Jiang Zheyu felt like she couldn’t move.

"Baby, let’s get on the Starship first. I’ll untie you once we’re safe," the man said, his red eyes gazing at her obsessively. His body trembled as he lowered his head and placed a feather-light kiss on the corner of her lips.

Jiang Zheyu felt the man holding her trembling.

As if he was trembling with excitement.

Those red eyes didn’t look like Su Yan’s at all.

Su Yan had never looked at her with such sick, obsessive adoration.

Jiang Zheyu’s heart went cold.

The man put an oxygen mask on Jiang Zheyu. There was no oxygen in the vacuum of space.

Holding Jiang Zheyu, he quickly opened the Starship’s hatch and zipped into another Starship in an instant.

Jiang Zheyu’s tea-colored eyes were wide open, watching helplessly as the hatch closed before her.

’Wait, the Purification Beastification Value serum has already been developed, so why are they still trying to capture me?!’

’The Empire is mass-producing the Purification Beastification Value serum. It’s cheap; anyone can buy it.’

’There’s no way any Beastman can’t afford the Purification Beastification Value serum.’

’Who is this person?!’

As the two of them entered the other Starship, the man with her instantly tore a human skin mask from his face and quickly slapped on a black baseball cap.

A head of messy, silver-gray hair was pressed down by the black baseball cap.

Lying in his arms, Jiang Zheyu looked up and easily saw a very young, boyish face.

Below the right corner of his vermilion, rose-petal-like lips was a small red mole. He had a high-bridged nose, and his slightly long, silver-gray hair partially covered his eyes, but she could still see a pair of vibrant, peach-pink irises.

She only caught a glimpse before the young man lowered his head, his scorching, obsessive gaze meeting hers for a moment. But then he quickly covered Jiang Zheyu’s head and body with his suit jacket.

Gu Tao quickly put on another human skin mask.

A moment later, he hugged Jiang Zheyu tightly, his somewhat clammy body pressed against hers.

"Baby, you must not make a sound later, okay?" Gu Tao whispered in Jiang Zheyu’s ear. "This Starship is one of that guy Si Yu’s. Everyone in here is a bad person."

As he spoke, he set Jiang Zheyu down. He looped an arm around her waist to lead her forward, but he didn’t remove the large suit jacket from her head.

Of course, Gu Tao hadn’t taken Jiang Zheyu to the Starship that Si Yu had specially prepared for her.

Instead, he had brought her to another Starship, one filled with riffraff.

This Starship was naturally also an escape vessel, filled with criminals from the first and second levels.

Gu Tao had also been at the press conference that day, and he had actually been planning to snatch his "baby" away then.

But he never expected someone else to be faster than him.

And that someone was not to be trifled with.

So, he had secretly followed them, taken the identity of a Beastman, and boarded the Starship.

However, he could only move around the first and second levels and couldn’t get to the upper levels, which meant he couldn’t see Jiang Zheyu.

Gu Tao waited patiently on the first and second levels for an opportunity.

And today, his opportunity had finally come!

Jiang Zheyu recalled the brief glimpse she’d just had. If she remembered correctly, the small red mole under the young man’s lip looked just like the one on that pervert who had been stalking her.

’It’s definitely that pervert. He keeps calling me ’baby’ over and over again.’

Jiang Zheyu felt completely numb.

’This must be what it feels like to go from the frying pan into the fire.’

Jiang Zheyu wanted to cry but had no tears left.

’What did I ever do to attract so many perverts?’

’This pervert is definitely after my body too.’

Jiang Zheyu: ...

All around her was a cacophony of voices, chaotic curses, and the sounds of females crying.

She could feel that the place was very crowded. Even though the young man held her tightly in his protective embrace, she still felt herself being jostled.

Her head was covered by the suit jacket, so she could only see her own feet on the ground and the shoes of the people next to her.

The smells of smoke, sweat, and other various odors constantly drifted past her nose. The jacket covering her, however, carried a fresh scent that did an excellent job of blocking the invasion of foul smells.

The lighting must have been dim, because the ground looked dark and blurry to Jiang Zheyu.

This Starship felt as if everyone had been crammed inside. There weren’t even any lights, as if the ship was just a cargo hold.

And they were the cargo.

Before Jiang Zheyu could process it, Gu Tao had already led her to a corner and settled her down.

She squatted against the cold corner, surrounded by frigid walls. The young man squatted in front of her, blocking the other people, the light, and seemingly, the chaotic smells as well.

"Baby, I’m sorry to have put you through this." Gu Tao grabbed Jiang Zheyu’s hand, lacing their fingers together. Unable to resist, he lowered his head and obsessively kissed her beautiful fingertips.

Jiang Zheyu stiffened slightly, hastily pulling her hand back and secretly wiping it.

She could move now, but she had already boarded a pirate ship.

There were so many people here, and it was chaotic and smelly.

She couldn’t afford to make any rash moves now.

"Baby, don’t be afraid. I’ll protect you." Gu Tao stubbornly grabbed her hand again and pressed it against his cheek.

Jiang Zheyu’s head was still covered by the jacket. She had no desire to take it off to see the look on his face, nor did she want to talk to him.

’I was about to be rescued by the Imperial Army.’

’I was about to see Su Yan again soon.’

’Now it’s all gone down the drain!’

In a foul mood, Jiang Zheyu coldly yanked her hand back again.

The darkness was filled with the constant sounds of curses and women crying, all mixed together into a great hodgepodge.

So this Starship, which was like a giant warehouse, was truly noisy and chaotic.

That was why no one heard Gu Tao whisper "Baby" to her in the corner.

"Baby, my name is Gu Tao." Gu Tao seemed completely unable to take a hint.

Jiang Zheyu pulled her hand back, and Gu Tao relentlessly grabbed it again.

After this went on for a bit, Jiang Zheyu got annoyed and finally snapped, "You’re so annoying!"

"Baby, don’t be annoyed with me." Gu Tao lowered his head slightly, looking utterly heartbroken.

But even as he spoke with a sad expression, he continued to hold Jiang Zheyu’s hand, fawning over it with gentle squeezes and grips.

Jiang Zheyu simply stopped moving.

Like a child who had just received a beloved toy, Gu Tao cupped Jiang Zheyu’s hand in both of his and pressed it to his chest.

Jiang Zheyu couldn’t be bothered with her hand anymore.

’He can do whatever he wants with it.’

She closed her eyes and fell into thought, recalling what the man had just said.

’His name is Gu Tao.’

Jiang Zheyu searched for this name in the female lead’s harem but came up with nothing.

’That can’t be right. Someone this good-looking should have at least been one of the female lead’s harem ’wives’.’

Jiang Zheyu had been hoping to learn more about him from the novel to see if she had a chance to escape.

’Otherwise, am I supposed to just stick around and date a pervert?’

Tears welled up in Jiang Zheyu’s eyes.