Chapter 1067: Dashing

Chen Jun Nan laughed at first, but his expression quickly turned serious, making Han Yi Mo feel a bit panicked.

"You just said what?" Chen Jun Nan asked.

"I said... do you want to take a 'zi' from Qiao Jia Jin and give it to me..." Han Yi Mo's voice grew quieter as he spoke.

"Are you out of your mind...?" Chen Jun Nan frowned and said, "Those 'zi' are ones that Lao Qiao risked his life to protect and reclaim. Now you're telling me you want to take them? Do you even have the guts to say that again?"

"No, don't get angry..." Han Yi Mo sensed the situation was getting messy, "...Didn't you say we're in the same boat? Didn't you say you want to defect to the other side too?"

"Uh..." Chen Jun Nan scratched his head after hearing that, "Well, that's true, but Lao Qiao is my sworn brother. His 'zi' won't work, so pick someone else."

Han Yi Mo blinked after hearing this: "Then... how about I grab one from that kid we just saw?"

"No, that kid is my friend from a different generation. His 'zi' definitely won't work either." Chen Jun Nan dug at his ear and said, "Pick someone else."

"..." Han Yi Mo felt his head was still in a fog, "Then what about grabbing one from those girls?"

"How could that work?" Chen Jun Nan said, "You're a grown man—how can you snatch things from girls?"

"It's not like... you..." Han Yi Mo paused, "We're on the same boat now, so I can't grab a 'zi' from you, right?"

Chen Jun Nan nodded: "You couldn't take it from me anyway."

"Uh..." Han Yi Mo swallowed hard, "So does that mean I can't do anything? I don't have a 'zi' on me, so I'm stuck in the Bei Zhan Qu. How am I supposed to help the other side win?"

"Go find Lao Qi," Chen Jun Nan said, "Grab a 'zi' from that kid Qi Xia, and that'll solve all your problems, right?"

Han Yi Mo scratched his head after hearing this, his face turning awkward.

Go and seize a 'zi' from Qi Xia?

If that were possible, he would have done it earlier.

Qi Xia's gaze made him look like someone who had killed before—just a brief threat was enough to make him tremble all over, let alone trying to snatch a 'zi' directly from him.

"Maybe I'll just sit here for a while..." Han Yi Mo lowered his head slightly, looking troubled, "Between dying early or dying late, I choose not to die at all."

"I mean... isn't your goal to undermine Qi Xia's team from the inside?" Chen Jun Nan said, "Why are you always fussing about 'zi'? Shouldn't you be going after the people instead?"

"Going after people...?" Han Yi Mo glanced cautiously around, then leaned in close to Chen Jun Nan and whispered, "I'll tell you this secretly, but don't tell anyone else. I actually have a deal with the other side... I urgently need a 'zi' right now. If I can get one, I'll definitely earn their trust!"

"Hiss..." Chen Jun Nan smirked after hearing that, "That important?"

"Really! I made a promise with them!" Han Yi Mo said, "I already handed over my own 'zi' to them earlier, but they need a second one from me. But after I came back... Qi Xia went crazy or something and made me rest here, not letting me move."

"That's right, Qi Xia might be losing it. If you keep disappearing like this... what if the other side gets suspicious?" Chen Jun Nan said vaguely while thinking about Qi Xia's intentions.

But he quickly figured something out—whether it was Qi Xia's 'zi' or the one on Qiao Jia Jin, they were both rare items that hadn't been obtained before, so they couldn't be given to Han Yi Mo.

It seemed Qi Xia had known all along what would happen if he handed over a 'zi' to Han Yi Mo.

And by deliberately leaving the two of them here, Qi Xia's plan was already set. He just needed to follow along.

"In that case... isn't this my chance?" Chen Jun Nan said thoughtfully.

"Chance...?"

"Yeah, a chance to help the other side." Chen Jun Nan pulled a 'zi' out of his pocket, "Xiao Han, if you'd told me earlier you had a deal with them, I would've given you this 'zi' right away. Now it's feeling a bit awkward."

"Ah?"

Han Yi Mo looked closely and saw a 'jin' lying in Chen Jun Nan's hand.

"This... is for me?" Han Yi Mo asked.

"Yeah, it was originally a 'shuai', but someone yanked off the two strokes, leaving just a damn 'jin'. Make do with it."

Han Yi Mo carefully took the 'zi', held it for a long time, and then slowly said to Chen Jun Nan, "Really, thank you..."

"Hey! No need to be so polite, ha ha ha ha!" Chen Jun Nan laughed heartily, "Xiao Han, we're like socks on the same rope—you just go for it. If anything happens, I'll cover for you."

"You've really helped me out big time this time." Han Yi Mo said, his expression flashing with a hint of sadness, "But you might have forgotten, once I win... your whole team will die. Your current status..."

"Ha ha ha ha! No problem at all!" Chen Jun Nan laughed, "You forgot about our seven years of loving and killing each other. I die all the time— this is nothing. Go on, be a good kid!"

Han Yi Mo's eyes were full of gratitude as he kept saying how he'd met a benefactor.

"Whether I'm a benefactor or not, I wouldn't say." Chen Jun Nan shook his head, "Since I've given you the 'zi', I need you to do me a favor."

"We're already teammates, so you're being too formal." Han Yi Mo held up the 'zi' and said, "For this, I'll agree to any reasonable condition."

"That's great." Chen Jun Nan said, "It's not a big deal anyway..."

He turned and pointed at Qiao Jia Jin behind him.

"You know my iron buddy here—he's all about saving face usually." Chen Jun Nan laughed and put his arm around Han Yi Mo's shoulder, "Now he's ended up in a mutual defeat with someone, and if that gets out, it'll be embarrassing."

"So what do you want to do?"

"I was thinking, after you leave, don't mention that he got knocked out. And if you can, make up some story about him being heroic and dashing—that'll save his face, and it won't cost you anything, right?"

"Oh, that doesn't matter to me." Han Yi Mo said, "Since you're asking, I'll handle it. You helped me once, so I'll help you once."

"No no no, you're the one who's been helping me all along."

"You're too kind." Han Yi Mo shook his head, "Leave it to me."

"Good! It's a deal!" Chen Jun Nan beamed again, "Remember—make him dashing!"

"Definitely dashing!"

After thanking Chen Jun Nan repeatedly, Han Yi Mo strutted out of the Bei Zhan Qu.

On the way, he ran into Zheng Ying Xiong and told him he was going to settle scores with Wen Qiao Yun, so he hurried across the He Dao.