Chapter 914: Delivery

Yes, I know I disappointed Bai Yang greatly... but I really had no choice.

"Is it him who threatened you?" Bai Yang asked.

"Yes... He not only wanted to threaten me but also tried to pull me into his scheme, but I refused." I sighed. "Just to save myself, I had no option but to give him the map... Otherwise, I wouldn't even have the chance to come here and talk to you. I would become a 'Yuan Zhu Min.'"

"Are you really that afraid of death?" Bai Yang asked again. "How can your own survival compare to that of everyone else?"

I felt like a child who had done something wrong, hanging my head low in front of Bai Yang.

"Yan Zhi Chun, did you also reveal my plan?" Bai Yang demanded sternly.

"I..." I started to say I hadn't, but suddenly something felt off.

Wait... the plan?

Bai Yang's voice echoed in my mind: "Yan Zhi Chun, from today onward, I won't mention any of the plans again. Just keep them as secrets in your heart."

Why was he bringing up the "plan" now...? Was it because I had messed things up?

I looked up at Bai Yang, and as I expected, his voice was severe, but his face showed no expression at all.

How could Bai Yang not have thought of that?

He had deliberately called for "Jian Mo" to hide this information, which meant he knew someone was monitoring us overhead. For someone used to being under surveillance, suddenly cutting off the monitoring would definitely raise suspicion.

Yang Ge had said that if this secret got out to a third party, the entire plan could fall apart. Unfortunately, Qing Long wasn't human—he didn't even see himself as one.

So, the one who knew about the plan wasn't human, which meant the plan hadn't failed yet!

Or perhaps... everything was part of the plan?

Oh heavens, I was getting a bit nervous... I seemed to be faintly catching up with Bai Yang's line of thinking.

Now that Qing Long had appeared, Bai Yang was openly mentioning his plan, which contradicted what he had said under "Jian Mo."

In that case, should I believe what he said under "Jian Mo" or what he said under surveillance?

The answer was clear.

Next, I would place my bet. I would show Bai Yang through my actions that his choice had always been right.

I deserved this "heaven-sent wisdom."

"Yang Ge... you have to believe me... I really didn't say anything..." I defended myself. "I'm so loyal to you—can't you see that? How could I possibly reveal your plan...?"

Upon hearing my words, Bai Yang's mouth curved up slightly, almost imperceptibly.

I knew I had bet correctly.

He slowly stood up, went to the office bar to pour a glass of water, then turned and handed it to me. He patted my shoulder, motioning for me to sit, and said:

"Get out, Yan Zhi Chun. You're no use to me anymore."

Hearing that, my tense heart finally relaxed.

I sat in the chair and drank the water in big gulps, steadying my flustered emotions.

So, Yang Ge knew everything all along... That was a relief...

"Yang Ge, I may not have merits, but I've put in the effort, right?" I said, catching my breath. "Qing Long told me you've been toying with my life all along, and now you're just going to discard me. How heartless... How could I have followed someone like you?!"

I placed the empty glass on the table, and Bai Yang refilled it halfway. Then he pointed to a bag of half-eaten peanuts nearby as if offering them to me. I waved my hand to decline.

"I've been toying with your life?" Bai Yang snorted. "Your wisdom is all thanks to me. So what if I toyed with it?"

"But that's wrong!" I said. "Qing Long has powerful abilities too, but he's never thought to toy with me like that!"

That line came out a bit too emotionally—I felt like coughing.

"Twisting words!" Bai Yang grabbed a few peanuts and continued. "Yan Zhi Chun, considering how long you've worked for me, I'll spare your life. If you don't leave now, I'll gamble with you. You can't win my game—in the end, you won't even have a whole body left."

Heavens, those peanuts Bai Yang was eating were clearly moldy... How could he put them in his mouth?

"Gambling with my life... Yang Ge, are you really going to treat me like this?" I said. "This is obviously Qing Long's scheme to drive a wedge between us... You should be able to see that!"

"Drive a wedge?" Bai Yang slammed his hand on the table, sending peanut crumbs flying everywhere, and roared with a blank expression, "If you hadn't agreed to work for Qing Long... could you have come back here? Would he have let you go?"

Yang Ge, you really shouldn't eat those peanuts—they're moldy...

"Yang Ge... if you truly don't trust me... then there's no point in me staying alive." I took another sip of water and said, "Don't you fear I'll expose all your plans?"

Qing Long wants to watch the insects tear each other apart, so we'll put on a show for him.

When you squat down one day to watch ants fighting over food, only to realize those two ants pretending to fight have their simple eyes and compound eyes all fixed on you... what would you do?

"You..." Bai Yang stared at me with an approving gaze. "Yan Zhi Chun, are you threatening me?"

"That's right." I nodded. "I'm fighting for my chance to survive. Since I managed to live through it with Qing Long, I can do the same with you."

"Impressive." Bai Yang said. "You've certainly saved your own skin, but I won't fully trust you anymore."

"It doesn't matter—I can't fully trust you either." I said. "You've turned my life into a mess... That's what you deserve. I'll carry out the plan on the map for my own sake, and then we'll go our separate ways."

After saying that, I stood up and raised an eyebrow at Bai Yang, unsure if this conversation should end now.

Bai Yang stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then nodded at me.

"Then let's leave it at that." Bai Yang said. "For now, we'll be bound by mutual interests, but I'll kill you whenever I please."

"And I'll betray you whenever I can."

Bai Yang shrugged after hearing that and nodded at me again. I nodded back and left his room.

Finally, I relaxed completely, leaning against the wall and slowly sliding down to sit. My legs felt weak...

I actually managed to navigate between Bai Yang and Qing Long... Thankfully, I just barely kept up.

I wonder if anyone else in this "Zhong Yan Zhi Di" has ever played games with two monsters in a single day.

But on second thought, the task Bai Yang assigned me was indeed the easiest among everyone's.

He has to deal with Qing Long himself, and this "map" was meant to be passed to Qing Long through me.

The "Jian Mo" he called had two layers of meaning. The first was that Bai Yang really would tell me the plan, which I'd keep in my heart and slowly prepare for. The second was to draw out Qing Long.

Bai Yang knew I absolutely wouldn't reveal the plan, so he had to give them the map.

But what was the point of Bai Yang handing the map to Qing Long?