Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 268 - 263: What Is Bai Xiaotang’s Secret?

Chang Ru couldn’t care less about the pain, she looked up excitedly at the sound and let out a muffled cry.

It was Ji Ning...

Dressed as a sailor, her skin was much darker than before.

Ji Ning gave a signal to the person beside her.

The man carrying Chang Ru squatted down and removed the cloth from her mouth.

Chang Ru, whose mouth was freed, immediately questioned without courtesy: "Ji Ning, where is this? Why did you have people kidnap me?"

Ji Ning smiled lightly: "Of course, to sell you."

"Wha... what? Don’t... don’t joke around..."

Ji Ning looked her in the eye, "Do I look like I’m joking?"

"I..." Chang Ru was momentarily speechless, continuously speculating the authenticity of Ji Ning’s words in her heart.

Ji Ning snickered twice, patted her pants, then stood up from her squat.

"Hey... where are you going? Ji Ning..." Chang Ru saw her about to leave and called her name fearfully, but was lifted like a chick by a big man next to her, which scared her into shouting, "Ji Ning, let me go... I’ll tell you a secret, it’s about Bai Xiaotang!"

Ji Ning halted her steps, turned around, and gestured to the big man.

Chang Ru was tossed back onto the ground.

Chang Ru endured the pain and gasped for air like she’d just been saved from drowning.

Her mental fortitude isn’t very strong...

The two big men exchanged glances.

Ji Ning walked slowly towards her, the black rain boots enlarged in Chang Ru’s view, causing her to feel both hatred and fear.

When she saw Ji Ning’s enlarged face approach, her body couldn’t help but shake.

"What do you want to say?"

"Could we... talk privately for a moment?" Chang Ru trembled, glancing at the two big men standing nearby.

Ji Ning smiled, "Sure."

Ten minutes later—

The ropes on Chang Ru’s body had been loosened a bit, but her feet and hands were bound with handcuffs.

She held a warm plastic cup with both hands, sitting on an iron chair welded to the ship, trying her best to calm her emotions.

Ji Ning sat opposite her, propped his head with one hand, appearing as indifferent as before.

Chang Ru took several deep breaths, about to reveal the "secret" she had planned for a long time, when she heard Ji Ning ask, "What are you doing here?"

Chang Ru hesitated for a moment, and said unnaturally, "Tourism..."

"Tourism with Sun Yazhu? Ha..."

Listening to Ji Ning’s sarcastic tone, Chang Ru struggled to suppress the unease in her heart.

She originally did not intend to tell anyone about that big shot, but now she was in Ji Ning’s hands...

Chang Ru’s mind spun several times and replied, "Actually, it’s to save someone."

"What person?"

"I don’t know." Chang Ru shook her head.

"Your intuition again?"

Chang Ru felt as though Ji Ning could see through everything about her, forcing herself to explain, "My intuition isn’t completely accurate. This time, I came here because I had a dream..."

"Dream?"

"Yes, I don’t know if you’ve heard of a precognitive dream."

Ji Ning’s face remained unchanged, "Are you saying you had a precognitive dream?"

Chang Ru vaguely replied, "I don’t know if it was a precognitive dream, it was just a dream where a girl here was seriously injured and kept asking me to save her."

Ji Ning suddenly laughed, causing Chang Ru’s heart to tighten. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"A person in a dream asked you to save her, and you brought Sun Yazhu here? You think I’m an idiot?"

Ji Ning’s smile faded as she looked coldly at her, "Does dreaming show where that girl’s wounds are? Do you need me to repeat the questions you asked at the port?"

Chang Ru gritted her molars.

She hadn’t expected Ji Ning to have been watching her since then.

"That’s why I said it was a precognitive dream. Who dreams such detailed dreams? For me, I’d rather believe it."

After saying this, Chang Ru was so nervous her breathing became light, staring intently at Ji Ning to make her believe her words.

After an undetermined amount of time, she finally heard Ji Ning’s voice.

"Alright, tell me about your precognitive dream. Why are you so determined to save that girl?"

"Because she is very pitiful so..."

"Stop! Chang Ru, we’re all smart people. If you still want to realize your ambitions, answer my questions honestly."

Would a person with only ambition and desire, out of sympathy, rush to a remote place to save someone?

Ji Ning’s gaze was cold as she sipped her cup of water.

Sweat flowed down Chang Ru’s forehead.

The temperature on the ship wasn’t high, but Chang Ru felt unbearably tormented.

She had always looked down upon Ji Ning, this "beggar" living off the Bai Family, but now she suddenly realized she might never have truly understood this person.

"Recently Sun Family’s business has been severely impacted. Sun Yazhu is overwhelmed with work, yet she follows you to save someone at such a time? Hmm?"

Ji Ning’s words left Chang Ru speechless, but she dared not reveal her secret of rebirth, so she gritted her teeth and continued to fabricate, "If that woman in the dream isn’t saved, she will bring danger to the safe zone in the future! My dreams are fragmented, I know little, but my intuition tells me I must save her. This may be a turning point!"

Chang Ru stared deeply into Ji Ning’s eyes, hoping to make her believe her words.

But the woman opposite continued drinking water from her cup.

Chang Ru became a bit anxious, "Since childhood, my intuition has always been different from others, I strongly believe in it, I’d rather this be true, then I can make a difference."

"Alright. What’s Bai Xiaotang’s secret?"

Chang Ru was taken aback, seemingly surprised at Ji Ning’s quick change of topic.

"Hard to say?"

"No." Chang Ru lowered her head slightly, hiding a flick of light in her eyes.

"Bai Xiaotang has always had better luck than others since childhood, with a good family background, adored by her family, enjoying the best education and life, yet she has no intimate friends. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Friends who become close to her always experience misfortune. Either their family business goes bankrupt, or their parents divorce, a mistress seizes family assets. She seems to be a girl blessed by fortune, all good things come to her while all bad things fall on those around her. I heard recently Ye Tong and Lin Yuanyang also had incidents. Have you been entangled with troubles lately too?"

As Chang Ru said this, she looked up, hoping to see Ji Ning’s shocked or clear understanding expression.

But her face held no emotion, her gaze was calm, so calm it made one’s scalp tingle.

Chang Ru’s voice trembled slightly, "What I said is true, you can investigate the circumstances of all friends around Bai Xiaotang, none have good outcomes. I heard Lin Yuanyang’s family also had problems, you see..."

Before finishing, Ji Ning calmly interrupted, "So you used this reason to have Bai Xiaotang suffer isolation and violence from childhood?"

"What? I didn’t, what I said is true..." Chang Ru denied in shock.

But Ji Ning had already placed the cup down, supported the table and stood up.

"You do not believe? It’s all true..."

"Shut up! Throw her off the ship, let her wash her brain."

"Yes—"