They didn’t stay long on the exaggerated yacht.
According to Nangong Li, the bigger the yacht, the more it symbolized wealth and status—a comparison among the ultra-rich.
After Nangong Li finished her introduction, she stood aside waiting for Li Ruoxi’s instructions.
“Sister Li, you don’t have to do this. I don’t need any special care.”
Li Ruoxi said uncomfortably.
Having lived a poor life for so long, being waited on like this all of a sudden was not a pleasure for Li Ruoxi—it was torture.
“Alright, Miss. I’ll take my leave then.”
Nangong Li turned and walked away.
It took her a while to leave the room.
She looked around.
Almost no one was paying attention to this area anymore.
The few who did only glanced over because it was less crowded.
In the vast mall, only this spot had the fewest people.
It was normal for customers to look out of curiosity.
When no one was watching, Nangong Li slipped into a corridor—a blind spot for surveillance, completely unnoticed.
She casually removed her wig, kicked off her high heels, and changed her clothes as she walked.
By the time she stepped out of the corridor, she looked completely different.
Nangong Li entered the elevator and rode it all the way to the rooftop.
Twenty-eight stories up, the front faced an endless ocean.
The long coastline seemed to encircle the entire shore.
The wind howled as the sky gradually darkened.
The sun was setting.
On the rooftop, besides Nangong Li’s elongated shadow, there was another figure.
“My Lady.”
Nangong Li said with utmost respect.
“Mm. Did Ruoxi notice anything?”
The woman with her back to Nangong Li asked in a calm tone.
“Miss Ruoxi didn’t notice anything.”
“Good. Keep her safe. And since she doesn’t like things like today, don’t do them again.”
“Yes.”
Nangong Li thought to herself, ‘Isn’t this the prank you arranged?’
“From now on, use this to send me messages.”
A black crow flew out from the ‘Lady’ and landed on Nangong Li’s shoulder.
Just as Nangong Li was about to shift the crow from her shoulder to her arm, it turned into a puff of black smoke and merged into her body.
“When necessary, she’s more useful than your amateur martial arts.”
“Take care of her.”
The Lady slowly walked toward the edge of the rooftop.
Hearing the faint rustling sound, Nangong Li quickly lowered her head, not daring to look in the direction the Lady had gone.
She stood there, respectfully seeing the Lady off.
In the twilight, the spot where the Lady had stood was now empty.
Only Nangong Li’s own shadow remained on the rooftop, stretched long.
—
On the sea, a yacht was cruising back and forth.
A bald man with a kind face, a big belly, and short, thick arms wore beach clothes and a gold chain as thick as a baby’s finger around his neck.
Through a long telescope, he kept watching the commotion around the skyscraper on the shore.
After a while, he spat.
A ferocious expression, inconsistent with his kind face, appeared.
“Damn it, said it could see through things. These foreigners just fool me with outdated junk.”
Bamianfo was the largest human trafficker in Southeast Asia and also a ‘fair-priced’ kidnapper.
“Haven’t worked in three years. I came to Nanya Bay for a vacation, and business just lands in my lap.”
He moved the long, so-called ‘x-ray vision’ telescope away from his eyes.
It didn’t have any x-ray function at all.
“Buddha Lord, look at you. Every time you get angry, you’re so irresistible~”
Suddenly, a woman with a seductive figure, a flirtatious face, wearing a three-piece bikini, and with wheat-colored skin walked up the short staircase of the yacht, carrying a fruit platter.
With every step, she swayed her curved hips, deliberately making her body look alluring.
“Come on~ Don’t be angry~ My little darling~”
She approached Bamianfo, picked up an orange segment from the crystal fruit platter, bit it gently with her white teeth, and leaned toward Bamianfo’s mouth.
Even though she was a head taller than Bamianfo, she assumed this posture in front of him.
Bamianfo’s smiling eyes stared straight at the magnificent, turbulent waves on her chest.
“Xiao Yu, you really understand me. Ah~ It’s so hot~”
Bamianfo laughed foolishly, covered Xiao Yu’s cherry lips with his big mouth, and sucked hard on the fruit piece.
Chewing, he leered, “This weather must be overheating you. Look at you, still wearing so much~”
Instead of being angered by his groping, she cooed, “But~ there are so many people here. I wouldn’t dare take everything off.”
“Hahaha~ Come, let Buddha Lord cool you down~”
After a back-and-forth of foreplay and then the main event, Bamianfo and Yumianhu were in the yacht’s luxurious master bedroom.
On the big bed, Yumianhu’s tall, slender figure wrapped around the round, plump Bamianfo like an octopus.
“Buddha Lord~ What have you been busy with lately? Seeing you so busy, I want to help too~”
Yumianfo’s breath was like orchid, her voice soft, her eyes constantly flickering with seductive charm.
Bamianfo was in the sage mode, greatly boosting his resistance to charm.
He seemed to be dozing, eyes half-closed on the bed, his hand restlessly sliding over Yumianhu’s smooth skin, sometimes pinching, sometimes stroking.
“Oh~ Buddha Lord~”
Yumianhu’s standard beautiful legs rubbed against his crotch.
“Xiao Yu, let’s not do this now. But…”
Bamianfo thought of Yumianhu’s skills.
She wasn’t just good in bed; she was top-notch in other areas too.
“Are you interested in women? If you can lure her out alone, I’ll give you a ten percent cut once this job is done.”
Bamianfo pulled a stack of documents from a hidden compartment under the bed.
Yumianhu quickly climbed off him, not caring that her vital parts were exposed to the air, and snatched the documents from his hands.
Bamianfo just chuckled, placing his big hand over her warm, jade-like peak, playing with it.
“Li Ruoxi, female, sixteen…”
Yumianhu focused on flipping through the thin documents, her body heating up from Bamianfo’s actions.
“Stop it, you’re annoying!”
She slapped away his mischievous hand.
“This little girl, even sister feels heartache just looking at her~ How can there be such a lovable little girl~”
In the photo, a simple bow ribbon on her head, a girl with a ponytail, wearing a faint smile.
“Coincidentally, I got this file through connections. Her household registration should have been canceled, along with the person who adopted her. The whole family was confirmed dead. But Li Wentian’s woman looks exactly like this person. Same name too. Coincidence or not?”
Bamianfo said as he touched her.
“Who cares? She’s clearly a soft-hearted little girl. She’ll definitely be eager to help us~ Don’t tease her too much~”
Yumianhu threw the documents aside, mounted him, ready to go for a few more rounds.
—
Night fell. Overlooking Nanya City, it glittered with golden lights.
Tall buildings stood everywhere. Countless people lived in drunken dreams or worked tirelessly under the late lamps.
Batiya Restaurant was the most prestigious restaurant in all of Nanya City.
In this city where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, the restaurant itself was a landmark.
Only billionaires could afford to dine here.
Covering over twenty acres—almost thirteen thousand square meters—the restaurant included various facilities: swimming pools, amusement parks, golf courses, and even an extended racecourse.
From the ninety-ninth floor of the Batiya Skyscraper, the view was like being in the wilderness—sky high and wide.
On the nearly thousand-square-meter ninety-ninth floor, there were only a few dining tables.
Like an emperor’s full banquet in ancient times, a group of chefs were cooking delicious food on the spot near the floor-to-ceiling windows.
Exquisite desserts, like those seen in TV commercials, had a simple yet not simplistic design.
Li Ruoxi couldn’t name these foods, but the small amount of gold leaf on the pastries made her wonder if they were even edible.
“Come on, try this.”
At the large round table, Li Wentian pushed the food toward Li Ruoxi.
“Miss Li, this dessert uses coffee beans processed by a short-tailed cat from the tropical grasslands, ground into the mix. It also includes milk from specially raised cows prepared by a famous European dessert family, plus the finest wheat. On top of that, the ingredients are combined with the craftsmanship of a limited number of pastry chefs. And the gold leaf has passed the SOS agency’s safety certification…”
“Alright, you don’t need to introduce it anymore.”
Li Wentian interrupted the chattering steward.
“Yes, Chairman Li.”
The steward bowed politely and stood quietly to the side.
“Come on, Xiao Xi, give it a try.”
Li Wentian’s thoughtfulness and gentleness were noticed by the steward, who marveled inwardly.
Li Wentian, named ‘Best Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Nanya City’s newspaper and TV station, usually appeared aloof and cold to others.
His business tactics were also extremely aggressive.
Comparing that to his current demeanor was beyond the steward’s expectations.
“This steak is also delicious. It was slaughtered from cattle air-shipped in today.”
“Try this. This one—what was it—gathered from the outskirts of the Arctic Circle.”
Li Wentian seemed eager to give Li Ruoxi all his best things in one go.
Li Ruoxi didn’t refuse his kindness.
She ate the food he handed her, her little cheeks bulging.
Seeing the endless stream of delicacies being brought to her from the other side,
She swallowed the food in her mouth in a hurry.
“Um… Dad…”
Li Ruoxi felt a bit strange saying it. “You eat too.”
She pushed the dish the steward had just served toward Li Wentian.
“…Dad… why aren’t you eating? Is… is it not good?”
Seeing him freeze, she asked timidly, her big watery eyes showing a hint of fear.
Afraid something was wrong with Li Wentian.
“Is there something you need to handle? It’s okay, you can go. I can go back alone later.”
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