After a flurry of punches, Ji Han lay on the ground, spitting blood in great mouthfuls. His eyes were swollen to slits, and one of his front teeth was missing.
How could anyone still call that face handsome?
It was not even as good as his feet.
Jiang Nan shuddered violently. “When you give me the three billion later, do not throw in this blue-haired one as a free gift.”
“His tooth is gone. I cannot take him.”
Ji Han: !!!
He glared at Jiang Nan, spat out another mouthful of old blood in rage, and passed out on the spot.
[Resentment value from Ji Han +1000!]
Wan Dongchen: (ꐦᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)
You slap me across the face several times, and then you demand money from me?
Wan Dongchen’s anger flared again. His gaze fell on the dozen or so golden-clad underlings.
The golden underlings were close to tears. After this mess, they would definitely quit. Being a Blood Alliance underling was too hard.
Three of them immediately smashed through the windows and jumped from the 27th floor.
The ones who remained could not escape and became Wan Dongchen’s outlets for his fury once more.
Yao Hong watched in stunned confusion. The fight had not even started properly, yet Wan Dongchen had already dealt with his own men first?
When I get angry, I even hit myself?
After venting his rage, Wan Dongchen’s eyes were bloodshot. “Jiang Nan, do not go too far! Existence itself is reasonable. Even if I move against you, those above will not wipe me out completely.”
“Where there is light, there must be darkness. The two coexist! The Blood Alliance naturally has its value.”
“Touching the Blood Alliance would affect many people’s interests. Otherwise, how do you think I built it this big?”
Jiang Nan sneered. “Do not overestimate yourself. If one Blood Alliance falls, a second or third will rise to take its place.”
“I will say it clearly today! Give me three billion! Then we call it even! Otherwise, prepare to get crushed!”
Yao Hong stamped her foot in anxiety. Crushed?
How could Dandelion possibly crush the Blood Alliance?
Gu Xiao Wei, you pit-digging liar, you undercover fraud!
Wan Dongchen actually laughed in fury. “Jiang Nan, you have guts! You are tough! I cannot touch you!”
“But I can touch Dandelion. I give you three days. I want ten billion! And send Yao Hong to me!”
“Otherwise, wait and see every Dandelion stronghold in the country wiped out by my Blood Alliance!”
Jiang Nan glared, raised his hand, and slapped Wan Dongchen across the face again. “Who do you think you are talking to?”
Wan Dongchen clutched his face, tears glistening in the corners of his eyes.
(ﾉಥ益ಥ)
“Fine, fine, fine! Wait three days. If I do not see the goods, Dandelion is finished!”
“Yao Hong! You are done for!”
He did not even take the stairs. He turned and jumped straight out the window.
The underlings who had been playing dead偷偷 opened their eyes. Seeing their boss jump, they quickly hauled up Wei Changsheng and Ji Han, then jumped out the windows themselves to flee.
Jiang Nan’s lips curved into a smirk.
Excellent! Dandelion was now truly cornered. That was exactly the sentence he had been waiting for!
His own mission was accomplished brilliantly!
Jiang Pang Hong, you are simply hopeless!
Of course Jiang Nan had his own little scheme.
Why would he stick his neck out for Dandelion for no reason?
He was hardly a good person.
Yao Hong stared blankly at the wrecked banquet hall. How had things turned out like this?
There had still been room to manoeuvre, but now…
Jiang Nan turned to her with a sweet smile.
“(｡⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛｡) Boss? Did I act the part well? I really got into it just now! Did I meet your expectations?”
Yao Hong clenched her teeth, glared fiercely at Jiang Nan, turned on her heel, and stormed out of the banquet hall.
[Resentment value from Yao Hong +1000!]
Jiang Nan hurried after her. As soon as he stepped out, he seemed to remember something, turned back quickly, and called out, “Pick up all the money on the floor and keep it safe. That is all ours!”
Then he quickened his pace to catch up with Yao Hong.
“Boss, why are you not speaking? I secured our three billion. Why are you not happy?”
[Resentment value from Yao Hong +1000!]
Happy? I am thrilled to death!
I want to strangle Gu Xiao Wei right now!
But what was done was done. Yao Hong knew complaining was useless. If she had not come up with that rotten idea herself, things would not have reached this point.
She had three days. She was thinking how to survive this crisis. One wrong move and Dandelion would be gone.
Jiang Nan said, “You have no idea how scared I was slapping Wan Dongchen, but it was so thrilling!”
“Was I arrogant enough? Haha!”
[Resentment value from Yao Hong +1000!]
Her eyes hardened. She spun around suddenly, lifted her skirt, drew the other dagger from her thigh, and pressed it against Jiang Nan’s neck.
The blade stopped. Her ruby-like eyes were full of struggle. In the end, she threw the dagger away.
“You can go! I will not make things difficult for you!”
She opened the door, walked in without looking back, and slammed it shut.
Once inside, Yao Hong buried her face in the bed, covered her head with a pillow, and her shoulders shook lightly.
Jiang Nan grinned. “She could even hold back? Impressive. She is exactly the person I want!”
He pushed open the door, walked in, and sat on the edge of the bed.
Yao Hong rubbed her eyes, sat up, and stared at him coldly.
“What are you doing here? I might not be able to stop myself from killing you!”
Jiang Nan smiled. “Things are not as bad as you think. Just kill Wan Dongchen.”
“Without him, the Blood Alliance will collapse. Other underground forces in the country will swoop in to carve up the spoils. The Blood Alliance is finished!”
Yao Hong looked at him as if he were insane.
“Kill Wan Dongchen? A Star Shine-level life sounds cheaper than cabbage coming from you.”
“I only want to know which side sent you to infiltrate! Why betray me?”
“Have I, Yao Hong, treated you badly? I trusted you most. How could you…”
Jiang Nan looked baffled. Was he an infiltrator?
Infiltrating himself?
At that moment, the door burst open.
Gu Xiao Wei, wrapped only in a curtain, rushed in, looking frantic.
“Boss! There… hiss~”
Gu Xiao Wei sucked in a breath when she saw Jiang Nan sitting on the bed, her face filled with terror.
Jiang Nan’s eyes were equally wide with shock. How the hell did you get free when I tied you up like that?
You really are a lock-picking genius!
Yao Hong was stunned, staring blankly at the Gu Xiao Wei who had just rushed in.
Why was there another Gu Xiao Wei?
One of them was fake? Xiao Wei could never betray me!
Combining the earlier events at the banquet and that outrageously arrogant performance,
and remembering that Gu Xiao Wei had been out of sight for a while when she went to the bathroom,
she suddenly realised Jiang Nan had come to Kyoto Spirit University on business following Gu Xiao Wei.
In an instant, Yao Hong’s heart sank to the bottom. Her hands and feet went ice-cold. She turned stiffly to Jiang Nan.
“You… are Jiang Nan!”
Jiang Nan shook his head and grinned.
“No! I am not Jiang Nan! I am Jiang Pang Hong!”
His body burst out of the suit, instantly transforming into the chubby red Teletubby-like form.
Yao Hong’s mind went blank. What on earth was this thing?
Gu Xiao Wei: (･᷄口･᷅๐)—☞
“Ah! Boss, that’s it! That creature tied me up and left me in the downstairs bathroom!”
Yao Hong stared at Jiang Nan. So after leaving the room earlier, it had always been Jiang Nan?
Her teeth ground together audibly. What a masterful performance of playing himself!
She had tried to outsmart him, only to lose everything. And he had arrived at the perfect moment.
She gave a bitter laugh. “I knew this day would come. Sooner or later you would notice me.”
“Was there a tracker in the ginseng? Or on Xiao Wei?”
With everything out in the open, Jiang Nan saw no need to keep pretending. “Both.”
Yao Hong fell silent. Gu Xiao Wei looked confused. There was a tracker on me?
“Xiao Wei! Get out first!”
Gu Xiao Wei said urgently, “Boss! But it…”
“Get out!”
Gu Xiao Wei glared viciously at Jiang Pang Hong and left the room.
Yao Hong’s ruby eyes met Jiang Nan’s directly. “You want my Dandelion, don’t you?”
“The reason you acted so arrogantly at the banquet, completely enraging Wan Dongchen, was to make the conflict irreconcilable and cut off all my retreat, right?”
“That way, Dandelion would have no choice but to rely on you, Jiang Nan. We would be unable to fight the Blood Alliance alone and would only be destroyed.”
“Heh… I was so stupid. I even helped you act and sold myself out!”
Jiang Nan smiled. “No! You are very clever! Just not as clever as me! You are strong! Just not as bold as me!”
“Follow me and I will protect you! I will kill Wan Dongchen for you! Besides, you have no other choice!”
Yao Hong was genuinely shocked. She could not understand how he could speak so casually about taking a Star Shine-level expert’s life.
“Why do you want Dandelion? We are not from the same world!”
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes. Why did he want it? For the money, of course!
“What do you mean we are not from the same world? Did you come from a 2D anime? Or from a higher dimension?”
“Are we not sitting on the same bed right now? You are so chuunibyou!”
Yao Hong was speechless. Where was the chuunibyou coming from?
Was that what she meant with her perfectly good comprehension skills?
Jiang Nan said, “Give me a straight answer! I want Dandelion. Will you give it or not!”
Yao Hong took a deep breath, her eyes filled with resolve.
“I will give it!”
Jiang Nan grinned. “A very wise deci…”
“To hell with that!”
In that instant, her ruby eyes blazed with dazzling red light, her pupils turning into a six-pointed star.
(｡✡~✡｡)
“Innate spirit skill: One Glance Eternity!”
Jiang Nan felt an extreme sense of danger envelop him. His hair stood on end.
“Not good!”
He tried to teleport, but his body froze in place. Black, hard stone skin covered him entirely, turning him into a chubby black stone statue.
He stopped moving…
