Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 538: Man Ascended into the Sky

Chapter 538: Chapter 538: Man Ascended into the Sky

Hong Xia could no longer inquire and gently laid down. For some reason, she quickly fell asleep.

Meanwhile, Gu Huai’an received a telegram from Hans.

Hans told Gu Huai’an that everything was in place on his end and he would coordinate with the action tomorrow.

He would absolutely not let Venom Fang get away.

Hans also specially reminded Gu Huai’an that even if they were to cooperate, under no circumstances should he hand over even a shred of the core data to the other party.

Even though the other party had experts in that field with them, he insisted on stalling as long as possible.

Things would be more negotiable once his men arrived.

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Song Yunuan never expected Venom Fang would truly show up, just a short distance from the escort ship.

One didn’t need binoculars to see everything happening on the calm sea surface.

On a pirate ship of imposing presence yet exuding menace, stood a group of people.

Dressed very ordinarily.

In clothes fit for the season.

Then a ring of armed civilian ships surrounded us.

One must admit, they were indeed brazen.

The ships were gradually approaching.

Song Yunuan focused on a person concealed among the crowd—there was no mistake, that person was Venom Fang.

The plot’s development was only natural, nothing surprising there.

At over forty years old, Venom Fang was a man of average height, with a hawkish nose and deep-set eyes, a typical look of someone from Country X.

His hands were stained with blood.

Given our lack of strength in these waters, as long as we appeared and were spotted by Venom Fang, it would invariably mean the destruction of the ship and the loss of lives.

Then there was Hea Yunfei, someone who once wanted to help Little Nuan’s uncle. Due to threats from the three families, he was forcefully sent onto the ship by Wang Kai. Hea Yunfei’s family was in Nanyang, unlike the rootless Xia Xindong.

So they didn’t dare to treat him badly.

However, they hadn’t expected that their ship would be intercepted by Venom Fang en route.

All the men were driven to work as slaves for his band of pirates.

Not only did Venom Fang rely on plundering, he also had legitimate businesses, like processing undisclosed items and mining gold from the pirates’ mines.

That’s right, Venom Fang’s lair was situated well; it had a gold mine, which originally belonged to another country. However, he coerced a purchase and after clearing the islands’ indigenous residents, the place was completely his.

Of course, such transactions, to avoid complications, typically resulted in large benefits to the concerned authorities.

But let’s set that aside for now.

Two things are certain: first, there were only four of Kurt Gymm’s men on the ship in sight, the rest were at the island base, and second, Hea Yunfei was indeed alive, but Song Yunuan couldn’t be sure he would still be by the time they managed to rescue him.

And then, there were four experts by Venom Fang’s side, probably sent by the Gudel Group.

Veiled by the crowd, Venom Fang was waiting for an opportunity to strike and also for the sake of safety.

By this point, Venom Fang was no longer a desperate fugitive; he was desperately clinging to life.

Gu Huai’an glanced at Song Yunuan quietly. At this moment, silent; perhaps due to the environment.

Gu Huai’an didn’t conceal his identity.

The people he brought were fully capable of protecting him and Little Nuan.

Besides, this time was for a trade; Venom Fang wouldn’t take action until the goods were in hand and cleared.

Gu Huai’an told the man pretending to be Venom Fang that the information was in three leather cases beneath his feet. But what about the other party’s sincerity?

Bring over the people and the supply ships.

Proceed with the exchange and verification on the spot.

Song Yunuan then quietly told Gu Huai’an, in a voice only the two of them could hear, "This Venom Fang is an imposter; the real one is right behind him, standing next to Kurt Gymm."

At this moment, Kurt Gymm looked rather disheveled.

His eyes were filled with rage.

But he was bound, even his mouth was gagged with a cloth strip, preventing him from speaking.

Gu Huai’an nodded imperceptibly.

The fake Venom Fang across from them was very arrogant, demanding to inspect the goods first before discussing anything else, and even insisted that our people carry the items onto the ship.

How could they board the ship, when this wasn’t land?

The fake Venom Fang said they would send one of the armed civilian ships to pick them up.

But then something strange happened.

It started with the first armed civilian ship that was sent.

The sea surface was no longer stable at this point.

The armed civilian ships circling the escort ship began to create waves on purpose.

Even though Song Yunuan’s ship wasn’t shaking violently, it still rose and fell slightly with the waves.

This was quite vexing.

Gu Huai’an and a few people stood in the front, surrounded by brave and skilled team members.

But after all, this wasn’t a declaration of war, so no one had weapons in their hands.

Nor did anyone dare to fire the first shot.

Song Yunuan’s outfit today was nothing out of the ordinary.

She wore a tracksuit, just like Sister Hong Xia.

Standing amongst the crowd, Gu Huai’an and the others hid her from view, intentionally or not.

When the first armed civilian ship approached, someone on the ship suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no, we’re taking on water."

Such ships were armed to the teeth.

After all, they were sailing on the sea, and the first consideration was always their robustness. But not even the most robust ship could withstand the ten iron pellets Song Yunuan shot from a special crossbow amidst the crowd.

The iron pellets were small, but their killing power was immense, especially since they were coated with energy given by Song Yunuan.

Song Yunuan breached the front and both sides of any ship she could reach.

The surging seawater crazily rushed into the civilian ship through the cracks.

Then, to the amazement of everyone watching, the armed civilian ship that had just sailed past sank.

It wasn’t an exaggeration at all; it happened without any reaction from the crew.

Even the ship’s forward cannon couldn’t prevent its fateful descent.

This scene stunned everyone.

Especially Venom Fang.

He couldn’t have come unprepared, having blockaded the area in advance.

His men were even beneath the surface.

He fixed his gaze on the group of people on the opposite ship. The young man in the lead had three iron boxes with handles at his feet.

Maybe the contents were real, maybe fake.

But if they wanted to take someone back, they wouldn’t dare trick him with fakes.

He had been watching them closely and hadn’t seen anyone make a move.

Could there be an ambush under the sea?

No one spoke at this time.

After the inspection, they only reported a fractured hull—aside from their own people, no one else was seen.

Venom Fang rebuked, "If no other people were seen, then how could the ship fracture out of nowhere?"

His eyes bore unrelentingly into the group across from him.

How could he just accept that?

Then, like witnessing a haunting, the bottoms of the several armed civilian ships surrounding them inexplicably fractured beyond repair and rapidly sank.

Instantly, the sea was littered with over three hundred of Venom Fang’s men, along with capsizing or completely submerged sailboats.

Throughout it all, Gu Huai’an stood quietly on the deck with his team members, silently observing the scene.

But, in fact, the hearts of the others were already being tossed by tumultuous waves.

The next moment, a fishing rod was raised, and before anyone could see clearly, Venom Fang, who was listening to his subordinate’s report amidst the crowd, was hooked by the waist with an iron hook; he hadn’t even had time to react before he was hoisted into the sky.