# Chapter 703: Father's Happiness You Can't Imagine! (Bonus Update)
Hans's eyes flickered. Trust just Jiangnan's words? Hell no!
He reached out to grab the Calamity-Averting Hat from the wooden box.
But Jiangnan slammed the lid shut, grinning wide: "You're dreaming if you think you're getting it!"
Let Hans see it? If this guy put the hat on his head right in front of me, wouldn't that blow everything?
Hans gritted his teeth: "You have to at least let me see it, right? Otherwise, why should I believe what you're saying?"
"Can this crappy hat really avoid the Original Sin Punishment?"
Jiangnan said indifferently: "Of course. Otherwise, what do you think got me all the way here without getting punished?"
"It's because of this hat!"
Xia Yao covered her mouth in surprise: "Wasn't it because of your handsome looks that captivate thousands of girls?"
Jiangnan shook his head with a smile: "No! Not at all!"
Zhong Yingxue: (•́ᴗ•̀٥)...
When did these two start being so shameless?
Hans squinted: "I don't believe it!"
Jiangnan chuckled: "I bet you haven't had a happy life in a long time, right brother?"
Hans's expression stiffened. Not just a long time—never!
With his current situation, how could he?
"Are you mocking me?"
Jiangnan nodded: "Of course! What else did you think I was doing?"
Hans: (ꐦ｀益´)
[From Hans Blake's Resentment Value +1000!]
(٥･̫᷄･᷅): "For... forgive you!"
The underlings also looked bitter. Ever since the Original Sin Punishment started, who dared to misbehave?
All the usual festivities were gone!
Their colorful lives had lost all their luster!
Jiangnan grinned: "I'm different. Ever since I wore the Calamity-Averting Hat, I got rid of all my bad luck!"
"At home, it's partying every night. And since Nightless City has no daytime, it's absolutely exhausting!"
"Do you see the Original Sin Punishment coming for me? Not at all!"
"You think I'm as happy as you imagine? No! Not even close!"
Hans was stunned: "And you're not happy with that?"
Jiangnan: ╮(๐･᷄ꇴ･᷅)╭
"Father's happiness you simply can't imagine!"
Hans: (;´༎ຶ益༎ຶ`) Oh damn!
[From Hans Blake's Resentment Value +745!]
Underlings: (｡Envy﹃ous｡)
Hans was going crazy. Jiangnan was the number one lecher in Nightless City!
Partying every night?
Why did the Original Sin Punishment only punish him, but not Jiangnan?
Was it really because of that Calamity-Averting Hat from the eighth level of the Abyss?
Jiangnan struck while the iron was hot: "You've experienced how the Magic Beans detoxify the Original Sin Poison! Even the exploration team that came back with the Crimson Queen uses them!"
"You should know this. And the Calamity-Averting Hat, which comes from the same source as the Magic Beans—once you wear it, it removes bad luck and protects you from the Original Sin Punishment's effects!"
"Both of these items come from the Abyss! Only things from the Abyss can eliminate the effects of the Abyss mutation!"
"You have to use magic to defeat magic!"
Hans swallowed hard, his face full of conflict!
If he could get his hands on the Calamity-Averting Hat, he could experience father's happiness!
"I'll take it!"
Jiangnan grinned. The fish had taken the bait!
"Now let's talk about the Star Plan!"
Hans gritted his teeth: "I know what you want. The underground channel resources of Nightless City under Black Claw, right?"
"I can give you thirty percent!"
Jiangnan: (๑¯ิㅂ¯ิ)و I want it all!
Hans slammed the table and stood up, furious: "What did you say? Why don't you just take me too?"
(ꐦ≖ᴗ≖): "Forgive you!"
"You've got some nerve!"
...
Hans entered an infinite bug-loop mode again, his face constantly shifting. He was clearly furious!
Even Yao Hong was stunned. All of it?
This wasn't what they had agreed on at the beginning!
Jiangnan was completely unfazed: "Black Claw doesn't just have Nightless City business, right?"
"Apart from Nightless City, all of Black Claw's underground channels can enter the Star Plan. You take a cut and still make plenty!"
"Besides, giving you this Calamity-Averting Hat is like giving you my happiness!"
"You won't lose—but you definitely won't lose either!"
Hans squinted, sneering inwardly: "Fine. I'll give it. All of it."
He pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down all the names of Black Claw's partners in Nightless City, their contact information, various entry and exit channels, and everything else!
The underlings panicked!
"Boss, you can't give this to Dandelion! We built our business in Nightless City!"
"This is like giving Dandelion Black Claw's most precious treasure! How can you do this?"
Hans roared: "All of you shut up!"
If he didn't give it, his treasure would be gone!
No matter what, he had to get the Calamity-Averting Hat first.
Besides, even if he gave all the entry and exit channels to Dandelion, so what?
Could Dandelion actually take them over?
Without the Queen's approval, wouldn't those partners still only recognize Black Claw?
With his relationship with the Queen, no one could shake Black Claw's position in Nightless City!
As long as the Queen didn't agree, this piece of paper was just waste paper!
He was getting an Abyss treasure for a piece of waste paper—a deal with nothing down!
Although Jiangnan had some tricks up his sleeve, he was still too young.
A bit too green!
Hans's mental abacus clicked away as he wrote a full page and tossed it to Jiangnan.
Jiangnan took it and handed it to Yao Hong.
Yao Hong carefully examined it and finally nodded.
"Pretty much right."
Jiangnan chuckled, well aware of Hans's scheme.
Hans was sure that Mi Ye only recognized Black Claw, so writing out Nightless City's entry and exit channels was useless.
Without the Queen's nod, Dandelion couldn't take over, right?
Sorry!
You dug this pit yourself!
Hans sneered: "Can you give me the Calamity-Averting Hat now?"
Jiangnan pushed the wooden box over. Hans swallowed, full of anticipation as he took out the hat and was about to put it on his head.
Jiangnan's eyes widened: "Hey hey hey! Don't put it on now! Do you want to die?"
Hans was stunned: "What's wrong? Is there some trick to using the Calamity-Averting Hat?"
Jiangnan shrugged: "Of course there is. This is an Abyss treasure—it has plenty of rules. It took me a long time to figure out how to use it!"
Hans swallowed again: "Then how do you use this thing? Tell me about it?"