Chapter 861: Direct Confrontation
Editor: Henyee Translations

There was a faint warning in Sophia’s words. Although she didn’t take out the small and exquisite pistol, it didn’t stop Huo Xiuyuan from hearing the threat in the other party’s words. Therefore, after nodding calmly, he ignored Jiang Weiyang and Murong Qiao’s reactions and turned around to leave the ship.

As for the rest, Huo Xiuyuan didn’t need to guess too much. He could already sense that the people left here were probably doomed, except for Sofia.

He didn’t want to get too involved in women’s matters. Moreover, after he left, there was still Kelly, who had been waiting for him at home, to deal with.

At the thought of this, Huo Xiuyuan was even more determined to escape. However, he didn’t know if there were any other exits on the ship. It was just a futile struggle.

Sofia was in a good mood and didn’t remind him because she wanted to see him struggle in vain. Seeing Huo Xiuyuan leave in a hurry, amusement appeared in her eyes. However, when she heard a voice behind her, her attention immediately returned to Huo Yichen.

Compared to the little bug that had been wandering around in confusion, the appetizer in front of her was more to Sofia’s liking.

As Huo Yichen finally boarded the cruise ship, the protagonists were finally all here.

Sofia stood in the middle of the deck. On her right were Murong Qiao and Jiang Weiyang, who were tied up. Seven to eight meters in front of her was Huo Yichen, who had just boarded the cruise ship.

Huo Yichen’s doubts and worries were slightly relieved when he saw Murong Qiao sitting at the side and being tied up. Then, he raised them because of the other party’s extremely bad state.

Her pale face and dry lips were clearly dehydrated, and she looked very listless. Huo Yichen realized that the situation was not good.

“You kidnapped them.” Huo Yichen stood rooted to the ground and probed Sofia.

To be honest, the two of them had not met much, but when he thought of the feelings the other party had expressed for him previously, Huo Yichen seemed to have an answer in his heart. There were clues as to why the other party was here.

Sofia nodded, graciously admitting this.

In the end, she took out the pistol and pointed it at Murong Qiao’s head without hesitation. Her index finger was faintly on the trigger, as if she would pull it at any time.

“Because I really like you, that’s why I chased you here from home.”

“I stayed here for more than a month for you, but you only know how to flirt with this woman all day.”

When Sofia spoke, her tone was filled with grievance.

However, her grievance was too innocent. Coupled with her very dangerous actions, one couldn’t help but frown.

“As long as you agree to be engaged to me and return to my house to live with me, I’ll let her die a quick death, okay?”

As she spoke, Sofia’s index finger curved slightly, as if she wanted to kill Murong Qiao in front of her in the next second.

“Do you think I’ll fall in love with you after she dies?” Huo Yichen asked without changing his expression.

Although Huo Yichen was so nervous that he wanted to rush up, he didn’t dare to act rashly because Sofia had the initiative.

When Sofia heard him say this, she immediately looked sad, but she looked at him helplessly. “After we’ve been together for a long time, you’ll fall in love with me eventually.”

“It’s a little ridiculous to fall in love with a vicious woman whose hands are stained with the blood of murder.”

Huo Yichen looked at her and then at the pistol. “At least the person I like is clean.”

These words seemed to make Sofia relax a little. He didn’t know what she was thinking, but after Huo Yichen finished speaking, she suddenly smiled.

“I understand. You just don’t want me to do it myself, right? You’re afraid of dirtying me.”

Sofia clapped as she kept the gun. Then, she raised the gun and looked at Jiang Weiyang, who was also tied up beside her.

“Then let her kill her. In any case, she wanted to kill Murong Qiao anyway.”

When Jiang Weiyang heard this, her face immediately turned pale.

Even though she did have the intention to harm Murong Qiao, it’d disappeared a lot after Sophia said that.

Moreover, when she pulled Murong Qiao over in the beginning, she was only acting on impulse. Now that she had been schemed against, she realized that she regretted it.

She saw that the spearhead was turned to her from Murong Qiao, and then at Sofia’s smiling face. “The two of us are such good friends. It doesn’t matter if you help me kill someone, right?”

She was saying this to Jiang Weiyang, but Jiang Weiyang didn’t dare to agree. She only had a cold face and didn’t dare to nod or shake her head, afraid that she would say something wrong and anger Sofia.

Usually, this smile represents happiness. Jiang Weiyang had always thought that the other party really treated her as a friend, so she really said so much to her. She didn’t expect the other party to scheme against her and treat her as a tool in her plan.

Now that her goal had been achieved, she was naturally thrown to the side.

“Boring.” Seeing that Jiang Weiyang had no reaction, Sofia couldn’t help but complain.

However, this didn’t affect her high spirits.

She turned around and expressed her love for Huo Yichen, expressing how much she missed him after not seeing him for so long.

Murong Qiao finally got the chance to move her hands when the other party was not looking at her. She tried his best to reach out to the knot that was already faintly loosening.

Previously, Jiang Weiyang had already untied the biggest knot for her. Now, she should be one or two moves away from completely untying the previously loosened rope.

The parts that were untied had already loosened the rope slightly, making it convenient for Murong Qiao to move her body slightly and give her fingers some room to use.

The more Sofia spoke, the better. Murong Qiao was trying her best to reach the knot behind her. After touching it, she began to try to undo it.

After Jiang Weiyang leaned against her and saw Murong Qiao’s actions, she immediately realized the other party’s intentions. Therefore, she leaned over, wanting to use her body to help the other party hide so that Sofia wouldn’t discover Murong Qiao’s small actions. Otherwise, both of them would be finished.

“You’re telling me you love me, but you’re doing this.” Huo Yichen glanced at the two people tied up behind him. “This is a little too much.”

The more dangerous the situation was, the calmer the human mind would be.

Now, he was mainly comforting Sofia. Although the other party’s smile looked very ordinary, Huo Yichen could already sense that she was gradually on the verge of madness.

After all, it was already abnormal for someone to do this.

He knew what kind of person Sofia liked, so he was not led by the nose. Instead, he spoke in a cold tone. As expected, when Sofia saw him like this, her emotions calmed down a lot.

“I have no choice.” Sofia felt a little aggrieved. “If Murong Qiao doesn’t die, how can I have the chance to get your love?”

She knew Huo Yichen very well.

It was precisely because of Huo Yichen’s love for Murong Qiao that Sofia liked him so much that she even wanted to go overseas to chase after him and completely obtain him before returning to the country together.