Chapter 60 (2/2)

She hadn’t expected someone to jump up from the bottom of the ship’s helm. Moreover, it was a bandit!

She let out a loud cry in surprise, subconsciously putting up a fight.

Her cultivation was at the second fold-level of the medium constellation stage. Moreover, her martial skill was a high-grade yellow-tier one.

Her two fingers were like swords, tapping out toward Xia Qingchen’s chest.

Xia Qingchen’s gaze was sharp, his movements quick as lightning. He held onto her wrist and then gave a forceful tug, pulling her into his arms.

His other hand rapidly clenched her throat.

By the time those female attendants reacted, he had successfully restrained the silver-clothed lady.

“Don’t make any reckless moves! Otherwise, I won’t guarantee that I won’t make a mistake and end up killing her!” Xia Qingchen bellowed.

There wasn’t a need for him to give any detailed explanations to them.

Firstly, they wouldn’t listen to a “bandit’s” explanation. They would just kill him on the spot.

Secondly, Xia Qingchen didn’t wish to explain things to them either. He wasn’t in a good mood after having been attacked by a cannonball for no reason!

Therefore, he chose to use the easiest and most effective method!

To restrain their leader!

The silver-clothed lady’s mind turned blank, and anxiety flashed in her eyes.

She had been restrained before she could even see the other party’s appearance clearly!

Moreover, judging from his voice, he sounded like a relatively young man!

The funny thing was that a moment ago, she had still been commenting that all the men in the world were useless.

Yet, in the blink of an eye, she landed in the hands of a man.

“Let go of the Young Mistress!” The female attendants hesitated to make a move and shouted out.

Xia Qingchen said coldly, “Prepare a boat and let me and this woman get onto it. You aren’t allowed to give chase. Otherwise, I’ll kill her immediately!”

The female attendants felt troubled, not daring to call the shots by themselves.

“Do it!” However, the silver-clothed lady who was held hostage made a decisive call, waving her hand and getting everyone to back off.

With that, Xia Qingchen managed to successfully get his hands on a small boat. He restrained the silver-clothed lady and jumped onto it, then quickly left the sight of the three battleships.

It was only then did Xia Qingchen let the lady go.

However, he used the golden thread to tied up her hands behind her back.

“After we get on shore, I’ll naturally set you free!” Xia Qingchen let her be and focused on moving the small boat.

Hmmm?

The silver-clothed lady’s beautiful eyes flashed and she asked, feeling perplexed, “You aren’t a bandit?” She had thought that she would be taken hostage to force the navy soldiers to stop their attacks against the bandits.

However, things didn’t turn out the way she expected them to be.

“What do you think?” Xia Qingchen glared at her.

The silver-clothed lady’s gaze calmed down, and she assessed Xia Qingchen. “Then why are you wearing their clothes and coming out of their hideout?”

“A woman who is overly inquisitive won’t be liked by men!” Xia Qingchen said calmly, not wanting to explain himself.

However, the silver-clothed lady was quite intelligent.

After giving it some thought, she said in surprise, “Could it be that you were the one that exploded the bandits’ battleships?”

She had found it strange why the bandits’ battleships had all been destroyed, and why a great fire had broken out in the forest.

It turned out that someone had taken action before they did!

Moreover, it had just been a single person who had done that, and his age was about the same as hers!

She found this a little unbelievable. There was such an outstanding character amongst those of the same age as her?

“Yes, and I was just about to escape when some allies fired a cannonball at me!” Xia Qingchen glared at her.

The silver-clothed lady’s countenance turned a little awkward.

“We did that without knowing the truth, and we seek your pardon,” said the silver-clothed lady, her gaze assessing Xia Qingchen. “What’s your name?”

She had the intention of recruiting Xia Qingchen as her subordinate.

Xia Qingchen pointed at the mask that he hadn’t taken off.

He hadn’t even revealed his appearance, so why would he even divulge his name?

It was clear that this lady’s identity wasn’t simple, and there’d be some trouble to take her as a hostage. He didn’t wish to expose himself and implicate his father.

“We’re reaching the shore soon. You should think of a way to contact the navy soldiers to come and fetch you.” Xia Qingchen moved the small boat closer to the shore.

However, a black arrow suddenly shot out without warning from the dark forest.