Xia Qingyu's face was already a little flushed. Hearing Nie Qingkong's demand, the blush on her face spread to her ears. But she still had enough self-awareness: "Who knows if you'll play other tricks! Your young master, I'd better be wary of you!
Strip!"
As soon as Xia Qingyu finished speaking, the closed door was opened from the outside.
The first thing Xia Qingtian saw was her well-behaved, cute, gentle, and sensible sister pointing a gun at a man whose clothes were in disarray, and shouting: Strip!
Wait, what went wrong?
Did she open the door the wrong way?
Thinking this, Xia Qingtian closed the door amidst the startled gazes of Xia Qingyu and Nie Qingkong. After counting to three, she opened it again.
The scene had not changed at all.
"Excuse me, sorry to disturb you." Xia Qingtian said, about to close the door again.
"Sister! It's not what you think!" Xia Qingyu had also recovered from her shock. She threw herself into Xia Qingtian's arms: "He bullied me!"
"Is... that so?" Xia Qingtian blinked, it didn't seem like it...
"Xia Qingyu, aren't you going a bit too far!" Hearing Xia Qingyu shift the blame, Nie Qingkong was unhappy: "Clearly it was..."
"Eh? It's Qingkong弟弟!" Xia Qingtian recognized this unmasked voice instantly. She looked at Nie Qingkong's face, her gaze fell on the black mask covering half of his face, and then she looked down at the gun in Xia Qingyu's hand. She had a general idea.
"Sister, you have to listen to my explanation." Xia Qingyu looked up at Xia Qingtian, looking extremely wronged.
"You don't need to explain, I think I understand." Xia Qingtian took the gun from Xia Qingyu's hand, weighed it, and said, "The safety latch isn't even off, you two are having a great time here."
Upon hearing Xia Qingtian's words, Xia Qingyu tilted her head in confusion. Nie Qingkong's eyes flickered, and he looked back at the gun in Xia Qingtian's hand. After a moment of silence, he reached out to ask for it: "Give it back to me."
"You're still young, you can't handle this thing, let me keep it for you." Xia Qingtian smiled faintly and put Nie Qingkong's gun into her handbag, then glanced at Nie Qingkong and said, "Put your clothes on, don't catch a cold."
Nie Qingkong's face then turned red, and he tidied up his clothes.
"Sister, how could you..." Xia Qingyu asked Xia Qingtian softly, "Are you here to find me?"
"Yes, the door suddenly closed, and I was curious." Xia Qingtian said, "It's not safe on the ship tonight, don't wander too far from me."
"Sister, he's going to kill people." Xia Qingyu looked at Nie Qingkong and said, "We can't let him go!"
"Your idea is to make him strip and stay here?" Xia Qingtian's last lingering doubt was now resolved.
"Mm." Xia Qingyu nodded.
"Aren't you afraid of freezing him to death?" Xia Qingtian's mouth twitched, "If he freezes all night, it'll be a miracle if he doesn't get a fever of 40 degrees with his strong constitution!"
"I, I'll bring him a quilt..." Xia Qingyu hadn't intended for Nie Qingkong to really freeze all night. She had originally planned to take Nie Qingkong's clothes and then bring him a quilt, as well as food and drinks. After all, the door here was closed, and it was quite sheltered from the wind.
It might be a little cold, but he shouldn't get sick.
She didn't intend to do anything to Nie Qingkong. She just wanted to trap him here to protect the safety of the people around her. When everyone landed on the island tomorrow, she would let Nie Qingkong go.
"He's not the only one who wants to make a move tonight." Xia Qingtian reached out and tapped Xia Qingyu's nose, saying, "We'll handle whatever happens. You just focus on your own fun. You're so young, carrying so many things in your heart, don't you get tired?"
"As long as I'm with Sister, as long as I can accompany Sister, I will never be tired." Xia Qingyu hugged Xia Qingtian's arm and acted spoiled, her eyes filled with dependence as she looked at Xia Qingtian.
"I really don't know what to do with you." Xia Qingtian chuckled, then looked at Nie Qingkong, "Qingkong弟弟, don't give me that look. I didn't tell you to strip naked."
Nie Qingkong's expression was a little stiff. He couldn't quite articulate what he felt when he saw Xia Qingyu and Xia Qingtian interacting.
At first, he felt that Xia Qingyu was like him.
Later, he realized that they were not from the same world at all.
But knowing and accepting are two different things.
Nie Qingkong knew clearly that the biggest difference between him and Xia Qingyu was that Xia Qingyu had Xia Qingtian, while he only had himself.
If Xia Qingtian were removed, then he and Xia Qingyu might have a chance to be from the same world.
But alas.
When he himself was already in the abyss of despair, how could he bear to destroy all her light and drag her into a suffocating despair?
He had clearly decided long ago to draw a line between them, but she kept appearing in his sight again and again.
Overbearing and willful.
"Qingkong弟弟, let's discuss something." Xia Qingtian looked at Nie Qingkong and said with a smile, "Tell me Xiang Xueyuan's target tonight, and I'll let you leave this room. How about it?"
"You're dreaming." Nie Qingkong frowned slightly. He would never betray his adoptive father.
"Not talking?" Xia Qingtian tilted her head.
"I won't say it even if you beat me to death!" Nie Qingkong said coldly.
"Alright then." Xia Qingtian took out the pistol from her handbag, skillfully flicked the safety latch, and aimed it at Nie Qingkong.
Seeing Xia Qingtian's actions, Nie Qingkong remained expressionless.
Even if he were to die here, even if he had to give up his life, he would never betray Xiang Xueyuan.
"Qingyu, close your eyes." Xia Qingtian said.
"Sister..." Xia Qingyu was a little nervous, not knowing what to do.
From a selfish perspective, she didn't want Nie Qingkong to harm the people around her. However, she also didn't want to harm Nie Qingkong.
Especially after hearing about Nie Qingkong's past from Xia Qingtian, Xia Qingyu felt even more reluctant.
Seeing Xia Qingyu's reluctance towards him, Nie Qingkong's lips curved slightly.
It seemed Xia Qingyu still had him in her heart.
Since that was the case, no matter what happened tonight, it was worth it.
He, Nie Qingkong, had accepted his fate.
"Strip." Xia Qingtian looked at Nie Qingkong and said, "Quickly, strip completely."
"???" Nie Qingkong's lips twitched slightly, his eyes full of disbelief.
What was wrong with these two sisters!
After urging Nie Qingkong, Xia Qingtian turned her head and winked at the still-stunned Xia Qingyu, saying, "Close your eyes, children shouldn't look at such things."
"Oh." Knowing that Xia Qingtian had no intention of killing Nie Qingkong, Xia Qingyu covered her face with her hands and closed her eyes. She could only hear the rustling sound of clothes being taken off, which made her earlobes burn.