Chapter 4.14 Business Loss (Extra)

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TN Notes: Alright my little snowflakes. Maybe/possibly a trigger warning ahead for like sexual assault. (And also happy Veteran’s Day! Thank you to those who served and are serving!)

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Liu Sankao listened to the movement on the boat. His ears were very good, but all he could hear was a woman’s gasps and cries. He touched his neck, feeling uncomfortable.

He was a cheap man who used to play with the prostitutes by the river. He didn’t realize what was wrong with those rough-skinned women until he joined the Huang Kui gang. Once he saw Shuixiang there, he despised any and all women. She had thin ankles like chopsticks, a waist that could be clasped with both hands, and white skin that didn’t seem like it belonged to someone living on the river. The most terrible thing was that this Shuixiang spoke in a low, delicate voice. Although her mannerisms were a bit bold and lively, she was just like those well-off ladies on shore.

Liu Sankao felt suffocated when he imagined how Shuixiang’s chest moved every time she combed her hair. He touched the short harpoon at his waist. There were many moments that he wanted to get on the boat and deal with the slut.

But he wouldn’t dare. After tightly squeezing the harpoon several times, he eventually relaxed his grip. He had clenched his hands so tightly that his nails had dug into his flesh and drawn blood.

He knew the consequences of offending Shuixiang.

He had been listening to the movements on the boat for several days, and the jealousy made his teeth tremble. Shuixiang had been seeking out information for Huang Kui, so there were all kinds of men going on board. Every time he heard the gasps, he felt as if ants were crawling up and down his spine. He could imagine the two jade-white legs connected to a petite, round butt wrapped around the men’s waists. It was said that Shuixiang’s legs were flexible enough to wrap around a man’s neck, but he never got to experience this kind of good thing.

While he was thinking all this, he continued to take a few mouthfuls of wine. The others were talking about what was going to happen on the river, uncertain when the Japanese would come calling. Now that the military goods were coming and going on the river, many people were secretly paying them high prices to hijack the ships. These kinds of jobs were basically putting their heads on the line, since military cargo ships had armed escorts. Ordinary people wouldn’t dare make a move, but it was said that they could make a huge profit each time.

Tired of listening to it all, he glanced at where a few girls were lying behind the shop. Their hands and feet had been tied and their mouths were sewn shut. They were the real owners of that boat. After Shuixiang had taken a few people to intercept the boat, she let the girls’ fathers go ashore to raise money to redeem them.

When he walked over, the girls cowered in the corner, ceaselessly trembling. Liu San shoved one of the girls’ hair away from her face. This Jiangsu girl looked healthy enough, but was as plain as a Buddhist nun. And her trembling body wasn’t as well-endowed as Shuixiang’s was. But fortunately, her skin was also pale white.

He reached into the girl’s clothes and startled fondling her chest. Her body broke out in goosebumps, and she started to struggle and twist. She wanted to scream, but the wounds on her stitched-up mouth only ended up bleeding instead.

The fondling made Liu Sankao excited and the veins on his forehead started bulging. He was surprised to find that the girl looked thin, but her skin was comfortably smooth to the touch. He felt as if the suffocating desire he had been suppressing was about to burst out, and his eyes became a little blurred.

He looked at the people behind him, and saw that one of them had noticed what he was doing and was looking at him coldly. “Sankao, you know the rules. You can’t touch the hostages. They’re worth more if we can send them back intact.”

Liu Sankao was extremely anxious and said to the speaker, “I’ve been holding back for so fucking long. Will they be less valuable just because I’ve touched them?”

The man glanced at Liu Sankao contemptuously and stopped talking. Liu Sankao picked the girl up and tore off her pants with his hands, revealing her whole butt and white legs. The girl struggled desperately, and tears flowed from her eyes.

Liu Sankao swallowed, unable to see anything else besides that white flesh. At that time, everyone else in the shop turned to look at him. Liu Sankao pulled her pants to her ankles and used them to cover his hands. He looked like he was about to do something obscene, but was actually secretly untying the rope around the girl’s legs.

The man who spoke before seemed to be a self-appointed leader and immediately went to stop him. “Shit, you’re fucking crazy!”

Liu Sankao sneered, put the girl on the ground, released his grip, and then watched as she ran away.

Everyone was shocked and could only watch as the girl ran towards the river like she wanted to jump in.

Liu Sankao sneered: “Escaping hostages can’t be left alive. You know the rules. You can’t stop me.” With that said, he ran a dozen steps and caught up to the girl. He pushed her down on the riverbank, pressed her head against the ground, and went to untie her underwear.

Liu Sankao knew Huang Kui’s rules all too well. An escaped hostage could never be left alive. They had to be killed. As long as this girl ran, she would die. But no one would care if he had a little fun with her before she was killed. When he looked back and saw that everyone had surrounded him, he immediately changed tactics and tried to bash the girl’s skull in on the embankment. His eyes turned red, and his burning desire left him with only one thing in mind.

At this time, Chen Pi’s head suddenly poked out of the water beside the embankment, giving Liu Sankao a fright. He could only stare in shock as Chen Pi climbed up, knocked him away from the girl, and sat astride him in the same position Liu Sankao had just been in. With his pineapple knife held in a reverse grip, he stabbed Liu Sankao’s throat a dozen times at breakneck speed.

Blood started gushing out of Liu Sankao’s nostrils and mouth.

Chen Pi looked up with eyes as red as Liu Sankao’s had been, and yelled at the sky: “I only received a hundred coins. What the fuck are you doing?!!”

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