Xiao Jiuwo, perched on Jiang Nan’s shoulder, burst into tears at once.
“Woo woo woo! Such a big pot! Master, what did Xiao Jiuwo do wrong?”
“The clown… was me all along! Woo woo…”
Jiang Nan scooped up Xiao Jiuwo and kissed it. “What nonsense are you thinking? This pot is for stewing me, not you!”
Xiao Jiuwo: ???
Jiang Nan’s little face darkened.
You just had to make me experience living in a pot, did you?
“A 3-metre big iron pot? It should be worth quite a bit of pocket money.”
With that, he tossed it into his alternate space.
He thought it better to max Ye Xingxuan first, to prevent Old Brother Ye reneging the next morning.
A teleport took him to Ye Xingxuan’s room. He sneakily left 6 Marrow Cleansing Spirit Fruits and a small note on the bedside table.
Another teleport, and he vanished. Make me sleep in an iron pot?
I refuse. I will sleep with Xuexue instead.
As for why not Big Bad Wolf? Multiple experiences had taught Jiang Nan that sharing a bed with Big Bad Wolf at night meant getting beaten.
Zhong Yingxue, lying in bed scrolling her phone, saw the suddenly appearing Jiang Nan. Her pretty face filled with surprise.
“Xiao Nan? How did you…”
Jiang Nan’s little face darkened. “There is no bed in my room. Old Brother Ye left me an iron pot.”
Zhong Yingxue burst into laughter and lifted the quilt. “Come. It is warm. Make do here for the night.”
Jiang Nan grinned and burrowed into Zhong Yingxue’s quilt.
The night was deep as water. The two were silent.
Zhong Yingxue glanced up stealthily at Jiang Nan, took a deep breath, gently moved closer into his embrace, and wrapped her small arms around his waist.
Her pretty face pressed tightly against Jiang Nan’s chest.
(˵ơᴗơ|
The room was very dark, yet Zhong Yingxue’s face was still frighteningly red.
Jiang Nan’s eyes were full of tenderness. One hand rested on her back, patting gently.
Zhong Yingxue said, “When we were little, we hid in the wardrobe and slept just like this.”
Jiang Nan smiled. “Back then, the heating was not warm in winter, and the windows leaked wind. We shivered even under the quilt. Hiding in the wardrobe like this was warmer.”
Zhong Yingxue hugged tighter.
Jiang Nan said, “Do not be afraid. I will not leave your world again.”
Zhong Yingxue nodded lightly. Listening to Jiang Nan’s heartbeat, her breathing gradually evened out.
As a child, Jiang Nan’s embrace was the safest place she knew. Now it was the same.
Jiang Nan stared at the ceiling, unable to sleep for a long time.
Xuexue and the others’ strength was already decent. Jiang Nan wondered whether to bring everyone along next time there was a mission.
Unfortunately, he was infamous internationally. The attention had not died down yet. He could not go out recklessly.
So frustrating.
…
Ye Xingxuan groggily climbed out of bed to use the toilet.
Rubbing her eyes, her gaze fell on the bedside table. She was full of surprise.
Where had those 6 red fruits and the small note come from?
Still, she picked up the note.
“Eat the fruits when you wake up. Supplement some nutrition.”
Ye Xingxuan was shocked. Staring blankly at the six red fruits, she could not help swallowing.
She naturally knew the preciousness of Marrow Cleansing Fruits. Previously, from the Yun family incident and this time, they had all gone to Ye Ye.
She had not received any. She never expected South God to give her 6 at once.
“Thank you. South God is really good.”
Yet she had no idea this was exchanged for Ye Zhenguo’s dignity.
…
Five in the morning. The sky was still dark. Jiang Nan got up from bed and tucked Zhong Yingxue in properly.
“Mm. Xiao Nan? So early?”
Jiang Nan grinned. “Going to do bad things. Help me ask for leave from Uncle Da. Leave my two trainees to the big guy for now.”
Zhong Yingxue blinked.
No more bad things at night. Switching to daytime now?
After explaining, Jiang Nan teleported to Ye Zhenguo’s room.
Ye Zhenguo had not slept all night. He had sobered up long ago.
Seeing Jiang Nan arrive, he immediately said, “I feel it is still not appropriate for me to act. If someone recognises me…”
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes. “The child is dead before you feed it. The motorcycle hit the tree, and you know to swerve. The big snot ran into your mouth, and you know to flick it. Too late.”
Ye Zhenguo’s face darkened. “Who the hell had snot run into their mouth? I cannot sell my soul for petty gains. I…”
Jiang Nan raised a hand and pulled a knitted Pikachu hood from his alternate space, putting it on Ye Zhenguo’s head.
“Ye Xingxuan is already maxed by me. You cannot back out.”
“Hood on. No one loves you. No one will recognise you.”
With that, he pulled out another and put it on his own head.
“From now on, you are the big brother. You are Pika Ping. I am the little brother. I am Pika Pong.”
With the Pikachu hood on, Ye Zhenguo suddenly felt much more confident.
After all, back in the day, he was the type who felt no one recognised him with a stocking over his head.
“Really… unrecognisable?”
Jiang Nan said, “Absolutely unrecognisable. Our identities are perfectly hidden.”
Ye Zhenguo gritted his teeth. “Let us go. Hit him hard.”
Jiang Nan grinned. The two walked all the way to the villa hall.
Ye Haitao was leaning on the second-floor railing, smoking a cigar.
Seeing two suspicious figures with Pikachu hoods suddenly appear in the hall, his brain buzzed.
“Fuck? Dad!”
That cry of “Dad” made Jiang Nan and Ye Zhenguo freeze.
Ye Zhenguo turned back angrily. “Get lost. I am not your dad. I am Pika Ping.”
Ye Haitao: ???
“Dad? You have not sobered up this early morning? I…”
Ye Zhenguo: !!!
“Damn. You said no one would recognise. How could he…”
Jiang Nan gritted his teeth. “Big Brother. Grab him. I will handle it. Guarantee he will not remember.”
Ye Zhenguo was going mad. If the family knew he was wandering the house early morning with a Pikachu hood, how could he live?
A big leap to the second floor. He grabbed Ye Haitao.
“Little brother. Hurry.”
Jiang Nan teleported over. Putting on the Enthusiastic as Fire gloves, his face conflicted.
“Uncle Ye. Sorry. For your dad’s dignity. Your face is gone today.”
Ye Haitao looked terrified. “Jiang Nan? What are you two doing? I…”
Jiang Nan said, “I am not Jiang Nan. I am Pika Pong.”
With that, he put full strength into three big slaps on Ye Haitao’s face.
Slap. Slap.
Slap.
Then pulled out two Big Green Sticks and smashed them on his crown.
Ye Haitao’s eyes showed momentary confusion.
Jiang Nan scooped up Ye Zhenguo and vanished in an instant.
Ye Haitao rubbed his face, feeling his head ache a bit. About to take a puff, he looked down.
“Fuck? How did my cigar break?”
…
Jiang Nan and Ye Zhenguo walked out of the villa with dark faces. Ye Zhenguo was nearly insane.
Before handling Wan Dongchen, he beat his own son first.
What kind of mess was this?
“You said unrecognisable. Can you be more reliable?”
Jiang Nan said awkwardly, “Accident. This is an accident. That is your son. Living together day and night, he can recognise you from the back.”
“Once we are out of your house, who could recognise us? Absolutely no one.”
Just then, an extended Rolls-Royce pulled up. Yao Hong, in a black ladies’ suit and mask, stepped out.
Seeing the two Pikachus at the rendezvous point, her body stiffened.
What kind of outfit was this? If not pre-arranged, I would really think I picked up the wrong people.
Last night when contacted, Jiang Nan said he had invited Ye Daotian. Yao Hong was stunned and somewhat disbelieving.
Now she believed.
This backer was as solid as it gets.
Yao Hong stepped forward and opened the car doors for them. “South God. Ye Daotian. Please get in. Everything is arranged.”
Ye Zhenguo stiffened. His gaze at Jiang Nan could kill.
You said hood on, no one recognises?
Yet she bloody knows I am Ye Zhenguo.
“This is also an accident?”
Jiang Nan said matter-of-factly, “Of course.”
[Resentment Value from Ye Zhenguo +1000!]
“Coming out with you stinking brat was the accident.”
Ye Zhenguo boarded the car grumpily.
Jiang Nan grinned happily. Looking at Yao Hong’s mask, the more he looked, the more it annoyed him.
He raised a hand, pulled out a Pikachu hood, and put it on Yao Hong’s head.
“Today my big brother is Pika Ping. I am Pika Pong. You are Pika Bing, got it?”
Yao Hong, hooded by Jiang Nan, was full of confusion. This knitted Pikachu hood was ridiculously silly.
Yet she said, “Yes. Pika Ping.”
“I am Pika Pong. Pika Ping is my big brother.”
Yao Hong: …
[Resentment Value from Yao Hong +233!]
Who could tell the difference?
All three boarded the car. The driver was a crew-cut burly man. But seeing the burly man’s longing eyes, Jiang Nan knew it was Gu Xiaowei.
So Jiang Nan pulled out another Pikachu hood and put it on Gu Xiaowei’s head.
“You are Pika Pi.”
“Pikachu Robbery Squad. Depart.”
[Resentment Value from Yao Hong +666!]
[Resentment Value from Ye Zhenguo +1000!]
We never should have boarded your pirate ship.
