“You guys are trading Old Qi for fruit and small cakes…?” Chen Junnan blinked. “What kind of equivalent exchange is this…?”

After hearing this, Qiao Jiajin looked blankly at Qi Xia. “Swindler Boy… you have this function? Can you be exchanged for beer?”

“Trading me?” Qi Xia said. “You and who?”

After hearing this, Zhang Chenze sighed, her face showing a sad expression. “The ironic thing is… I’m the only one who remembers this matter. The rest are all…”

After saying this, she seemed to think of something, shook her head and said again, “Sorry, my expression was a bit one-sided. Now that Qin Dingdong is back, only she and I remember this matter. Everyone else is dead.”

“Let’s not talk about their deaths for now,” Qi Xia said. “Tell me who that ‘Zodiac’ is.”

After hearing this, Zhang Chenze nodded and handed Qi Xia a note.

“This is a rough map I just drew,” she said to Qi Xia with a bitter smile. “Although I’m not interested in small cakes and fruit, we did promise that ‘Zodiac’ after all. Unilaterally reneging on the agreement wouldn’t be fair to him.”

Qi Xia took the note and nodded slightly.

“But simply having you go find him wouldn’t be fair to you either, since I’m not sure what kind of danger you’ll encounter,” Zhang Chenze also said. “So I’ve delivered the message. As for whether to go or not, that’s up to you.”

“Alright,” Qi Xia agreed, then turned to ask, “Lawyer Zhang, what ‘Zodiac’ is he?”

“It’s ‘Dog,'” Zhang Chenze answered.

“‘Dog’…” Qi Xia pondered for a moment, then asked, “And under what circumstances did he say he wanted to see me?”

Zhang Chenze carefully recalled and said, “Around the third day, the four of us finished that ‘Earth-Dog’ game and found that it was getting dark. Everyone was also a bit injured, so we rested overnight at his venue. The next day when he came to work, he stopped us as we were preparing to leave and suddenly proposed out of nowhere that he wanted to see you.”

“Just like that…?” Qi Xia asked with a furrowed brow. “He was the one who mentioned me first?”

“Yes,” Zhang Chenze nodded. “I found it strange at the time, but since we needed small cakes and fruit, we agreed to his request. But who knew that after we left that day, we encountered an accident…”

Qi Xia picked up the map Zhang Chenze gave him and looked at it, discovering that the location she drew was exactly the “Dog” that “Qinglong” had marked.

“Another person’s identity is confirmed,” Qi Xia said.

“What…?” Zhang Chenze paused.

Qi Xia didn’t answer, but Chen Junnan walked up. “Big Lawyer, what’s that ‘Dog’ like?”

“What do you mean by ‘like’…?” Zhang Chenze asked.

“I mean his character,” Chen Junnan said. “Is he a disgusting person? Revolting or not?”

“This…” Zhang Chenze was amused by Chen Junnan. “He’s our ‘enemy’ after all… I can hardly have any good feelings toward him, but from an objective standpoint, aside from wanting to kill us, he didn’t have any outrageous behavior. Overall, he’s quite a normal person.”

“Holy shit…” Qiao Jiajin shook his head from the side. “Lawyer Jie, I always feel that in this place, describing someone as ‘normal’ is already a very high evaluation.”

“Mm… you’re right,” Zhang Chenze nodded.

“A normal ‘Dog’…” Qi Xia recited these words once.

This “Dog” who didn’t seem to have much spirit still appeared in Earth-Tiger’s account.

“See!” Chen Junnan turned to Qi Xia and said, “Old Qi, your guess is definitely right. These people are absolutely…”

“I know,” Qi Xia interrupted Chen Junnan. “Don’t say it. I need to make a trip.”

“Going to find that dog first?” Chen Junnan said. “Are you sure you don’t need us to go with you…?”

“I’m sure,” Qi Xia nodded, then put the note Lawyer Zhang handed over into his pocket and turned to Lawyer Zhang. “Don’t worry, if he gives me the small cakes and fruit, I’ll bring them back for you all.”

Lawyer Zhang smiled and shook her head. “You know that’s not what I mean.”

“I know,” Qi Xia said expressionlessly. “But after all, those things aren’t of much use to the three of us.”

“Alright,” Zhang Chenze nodded. “I’ve delivered the message. I won’t disturb you anymore.”

Watching the meticulous Zhang Chenze bow politely to the group and then turn to leave very properly, everyone didn’t know how to respond.

Qi Xia collected his thoughts and said, “Then I’ll head out too. Let’s meet tonight.”

Qiao Jiajin still wanted to say something, but Chen Junnan inconspicuously held him back.

“Alright, Old Qi, you go ahead. We two brothers will sweep the floor and cook at home waiting for you to come back.”

Qi Xia nodded, pushed open the door, and walked out.

After Qi Xia had walked far away, Qiao Jiajin looked at Chen Junnan with confusion. “Junnan Tsai… what do you mean? Are we really not following Swindler Boy?”

“Old Qi is working hard toward his own goal. We two also have our own place to go,” Chen Junnan said. “Did you forget about that big rat from before?”

“Ah!” After hearing this, Qiao Jiajin nodded. “That mouse who speaks in that weird sarcastic way!”

“We two learned about the fat monkey from him. Now let’s go ask if he knows about anyone else…” Chen Junnan’s expression gradually became stern. “Although I don’t know exactly what that big rat knows… I always feel that the ‘eight people’ he mentioned have some connection to the ‘eight people’ on Old Qi’s map.”

“But who exactly is that mouse…” Qiao Jiajin couldn’t quite understand. “He’s not on Swindler Boy’s map either…”

“Then we’ll see if this kid tells us the truth,” Chen Junnan said. “We two get along with him well. It’s a good opportunity to gather some intelligence—we might even be able to help Old Qi from the sidelines.”

After hearing this, Qiao Jiajin nodded. “You’re right. Let’s hurry over.”

“Right, let’s go quickly before daybreak!” Chen Junnan said. “If we don’t leave now, it’ll be troublesome…”

The two were just about to leave when they saw a figure blocking the doorway.

The moment Chen Junnan saw this figure, his expression became uncomfortable, as if he had encountered a fierce beast.

“Dong… Dong Jie?”

Qin Dingdong ignored him and only looked at Qiao Jiajin, saying with a face full of smiles, “Yo, A’Jin, your muscles are still so firm. It’s so good to see you so spirited.”

“Ah…?” Qiao Jiajin suddenly felt speechless. “So you are…”

“Damn bastard…” Qin Dingdong’s expression suddenly changed, shouting irritably, “Chen Junnan! Where are you running off to this time?! Am I a damn demon or what?!”

“This… this…” Chen Junnan swallowed. “Dong Jie, where would I be running to? We two were just about to go call you…”

“You better be!” Qin Dingdong shouted. “Damn it, I’m following you two wherever you go! You two figure it out yourselves!”