Chapter 14: Keep the wealth within the family
"Really?" Zang Ye murmured softly, as if asking, but more like a confusion about his own future. "If that's the case, why did you leave the army in the first place?"
"Your father treated you well, and you're now the captain of the Death Squad. If you hadn't refused the guide, you wouldn't have had to go on this trip with pollution levels exceeding the standard." Bo Han chuckled. "Indeed, if you had accepted the other guide's appeasement, you wouldn't have been expelled from the family."
"I'm different. I had a huge fight with my father over that guide."
"In less than a week, a new sentry took over my position, and I was directly expelled from my family's army."
"Without the name 'Anos', no family or army will take us in or help us. In fact, it's a good thing they didn't take advantage of us."
"Without the protection brought by the surname 'Anos', we need to earn our own living supplies and comfort stones."
"Before, when my level was lower, it wasn't that difficult to exchange for Solace Stones. Now that my level is higher, it's not easy to exchange for Solace Stones either."
Although Zang Ye didn't need the comfort stone, he could roughly understand his predicament.
There are less than 600 guides above level 6, but there are more than a hundred times as many sentinels at the same level. The appeasement stones produced by guides above level 6 have always been scarce and are controlled by large families.
It is simply a dream for poor people without family power to obtain the appeasement stone.
"What about your previous guide? Was he really that heartless?"
Zang Ye's question was met with a self-deprecating smile from Bo Han. "Him? He's just a Level 4 guide who hasn't awakened once. He only pretended to deceive me because he was attracted by my identity as 'Anos'."
"At first, when I told him I was expelled from the family, he didn't believe me. He kept acting as gentle and considerate as when he first pursued me and promised to give me the position of legal husband."
"However, after I was dismissed from the army, he asked another sentry with a small background and found out that I had truly been abandoned by the family. Then, he changed too."
"The speed at which his face changed was really..."
"I can only say that it's a good thing that you haven't deeply integrated with him yet, otherwise..." Zang Ye glanced meaningfully at the place where Bai Han was connected to the car seat, and used a simple joke to ease his melancholy.
"Do you think your guide would be interested in me?" Bo Han asked with a confident smile. "I think I'm not bad looking, and besides, I used to be from the Anos family."
"I think you're just looking for a beating!" Zang Ye clasped his hands together, and with a little force, his knuckles made a crisp 'crackling' sound, which was full of threat.
"It's okay. I won't compete with you for the position of legal husband." Bo Han waved his hand 'very generously', "I'll just be a common husband."
"You definitely won't be the only guide this talented this time. Rather than letting an unknown outsider take over, wouldn't it be better for you to give me this position?"
"After all, 'good things should be kept within the family'!"
"Is this how you use this sentence?!" Zang Ye glared at Bai Han with gritted teeth, and without hesitation, he smashed his clenched right fist into Bai Han's thin and flat abdomen.
"Hmm!" Bo Han clenched his teeth, neither dodging nor blocking, and took Zang Ye's merciless punch head-on. "As long as you know what I mean, that's all."
"Are you relieved? Do you want another punch?"
"Hmph!" Zang Ye snorted coldly, but loosened his clenched fists. "Before she and I get the marriage certificate, you can't do anything rash."
"Um."
"Fuck! I shouldn't have looked for you if I had known!" Zang Ye glared at Bai Han in frustration.
"I know." Bo Han chuckled and nodded, "I'm actually very glad to have met you here."
"Do you want to be beaten again?!"
"If you hit me again this time, I'm going to fight back!"
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That night, Zang Ye and Bai Han, who had not seen each other for a long time, chatted all night. With the two of them keeping watch, Bai Yan and the twins rested comfortably all night.
The next morning, when Annuo finished getting ready and left the tent, the five sentries all had large backpacks beside them.
"Aren't we driving anymore?" An Nuo looked at the big backpack and the closed car door, and looked at Zang Ye curiously.
"Well, it's not safe to drive back there, so we have to walk."
"Okay." An Nuo sighed, "I hope we can find a Level 9 variant once we get in."
After Zang Ye packed up the tent and put on his backpack, he walked directly to An Nuo and squatted down. "You don't have to walk. I'll carry you."
As he spoke, Zang Ye put his right hand around An Nuo's knee, exerted force with his arms, tightened his waist and abdomen, and picked her up.
"Ah!" An Nuo, who was sitting obediently on Zang Ye's thick forearm, squinted his eyes and pinched the swollen upper arm on his waist, "You are so strong!"
"You are too light! You should eat more meals!" To show his sincerity, Zang Ye deliberately raised his arm and lifted An Nuo up again.
"Let's go, it's getting late!" Bai Han glanced at An Nuo nervously and took the lead to walk towards the S-level pollution area.
"Let's go."
An Nuo patted Zang Ye's arm gently, turned his head and kept looking at the back of Bai Han, who was blocked by the marching group and only had his long legs left.
Two hours later, a clear, endless red light appeared in the sight of An Nuo and his group. "Rest here for a while."
As soon as Zang Ye finished speaking, the other four people immediately took off their backpacks.
After eating and relaxing, the five sentries formed a circle facing each other, while An Nuo sat on his marching bag, leaned on Zang Ye's shoulder from behind, and closed his eyes to rest.
"This time, our main task is to find three level 9 crystal cores. One of them is mine, and the other two belong to Bai Han and Bai Yan."
"If there are other crystal cores, Bai Han, Bai Yan, and I will take one share, and you two brothers, Lei Xingyi, will take one share. We will split it equally."
"This time, we have a maximum of 20 days. If we find three level 9 crystal cores beforehand or the time is up, we will withdraw directly."
"In an S-class contaminated area, our only principle is to protect the guide. Do you understand?"
At the end of his speech, Zang Ye glared at Lei Xingyi and Lei Xingxu sternly.
"Understood." The twins nodded at the same time, their eyes very sincere.
After seeing the two of them nod, Zang Ye felt relieved.
"An Nuo?" After finishing his instructions to the sentry, Zang Ye tilted his head to look at An Nuo who had his eyes closed.
"Hmm?" An Nuo opened his eyes and looked at him curiously.
"I won't be able to hold you later. You have to come down and walk by yourself." Zang Ye frowned slightly, his face full of heartache and guilt. "It's too dangerous in there. If I hold you, what if..."
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