Luo Xiaoqian instinctively looked at her left shoulder, sure enough, within the piled-up veil, there was a piece of white silk petal.

He can see her?

Could it be, he is on the ship!

Luo Xiaoqian instinctively glanced to the side.

Xu Xia, Tong Ya, and Mo Bei were all watching her make the call, Huangfu Ruo wasn’t there, she was on the deck taking care of the two children, makeup artist, stylist, manicurist, the staff from the bridal company responsible for helping her change dresses...

All women, he wasn’t in the room.

However, who can guarantee that there are no people of his among these staff?!

Calm down, stay calm. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Jiao Yang is in his hands, you must stay calm.

Luo Xiaoqian repeated to herself in her heart, she took a deep breath, trying to keep her tone calm.

"Why haven’t you come yet, we are all waiting for you."

"You’re very smart, my little princess." Luo Ke chuckled softly on the other end of the line, "Exactly, this is our secret, as long as you listen, our future Duke will remain safe and sound, of course, if you don’t, I fear I won’t be able to control my emotions, I think, you should know, I have a very special ring, in it, there’s processed King Cobra venom, just a little bit, if not treated in time, it’s fatal, my little princess, do you know what it feels like to be poisoned after a snake bite?!...The snake venom protein goes into the bloodstream, then the heart will contract violently, and then you can’t breathe...very painful, isn’t it?!"

"Xiao Qian, don’t listen to him, he’s lying to you, hang up the phone, go on with the wedding, he wouldn’t dare to kill me, he wouldn’t dare..."

Jiao Yang was still shouting loudly.

"Can you make him quiet down?" Luo Ke said lightly.

The female subordinate walked forward, casually used the butt of a gun, and smashed it hard on Jiao Yang’s head.

"Oh, no, why hurt our Duke, fortunately, you didn’t damage his face, but at least he’s quiet now!" Luo Ke gently held the phone, "Now, my dear little princess, or maybe you never knew, how much I love you, I can’t allow you to be taken by another man, Jiao Yang loves you very much too, if you get married, he would be in unbearable pain, so, I think you must understand my meaning by now, right, my dear Sissi?!"

"..."

Luo Xiaoqian was silent, biting her teeth hard, without making a sound.

"Go tell Leng Zimo, you can’t marry him, because you have to marry Jiao Yang, because the man you truly love is Jiao Yang, because this man will die from losing you!" Luo Ke took a gentle breath, "I will always be watching you, when you regain your freedom, I will tell you where our Duke is, we... will meet again."

The phone call ended, then a multimedia message came in.

Luo Xiaoqian walked to the floor-to-ceiling window where she could see the sea, trembling fingers opened the message, it was a short video.

In the video was Jiao Yang, he was tied to an iron-framed bed with a black belt, yelling something loudly at the camera.

The video had no sound, but from his lip movements, Luo Xiaoqian discerned the words he kept repeating.

"Xiao Qian, don’t listen to him... I’m sorry... I’m sorry... I’m sorry..."

Looking at the elegant man in the image shouting like a madman, Luo Xiaoqian’s heart felt like it was cut by a knife.

...

...

Good night