Doctor Zhao also walked out at this time, his expression evasive.

From his appearance, he didn’t seem to be coming to stop them, but rather to back them up.

“There aren’t four ‘Dao,’ only three left.” Qi Xia said.

“Three?!” Xiao Ran’s brow furrowed tightly. “You lost one?”

Qi Xia looked at Doctor Zhao behind Xiao Ran, his gaze carrying a hint of coldness.

Doctor Zhao seemed to notice Qi Xia’s gaze as well and could only speak up:

“Xiao Ran, it’s not that Qi Xia lost it, but that he used one of the ‘Dao’ to exchange for fishhooks and fishing line from that female shopkeeper.”

“What…” Xiao Ran’s eyes moved slightly. Then she sighed and said to Qi Xia again, “Fine, you using the ‘Dao’ to make a trade is your own business. Now I want you to return the two that belong to our team to us.”

“The two that belong to you…?” Qi Xia’s expression turned cold.

“Xiao Ran…” Tiantian, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly interjected. “You can’t say it like that. If we really have to calculate it clearly, then the lost ‘Dao’ was used to save Han Yimo from ‘your team,’ and has nothing to do with us.”

“I already said, that was a trade Qi Xia decided to make himself. It has nothing to do with our team.”

“Nei lou mo…” Qiao Jiajin stepped forward, his expression fierce. His originally imperfect Mandarin completely changed to Cantonese. “Ngo chung bat da nui yan ge, daan nei go nui jai hou mm yiu lim!” (I never hit women, but you’re really shameless!)

“Hey… calm down!” Lin Qin stepped forward and pulled back Qiao Jiajin, saying, “Those ‘Dao’ were won by Qi Xia, so let him decide how to distribute them.”

Qiao Jiajin pressed his lips together somewhat resentfully, barely suppressing his anger.

Qi Xia slowly reached up to touch his nose, then said:

“The ‘Man-Dragon’ said these ‘Dao’ are both our prize and our ‘chips’ for participating in games. You’re planning to wait here to die, so I won’t give you any of them.”

“What, instead of ‘deceiving,’ you’ve switched to ‘robbing’ now?” Xiao Ran laughed angrily. “There’s no place in this world that’s a ‘lawless land.’ I advise you to think carefully—is doing this right? We have a police officer here!”

Officer Li, hearing the commotion outside, also walked out at this moment.

The two teams originally had no conflict, but now because of this kindergarten teacher named Xiao Ran, they were at daggers drawn.

“What’s going on?” Officer Li asked Doctor Zhao. “I could hear quite a commotion from inside.”

“Nothing… Xiao Ran has something to say to Qi Xia.” Doctor Zhao smiled awkwardly.

“She ‘has something to say to me’?” Qi Xia’s expression turned cold. “Doctor Zhao, you’re really something… Are you sure it’s Xiao Ran who has something to say to me?”

Qi Xia knew that Xiao Ran was just a ‘gun,’ and Doctor Zhao was the instigator of this matter. After all, with Xiao Ran’s intelligence and courage, if no one had instigated her, she couldn’t possibly come out to confront Qi Xia and the other four.

Knocking away the other side’s ‘gun’ could stop the offensive, but defeating the other side’s ‘person’ would solve things once and for all.

“I…” Doctor Zhao was stunned, then said somewhat embarrassedly to Qi Xia, “Qi Xia, you might be somewhat dissatisfied… Those ‘Dao’ were indeed won by you for us… but they belong to all of us. We also contributed… You should rightfully give us half.”

“Is that so?” After hearing this, Qi Xia earnestly nodded and replied, “But Doctor Zhao, when you and I killed Han Yimo together last night, that’s not what you said.”

“What?!” Hearing this sentence, Doctor Zhao’s eyes widened immediately. “You, you weirdo, what the hell are you talking about?! When did I kill Han Yimo with you?!”

The expressions of both Officer Li and Xiao Ran instantly changed.

“Didn’t you say it?” Qi Xia casually rubbed his hands. “You said to me, ‘That person’s wound isn’t even sewn up properly, he definitely won’t survive. With one less person, there’s one less burden, and the remaining people will have a greater hope of getting out.'”

“Nonsense!!” Doctor Zhao was completely enraged by Qi Xia. The veins on his forehead bulged. “Are you trying to throw dirt on me?! Although Han Yimo’s wound was indeed difficult to treat, I stopped his bleeding…! You… you…”

“Why are you so angry?” Qi Xia stepped forward and patted Doctor Zhao’s shoulder, saying to Xiao Ran and Officer Li, “Don’t mind it. I’m a liar, and what I just said was also nonsense I made up.”

“You…!” Doctor Zhao was so angry his mouth twisted.

“Do you hate having right and wrong reversed?” Qi Xia said in a low voice. “I hate it just the same. If you and that woman come to pester me again and ask me for things that don’t belong to you, I’ll definitely teach you both a lesson.”

Doctor Zhao was quite frightened by this statement and finally realized that the man before him was by no means a good person.

In previous games, although Qi Xia had repeatedly extended a helping hand, that didn’t mean he could be slaughtered at will.

Xiao Ran also thought of something at this moment and muttered to herself: “So that’s how it is… because you’re a doctor… if someone gets injured, you have to take care of them. To get rid of this burden, you killed him…”

“I…”

“How could that be?” Before Doctor Zhao could speak, Qi Xia shook his head in denial. “Xiao Ran, what I just said was really made up. You absolutely mustn’t believe it.”

But the seed of doubt had already quietly taken root in Xiao Ran’s heart. How could it be easily removed?

“Qi Xia… what play is this? What exactly happened?” Officer Li asked with a furrowed brow.

Qi Xia looked at this sturdy man before him. His impression of this police officer was fairly good. He only hoped they hadn’t colluded together to covet his ‘Dao.’

“Xiao Ran said I should divide the ‘Dao’ between you two. What do you think?” Qi Xia asked.

Officer Li was stunned after hearing this, then shook his head and said, “We’ve already tested it—the ‘Dao’ can’t be used as currency here, so keeping them is useless. Besides, they were originally won by you, so you should keep them.”

“How can that be?!” Xiao Ran said somewhat excitedly. “Those ‘Dao’ were exchanged with our lives!”

Officer Li smiled bitterly and said, “Since you know those ‘Dao’ were exchanged with your life, you should be even more grateful that Qi Xia saved your life.”

“I…”

Xiao Ran was choked up and couldn’t speak for a moment.

What Officer Li said wasn’t without reason. If it weren’t for Qi Xia, she would have already died in that terrible room.

Qi Xia silently nodded and took out a small ball from his chest, tossing it toward Officer Li.

Officer Li caught it and turned his hand to look. It was indeed a ‘Dao.’

“Hm?” He looked at Qi Xia with a puzzled expression. “What are you doing? I won’t participate in games, so giving me a ‘Dao’ is useless.”

“Just keep it there for now.” Qi Xia waved his hand. “Consider it money laundering. I’ll give you that one, and the two in my hands will be ‘clean.’ Don’t come bother me anymore.”

“This…” Officer Li was still somewhat puzzled and didn’t know what to say.

The expressions of Doctor Zhao and Xiao Ran were even more complicated. Their hearts were extremely chaotic.

Everyone waited for a while and found that Officer Li was still standing in place without leaving.

“Cop? Is there something else?” Qiao Jiajin asked.