Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 276 - 271: Boss, Why Are You Saving Her?

The boatman was Huang Liu’s confidant, nicknamed Big Head. He often followed Huang Liu to act high and mighty, bullying and exploiting new boatmen. But now it was as if Huang Liu had dug up his ancestral grave, and he came out to stomp on him viciously.

With him taking the lead, a few more boatmen came out to stomp on Huang Liu, eager to reveal all the despicable acts he had committed.

Ji Hong watched them bite at each other like dogs and timely asked, "Is he also involved in human trafficking?"

"Yes, he hides people in the engine room."

Ji Hong’s heart was stirred, "Bring the people over."

The men were delighted to hear this order, fearing they’d miss out on taking credit if they delayed.

After about ten minutes, a total of eight young girls were brought onto the deck, one of whom had to be carried.

The girl who was carried had whip marks all over her exposed limbs, except for her face.

Ji Hong looked at these girls, who were weak from hunger, and unemotionally asked, "Where are they all from?"

"These two came here for tourism."

"She’s from the countryside, came to the city for work, then was tricked and sold to Huang Liu."

"She was kidnapped from another place."

...

The boatmen, hoping to curry favor, eagerly explained the origins of these girls.

As Ji Hong listened, she carefully observed the expressions of the eight girls. Most were fearful, panicked, and uneasy, except for one girl whose panic seemed somewhat fake; she was more secretly observing them, especially her.

Interesting...

"Take them to get something to eat," Ji Hong said.

The girls, hungry for a long time, had a glint of hope in their eyes.

Big Head, the boatman, pointed to the girl lying on the ground, breathing weakly, and asked, "Boss lady, what about her?"

Ji Hong glanced at the girl on the ground and said flatly, "How do you usually handle it?"

"Throw her into the sea."

Ji Hong gave him a glance, and Big Head quickly added, fearing his words might upset Ji Hong, "I’ll go find someone to save her..."

"No need."

Ji Hong replied curtly and stood up, coldly walking towards the cabin.

Big Head and the other boatmen looked at each other, and after a while, someone asked, "Brother Dato, should we throw her into the sea?"

Big Head glared at him, "Nonsense, hurry up and do it!"

Big Head rubbed his chilled arms and quickly followed Ji Hong into the cabin.

The other girls were scared by Ji Hong’s attitude, not daring to make a sound.

It wasn’t until a boatman went to drag the girl away that they sneaked a glance at her.

"Lao Si, bring that girl over," the superpower user boss suddenly ordered.

Superpower user Lao Si was puzzled, but being accustomed to obey, he didn’t ask anything and directly intercepted the boatman, bringing the injured girl over to their side.

The other girls, seeing this, shuddered and dared not look anymore.

Superpower user Lao San frowned and boldly asked, "Boss, why are you saving her? She’s just a burden, and laborious too..."

Before the words were finished, the superpower user boss gave him a hard kick, nearly making him kneel on the ground in pain.

Superpower user Lao Er glared at him disapprovingly, "If you can’t speak properly, just shut up!"

They would end up dead sooner or later because of Lao San’s big mouth!

Let’s hope the ancestors didn’t hear...

The four carried the injured girl and were about to enter the cabin, but were stopped.

"What do you mean by this?"

The boatman stopping them was somewhat afraid of them, his voice trembling, "The... the boss lady... said... this ship is... hers... those not under her need to pay... to enter..."

The four of them: ...

Superpower user Lao San was about to get angry, but was pressed down by his second brother.

Superpower user Lao Er knew the boss didn’t want to tear things apart now, and asked with a smile, "Alright, how much is suitable for us to pay?"

The boatman was a bit surprised they were so agreeable and extended one finger, "1000, per night."

"Why don’t you go... um um..." Superpower user Lao Er covered Lao San’s mouth, smiling, "Okay, how do we pay?"

The boatman took out his phone and opened a QR code.

The four paid the fee before being allowed in.

"Wait a minute... the boss lady won’t allow this girl in either!"

"What? Do you guys have no humanity?"

The boatman looked troubled, "The boss lady says there’s no place for useless people on the ship. You can rescue her, but you have to bear all her costs yourselves..."

This time, not only superpower user Lao San was angry, but the other three also had darkened faces.

The superpower user boss directly said, "Got it. Lao Er, transfer the money..."

The four brought the half-dead girl to the room assigned by the boatman.

The room wasn’t large, with three bunk beds, no private bathroom. To use the restroom, they had to go out to the public bathroom.

The room was surrounded by boatmen, any slight commotion could alert those nearby.

Lao Er looked sour, and after returning to the room, he whispered to the superpower user boss, "Boss, we’ve been put under surveillance by that woman."

"Normal." The superpower user boss remained calm, looking at Lao Si carrying the girl, he said, "Put her on the bed, and ask for a medical kit. Lao San, go to the kitchen to get clean water and food."

Once the two had left, the superpower user boss’s gaze turned sharp, and he whispered to Lao Er, "Try to see if you can still contact the outside."

Superpower user Lao Er pressed the transmitter, but there was no response. He pressed it again, only to find it wet, his face changed, "That woman was on guard against us, the transmitter got waterlogged."

It couldn’t happen sooner or later, it just had to happen now.

He didn’t believe for a second it wasn’t Ji Hong’s doing.

This was definitely a show of force, even more severe than being under surveillance!

"Don’t worry, she’s already on the ship. She’ll definitely come looking for us."

The superpower user boss thought of the girl Ji Ning had asked her to rescue, and felt somewhat reassured.

Sure enough, after a while, superpower user Lao Si came back with a strange expression after retrieving the medical box.

Handing over a slipped note to the superpower user boss.

"Boss, someone slipped me this note. I’m not sure if it’s a trap?"

The note had one line written on it: [Pry open the ceiling]

This room had no windows, only one exit through the door, evidently to prevent them from escaping through a window.

But what does prying open the ceiling mean?

Three of them looked up at the ceiling. After pondering for a moment, the superpower user boss scanned the room, found a forgotten back-scratcher, and stepped onto the bed edge to start poking the ceiling.

"Thump thump thump..."

Finally, they discovered a panel at the edge with a different sound.

The superpower user boss used all his strength to open that panel, and immediately a sea breeze swept in, carrying away a bit of the room’s heat.

"Can we get out from here?" Superpower user Lao Er exclaimed.

The opened panel was large enough for one person to go through. The superpower user boss pressed his lips together, propped himself up, and crawled onto the ceiling.

"Boss, let me go instead."

"You stay below to cover."

The passageway in the ceiling was very narrow, only allowing one person to crawl through.

The pitch-black surroundings easily created a feeling of oppression. The superpower user boss looked left and right, following his understanding of the cabin’s structure, he chose to crawl left.

The left led to the stairway.

Uncertain of how long he had crawled, the superpower user boss suddenly heard voices.

Very faint, but clear when focusing.

He slowly approached, focusing on listening to the voices coming from above.

"Boss lady, how do we deal with those four cops?"