Chapter 425: Chapter 310: An Untimely Arrival

"This... huh?"

The girl was clearly stunned and didn’t know how to retort.

"Just say it, isn’t that the logic?" Xiao Yi stepped forward again and asked, "Since you don’t trust us, we can also suspect that you are the mastermind behind all of this. In that case, we definitely have to tie you up to prevent you from causing trouble. This is... the relativity of trust!"

"I... you guys..."

The girl seemed to want to say something else, but her mind was really devoid of any rebuttal at this moment!

Indeed, if she didn’t trust others, they could certainly not trust her either! And with their numerical advantage, it wouldn’t be surprising at all if they secretly executed her!

Facing the threat of the unknown, people wouldn’t care about morals or benevolence; they could do anything! And their actions didn’t need evidence or logic—as long as there was doubt, they would take direct action!

"!" Realizing this, the girl broke out in a cold sweat.

"There’s more..." Xiao Yi continued, "Right, if you are indeed the mastermind, then we might need to employ some extreme measures to interrogate you, let me think, what kind of method can force a person to confess... finger torture? Or waterboarding?"

"...Eek!"

Xiao Yi’s words scared the girl so much she almost lost her soul, and she hurriedly spoke up:

"I’ll talk! Isn’t that enough!?"

The girl took a deep breath and introduced herself with a look of helplessness:

"My name... you can just call me Leaf, I’m... unemployed, currently living off my parents. As for the incident from twelve years ago that you mentioned, I have no idea at all, that’s what I know."

Leaf... Although it clearly didn’t seem like a normal name, at least everyone now knew how to address her.

"Quite skilled, aren’t you..." At this point, Hart approached and whispered to Xiao Yi, "I didn’t expect you to use such measures to persuade her, but it’s indeed efficient and practical."

"...Sigh~" Xiao Yi sighed and said, "Regrettably..."

"...Huh? Regret, regret...?" Hart was taken aback, "You’re serious?"

"Ahem..." At that moment, Wei’er cleared her throat and said to everyone, "In any case, now that we have a preliminary understanding of each other, we must assist one another, so we can deal with our current situation."

"..."

No one had any objections, especially after Xiao Yi proposed the relativity of trust, everyone dared not say more.

"Also..." Wei’er continued, "It seems that no one has any clue about what happened twelve years ago. So... the matter mentioned by the deceased from twelve years ago can be deemed irrelevant to our current predicament... Of course, if anyone does have any clues, please bring them forward, and let’s all..."

Just then, an unexpected sound interrupted Wei’er.

It was the sound of a stomach rumbling with hunger.

"..."

Everyone turned to look at the girl who called herself Leaf; without a doubt, the sound had come from her.

"What... are you doing?" She too felt a bit embarrassed and lowered her head, "It’s just a normal physiological reaction."

"Ah..." At that point, Lin Huixue stood up, "Speaking of which, it’s time for dinner, everyone must be hungry by now. We should have something to eat."

"Indeed, people need to eat." Hart nodded in agreement, then asked, "So, the problem arises, we need to sort out our water and food supplies. This ship doesn’t seem to have much food, are we supposed to go out to sea to catch some fish?"

"Hmm..." Lin Huixue pondered and asked, "Speaking of which, has anyone searched for a kitchen on this ship? Such a large vessel can’t possibly lack the most important kitchen, can it? Maybe we can find food there. Even if there’s no food, at least there would be conditions for cooking, and we can worry about finding food later."

"..." Wei’er was silent for a moment before saying, "You make sense. To be honest, we really haven’t searched every part of this ship yet. In any case, let’s all go look for it together and try to solve the food issue first."

After Wei’er finished speaking, everyone now had a goal for action.

"You must be very hungry, right?" Just then, Lin Huixue walked up to Leaf, reached out to touch her head, "Don’t worry, we’ll find some food soon, then... I’ll personally make you a delicious meal."

"Ah..."

For some reason, Leaf couldn’t resist Lin Huixue’s mature and comforting aura and sunk into it.

She looked at Lin Huixue and subconsciously murmured, "...Mommy?"

"..." A vein popped on Lin Huixue’s forehead as her lips still showed a gentle smile, but she said, "I’m not your mother, you know. I am... not that old, am I? You should call me sister, right?"

"Uh...!" Leaf sensed danger instinctively and quickly corrected herself, "I understand... Sister."

"Good girl." Lin Huixue finally showed a satisfied expression.

"What are you doing?" At that moment, Wei’er urged, "It’s time to go, everyone needs to go find the kitchen."

"..." Lin Huixue flashed a look of annoyance and reluctance for a moment, but that quickly disappeared as she packed away the expression.

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