“Huh…?” After hearing this, Doctor Zhao instantly felt something was off.

At this moment, both Wen Qiaoyun and Yan Zhichun’s gazes turned toward him. Even Xu Liunian and Zhang Shan furrowed their brows.

Before anyone could start speaking, Chen Junnan was the first to open his mouth and ask, “You and Old Qi… do you two have something going on? I don’t understand. He insisted I deliver this message to you.”

“Damn… damn it…” Doctor Zhao suddenly frowned. “Don’t pull this crap on me… What ‘the plan has begun,’ what ‘don’t understand’—what does your plan have to do with me?”

“Oh…?” Chen Junnan blinked. “Oh oh oh! Right, right, right. Damn, this young master misspoke. Never mind, we’re not even familiar with each other…”

After saying this, he continuously winked at Doctor Zhao, as if unilaterally finalizing the plan.

Doctor Zhao knew Chen Junnan was spouting nonsense, but this move was just too underhanded.

In the entire team, he was the only one who came from Qi Xia’s room. If there were to be any “traitor,” it could only be him.

“Don’t listen to his nonsense…” Doctor Zhao quickly turned to the others and said. “I’m not in cahoots with them…”

“I know.” Yan Zhichun nodded. “Such a crude method… is this really Qi Xia’s scheme?”

“What…? What ‘scheme’?” Chen Junnan quickly shook his head. “Don’t go spouting nonsense. Doctor Zhao isn’t that kind of person. You all treat him well and stay united.”

“Damn.” Zhang Shan walked out with a disdainful expression. “What kind of skill is using these divisive tactics? If you have the guts, wait right there—I’ll come meet you!”

After saying this, he walked forward several steps, as if wanting to cross the “river channel” and directly enter the room where Chen Junnan was.

But at this moment, Wen Qiaoyun stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Shan, frowning as she shook her head at him.

Zhang Shan thought for a moment, seeming to understand Wen Qiaoyun’s meaning, then slowly retreated a step and stood back in place.

“Damn.” Zhang Shan cursed loudly. “You little punk, don’t let me run into you, or I’ll definitely trade some good moves with you.”

“I’ll go.” Yan Zhichun said. “Xu Liunian, come with me. Jin Yuanxun, immediately go back and report the current situation to Chu Tianqiu.”

“Alright…” Xu Liunian and Jin Yuanxun nodded after hearing this.

“Oh my…” Chen Junnan discovered that Yan Zhichun was about to enter his room and immediately closed the door and fled.

“Stop.” Yan Zhichun gave a cold shout, then reached forward with one hand, looking as if she was opening the door in the void.

She secretly used “Soul Snatch,” intending to control Chen Junnan to open the door, but there wasn’t a single movement from the other side.

“What’s going on…?” She frowned slightly, then looked down at her palm. This feeling was a bit strange.

It was like a punch thrown out with “Echo” that hit cotton.

“What’s wrong…?” Everyone looked at her in confusion.

“The ‘Echo’ seems… extremely unstable…” Yan Zhichun said. “There’s a feeling of being both present and absent.”

Chen Junnan came to the room on the side, where Zheng Yingxiong was waiting behind the door.

“Kid!” Chen Junnan said in a low voice. “Quickly go back and tell Old Qi that Wen Qiaoyun won’t let Zhang Shan ‘cross the river,’ but Yan Zhichun and Xu Liunian can! After you deliver the message, come back and find me!”

“Got it!” Zheng Yingxiong nodded. “Chen Junnan, be careful yourself!”

“What ‘Chen Junnan’?! Call me bro!” After hearing this, Chen Junnan reached forward to press Zheng Yingxiong’s head, but was nimbly dodged by Zheng Yingxiong.

He quickly covered his nose and ran toward the “preparation area” to relay the information to Qi Xia.

Watching Zheng Yingxiong run off, Chen Junnan took a deep breath, then picked another door to open. “I say, Doctor Zhao…”

The crowd standing at “Chu River Han Border” was stunned again and turned to look at Chen Junnan once more.

“What are you doing again?” Doctor Zhao asked.

“Don’t be angry. Come here, I have something to tell you.” Chen Junnan said.

“I’m not going! If you have something to say, say it here!” Doctor Zhao said. “Say it openly and honestly, don’t create trouble for me.”

“No… I don’t understand what you’re afraid of?” Chen Junnan frowned and stretched lazily. “I have six ‘characters’ on me, you have one ‘character’ on you. Between us two, who should be more afraid of being robbed?”

“This…”

Doctor Zhao was at a loss for words after hearing this, finding that what Chen Junnan said seemed to make some sense, but soon he became alert again.

“How could you possibly have six ‘characters’ on you?!”

Chen Junnan shrugged, then reached out to fiddle with the chains showing from his pocket. “Look, why are there so many? You quickly look at the quality of these chains—they should count as cultural relics, right? Doctor Zhao, help me see whether these cultural relics are from the Shang and Zhou dynasties or from last week?”

Although Wen Qiaoyun hadn’t had much contact with Chen Junnan, in just this short while she had roughly figured out what kind of person he was.

“How about this.” She stepped forward. “Let me help you take a look.”

Chen Junnan paused. He naturally knew that Wen Qiaoyun was also a formidable figure. If he let her look, she would probably be able to spot the flaws, so he instinctively took a step back.

“What’s wrong…?” Wen Qiaoyun smiled. “I’m coming to help you look at the ‘characters.’ Will that disrupt your plan?”

“Not really.” Chen Junnan said. “Our plan is just too avant-garde. Just saying the name alone could scare you all to death.”

“Oh?” Wen Qiaoyun’s smile became even happier. “What exactly is the name?”

“This plan is called…” Chen Junnan paused, as if making it up on the spot. After a few seconds, he slowly said, “It’s called… Waiting with ‘Characters’ in the Boudoir!”

“…?”

The five people across from him were simultaneously stunned. Even Wen Qiaoyun felt that her understanding of the man before her was still somewhat one-sided.

“It means this young master is carrying ‘characters’ and waiting for you all in the damn boudoir.” Chen Junnan said. “If you want to come in, then come in. Today I’m prepared to find a boudoir companion.”

Wen Qiaoyun chuckled softly and once again took a step forward, almost arriving at the doorway of Chen Junnan’s room.

She took out her own chain from her jeans pocket, held the character in her palm, and slowly raised it up in a fist.

“What’s your name?”

“Chen Junnan.”

“Good, Chen Junnan.” Wen Qiaoyun said, gripping the “character.” “Right now, what I’m holding in my hand is my ‘character.’ Do you want to make a solo bet with me?”

“Make a bet…?” After hearing this, Chen Junnan thought for a moment. He always felt that when talking with Wen Qiaoyun, there was a feeling that he was facing Qi Xia. Although the oppressive feeling wasn’t that strong, he still couldn’t let his guard down.

“You also take out one ‘character.'” Wen Qiaoyun said. “We’ll each guess what character the other person is holding in their hand, but we only have one chance. If we guess correctly, we get the ‘character’ in the other person’s hand.”

“This…” Chen Junnan scratched his head. “This doesn’t seem quite right. What if I guess wrong?”

“If you guess wrong, I get your ‘character.'” Wen Qiaoyun said. “Fair and square, fifty-fifty chance. Do you dare?”

Chen Junnan looked at Wen Qiaoyun’s expression and felt that something was off about this bet.

Although the rules sounded fair, Wen Qiaoyun’s confident appearance made him feel that there might be a trap.

“How about this.” Chen Junnan said. “I won’t guess. How about you guess mine?”

“What?” Wen Qiaoyun was stunned. “You won’t guess?”

“Right, I won’t guess.” Chen Junnan said. “You can guess what character I’m holding. If you guess right, you can take my character. If you guess wrong, you give me your character. How about it?”

Wen Qiaoyun frowned, feeling that Chen Junnan’s response was somewhat unexpected.

If he really was holding multiple “characters,” then giving her the initiative to guess would be disadvantageous to him.

Unless… he wasn’t actually holding that many “characters”?

“What’s wrong?” Chen Junnan asked with a smile. “Don’t dare to guess?”

Wen Qiaoyun looked at Chen Junnan’s expression and felt that this person was indeed difficult to deal with.

“Fine.” She nodded. “Then I’ll guess.”

After saying this, she stared at Chen Junnan’s pocket and began to think.

The chains showing from his pocket seemed to number at least five or six, but were they all real?

Or were they just for show?

If they were real, what characters could they be?

“I’ll give you three chances.” Chen Junnan suddenly said. “You can guess three times. As long as you guess one correctly, you win.”

“…?” Wen Qiaoyun was stunned again.

Three chances?

This condition was too generous…

“What’s wrong?” Chen Junnan asked. “Still not satisfied?”

Wen Qiaoyun took a deep breath and decided to accept this bet.

No matter what, with three chances, she should be able to guess at least one correctly.

“Alright.” She nodded. “Then I’ll start guessing.”