Jiang Nan fell silent. He had come from an orphanage himself, so of course he knew the feeling of having a meal one day and none the next.
The teacher asking for tuition fees, everyone in class paying except him, then all eyes turning to him.
That suffocating feeling, Jiang Nan never wanted to experience again.
Why did Jiang Nan love money so much?
He was terrified of being poor.
In an instant, his heart softened.
Wait, Yao Hong could not be lying to him, could she?
She definitely knew his background. If she was making up a story to trick him…
A murderous glint rose in Jiang Nan’s eyes.
He pulled out a bottle of Big Green Stick and tossed it to Yao Hong. “Here. I have the drink, you have the story! I want to hear it!”
Yao Hong stared blankly at the Big Green Stick Jiang Nan had thrown, her pretty face darkening.
“This is the bathroom! Are you serious?”
Who on earth drinks while using the toilet in a bathroom?
The scene felt completely wrong.
Normally it would be on a rooftop, a park bench, under a streetlamp…
And here she was, sitting on the toilet?
[Resentment value from Yao Hong +333!]
Jiang Nan lay sprawled over the bathtub, chin resting on the edge.
“Drink it! If you do not, I will kill Gu Xiao Wei!”
Yao Hong rolled her eyes, tipped her head back, and drank the Big Green Stick. Her eyes took on a slightly drunken haze.
Jiang Nan’s eyes lit up. “Was everything you just told me true?”
Yao Hong gave a bitter smile. “Do I have any reason to lie to you?”
Jiang Nan was stunned. It was all true?
Bloody hell! Then Yao Hong was actually a good person.
She used the money earned from scalping to do charity?
He had screwed over Dandelion? And coveted their money? He felt a bit inhuman.
Did that not make him the big villain?
Jiang Nan covered his face. “No one else in the underworld does things like you, right? There has to be a reason!”
Yao Hong clenched her teeth. “I have never told anyone this! Do not spread it around…”
Jiang Nan patted his chest. “Tight-lipped Jiang Xiao Nan, that is me!”
Yao Hong twisted the hem of her clothes, her expression tangled. “My parents died in an earthquake. I was 12. I lost everything…”
“I thought it was all over, but then that man appeared. He sponsored my schooling, gave me living expenses.”
“He was a professor. I was so grateful to him. I treated him like a father. When my world had gone completely dark, he pulled me back.”
“I resolved to repay him properly one day, return the money he spent on me tenfold, a hundredfold.”
Jiang Nan listened quietly. Yao Hong, having drunk the Green Stick, would not lie.
Yao Hong gritted her teeth. “But it was just my wishful thinking. One night, he invited me to his house to hang out.”
“During dinner, he kept touching me inappropriately, always trying to grope me. I tried not to think badly of it. I kept telling myself he helped me out of kindness, not for some other reason.”
“When I did not cooperate, he slapped me and said, ‘What are you pretending to be pure for? I spent all this money on you. What is wrong with having some fun?’”
Two veins bulged on Jiang Nan’s forehead. What kind of professor was this? This was a beast!
Yao Hong’s eyes reddened. “Once the mask was off, he did not care anymore. He tried to force himself on me. I still remember the ferocious look on his face.”
“I fought with everything I had! All my illusions collapsed. He did not want to help me. He just fancied my face and wanted to keep me on the side.”
“And I… was not the first one he kept. Pathetic, right?”
Jiang Nan asked urgently, “What about that professor? Did he…”
Yao Hong shook her head. “He did not succeed. I was 16 that year. That very day, I awakened my petrification ability. I petrified him, then accidentally shattered him…”
“I was wanted. I could not continue school. From that day, I fell into darkness. Light no longer belonged to me. I started learning to be an assassin to earn money.”
“Little by little, I built up, then created Dandelion, and got to where I am today.”
Jiang Nan was silent. That day at 16 was Yao Hong’s turning point. The little Yao Hong full of hope for the world probably died that day.
Yao Hong rubbed her eyes. “The reason I support Xiao Wei and the others is so that what happened to me never happens again.”
“Sometimes I wonder if I did something wrong. That man only wanted my body. If I had given in that day, maybe everything would have been different.”
Jiang Nan smiled. “Where in this world is there clear right and wrong? Why make things so complicated?”
“As long as you have a clear conscience, that is enough. If you had not killed that beast, how would I have met you?”
“You, Yao Hong, I want for sure. Dandelion, I want too!”
Yao Hong shook her head. “I do not want to follow you. Dandelion’s money, I still need to…”
Jiang Nan stepped forward, lifted her chin, looked straight into her ruby-like eyes, and flashed a brilliant smile.
“I do not want Dandelion’s money. Develop Dandelion however you see fit. I will support you fully!”
“Besides, Dandelion can officially become the international agent for Nan God’s stall! I will supply the goods. Take three… no, five percent of the profits for your charity!”
Yao Hong stared at Jiang Nan, her eyes full of disbelief.
The reason she had held out so stubbornly, refusing to depend on anyone even unto death, was fear that once she did, she would no longer be allowed to use the money to support those students.
After all, no one would be foolish enough to throw away hard-earned money.
Yet Jiang Nan was not only foolish, he was excessively so, offering five percent of his own profits for her charity?
He was willing to take on a Dandelion like this?
At this moment, Yao Hong truly could not understand this man.
Jiang Nan smiled. “Holding everything up on your own until now has not been easy, has it?”
“Follow me! I, Jiang Nan, will protect Dandelion! If you run into any problems, tell me. I will solve them!”
“If anyone bullies you, tell me. I will bully them back. With me, Dandelion will go much further!”
“Here, just trust me this once!”
Yao Hong looked at Jiang Nan, tears glistening in her eyes. He had said this much. If she still refused, she would truly be ungrateful.
She had secretly resold his goods for a long time and knew plenty about Jiang Nan.
Though he was usually devilish, outrageously arrogant, with a poisonous mouth, unreliable, and infuriating,
on matters of principle, Jiang Nan had never let anyone down.
A man like this was worth entrusting herself to.
Yao Hong said, “I…”
“Purrrrlurrrr~”
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The smile on Jiang Nan’s face froze. “Listen, she just said she agrees! And you still…”
[Resentment value from Yao Hong +555!]
Rubbish! How do you know what she said?
How are you so clever?
Yao Hong’s face was completely red. Did it have to be this embarrassing?
So why on earth were they discussing this while she was on the toilet?
In a fit of frustrated anger, Yao Hong kept punching Jiang Nan’s stomach with her small fists, yet she could not help laughing herself.
She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. “I will follow you! Nan God!”
Jiang Nan grinned. That one “Nan God” from Yao Hong meant she had fully accepted him as her boss.
“So… can you go out first? I am still on the toilet!”
[Resentment value from Yao Hong +888!]
This whole night, everything that should and should not have happened had happened!
Did she not want face?
Jiang Nan pouted. “It stinks. I do not want to stay anyway!”
Yao Hong: And you still say it! ٩(ŏ﹏ŏ、)۶
Jiang Nan teleported back to the room and looked speechlessly at Gu Xiao Wei, who had been listening intently with her ear pressed to the bathroom wall.
Then he grinned. “Hurry up and greet your new boss! Call me Nan God Boss for me to hear!”
Gu Xiao Wei had naturally heard the entire conversation in the bathroom.
Her pretty face was full of reluctance, but she still said obediently, “Nan God Boss!”
“Hehe! Good girl~”
Gu Xiao Wei glared fiercely at Jiang Nan, wrapped in her curtain, and ran out.
Jiang Nan called, “Wait! Here, your reward!”
He tossed over a Prosperous Beauty Pill.
Gu Xiao Wei stared in surprise at the milk candy in her hand. Giving me sweets?
Was he treating her like a child?
She ate the candy bitterly and dashed out of the room like the wind.
Jiang Nan lay on the bed, arms behind his head, humming a little tune, feeling rather happy.
Though he had not gained any money, and even felt he had lost out a bit, Jiang Nan thought the loss was worth it.
Helping more children who could not afford school was a good thing. It would also cultivate talent for Dandelion.
People like that, entering the organisation with known backgrounds, would have unquestionable loyalty.
No wonder Lynx had said the plan to infiltrate Dandelion failed before. Compared to other organisations, the members of Dandelion felt more like family.
As for the loss this time, he could just make it back from the Blood Alliance.
He might not profit, but he would never lose!
He lay on the bed for a full two hours, nearly falling asleep.
The sound of running water came from the bathroom. Jiang Nan opened his eyes groggily. Finally finished?
