Chapter Ninety-Seven

Hearing Wang Hao and Leng Yuhang talk about their wager, Liu Haishan frowned and said, “Looks like your companion really trusts you.”

Zhou Yu smiled. “That just means I’m serious. Even you, if you can hold out for ten seconds, you’d be fit to lead a team.”

“All right,” Liu Haishan said. “There are no rules in our match. I want to see how you plan to knock me down in ten seconds.”

Zhou Yu stepped back twice and said, “I need to use a weapon. You don’t mind, do you?”

“Fine,” Liu Haishan said. “You can use one, and so can I. There’s nothing wrong with that.”

Zhou Yu turned and took the Hundred-Tactic Dagger, Clear Steel, from Pan Yuxin’s hand. Then he said to Liu Haishan, “That’ll do.”

Liu Haishan also drew the dagger strapped to his leg. Without another word, he charged straight at Zhou Yu.

Watching the blade come straight for his face, Zhou Yu sidestepped.

With the hand holding his dagger, he pinned down Liu Haishan’s attacking arm, then twisted around, while his other hand seized Liu Haishan by the throat to keep him from using the force of his own charge to drive himself onto Zhou Yu’s blade.

Three seconds. In only three seconds, Zhou Yu had subdued Liu Haishan.

The onlookers broke out in a cold sweat. The whole place fell silent.

Liu Haishan stared at the dagger held before his throat, drenched in sweat.

If Zhou Yu had not caught him by the neck, he would have slammed himself right onto the blade.

Zhou Yu let go and handed the dagger back to Pan Yuxin. Then he looked at Liu Haishan, who was still dazed, and said, “Well? Convinced now?”

When Liu Haishan heard Zhou Yu’s words, he finally came back to himself and asked, “Aren’t you best at hand-to-hand combat?”

Zhou Yu said, “When did I ever say that my strongest skill was hand-to-hand combat?”

After saying that, Zhou Yu took Pan Yuxin’s hand and left.

As he walked, he said, “Haozi, you two had better wait for me.”

Hearing Zhou Yu’s words, Wang Hao and Leng Yuhang both shuddered.

At the same time, they thought: this is bad. Now that these two little devils are together, they’re bound to come up with ways to torment us.

After returning to the villa, Zhou Yu said to Pan Yuxin, “Girl, if nothing comes up these next few days, find a way to get the network working and spread the word that our base exists.”

“And when you’ve got nothing to do, keep an eye on Nian Yu and the others while they train.”

Pan Yuxin said, “Got it, Brother Xiaoyu. Are you going out?”

Zhou Yu said, “Yeah. Lately I need to go out and gather people and supplies.”

Pan Yuxin said, “I want to go too.”

Zhou Yu said, “No. You stay home and behave.”

After saying that, Zhou Yu closed his eyes to rest.

Hearing Zhou Yu and Pan Yuxin talking, Nian Yu also came downstairs.

Seeing Zhou Yu with his eyes closed, Nian Yu said, “Hey, weren’t you supposed to be going out?”

Zhou Yu ignored her and kept his eyes shut.

Seeing that he was not responding, Nian Yu walked over, grabbed his ear, and said, “Didn’t you hear me asking you a question?”

Zhou Yu let her tug him upright by the ear and said, “Hey, hey, hey, when you talk to me now it’s just ‘hey, hey, hey’?”

Nian Yu let go and said, “So what? Can’t I?”

Zhou Yu grabbed her and pulled her onto his lap. “Apologize to me, or else, hmph.”

Nian Yu refused to give in and argued stubbornly, “No way. You wouldn’t dare do anything to me in front of this little girl, would you?”

Hearing that, Zhou Yu unceremoniously slapped her soft backside and said, “Why wouldn’t I dare?”

Nian Yu struggled a few times on his lap, but could not break free.

With hurt indignation, she said, “Jerk, I was wrong. Stop hitting me.”