C4 If You Cry Again I'll Kill You!

Qiao Mo had an incredible memory; anything she saw was etched into her mind. She studied bioengineering, focusing on botany, zoology, cells, and viruses. Snake venom, besides being used to make antivenom, also has applications in biomedical research. Her mentor was deeply knowledgeable about snakes, and Qiao Mo remembered him saying, "Once you understand a snake's habits, no venomous snake can outsmart you."

She followed a group of men to a shaded area under the trees, sitting at a distance from them. They were setting up tents, while Gu Chi sat on a piece of driftwood, staring out at the vast ocean as if lost in thought. Qiao Mo sat far from Gu Chi, feeling extremely anxious. This man, who seemed so cold and aloof, might want to silence her because she had stumbled upon his secret.

"Hey! Come here!" Suddenly, Qiao Mo heard a voice and looked up in confusion. She saw Gu Chi staring intently at her, pointing in her direction.

"Young master Gu, are you calling me?"

"Can't you see I'm pointing at you?" he replied, his face showing clear impatience.

Qiao Mo swallowed nervously and walked over to Gu Chi. "Sorry, I didn't hear you. I've been on this island so long, my reactions are a bit slow."

"I'll ask you again, why are you here?"

Gu Chi's gaze was intense, as if he could see right through her mind.

Qiao Mo felt a chill; his eyes were just too complex.

"I'm not lying to you. I fell into the water by accident and was swept here by the waves."

"How long were you adrift?"

"About a day and a night, over twenty hours."

"Over twenty hours? You couldn't have drifted more than thirty or forty miles. Didn't your family come looking for you?"

"I don't know if they did. While I was adrift, dolphins carried me far away. I doubt they could have found me even if they tried."

Tears streamed down Qiao Mo's face. In her past life, her father, Qiao Jinnian, hadn't come looking for her. Her grandfather and her two best friends searched near the accident site for a long time.

As for the rest of the Qiao family, they were her lifelong enemies.

Lu Zhengqing! Qiao Chu! Su Yunna!

She had died at their hands, burned alive in the flames, suffering the torments of hell.

An eye for an eye, tenfold in return!

Weren't they obsessed with money and wealth? She would make sure they lost everything, left in poverty and disgrace, living a life worse than death.

Qiao Mo's eyes were bloodshot, the blue sea before her vanished, replaced by a sky full of fire. Her skin tightened and spasmed with the memory.

She suddenly burst into tears.

"Why are you crying? Keep it up, and I'll make you regret it," came the man's harsh voice beside her.

"Doesn't matter. I'm doomed either way now that I'm in your hands," Qiao Mo sobbed even louder, tears streaming down her face.

They say a woman's tears can be powerful. Would the big bad wolf fall for it?

"You said you know this island well. What kind of snakes are here?"

"King cobras, pit vipers, kraits, white-lipped pit vipers..." Qiao Mo listed them off on her fingers, tilting her head to look at Gu Chi. "About a dozen kinds, some venomous, some not."

"How do you know so much about snakes?"

"I studied them before."

Gu Chi's gaze lingered on her face for a long moment before he spoke in a deep voice, "In a bit, you're going to lead them into the island and find all the venomous snakes for me."

Qiao Mo looked at him pitifully and said, "If I do as you say, will you take me off this island?"