The woman tied up let out a painful howl.
Shen Jun’s eyes were filled with indifference: "My baby has fallen into a deadly situation again, all because of you!!!"
The woman’s voice was incredibly weak, yet it clearly ca through: "Cousin, I really made a mistake, I dare not do it again..."
If Qu Ying were here, she would definitely recognize that this woman, now reduced to a skeleton, was the noble lady she once envied.
Initially, Qu Ying brainwashed herself into believing that by giving her daughter to this lady, she was letting her daughter enjoy endless riches.
However, later, after her husband disappeared, Qu Ying married into a wealthy family and her mindset changed; perhaps even she herself didn’t realize that she actually regretted giving her daughter away.
If she hadn’t made the exchange, her daughter could have enjoyed glory and wealth alongside her, which made her despise the original owner even more.
Yun Ran uncovered the planned conspiracy; although the noble lady temporarily escaped and was not silenced,
she never dread that she would be betrayed by soone she trusted, who delivered her straight into Shen Jun’s hands.
After enduring endless torture, when she saw this cousin again.
The noble lady couldn’t believe that this mad monster in front of her was her cousin, who was unwilling to return to the family even in death.
These tortures made it impossible for her to live or die; she could only keep begging for rcy, but to no avail.
"Cousin, I didn’t do it on purpose back then, I was also forced, please give a quick death."
If given another chance, she would rather be silenced by others than fall into the hands of this madman.
Shen Jun’s hoarse voice arose fiercely: "Spare you? Then who will account for the suffering my baby has endured these years.
If you hadn’t seduced Qu Ying, how would she have thought of replacing her child, mistreating her own biological daughter!
Over these years, you have been secretly taking pleasure in this, manipulating everyone around; my baby, in particular, has been used by you as a tool for human sacrifice.
Bearing a fate despised by the Heavenly Dao, hovering at the edge of death ti and again, even if I skinned you alive, it wouldn’t quench my hatred!"
Saying this, Shen Jun pressed another yellow button, causing the noble lady’s face to distort in pain.
But she couldn’t die, nor could she faint, she could only endure all the pain consciously.
On the cruise ship, Yun Ran, who was sleeping soundly, was nudged a few tis by Little Paperman, and she opened her blurry eyes, feeling utterly disoriented.
Little Paperman, learning from soone unknown, deliberately lowered his voice: "Master, soone wanted to sabotage the ship’s power system and radar devices; I knocked them out.
Not far away, a group of pirates is slowly approaching, they should be able to reach us shortly."
Yun Ran imdiately woke up and sat up.
"Pirates?"
Little Paperman quickly nodded: "Yes, Master, should I go and overturn those pirates’ ships?"
Yun Ran indeed wanted to deal with all those people in one fell swoop.
However, as a mber of the Xuan Sect, there are constraints; unless there are individuals on the pirate ship who use Xuann techniques, she could take action without concern.
But if the opponents are just ordinary people, she cannot freely use Xuann techniques, even if those ordinary people are actually disguised villains.
If they were to act simply on impulse, the world would plunge into chaos. The saying that ’a hero commits offenses with martial prowess’ also applies to the Xuann people.
Shen Zhe had once explained to her that those who rashly use Xuann techniques in encounters with supernatural events or against Evil Cultivators, are confined to a special prison for reflection, suffering harshly.
"No need for now, just keep an eye on them, and also, preserve all the related evidence and hand it over to the police on the cruise ship.
That way, if we accidentally break the restriction, we’ll have proof to clear ourselves to avoid being arrested as an example."
Little Paperman nodded and stealthily flew out to carry out Yun Ran’s orders.
Yun Ran glanced at the ti, thinking she had slept for a long while, but it turned out to be only two hours. It was just the middle of the night now.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Yun Ran slowly went to open it, greeted by Xia Jing in a tight red strapless dress.
Seeing Yun Ran’s plain face and casually draped hair, a touch of shock flickered in Xia Jing’s eyes.
Especially eting Yun Ran’s eyes still hazy with sleep, Xia Jing was rather speechless, "Don’t tell , you were already sleeping!"
Yun Ran nodded.
Fully made-up Xia Jing suddenly felt a headache coming on. She shouldn’t have let Yun Ran go back to her room alone.
"I redid my makeup for the carnival night, and you, on the other hand, went straight to sleep.
Nevermind, it’s too late to do your makeup now, but luckily your skin is good. Just so eyebrow and lipstick application should be barely enough."
Saying this, without waiting for Yun Ran’s refusal, Xia Jing squeezed into the room, familiarly opened the wardrobe next to her filled with brand new Haute Couture dresses.
Xia Jing picked out a black dress and a pearl necklace for Yun Ran, then hurried her to change clothes quickly.
"Hurry up and change, there’s a raffle going on downstairs later. There’s a super grand prize. Even I am quite tempted by it."
Yun Ran wasn’t afraid of others being bad to her, but was rather overwheld by such enthusiasm. Seeing Xia Jing like this, Yun Ran had no choice but to obediently change into the dress.
Seeing Yun Ran changed and stepping out, Xia Jing nodded in satisfaction, "My taste is truly unparalleled. You look stunning in that dress."
Xia Jing went ahead and quickly styled Yun Ran’s hair and applied her makeup.
In just a few minutes, a little princess was presented.
Xia Jing proudly placed her hands on her hips: "I really can make a career out of fashion. Just a little touch, and you beca the brightest presence."
The midnight bell rang, signaling the start of the carnival party.
"Co on, let’s go get a number. Let tell you, this ti the grand prize is a huge rare pink diamond."
Xia Jing excitedly dragged Yun Ran forward, oblivious to the dilemma in Yun Ran’s gaze.
At this mont, Xia Jing’s forehead had darkened considerably, even with a deep crimson hue – a sign of imminent death, and she could only live for a few more minutes.
[Host, will you save her? She’s quite a good person, don’t you think?]
Previously, Yun Ran did fortune-telling to guide those lost and desperate, as Heavenly Dao is rciless but also allows for compassion, preserving a thread of vitality.
This is the Way’s fifty, subtracting one to leave forty-nine for human manipulation.
But if she directly intervened in the fate of soone dood to die, that would be defying the heavens.
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