Gu Xiaowei’s heart was hammering in terror.
Yet how could she dare defy Jiang Nan’s will?
She obediently opened her mouth.
(๐˘•口•˘)
Jiang Nan raised his hand, opened a space wormhole, and poured the lethal big green rod liquor straight into her mouth.
“Glug glug glug.”
Gu Xiaowei: !!!
Could you not at least feed me properly?
Is the space ability meant to be this lawless?
This way of feeding alcohol is far too humiliating.
[Resentment value from Gu Xiaowei +666!]
One whole bottle of big green rod down the hatch.
Gu Xiaowei let out a hiccup, a flush spread across her pretty face, her eyes grew hazy.
Jiang Nan stroked his chin. He needed to test whether the big green rod had fully taken effect.
What if she had some way to resist the alcohol and feed him lies? He would be completely blindsided.
Jiang Nan asked with deadly seriousness, “What style of vest are you wearing right now?”
Gu Xiaowei blurted, “Black floral sports style.”
Gu Xiaowei: (°ﾛ°٥)
Ahhh!
Why am I even telling South God something like this?
So embarrassing!
How is this happening? Was it that bottle of beer just now?
What kind of bizarre item is this?
No, no!
I can’t talk. I can’t betray the organisation! Betray the boss!
Tight-lipped Gu Xiaowei—that’s supposed to be me!
Jiang Nan nodded. “Hm. Not lying.”
Gu Xiaowei: ???
How do you know I’m not lying?
Hang on, how do you even know what style vest I’m wearing right now?
Don’t tell me while I was unconscious South God did this and that to me?
Ahhh!
[Resentment value from Gu Xiaowei +1000!]
[From…]
Jiang Nan: “Give me a quick rundown on yourself.”
Gu Xiaowei: “Gu Xiaowei! 25 years old, Platinum Three-Star beastification ability! Chameleon-type beastification, PhD in economics! Single since birth, home in Liangdu Development Zone, blah blah blah.”
After three full minutes of talking, Gu Xiaowei was stunned senseless.
Tight-lipped Gu Xiaowei, what happened to you!
Why did I even spill my bank card password and home address?
What happened to staying tight-lipped?
Did it have to be that detailed?
At this moment Gu Xiaowei’s eyes were filled with horror. What kind of beer was this? Far too powerful.
Jiang Nan was taken aback. First time seeing a chameleon ability. PhD in economics?
“What’s this heart-shaped scale you kept in the safe? Quite pretty.”
Gu Xiaowei: !!!
I can’t say! I absolutely can’t say!
“That’s a scale I shed from my chest. Don’t mess with it!”
Jiang Nan’s old face flushed red. He hurriedly tossed it onto the coffee table.
How is it even heart-shaped?
“Ahem. Tell me. What’s your organisation called? Who’s the boss? What’s your mission? I want to meet your boss.”
Gu Xiaowei wore an expression of utter despair.
“I belong to the Dandelion organisation. I don’t know the boss’s real name. I only know her codename is Bianhua!”
“After graduating with my economics PhD, I’ve been working for the organisation. The boss funded my studies from high school all the way through graduation, sent me living expenses every month. So don’t even dream of making me betray her!”
Jiang Nan: (￢～￢๐)
You’ve already betrayed her, haven’t you?
“Our Dandelion has a very wide range of operations. We’re fairly well-known internationally!”
“Ever since you started your stall, my main task has been buying stock from you. I’ve followed you all the way from Jiangcheng to Rongcheng!”
…
Listening to Gu Xiaowei’s confession, Jiang Nan’s face was full of shock. He had not expected to pull out such a big fish.
Dandelion’s scope was extraordinarily broad: underground spiritual material trading, black-market spirit bead circulation, intelligence selling. They had ties to nearly every notable underground force.
And not just domestically.
A thick gleam of interest appeared in Jiang Nan’s eyes. An organisation this big must have loads of money.
They had already made who knows how much off him alone.
This time he had really struck gold.
“Where’s your boss? I want to see her.”
Gu Xiaowei: “I can’t contact her directly. It’s always one-way. Then I go hand over the goods.”
Jiang Nan was stunned. Did they have to be this cautious?
Hiding themselves this deeply?
Gu Xiaowei, having drunk the big green rod, could not lie at all.
The only option was to wait until Dandelion’s boss contacted Gu Xiaowei to collect the goods.
Jiang Nan thought for a moment, then pulled out a capsule. “Here. Open wide.”
Gu Xiaowei’s face filled with terror. “What’s this now? What are you trying to feed me?”
That beer just now was already terrifying enough. This capsule wouldn’t be poison, would it?
Or something that makes people turn strange?
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes. “So many questions? Just eat it.”
Gu Xiaowei said sadly, “If that’s what you want, just do it. No need to drug me. I’ll cooperate.”
She turned her head aside, bit her lower lip hard, squeezed her eyes shut, crystalline tears sliding from the corners.
Jiang Nan: (·•᷄ࡇ•᷅)?
What do you mean just do it, and you’ll cooperate?
I’m not some major villain.
Have you watched too many idol dramas?
Not every captured person gets tortured!
What kind of demonic image do you have of me?
I’m quite hurt, you know.
My captives get excellent treatment.
If you don’t believe me, ask Lanbo or Fenbo.
Jiang Nan’s little face darkened as he stared at Gu Xiaowei.
A full thirty seconds passed. Gu Xiaowei opened her eyes, saw no movement, and said, “Is this look not your type?”
“How about you unlock my cuffs? I can change into whatever you like! Mature big sister? Queenly type? Little loli works too!”
“I… I can even turn into a man!”
Jiang Nan: (ꐦ･᷄ᴗ･᷅)
Do you have to have this much inner drama!
Offering every style for me to choose?
Whoever gets you as a girlfriend would die of happiness. A different look every day?
Chameleon? If you keep this up I’ll start changing colour too!
Do you have persecution complex?
“It’s just a tracker! So many lines for opening your mouth?”
“If you don’t open, I’ll have to hide it somewhere else.”
Gu Xiaowei: ???
It… it wasn’t going to do something excessive to me?
In TV dramas, girls who get captured usually have excessive things done to them, don’t they?
Her face flushed crimson. She hurriedly opened her mouth.
Otherwise who knows where Jiang Nan might hide the tracker. Some strange place.
Having swallowed the capsule tracker, it would not pass out for three to five days.
To be safe, Jiang Nan opened the bag of small ginseng and stuffed another tracker inside.
Gu Xiaowei watched in bewilderment.
She knew Jiang Nan wanted to use her to find the boss. Her life was probably safe.
But did Jiang Nan think she was stupid? Planting a tracker right in front of her?
Jiang Nan finished planting the tracker, tidied the room thoroughly, restored everything to normal.
He even returned the rainbow scale to the safe and put the phone back in Gu Xiaowei’s pocket.
Gu Xiaowei was full of question marks. What was South God doing? Even cleaning the place?
Are modern villains this cultured?
Having sorted everything, with the help of his dimples Jiang Nan struggled for ages to finally put on the fiery passion gloves.
A devilish grin spread across his face.
“Don’t cry when I hit you in a bit.”
Gu Xiaowei: “You…”
“Crack crack crack crack!”
A rapid series of sharp sounds rang out. Jiang Nan’s finger flicks swung Gu Xiaowei left and right.
He literally flicked her memory back to before the instant noodles.
Before she could react, another bottle of big green rod came down.
Thump!
Gu Xiaowei fainted on impact. Jiang Nan quickly removed her little handcuffs, cleaned the scene, teleported away, and vanished.
Ten-odd seconds later, Gu Xiaowei slumped on the sofa slowly came to. She instinctively rubbed her cheeks.
“Did I fall asleep? It’s really cold today. My face hurts from the chill.”
Her gaze fell on the small ginseng. “Hm. Better lock these in the safe.”
She opened the safe, saw the heart-shaped scale lying quietly inside, giggled, and stuffed the goods in.
Back in the living room, her stomach growled at the sight of the noodle bucket with a fork stuck in it.
Full of anticipation she lifted the bucket, opened the lid, fished with the fork, and pulled up two strands of noodle crumbs. Her face was blank.
“Where’s my noodles? Where’s my one sausage and two eggs?”
“Did I eat them before falling asleep? Why don’t I remember?”
“I ate already? …Then why am I still this hungry!”
Gu Xiaowei rubbed her belly, looking as if she had seen a ghost.
Walking back toward the academy, Jiang Nan let out a hiccup.
A distinct instant noodle flavour.
“The braised eggs were pretty good! Put in too much hot water though. A bit bland.”
