the bald burly man scratched the back of his head and soon pointed at Daohua and Dong Yuanyao, “If Chen Jiarou isn’t her, then she’s the one.”
Upon hearing these words, Daohua, Dong Yuanyao, and Jiang Wanying all quickly glanced at Chen Jiarou.
And Chen Jiarou—her face turned somewhat green, glaring angrily at the bald burly man.
What was this lout implying?
Was he saying she wasn’t as beautiful as Yan Yiyi and Dong Yuanyao?
Absolutely blind!