Chapter 409: Brimming with Mockery

However, the corner of his mouth tugged into a slight curve, revealing a smile.

That smile was brimming with mockery.

"Actually, you really don't have to smile like that." Danielle Xia Pu furrowed her brow. "It makes people very uncomfortable."

"This of mine isn't called a smile — it's a smile of happiness."

After saying that, he left the room, leaving a thoroughly bewildered Danielle Xia Pu behind.

"Weirdo."

She muttered a single line under her breath — "Seven-Oh-Three."

For Danielle Xia Pu, this day might well be the longest and most grueling of the past several decades.

But in the end, it would have to be resolved.

Of course, before setting out, Danielle Xia Pu also placed a video call to Kuchiki Senya.

The man was typing furiously on his keyboard, the characters on the screen flickering nonstop, making it impossible for Danielle Xia Pu to see anything on the other side of the screen — she could only tell from the keystrokes that Kuchiki Senya was working!

"Hey, Kuchiki Senya, what are you busy with?" Danielle Xia Pu said.

"You woman — why do you have to report your whereabouts to me every single day? Are you monitoring me?!" Kuchiki Senya's tone carried a thick note of complaint.

"Believe it or not, I don't care." Danielle Xia Pu huffed irritably. "If you don't want to listen, just hang up."

After saying that, she tossed her phone aside, leaned back against the chair, and closed her eyes to rest — yet she could not fall asleep for a long time.

The Miss's face at this moment was written all over with tension and unease.

Still, amid that tension and unease, Danielle Xia Pu could not help but feel a certain admiration for Kuchiki Senya.

In such an utterly desperate environment, he had stubbornly held on for two days and two nights.

And he had even escaped alive!

"That man… is really something." Danielle Xia Pu's lips moved slightly as she murmured softly.

In her heart, an exceedingly mysterious feeling had already begun to rise.

She suddenly had a feeling — in this lifetime, perhaps she truly would not spend her days alone; she might just meet a man like Kuchiki Senya.

"That bastard — why isn't he picking up the phone?" Danielle Xia Pu said, pouting.

However, just at that moment, the crack of a gunshot tore through the quiet valley!

That sound was especially piercing in the night, startling everyone!

"Enemy attack!"

Kuchiki Senya let out a furious roar!

He immediately sprang to his feet, every muscle in his body swelling taut, his skin covered in a dense layer of sweat beads, the whole man resembling a war machine running at full throttle!

This ship was styled in the Japanese fashion, its hull decorated all around with rings of vines...

At this moment, on the left side of the ship, a Wu Shidao abruptly thrust out, slashing straight down onto the deck and carving a crack three meters long and roughly half a chi deep into it!

Because the ship's gunwale had not been welded shut, that Wu Shidao cut straight through to the bottom of the deck!

"There's a sniper!"

Danielle Xia Pu shouted, and she flung herself to the ground, her legs kicking against the floor as she rolled, narrowly dodging the sweeping blade!

While dodging, she had already drawn her long sword and launched a fierce thrust toward the slanting 2.1 li!

Bang!

The crack of a gunshot rang out!

The moment Danielle Xia Pu lifted her head, another spray of blood burst from her chest and abdomen!

Although this bullet did not pierce through her shoulder, it was still enough to inflict a massive wound!

This made Danielle Xia Pu uncontrollably spit out a large mouthful of fresh blood, her pretty face turning deathly pale in an instant!