NOVEL NEXT Chapter 72 Kidnapped
Mao Xi opened his eyes and saw darkness all around him. His limbs were tied up and a cloth was stuffed in his mouth.
She looked around and found that she was in a cabin surrounded by cargo. Ma Xi closed her eyes and tried to enter the portable space, but failed to trigger it.
"Is it because I didn't come into contact with food? Why is the space not working today!"
Hearing a noise outside the cabin, she closed her eyes and pretended to be sleepy.
A man dressed as a sailor placed the steamed buns and water in front of Ma Xi, took the ball of cloth out of her mouth, grabbed her shoulders and started shaking it.
"Hey! Don't pretend to be asleep. Get up and eat quickly."
Mao Xi's shoulders were pinched so hard that he shouted, "Stop arresting me. Who are you? Why did you arrest me here?"
The sailor didn't answer, but saw that Miao Xi had woken up and stood aside.
"Brother, if you tie me up, how can I eat?"
The sailor turned around, grabbed the steamed buns and fed them to Mao Xi. Seeing that she had no intention of resisting, he said, "Just stay here obediently. I will bring you food when it's time to eat. Someone has paid to send you there." I sold Nanzhou for money, so don’t blame me, just cooperate and suffer some hardships."
"Who is the other party? How much did they give you? Why did they sell me?"
"Taking people's money and doing things for them, of course I won't tell you! Just stay here and take care of yourself."
Seeing that Mao Xi had finished eating the steamed buns, the sailor stuffed the ball of cloth into her mouth again and left the cabin.
Seeing that the other party had gone away, Mao Xi grabbed a small piece of steamed bun on the ground with her hands.
She finally entered her personal space. In the small kitchen of the space, there was a butter mixer but no knives. She didn't have any money with her, so she couldn't buy new kitchenware in the mall for the time being.
If you don’t have money, you can’t even use your own shopping mall, but now you’re trapped in the cabin, how can you escape?
She took out two frozen squids and knocked them. They should be hard enough, but first she had to find a way to cut the rope tied to her body.
Mao Xi removed the metal whipping head of the butter machine. Although it was not sharp, she could only use it to cut the rope first.
Back in the cabin, Mao Xi used a metal hair tip to break the cloth strips tied to her body.
With her hands free, she untied the rope from her feet, grabbed the frozen squid, and waited for the sailor by the door.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Mao Xi took advantage of the sailor's approach and smashed the two frozen squids on his head, took the steamed buns in his hand, and rushed out the door.
The sailor was knocked unconscious at the door.
Mao Xi came out of the cabin and came to the stern of the ship. This is a ship sailing on the ocean, surrounded only by the sea.
"I'm not going to be sold to Nanzhou, right? Who is so vicious?"
Ma Xi saw the word "Xingjue" on the boat and realized that it was Nalan Jue's overseas ship. Was she on a pirate ship?
Mao Xi was not sure whether the people on the boat were trustworthy for the time being, so he found a corner, took out the steamed buns, and hid in the space, not daring to go out.
There are some durians in the space that can satisfy the hunger first, but there is no stove and it is impossible to fire, and other food cannot be eaten, but the conversations of people outside the hiding place can be heard.
Mao Xi listened while eating durian.
"Boss of the ship, the fainted man in the cabin is not our sailor, but the coolie hired to transport goods at the dock ten days ago."
Li Keyang went down to the cabin and inspected it. There were two melted squids on the ground. He looked at the tied coolie and asked, "Why did you come to my boat?"
"Boss, I came here secretly. I wanted to use your boat to sneak to Nanzhou to work."
"I see you're not the only one in this cabin, right?" Li Keyang picked up the cut cloth strips on the ground.
The coolie had an idea and lied: "The boss of the ship is wise, and my sister came with me. She has epilepsy and always talks nonsense, so I tied her up and placed her here."
Captain Li ordered someone to tie him up, then sent another person to watch on the side, and took the others back to the stern of the ship.
"Boss of the ship, I think what the coolie just said is not true. Who would tie his own sister in the cabin? They are probably human traffickers who use our ship to abduct women. If we don't report it to the official, won't we become Comrade?"
"Go to the cabin and look for the captured woman. Don't hurt her. Artai, did you eat durian secretly?"
After listening to the conversation between the ship boss and the crew, Ma Xi made sure that she was not in danger, then returned to the ship from space and informed the ship boss of her experience.
"Boss, this girl is the one who took all the durians before!" Artai recognized Shui Xi.
Li Chuanguan looked at Mao Xi and didn't expect that such a little girl liked durian as much as he did.
"Hello, boss of the ship. I am Mao Xi, the shopkeeper of Liuxiang Snacks in Lihua Town. I went to Wutong Port to buy food for the store. Artai gave me your durians. Your ship owner, Nalan Jue, also often comes to our store to eat. ."
Li Keyang smiled: "Hahaha, that's my family, my name is Li Keyang, you can just call me Captain Li."
"Captain Li, can you send me a letter so that I can tell my family that I am safe?"
Mao Xi handed the written letter to Li Keyang, and Li Keyang wrote the accident on the ship in the voyage log, excerpted it in the letter, and sent it to Nalan Jue by flying pigeon together with Mao Xi's letter.
One night has passed since Ma Xi disappeared.
The next morning, Mrs. Chen came to Lihua Town early and waited for her daughter to come home at Liuxiang Snacks.
Mu Zhiyuan came back from Niujia Village early in the morning to inquire about the news. Niu Sanhua said that she returned to Lihua Town after dinner last night.
After learning that her daughter did not stay in Niujia Village, the whole family was worried in the store. The news brought back by Mu Zhiyuan was not optimistic, and Mrs. Chen was preparing to report to the official.
Nalan Jue came to Liuxiang Snacks and brought an autographed letter from Mao Xi.
Mao Xi reported to Chen that she was safe in the letter and said that she planned to sail to Nanzhou with the ocean-going ship.
"Master Nalan, when will your ship return?"
"It's not far this time. We can return in half a month."
In order to confirm Mao Xi's safety, Mu Zhiyuan set off to hire a boat to catch up with the Xingjue.
Nalan Jue grabbed Mu Zhiyuan and said, "It just so happens that I also plan to go to Nanzhou. My ship can go to sea quickly, so why don't you go with me."
Mu Zhiyuan didn't have time to think too much, so he packed his bags and set off with Nalan Jue.
Aboard the Xingjue, in the dining hall.
Mao Xi made dinner with the captain of the boat. She heard that the boss of the boat particularly liked durian, so she also made a lot of durian cakes.
During the meal, Mao Xi sat next to Artai and asked him about the destination of this voyage.
Artai said that the place they were going to this time was relatively close to a long island in Nanzhou. Nalan Jue also specifically told the boat boss to buy some durians and sell them to Lihua Town in the future.
After the meal, Captain Li received a reply from Nalan Jue's flying pigeon, informing him that he and Mu Zhiyuan would be coming to join the Xing Jue.
"It seems that this trip to Changdao will be very interesting!" Captain Li stood in the cockpit, eating durian cake as an after-dinner snack, "Well, this durian cake is so delicious!"