The short man chuckled and reached out to pull out the rag from Shen Miao’s mouth. “Miss Shen, there’s no one here. Don’t shout. If you shout, we will still kill you and run away.”
Shen Miao’s gaze flickered and she did not speak.
These people did the opposite of what others thought they would. The pleasure boat floated downstream, away from the center. Shen Xin and the others would only look for their whereabouts on the shore.
Just now, when she was standing on the stone platform waiting for Shen Qiu to return, she was dragged away from behind. The two of them were so fast that she did not even have time to react before she was tied up and thrown into the boat.
Seeing that Shen Miao did not speak, the short man looked quite satisfied. The tall and thin man walked over and sat down opposite her. His eyes were very dark as he said, “Miss Shen, I’ll just cut to the chase. We got you here to ask you something.” The tall and thin man exuded a very unique aura nothing like that of a common bandit.
He said, “You’ve already been to the secret room in Prince Yu’s mansion that day, right?”
Shen Miao’s eyes flashed. When she was kidnapped, she had thought of many possibilities. Perhaps it was someone from the second or third branches, or perhaps it was Shen Yuan, or Prince Yu’s subordinate. She had even thought of Fu Xiuyi, but she never expected that the person would bring up the secret room. Other than Xie Jingxing and Gao Yang, no one else knew the existence of that secret room. Could it be that Fu Xiuyi knew about it a few years ago?
However, since they had come prepared, it was obvious that they knew her background very well. Shen Miao did not hide it and replied, “Yes. That day, when my brother was handling the case concerning Prince Yu’s death, I was waiting in the tearoom and accidentally found that secret room. I was curious and went in to take a look.”
The two people opposite her looked at each other and the short man said, “Then you should have met someone else in the secret room. Who is that person?”
Shen Miao’s fingers tightened.
They didn’t ask about what was in the secret room, but instead, they asked who was in it. Were they aiming at Xie Jingxing and Gao Yang? Many questions flashed across Shen Miao’s mind. These people probably only knew that there was someone else in the secret room that day, but they did not know who that person was. Xie Jingxing and Gao Yang might be hiding something. If she told them, the secret that Xie Jingxing and Gao Yang were hiding would be exposed.
She looked at him in confusion. “That person?”
The tall and thin man looked at her sinisterly. “Miss Shen, don’t play tricks. We believed that it was a coincidence that you entered that secret room. However, the thing in the secret room has already been taken away. Who did you see in the secret room? Tell us and we’ll spare your life.”
Shen Miao stared at him, her mind racing. She knew about the secret room because of her previous life, so in the eyes of these people, she wasn’t suspicious. These people might be investigating something, but they did not know who it was. Xie Jingxing and Gao Yang were the people these people were looking for.
She shook her head. “When I went into the secret room that day, there was no one else inside. As for the thing you talked about, I didn’t see it either. Perhaps the people you mentioned have already left before I went in.”
“Impossible!” The tall and thin man looked at her and suddenly revealed a cruel smile. “Miss Shen, since you don’t want to tell me, I’ll make you tell…”
As soon as he finished speaking, the short man’s eyes lit up. He touched Shen Miao’s face with one hand and said with a lecherous expression, “Little beauty, your skin is quite smooth and fair. Perhaps you’ll remember everything after serving me.” With that, he reached out to unbutton Shen Miao’s clothes.
