“That’s true…”

Chen Junnan muttered a sentence. The two continued staring at each other’s fists. Just as their hands were about to release, Chen Junnan suddenly shouted again: “Wait a moment!”

Tiantian and Yan Zhichun were both startled at the same time and stared at Chen Junnan.

“Zhichun Jie… I’m a bit scared…” Chen Junnan said. “This young master is entrusting his true heart to you—you won’t fucking give me a hairpin, will you?”

“A hairpin…?”

After hearing this, Yan Zhichun smiled slightly, then withdrew her left hand, removed the hairpin from behind her head, waved it in front of Chen Junnan, and then clipped it back to its original position.

“Do you believe me now?” she said. “Do you have any other questions?”

“This…” Chen Junnan knew that Yan Zhichun was no ordinary person and could only be extremely careful. “Zhichun Jie, do you swear that what’s in your hand is a ‘character’?”

“I swear,” Yan Zhichun said.

“It’s a ‘character’ that can be used in this game and can score points,” Chen Junnan added. “If it’s not, then you’ll gain sixty jin in weight.”

Yan Zhichun hadn’t expected that Chen Junnan in front of her would actually act like a child, playing the game of making poisonous oaths.

“Fine, I agree,” Yan Zhichun said with a helpless expression. “But clearly you’re the one who’s most untrustworthy. What if you have a chain in your hand?”

“How could that be…” Chen Junnan said.

“Keep your right hand still now,” Yan Zhichun said. “I want you to take out all your chains. Besides the one hanging down from your right hand, plus Wen Qiaoyun’s one and mine, that’s at least two. As long as I confirm what’s in your hand isn’t a chain, we’ll trade immediately.”

“Okay… then wait a moment…” After Chen Junnan finished speaking, he reached into his pocket with his left hand, pulled out two chains and threw them on the ground, then patted his pocket—there wasn’t a single sound. “Look, the pocket’s empty. I’ve returned all the other chains. If this young master is lying, I’ll shrink by sixty centimeters.”

The two once again placed their fists over each other’s palms, then slowly opened their fists. Tiantian also held her breath at this moment.

Two gray-black metal objects fell from their fists into each other’s palms.

They closed their fists and simultaneously felt that what was in their hands was really a “character”!

In this game, neither of them had actually lied.

The “characters” in their hands had already been warmed by the other person. In those tightly clenched fists, the texture was hard and solid, the strokes had edges and angles—they were genuine “characters”!

“Zhichun Jie!” Chen Junnan said with wide eyes. “A person of integrity! The green mountains won’t change and the green waters will flow long—we’ll meet again!”

Yan Zhichun frowned, gripping her fist without saying a word. She directly turned around, opened the door, and left.

“Tiantian, let’s go!” Chen Junnan said, gripping his fist. “We’ve got each other’s ‘character’—let’s hurry back and find Old Qi!”

“Ah… okay!” Tiantian nodded. “But what ‘character’ do you actually have in your hand…?”

Chen Junnan didn’t open his fist, just gripped it hard, then said: “It feels twisty and winding… doesn’t seem like ‘horse’ or ‘chariot’… could it be… let’s go quickly!”

The two hurriedly exited the room, passed through another door, and arrived at the “Preparation Area.”

Qi Xia had just seen off Qiao Jiajin when he saw Chen Junnan with an animated expression, pulling Tiantian as they ran back.

“Old Qi!!” Chen Junnan shouted loudly. “I, I, I…”

Without another word, he hurriedly raised his right hand in front of Qi Xia and opened his palm.

“Look!”

In the center of his palm was a character.

A character he never would have expected in any way.

“Bao” (包).

The air reached an unprecedented level of silence at this moment.

After a few seconds, Qi Xia stared at the “character” in Chen Junnan’s hand and asked: “What did you say happened to you?”

“I…”

Chen Junnan looked at the “bao” in his hand, his expression even more animated than before.

“Last year I bought a ‘bao’…”

Tiantian also covered her mouth on the side. She didn’t know why she felt like laughing a bit, but she also felt that Chen Junnan was really quite pitiful. Laughing now would really be rather impolite.

In Chen Junnan’s several attempts, it was either chains or “bao.” If it were someone else, they should be severely discouraged, but when this happened to Chen Junnan, it somehow felt reasonable.

“Rare,” Qi Xia said after another few seconds. “Generally when snatching someone’s ‘character,’ you should snatch them together, right? I didn’t anticipate that someone could snatch back half. How did you do it?”

Chen Junnan was silent for a while, then said: “Old Qi, if this young master said this ‘character’ wasn’t snatched back but was exchanged back… how would you evaluate this matter?”

“I can’t really evaluate it,” Qi Xia said.

“Outstanding,” Chen Junnan said. “Really outstanding. I used my own ‘marshal’ to exchange for a ‘bao.’ This young master is no longer handsome now, but at least I have a bag.”

“Pfft…” Tiantian finally couldn’t hold it in and was about to laugh out loud.

“No way… this young master is going to die of anger,” Chen Junnan said. “I need to go find her and make trouble…”

“Wait…” Tiantian grabbed Chen Junnan. “What are you doing…”

“That Zhichun Jie is playing with me! Too fucking ungracious…” Chen Junnan said. “I’ve only heard that being handsome can earn you a meal, I’ve never heard that being handsome can be exchanged for a bag!”

“But you already agreed with her…” Tiantian said. “As long as what she gives you is a ‘character’ that can be used in this game and can score points, your trade is established…”

“Huh? Did I say that?” Chen Junnan stared at Tiantian and asked.

“You… didn’t say it?”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan’s expression completely died: “Did this young master not only exchange ‘marshal’ for a ‘bao’ but also completely block off his own retreat?”

“Looking at the situation, that’s indeed the case…” Tiantian nodded. “You were the one who proposed the trade, you were the one who gave the conditions. Now going to find that girl to make trouble—wouldn’t that be a bit unreasonable…?”

“This…” After hearing this, Chen Junnan handed the “bao” in his hand to Qi Xia and said, “Can this be used…?”

“It’s not impossible,” Qi Xia said. “It’s just that we already have ‘bao’ ourselves.”

Qi Xia took the “bao” and placed it on the “Phoenix Holding Book Platform,” earning one point.

A total of ten points.

“It’s still early now,” Qi Xia said. “No matter what ‘character’ was lost, it doesn’t matter. After all, ‘characters’ can’t be stored in the ‘Preparation Area.’ They will eventually bring the ‘characters’ out, so there’s no need to rush. We just need to create more ‘characters’ than the opponent in the last minute to win.”

Chen Junnan thought for a moment, then asked: “Old Qi, two ‘bao’—is that a character?”

“Even if it really is a ‘character,’ how would you pronounce it?” Qi Xia said. “Earlier I tried it with Fist—if you guess the pronunciation wrong, points will be deducted.”

“This…”

“It’s fine,” Qi Xia said. “Now the ‘characters’ on Yan Zhichun are completely clear. She not only kept a ‘stone’ but is also carrying ‘marshal.’ Next time we see her, we can find a way to take the ‘characters’ over.”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan slowly rubbed his forehead: “Old Qi… this young master is really still not suited for using his brain.”

“Oh?” Qi Xia looked at him. “So what?”