A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 1037 Conflict

As the boat gradually moved away from the shore, Gui'er stood on the deck, watching the shore recede further and further away from her, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning her head, she saw the captain and two boatmen staring at her, gossiping and whispering among themselves. She could guess what they were talking about. It seemed that Lin Zhengfu had introduced more than one girl to Captain Hao. Most of the girls who wanted to escape from Guangzhou to Hong Kong had probably met with terrible fates.

She ignored them and turned to walk into the cabin. Wu Mingqiang had prepared tea at a small table and said to her, "Miss, don't worry, we are safe now. Sit down and have some tea."

Gui'er nodded and sat down.

Wu Mingqiang poured a cup of tea, pushed it in front of her, then glanced around and lowered his voice, saying, "Miss, I'm so sorry, did that beast... did he...?"

Gui'er noticed that although he spoke slowly and deliberately, his hands were clenched into fists, and the veins were even showing.

"Don't worry, Brother Wu, the medicine is very effective. I didn't suffer any loss."

Upon hearing this, Wu Mingqiang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."

"But what about what you just said? What will happen when we get to Hong Kong?" Gui'er asked with some worry. This lie was too outrageous, and even if Hong Kong was still under British control, the British didn't usually provoke the Japanese, so Longxing probably wouldn't bail him out.

"I have my own way, Miss. Don't worry, just rest here for a while. I'll let you know when we arrive."

Gui'er nodded, and Wu Mingqiang went out.

Gui'er looked out the window. They were already quite far from the shore, so even if Captain Hao's body was found, it wouldn't be a big deal. But Lin Zhengfu definitely knew the murderer. What should she do? She'd probably have to bribe him to keep him quiet in Hong Kong, but she wondered if he was greedy enough to do so.

"Is that the woman sitting in the cabin right now? She slept with the traitor."

"Shh, she'll hear you. You know she was brought by that guy surnamed Lin. All the women he brings are supposed to be handled by that captain. That's how he curries favor with the captain, and that's why the captain turns a blind eye to the smuggled goods on our ship."

Gui'er heard people whispering outside the window. She turned her head and saw two boatmen chatting on the deck. As she turned her head, she met their gaze. Both of them were stunned when they saw Gui'er's face.

"Damn it, such a beautiful girl was ruined by that Captain Hao first, I'm afraid that Lin guy wasn't idle either."

Gui'er turned her head away, pretending not to hear. Every woman introduced to the ship by Lin Zhengfu had fallen into Captain Hao's clutches. It seemed she would be the target of rumors even after returning to Hong Kong. Thinking of this, she felt annoyed. Fortunately, she didn't have much contact with these people except for going to and from school; they would probably forget about it eventually.

Now the wind is favorable, the ship has raised its masts and sails, and is moving forward slowly with the help of the wind. It is more stable than traveling by steamship, but also slower.

Gui'er had been busy since early morning, racking her brains to outwit Captain Hao. She was already a little tired, so she gently leaned her head back in her chair and planned to take a nap.

After an unknown amount of time, Gui'er felt someone tapping her. She quickly opened her eyes and said, "Brother Wu, have we arrived yet?"

Unexpectedly, standing in front of him were the boat captain and two boatmen who were talking about him.

"Girl, it must have been tough for you to escape to Hong Kong. Since you've already served Captain Hao, why don't you serve us brothers too? We won't let you serve us for nothing; we'll pay you. Anyway, you'll be doing this kind of work in Hong Kong, so it's good to get some practice beforehand."

Gui'er was initially confused and didn't understand what he meant. When she looked up, she saw that the three of them had already taken off their shirts and were only wearing their underwear. She then noticed that the buttons on her collar had been undone. It turned out that when she felt someone patting her, they weren't actually patting her, but rather unbuttoning her clothes.

"Get out!!" Gui'er shouted angrily, "You filthy scoundrel!"

"What are you doing, a woman who was exploited by a traitor, pretending to be so virtuous?"

The boatman stepped forward and slapped Gui'er across the face. Gui'er staggered, feeling a burning pain on her face.

"Brother Wu, Brother Wu... um." Gui'er tried to call out to Wu Mingqiang, but her mouth was covered the next second.

"This bitch is up to no good. We didn't want to resort to violence, but don't blame us for it."

The three men rushed up: one covered Gui'er's mouth, another grabbed her feet, and the third hesitated for a moment. The boatman laughed and said, "What are you standing there for? Go grab her hands! Lay them flat, and we'll take turns."

Gui'er immediately started punching and kicking, wildly scratching the faces of the people who were grabbing her. One of them, in pain, let go, and she took the opportunity to move the chair she had just been sitting on and slam it into the boatman.

The boatman took a step back to avoid her and released his hand from hers.

Gui'er took out a pocket pistol from her pocket and fired a shot without even aiming.

"Bang." It missed.

Although the sound was quieter than normal gunfire, it was still intimidating enough.

All three were stunned. One of the boatmen stammered, "Boss, she, she has a gun."

The boat captain was initially a little guilty, but then felt he had lost face, so he stubbornly said, "So what if you have a gun? You still have to sleep with traitors even if you have a gun? If you can sleep with them, you have to sleep with us too. Otherwise, even if we get to Hong Kong, we'll send you to the police station and say you're a traitor, a prostitute who sleeps with Japanese devils."

"Come on if you're not afraid of death." Gui'er had thought that these people were just transporting goods for the Japanese trading company to make a living, but it seemed that was not necessarily the case. The women they transported before who had been violated by Captain Hao might have been violated by them a second time. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel furious.

"What's wrong? I think I just heard gunshots?" Lin Zhengfu and Wu Mingqiang rushed over.

When they saw the bare upper bodies of these people and Gui'er's unbuttoned clothes, they immediately understood what was going on.

Wu Mingqiang swiftly drew his pistol from his waist and cocked it.

Seeing that things were going badly, Lin Zhengfu quickly said, "Boss Zhou, look what you've done! This is my honored guest, not an ordinary one."

When the boat captain saw that Wu Mingqiang also had a gun, he regretted his decision, but he still refused to admit defeat: "But you didn't say that the two of them couldn't move. I thought if traitors can play, why can't we?"

“The traitor is dead. I shot him with this gun,” Gui’er said calmly.

"What??"

These words instantly caused an uproar. Lin Zhengfu was completely stunned. His lips trembled as he said, "You, you killed Captain Hao, Captain Hao."

Two seconds later, he cried out in a frenzy, "My God, how could you kill Captain Hao? What am I going to do? Everyone knows I brought him out of the Military Police Headquarters. How am I going to explain this? You just left, but my whole family of Japanese people know where we are."