Hei Shi lowered his gaze, his stern face showing no sign of change. He didn't know much about the Boss's past, but he had heard that the Boss and the sister-in-law had some kind of nominal kinship.
As a subordinate, the most important thing is to learn when to keep one's mouth shut.
...
The ferry sailed smoothly on the sea, but even its occasional swaying did nothing to disturb Xu Si's dreams. Someone had come to her cabin to check on her several times but chose not to wake her, instead carrying her into the Triad Society's mansion.
It was probably due to the strange drug she had inhaled.
Xu Si's usually fragile sleep lasted for a very long time.
However, the quality of her sleep was worrisome. Dreams descended one after another, all of them stories she had buried deep inside, stories she was unwilling to speak of: her father's betrayal, her mother's death, her uncle's vile behavior, and the terror of being shot in the head by dangerous individuals.
