Chapter 575: Pirate Leader
"I’m sorry I got you all involved in this. I didn’t intend to, but since it’s happened, I can only say you’re not very lucky." Although Qiao Ya sounded somewhat helpless, Qin Jia faithfully translated this for him.
Gu Fan simply asked: "What are you guys here for and what is your relationship with the pirates?"
Qiao Ya could only respond with a cryptic smile; it was obvious that he was not going to reveal anything.
Dong Ni also came over, looking very alert and even slightly gleeful, "Hey, don’t be scared, gorgeous. I’ll think of a way to rescue you and prove that I can be more dependable than your boyfriend."
Qin Jia merely snorted in response, her disdain for Dong Ni all too clear.
Lin Xi ventured a guess: "We ran into Qiao Ya and his group earlier and their boat had capsized. They claimed they were attempting a daring crossover of the ocean, but it now seems that they were here to find the pirates. They chose to sail themselves in order to avoid detection."
Gu Fan nodded, "Exactly. If they had taken someone else’s boat, it could potentially have been tracked, so they had to sail their own boat, a boat unknown to others."
Lin Xi began to worry: "What do we do now? With these highly skilled fellows around, getting rid of the pirates will be challenging. If we think of Qiao Ya as being on a par with Sister Su, I’m not confident we can handle them."
"Let’s take things one step at a time." Gu Fan didn’t know how he should react either; the appearance and stance of Qiao Ya and his unit were outside his original plans.