# Chapter 152: Drama Queen
Su He was about to lose her mind!
A perfectly prepared plan!
How the hell did it turn out like this?
Not a single thing was going right!
And now some "White Fang Ghost" shows up?
She kicked that underling flying over 30 meters!
"Let's see who's playing tricks here!"
"Beard, follow me!"
The bearded man grinned: "Got it, boss lady!"
...
On the other side, the Black Coal Squad had already taken out 27 people!
Jiangnan was the one doing all the work!
Even though Zhong Yingxue and the other two wanted to help,
Jiangnan held them back.
It was better to handle the dirty work himself.
But Jiangnan was still worried.
They'd come this far,
and his abilities still hadn't recovered.
He could still take out some underlings now,
but if they ran into Su He, a Gold-rank fighter, they'd all be doomed.
Ye Ye was staring at Jiangnan with stars in her eyes.
The assassinations along the way had been mind-blowing!
Counter-ambush! Tailing! Cleanup!
Professionally beyond imagination!
Compared to Jiangnan, her instructors were absolutely useless!
No wonder he was the handsome guy who topped the Black List at such a young age!
"Nan Shen! Nan Shen! Can I become your apprentice?"
Jiangnan curled his lip: "You're too dark! No way!"
Ye Ye: ???
Hey hey hey!
It's because of you that I got this dark!
Could you at least come up with a different excuse?
[From Ye Ye: Resentment +1000!]
[From Xia Yao: Resentment +1000!]
"Wuwuwu~ I'm so unlucky!"
"Am I going to look like this forever?"
(*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)
Xia Yao, walking behind, kept sobbing.
Her tears and pitiful expression were heartbreaking.
All along the way—
bitten by snakes, tripped over,
spiders falling on her shoulders,
stung by wasps in the face,
her pants even got torn off!
She was wearing Jiangnan's oversized shorts and T-shirt;
otherwise, she wouldn't have a single piece of clothing left.
Xia Yao's dark little face was swollen on both cheeks,
puffy and round,
so much that she could barely speak!
Jiangnan turned to look...
and instantly remembered an internet meme—
the Akita dog with a swollen face like bread after being stung on the nose by a wasp.
So pitiful.
"Pfft..."
Xia Yao glared: "Xiao Nan! You're laughing! You owe me!"
Jiangnan: "Still so fierce? Face so big and dark—be careful nobody marries you!"
Xia Yao fumed: "Nonsense! If nobody marries me, I'll marry you!"
"Pfft! No way! That'd be too good for you!"
Just then, Jiangnan, walking at the front, suddenly stiffened.
He raised his hand in a fist signal.
The team immediately stopped and hid in the bushes.
"Shh~"
A middle-aged man in a fishing hat and yellow vest strolled over leisurely, hands in his pockets.
A large hammer was strapped to his back.
Gold-rank! Definitely Gold-rank!
Jiangnan and the others' hearts jumped into their throats.
Where did this Gold-rank spirit martial artist come from?
Wasn't Su He supposed to be the only one?
Now the fishing-hat man was less than fifty meters away.
Absolutely—
they couldn't make a sound!
Otherwise, they'd be wiped out!
Jiangnan swallowed hard, his palms sweating.
He even held his breath.
Only the rapid thumping of his heart echoed.
"Snap!"
A crisp sound of a branch breaking came.
Xia Yao's hair stood on end!
Her face turned pale instantly.
Her eyes were full of guilt and anxiety.
The fishing-hat man immediately turned around, locking onto the bushes.
He slowly approached.
Jiangnan took a deep breath.
How could he blame Xia Yao?
It was just that damned bad luck still lingering.
He opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out.
He used lip language.
"Stay put."
"In ten minutes, head out of the mountain. Don't worry about me."
The three of them immediately understood what he meant.
They were about to speak,
but Jiangnan glared fiercely,
forcing the words to get stuck in their throats.
The next moment!
Jiangnan, dagger in hand, burst out of the bushes,
charging hard to the left!
The sudden black figure startled the fishing-hat man.
"Whoa, damn! What the hell is that?"
[From Zhou Laifu: Resentment +666!]
But he quickly reacted, eyes lighting up.
"Oh! Ran right into me?"
"Think you can run?"
He chased after Jiangnan at terrifying speed.
Xia Yao and Ye Ye wanted to reach out and grab,
but Zhong Yingxue covered their mouths.
"Mm! Mmm!"
Xia Yao struggled desperately,
but tears still streamed down uncontrollably.
Her eyes were fixed on Jiangnan's back as he rushed out.
She never imagined—
one moment they were joking,
the next they faced life and death separation.
At the critical moment,
Jiangnan didn't hesitate for a second before charging out,
leading the Gold-rank strongman away.
Now Jiangnan couldn't use his abilities, and he was being hunted by a Gold-rank.
The consequences were unimaginable.
Zhong Yingxue bit her lower lip hard,
her beautiful eyes red.
But at this moment, she absolutely couldn't panic,
or else Jiangnan's sacrifice would be wasted.
Five minutes later, Zhong Yingxue let go.
Xia Yao collapsed weakly to the ground, clutching her hair,
her face full of guilt.
"It's all my fault... if I hadn't stepped on that branch..."
This silly girl—
she still thought it was her mistake,
not knowing it was the effect of the Lucky Little Cherry.
Zhong Yingxue said hoarsely: "What's done is done. Let's figure out a solution."
"Let's go, get out of the mountain first, then find help."
That was the best plan she could think of.
Otherwise, taking Xia Yao and Ye Ye to fight them head-on?
That wasn't realistic.
...
On the other side, Jiangnan ran for his life.
He covered two or three kilometers.
A silver wire shot out with a piercing shriek,
whipping around wildly,
even cutting thick ancient trees in half!
It wrapped around Jiangnan tightly,
the wire cutting into his flesh,
hanging him up like prey.
Jiangnan struggled madly, his mind racing.
He never intended to escape.
The moment he charged out, he knew he'd be caught.
He ran this far
just to buy time for Zhong Yingxue and the others.
"Tch! You run like a rabbit, kid?"
"Fast."
Zhou Laifu strolled toward Jiangnan, looking confident.
Jiangnan's expression turned fierce.
He had already clutched the Lucky Little Cherry in his hand and was about to shove it into his mouth.
Zhou Laifu moved his fingers slightly, and the wire, as if alive, tightened around Jiangnan's neck and arms.
The Lucky Little Cherry was almost in his mouth.
"Move, and you die."
But Jiangnan didn't care. Even as the wire cut into his flesh, he tried to eat it.
Zhou Laifu stepped forward, snatched the Lucky Little Cherry, and smirked.
"What treasure is this? Tsk tsk tsk, it's mine now."
Jiangnan's eyes reddened as he roared: "Give it back! Give it the hell back! Don't eat it! Don't eat it!"
He struggled wildly, reaching desperately for the cherry,
letting the wire cut gashes into his body, blood streaming.
Zhou Laifu said smugly: "Hah! Kid, you still don't get your situation?"
"Don't want me to eat it? I'll eat it anyway!"
With that, he shoved it into his mouth.
Jiangnan exploded, his face twisted, eyes wide as he bellowed: "I told you to give it back! Don't eat it! I said don't eat it!"
His voice was earth-shattering, heart-wrenching, hysterical.
Zhou Laifu sneered coldly,
and swallowed the Lucky Little Cherry in one gulp.
The next moment, the ferocity and despair on Jiangnan's face vanished completely.
He looked totally indifferent: "Tch! So you ate it. Whatever."
"I was just thinking about tasting it myself anyway."
Zhou Laifu: ???
You... you must be crazy, right?
Wasn't that cherry really important to you?
Just now you were so hysterical,
so desperate, crying and begging me to give it back.
I thought it was some kind of treasure!
And I ate it!
But you don't even react?
Being this calm is really okay?
So you were risking life and limb to eat that cherry
just to taste it?
How dedicated!
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