ReadNovel Chapter 1423: The Grand Finale (Part 9)
Chapter 1423: The Grand Finale (Part 9)
Gu Nuan said, "How could I possibly not go down? My son is there, so I have to be there."
"Your husband can—" Zhong Qiaohui frowned and trailed off, because the reason she couldn’t go on was that Gu Nuan in this state was exactly as stubborn as she herself was.
After two knocks on the door, Wei Changqing opened it and walked in. After checking what the two of them were wearing, he said, "If you’re ready, let’s disembark." Zhong Qiaohui and Gu Nuan nodded and followed him out.
Only then did Ou Yanan find out that he and some personnel, along with Lingxin, had been arranged to stay on the ship. He stood up and asked, "Where’s my sister?"
"She’s gone ashore."
Ou Yanan froze for a second, then started to stride out to stop her. Zhan Dapeng blocked him. "You wait on the ship. Old Eight is here too. He can handle the boat. You’re the doctor, the only doctor we’ve got. If something happens to you, what do we do if someone else gets hurt?"
"No, how can you let a woman like her go ashore!—Xiao Yebai!" Ou Yanan couldn’t help roaring.
Zhan Dapeng patted his shoulder. "Yebai will protect her."
Ou Yanan smashed a fist into the door panel.
As for Xiao Yebai taking his wife ashore, the other brothers actually didn’t get it at first. What they all thought was, how could Xiao Yebai let his wife risk her life doing something this dangerous? But if you think this idea came from Xiao Yebai, then you’re definitely wrong.
The one who came up with it was someone else.
Zhang Sanfeng’s gaze flickered as he quietly asked Old Six, "What did you say to Second Brother?"
"You think he listens to what I say? You know there’s only one person he listens to."
Among this bunch of brothers, the only one who could truly command their respect wasn’t the eldest, and it wasn’t Second Brother Xiao Yebai either, but that missing Old Five, the one who’d disappeared.
Zhang Sanfeng pressed, "Old Five contacted him?"
"I don’t dare say for sure, but Old Five definitely told him something. But the way I see it, it’s best if Sister-in-law comes along too." Wei Changqing was thinking of the scene back at Robbie’s place when Xiao Yebai had almost gone crazy. In his view, the only one who might be able to stop Xiao Yebai from losing it was Gu Nuan.
Zhang Sanfeng was thinking the same thing. Because his injured leg made it hard for him to move, Old Six personally carried him off the ship and onto the shore.
When Zhong Qiaohui looked back, she saw his struggling figure, moving with difficulty. Her brows furrowed tighter and tighter, probably wondering what he could even do here.
The group slipped onto Dark Island without a sound. The guards on Dark Island were extremely lax. That was because the people on the island believed no one could ever find this place, so it didn’t matter if they didn’t guard it or keep watch.
"Be careful."
As Zhong Qiaohui waded through the water near the island’s shore, she heard Zhang Sanfeng beside her say, "There are teeth lurking everywhere here." Because of his words, she looked to the side and seemed to really see a row of chilling white teeth watching their group from within the waves. Her whole body almost shuddered.
"Don’t make eye contact with them, same as you don’t make eye contact with a dog," he told her. "They won’t just lunge at you, because they have an owner."
"You mean, they’re kept by people?"
"Yeah."
Zhong Qiaohui felt a little more at ease inside.
Even so, one of them seemed to be getting restless, because after that one glance she’d cast over, it started swimming toward her direction. Standing in the water, Zhong Qiaohui’s legs went weak; she couldn’t move.
Wei Changqing freed up one hand to grab her, yanking her along as he carried Zhang Sanfeng on his back and bolted madly toward the shore that was just within reach. At this point, they couldn’t choose to fire a gun, because the smell of blood would attract a pack of hungry crocodiles to swarm them, and that would likely draw the attention of the people on the island.