Chapter 683: Chapter 683: Sang Qin
Li Yufei: “If that’s the case, then I’m not worried.”
She turned around and looked at Rong Ling: “To me, a problem that can be solved with money is never really a problem. Whatever they want, no matter how much, I can pay.”
Nighttime.
The entire corridor was silent.
Occasionally, tourists called for service staff, complaining about signal issues and asking for solutions.
The service staff stammered.
The radio director responsible for communications on the cruise ship had been unreachable all day. They were just service staff; they didn’t know what was going on either.
The guests were grumbling about this.
However, most guests ignored the inconvenience. Without a signal, everyone put down their phones and found other forms of entertainment on the cruise.
At eight o’clock in the evening.
The casino suddenly opened.
As per the planned itinerary, the duty-free shop and casino on the cruise ship would open the next day at noon after leaving Port City.
But the sudden early opening surprised many.
Most people were already bored out of their minds and didn’t think anything was amiss about the casino opening early. They swarmed into the casino, ballroom, and opera house.
Rong Ling had just returned to the room.
The broadcast suddenly started—
“A temporary broadcast interruption.”
A man’s cold voice instructed all tourists through the broadcast: “All guests, within thirty minutes, please bring your valuable belongings, along with your ticket and identification, to the banquet hall for assembly.”
“All guests, within thirty minutes, please bring your valuable belongings, along with your ticket and identification, to the banquet hall for assembly.”
Li Yufei raised her head, hearing the broadcast content, her face changed slightly.
This broadcast was quite unusual.
Rong Ling said, “Why are they suddenly gathering everyone in the banquet hall?”
Li Yufei said, “I don’t know.”
This broadcast seemed to be a recording, continuously repeating.
Outside the door, the corridor was full of people.
Some tourists preparing to sleep were startled up from bed by this broadcast, angrily complaining: “What does this mean!? It’s so late, gathering people in the banquet hall!? What kind of trick is this!?”
“Such a big cruise ship always has these low-grade things! No signal, messed up service attitude, not letting people rest properly in the middle of the night, and broadcasting this kind of message, disturbing the peace!”
“Why go to the banquet hall?! Is there supposed to be an emergency drill again?”
Li Yufei opened the door, looking at the people coming and going in the corridor, everyone wore unpleasant expressions on their faces, but the broadcast continued incessantly, forcing everyone to head to the banquet hall.
Rong Ling said, “Should we go.”
Li Yufei looked at him: “What happens if we don’t.”
Rong Ling: “Whether we go or not, it’s risky either way.”
Li Yufei hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said, “Let’s go.”
She instructed outside the door: “Ah Wu, Ah Qi. Help me gather the valuables and bring them along.”
Ah Wu and Ah Qi nodded and immediately packed the valuables.
Li Yufei held Rong Ling’s arm and walked to the banquet hall together.
By that time, the banquet hall was crowded with people.
The tourists were unwillingly coming over in small groups.
The broadcast continued without stopping.
Under the urging of the broadcast, even the tourists who did not want to come out rushed angrily to the banquet hall.
Some with irritable tempers kicked over neatly arranged chairs upon entering and angrily questioned the service staff standing to the side: “What are you up to in the middle of the night! We came to have fun, not to suffer! It’s so late, why call everyone here, what’s the purpose of this?!”
The service staff trembled and said, “It’s the captain’s order, we are just following instructions.”
The grievance in the banquet hall was overwhelming.
Many tourists kept complaining.
Unknowingly, over ten minutes had passed.
“Boom!”
The banquet hall’s main door suddenly closed.
The noise startled everyone.
A man slowly walked down the stairs in the center of the banquet hall, standing before everyone: “I apologize for disturbing everyone this late.”
The man clearly had an Asian face, yet he spoke somewhat broken Chinese. He wore a trench coat, kept his hands in its pockets, and wore sunglasses.
The irritable man walked to the front of the crowd, pointing at his nose, angrily questioning: “Who are you?”
From behind the crowd, came indignant murmurs in small groups: “He doesn’t look like the captain.”
“This outfit doesn’t look like one of the ship’s crew either!”
“Where’s the captain?!”
The irritable man said, “Let the captain come to see me! It’s so late, why call us all here, what’s the purpose?”
The man in the trench coat indifferently said, “Could this gentleman please shut up quietly?”
The man angrily retorted: “What gives you the right to shut me up!? Who do you think you are, do you know I am…”
The man in the trench coat impatiently pursed his lips, suddenly raised his hand, before anyone saw clearly what he held, “bang,” a gunshot was heard!
The bullet went straight through his eyebrow.
The man, who was still furious a second ago, fell straight to the ground, as blood slowly pooled behind his head.
“Ah!!”
“Ah—! Is that… is that a gun in his hand?!!”
“Help!!”
In an instant, chaos erupted in the crowd of the banquet hall.
The man in the trench coat raised his hand again, firing a shot at the crystal chandelier.
“Crack,” a sound.
A lamp shattered on the ground.
“Shh, be quiet.”
The man warned the crowd, while loading the handgun: “If anyone is disobedient and screams or makes noise, if I hear or see it, they’ll meet the same fate as him, understand?”
The crowd suddenly quieted down, though occasional weak sobs were still heard.
Rong Ling instinctively grabbed Li Yufei’s hand, protecting her behind him.
The man stood in the center stage, his voice not loud but clear in the vast banquet hall: “Firstly, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Sang Qin. I am very pleased to be a guest on this cruise ship. For the time being, I hope you will follow my instructions obediently; otherwise, bear the consequences.”
As he spoke, he glanced around the room: “Earlier in the broadcast, I gave you half an hour, I think everyone should be gathered by now! I don’t hope for anyone to hide disobediently in their room. Now, my men will patrol the guest rooms. If I find out about anyone who hasn’t obeyed obediently…”
His glance fell on the corpse lying motionless on the ground, the fate of those who remained in the room was plainly evident.
Li Yufei was secretly alarmed.
Sang Qin.
This name was far from unfamiliar to her.
Currently, this name was on the international wanted list, marked with an AAA-level warrant, responsible for multiple cross-border kidnapping and robbery cases.
What terrified people the most was Sang Qin’s ruthless, unscrupulous style.