What replaced it was the intense fear of the unknown.
Walking back to her bed, Ran Xueyi shook Janice awake.
"Janice!"
"Wake up, Janice!"
Janice slightly opened her eyes into slits and looked at her.
"Hm? What is it?"
"I need you to wake everyone up."
Janice frowned, still feeling sleepy.
"Ran Xueyi, are you still dreaming? Why do you look so afraid?" Updated from novelbIn.(c)om
Is that what she looks like right now?
Ran Xueyi didn't ponder over this too much and explained, "There's something wrong here. I hear two men talking about us."
Although she just wanted to sleep, Janice still used her ears to listen to her. "Oh, what did they say?"
"I don't know...I don't understand what they were talking about. But I have this feeling that it's not something good." Ran Xueyi looked at Janice, hoping that she would believe her. "Look, I know we just got out of that crate, but don't you think it's weird?"
Janice replied, "It is."
Ran Xueyi was happy that Janice shared the same thoughts as her.
Unfortunately...
"It's weird that you woke me up. It's even stranger that you would accuse the people who saved us of being bad." Janice patted her hand and laid back to bed. "Ran Xueyi, we've stayed in that crate for days. What you're thinking is just part of a dream."
Ran Xueyi stirred in bed and looked up at the bright clouds peeking from the curtains of their room.
Janice, who had already looked ready to get out, had her hands on her hips and scowled at her.
"Breakfast has been served, and everyone's already waiting for you to wake up. Let's go."
At once, Ran Xueyi sat up and looked around.
The room was empty. Aside from the two of them, the others have already gone outside.
Seeing her dazed expression, Janice had enough and dragged Ran Xueyi out of the bed.
Ran Xueyi wanted to release her hand from her grasp, but it was already too late.
Moreover, what was the point of resisting after she turned back?
That's right. Instead of sneaking out in the middle of the night, which was a dangerous act and possibly a suicidal thing to do, Ran Xueyi returned to their room and forced herself to sleep.
When she thought about it, what could a teenager like her really do in the middle of the ocean? And alone?
Ran Xueyi didn't stop Janice from dragging her across the yacht. Although her eyes busily scanned the place.
And once they arrived in the dining room, Ran Xueyi was once again arranged to sit next to the old man, whose name she now knew.
Mister Park's eyes sparkled upon sighting her. Initially, Ran Xueyi thought that this old man was looking at her fondly with those wrinkles around his eyes.
But now...
His eyes seemed sinister and filled with malicious intentions; things that she would rather not find out.
Had he been looking at me with those eyes since last night?
"Ran Xueyi, we've been waiting for you. Don't be shy to try the things I've picked for you."
On the plate in front of her, Mister Park chose scrambled eggs, sliced tomatoes, hotdogs, and toasted bread. The classic breakfast one might order in a restaurant first thing in the morning.
Had it been last night, she might have accepted it with a smile and ate her fill with it.
However, right now. All she could see in front of her was her last meal before she was served next as a dish.
Sadly, it was already too late to realize that a twist of fate made the beautiful scene of being saved now look like they had been pushed further inside the Lion's cage.