Chapter 827 Subtle Mercy

She thought Dan would dismiss it, but unexpectedly he stopped in his tracks, and the doubts in Esmae's heart grew even stronger.

Dan slowly turned around and looked at Lucia without saying a word, but his eyes revealed all his thoughts.

"Just one time." Lucia said in a begging tone, regardless of whether he answered or not.

Dan glanced at Lucia, turned and left without answering, and when the bilge returned to darkness, Esmae couldn't help asking her,

"Lucia, will that man help you?"

Of course Esmae knew that Lucia would never open up to Dan for no reason.

Lucia sat down. Instead of answering Esmae's question, she picked up a small bread on the dinner plate and began to bite, then pushed the whole dinner plate into the corner and pushed it to Casper. "Casper, eat something."

Casper didn't make a sound, but Lucia was relieved by the sound of the plate rattling and chewing.

"Lucia?" Without Lucia's answer, Esmae was even more confused. "You haven't answered my question yet."

Lucia looked at Esmae and said, "Auntie, hurry up and eat."

It was not that Lucia didn't want to answer, but she didn't have an accurate answer either. She just found something subtle in Dan's eyes, and she just wanted to take a gamble.

Esmae saw that Lucia was deliberately avoiding this topic, so she could only calm down and force herself to eat the food in front of her. She couldn't be so weak that she couldn't stand up when she was rescued.

As it turned out, Lucia was right.

In the afternoon, during Spencer's lunch break, the hatch was opened again, and Dan was standing in the door holding the baby.

Seeing this scene, Esmae was stunned.

Dan didn't make a sound, and came to Lucia with the baby who was already crying to sleep, and slowly squatted down.

Seeing her daughter's angelic sleeping face, Lucia could no longer perceive anything other than mother's love. She looked at her daughter obsessively, and her heart seemed to be filled with satisfaction in an instant.

But Lucia didn't ask to hold the baby, maybe because she was afraid of waking her up, or because she was afraid of crossing Dan's boundaries. She just stroked the baby's little hand lightly, then looked at Dan and said sincerely,

"Thanks."

There was a slight fluctuation in Dan's indifferent eyes, as subtle as a feather falling on the lake, and only the center of the lake knew how much impact it can have.

"Have you finished watching?" Dan just said indifferently.

"Thank you." Again, Lucia expressed her gratitude.

At this moment, she and Dan were not opposites.

Dan didn't respond, stood up holding the baby and quickly retreated out of the cabin. The moment the door closed, it seemed as if nothing had happened. "Lucia, what the hell is going on?" Esmae couldn't figure it out anymore.

Lucia's lips were finally able to raise a slight smile naturally. Her eyes were extremely soft, and her heart was warm, but she didn't answer Esmae's question. But someone answered for her, and a hoarse voice came from the corner with an unknown meaning.

"Ms. Webb, you are still very charming..."

Esmae frowned when she heard the words, but seeing that Lucia didn't react at all, as if she didn't hear what Casper said, she seemed to understand something.

In the afternoon, Spencer woke up comfortably after a good nap. He saw patches of red clouds reflected in the sky and sea outside the porthole. He felt more joyful and excited. He looked forward to the arrival of the night, and the Brown family was about to reply to him.

Although Chris spoke decisively and kept finding excuses to delay the time, Spencer was very sure that he only had to nod in the end!

On the other side, when night fell, Arthur and his men gathered in the freighter's restaurant, and after a simple meal, they went about their own business and began to prepare for the late-night surprise attack.

At this moment, the crew sent a message to the meeting room, saying that a helicopter was approaching them. Edwin immediately found his sons and rushed to the deck with his wife.

Nearly twenty-four hours, Elliot finally arrived with Erik as scheduled.

On the deck, the helicopter lowered the ladder, and Elliot spoke to Erik for the first time,

"Climb down."

Erik had been arguing for a day, and even refused to eat in anger. At this time, his body was weak, and he gave Elliot a sleepy look and said nothing.

Elliot frowned, and immediately asked the security guards to tie Erik up. One of the strongest men carried him on his back, and took him out of the helicopter, before he and the others climbed down the vertical ladder.

Seeing Erik and without waiting for him to say anything, Edwin ordered,

"Shut him up in the cabin and send someone to guard the door. No matter what he says, don't pay attention to anything he asks."

The security guard nodded when he heard the words, and was about to take Erik down when he saw Erik, who was still weak just now, struggled violently, and shouted at Edwin.

"Edwin! You despicable villain. You kidnap me and threaten my son! You are so cruel!"

This was probably the most ridiculous accusation in the world.

Even Elliot felt so ashamed that he turned his head away.

"Erik, you really have double standards," Arthur said coldly, sneering at Erik, "Your son kidnaps my woman and daughter and Ms. Wilson. What about his behavior? To be mean, he is a beast!" Erik was choked up by Arthur's words and could only stare at him, still full of dissatisfaction.

"Arthur, don't talk nonsense with him," Edwin had long since given up trying to persuade Erik, and said to the security, "Take him down!"

It wasn't until Erik was taken away that the deck was cleared.

When Erik was taken to the cabin where he was held, he happened to pass by Nia's room. Although Nia had not been controlled in name since boarding the ship, Arthur bluntly said that she and her men were not allowed to walk around at will. Nia was afraid of making them angry again, so she really stayed in the room obediently. Seeing Erik being escorted past by security personnel, Nia was very surprised, but this was of course good news for her. With Erik there, they had more chances of saving Casper.

"Elliot, thank you for agreeing to my request." After Erik left, Edwin wanted to express his gratitude to Elliot.

"You make me ashamed by saying that." Elliot felt ashamed and said to Edwin and his family, "I did not teach Erik well enough so he did such outrageous things."

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Elliot shook his head, at a loss for words.

Seeing this, Edwin stepped forward and patted Elliot on the shoulder, and took him to rest, leaving Arthur and Otis on the deck.

"Arthur! With Erik caught, the odds are in our favor!" Otis said excitedly.