# Chapter 623: The Meaning of Dandelion! (Extra Chapter)
At this moment, the two people who had turned into black stone sculptures in the room were both engaged in intense psychological warfare!
Jiangnan: (๐ᵒ̌ٹᵒ̌๐)
Ahhh!
Why did this woman have to petrify herself too?
Why is she so stubborn?
What's wrong with following me? Is it really this hard to recruit a subordinate now?
How long is this going to last, dammit!
It can't be a thousand or eight hundred years, right? I'd get moved to a museum and displayed as a Terracotta Warrior!
But with such an artistic pose, the museum probably wouldn't want me, right?
Three days! Her Dandelion will be gone in three days. She can't hold out forever!
Haha! I can hold out for three days!
Wait...
If I don't make it home by morning, Xuexue and the others will notice I'm missing and go crazy looking for me!
And if they find me hanging on a woman's body with such a smug expression on my face...
I'll definitely be despised!
What do I do?
Let go? Don't even think about it!
Jiangnan never fails!
I'm locking horns with you today!
Yao Hong: (｡✡～✡｡)
Her mind was also in turmoil!
What do I do, what do I do!
Damn it, what kind of deadly poison is this? Even after petrification, it's still slowly spreading!
I have to hold on! Yao Hong, you can't give up easily!
But there are only three days left before the Blood Alliance makes their move against Dandelion. This can't go on!
Surrender?
No way, I refuse to accept this!
I've come through so much hardship all the way here. Jiangnan will definitely break first!
Although their bodies couldn't move, their minds were locked in a bitter struggle!
Three hours passed in a flash!
Outside the door, Gu Xiaowei was still listening intently, lying on the ground.
With a face full of suspicion.
It's been this long and they still haven't come out?
Is Jiangnan really that strong?
Or did he fall asleep?
I'll just sneak a peek. I probably won't get caught, right?
She opened the door a crack and craned her neck to peek inside.
Instantly, she was dumbfounded!
What the hell is that black stone sculpture standing by the bed?!
But why did it turn to stone? Could something have gone wrong?
After hesitating for a long time, Gu Xiaowei finally rushed in!
"Boss! What the two of you are..."
But no one answered her!
Driven by intense curiosity, she got up close to examine them.
Wow, the boss is so beautiful. This is the first time I've seen her true face!
Whoa~ Nan Shen's abs look just like a sculpture! So awesome!
Jiangnan panicked!
How did Gu Xiaowei, that little lock-picking expert, get in?
She's not going to break my arms and legs, then unlock my "Strong Southern Lock" technique, is she?
I'm telling you, don't come near me!
Jiangnan glared fiercely at Gu Xiaowei. She was startled by his ferocious gaze.
"Why are you glaring? You can't even move! Believe me, I... I..."
Actually, I don't think I dare do anything to him~
Yao Hong was burning with anxiety. She really couldn't withstand the toxin's invasion any longer. Even her consciousness was fading.
She was also afraid that Gu Xiaowei might do something reckless to Jiangnan.
Against the Blood Alliance's encirclement, Dandelion still had a chance to struggle.
But if something happened to Jiangnan in Dandelion, Dandelion would be finished for sure!
After a thousand inner struggles, Yao Hong had to admit that she had no capital to oppose Jiangnan. None at all!
In an instant, Yao Hong dispelled her petrification. The deadly poison struck her heart, and her pretty face turned pale.
Weakly, she said, "You can do whatever you want to me, just let Xiaowei go..."
With that, her body collapsed limply to the ground. Her lips turned purple, and she immediately fell unconscious!
At the same time, the petrification that had been locked onto her body by Jiangnan was also dispelled!
Jiangnan suddenly scrambled up from Yao Hong's body. Standing on the ground, he put his hands on his hips with a smug look!
"Goo ha ha ha! Jiangnan never fails!"
Gu Xiaowei looked at Yao Hong lying on the ground, unconscious, and said anxiously, "What did you do to the boss? You..."
Jiangnan raised his hand and pulled out a bottle of Deadly Green Club. Gu Xiaowei instinctively squatted down and covered her head.
Having been smacked on the head by him several times, she had developed muscle memory!
"Stay put, or I'll kill both of you!"
Even though Gu Xiaowei looked unwilling, she could only屈服 under Jiangnan's silver tyranny!
Jiangnan hoisted the unconscious Yao Hong over his shoulder and walked into the bathroom!
Then he put a pair of spirit-binding handcuffs on her before feeding her a Detoxifying Soybean.
And so, the detoxification began!
"Ppppprrrrttt~"
Jiangnan's face darkened. He was just about to leave the bathroom when Yao Hong, who was unconscious, limp as dough, and leaning sideways, was about to fall off the toilet!
If she fell on the floor, the scene would be a disaster. The first thing Yao Hong would probably do when she woke up would be to kill herself, right?
With a helpless look, Jiangnan opened a space wormhole. He used his hand to support her shoulder while pulling out a gas mask with the other hand and putting it on his face!
He hid his entire body inside the bathtub, looking like he had given up on life!
Is it this hard to recruit a subordinate? I even have to help them use the toilet?
Gu Xiaowei listened to the explosive sounds coming from the bathroom, her face full of disgust!
That must be Nan Shen making those indecent noises, right?
After all, someone as beautiful as the boss, a fairy, wouldn't possibly leak gas, would she?
Half an hour later, Yao Hong slowly woke up. Her consciousness gradually returned to clarity.
I'm... hmm?
Yao Hong's eyes flew wide open. Why was she in the bathroom? And she was...
"Pppprrrrrrrt~"
Yao Hong's pretty face flushed bright red!
Seeing Jiangnan hiding in the bathtub, holding a gas mask and looking utterly despairing, even her earlobes turned red!
Did he feed me a Detoxifying Soybean?
"You... you don't need to hold me anymore. I'm awake. I can manage on my own!"
Jiangnan withdrew his hand and sighed with emotion. "Just how much suffering have you endured? It hasn't stopped for half an hour!"
[From Yao Hong: Resentment Value +1000!]
[From Yao Hong: Resentment Value +1000!]
"Why didn't you kill me? What exactly do you want from Dandelion?"
Jiangnan grinned. "I..."
"Pppprrrrrrrt~"
"I want every..."
"Bang!"
Two veins bulged on Jiangnan's forehead!
Yao Hong bit her lower lip tightly, trying her best to suppress herself!
Jiangnan: "I..."
"Bú!"
Jiangnan exploded: "Can you hold it in for a moment and let me finish my sentence?!"
Yao Hong covered her face: (づ﹏ど) I'll try my best!
Jiangnan leaned forward, raised his hand, and slowly clenched his fist!
"(๐¯͒ٹ¯͒)و I want it all!"
Yao Hong propped herself on her knees and fell silent!
Jiangnan said calmly, "Think carefully before you answer me whether you agree or not!"
"I'm not forcing you. If you don't want to follow me, just give me the three billion. I'll still help you deal with the Blood Alliance matter, and we'll call it even regarding your smuggling!"
"What I want is loyalty, a trusted confidant, someone I can trust with my back! I don't like betrayal!"
Jiangnan genuinely wanted to take Dandelion under his wing. He valued its development potential. For long-term growth, he also needed people outside to handle things for him.
Although he had the backing of his country, there were some things the country couldn't easily get involved in.
And Jiangnan valued the resources that Dandelion controlled.
By controlling Dandelion, he could do many things much more conveniently in the future.
But that also meant Dandelion would inevitably come into contact with some of his core secrets.
So what Jiangnan wanted was Yao Hong's trust. He didn't want to be stabbed in the back later on.
If Yao Hong was unwilling, that was fine too.
A forced melon isn't sweet. This way, he could still get three billion and also rob the Blood Alliance's little treasury.
No loss, no loss.
Yao Hong was silent for a long time before finally speaking!
"Do you know why Dandelion is called Dandelion?"
"Dandelion seeds scatter at the slightest breath, drifting with the wind, unable to control their own fate. Yet they take root wherever they fall, making the whole world their home."
Jiangnan was stunned. He hadn't expected Dandelion to have such a meaning!
Yao Hong lowered her head and said, "Xiaowei's parents died during the Spirit Disaster chaos. She came out of the welfare system with no money for school. I've been supporting her..."
"There are many people like Xiaowei in the organization. The reason I founded Dandelion was to give them a place to call home."
"Most of the money I've earned over the years building Dandelion has been spent on this. Those who awakened their abilities, I absorbed into the organization, letting them earn a living with their skills!"
"Those who didn't awaken abilities, after graduating and becoming independent, living ordinary lives is good enough."
Jiangnan was stunned!
Yao Hong! You're really something!
Building an underground organization, earning dirty money?
And using that dirty money to do the cleanest thing in the world—charity?
Jiangnan's heart clenched hard. "Not... what do you do this for?"
Yao Hong looked up and met Jiangnan's eyes. "To make sure there are fewer unlucky people like me in this world."