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I put the teacup down, somewhat stumped by the question.

There was a set of rules in the underworld— such as keeping your distance from each other, and what kind of topics could and couldn’t be discussed— that had been tacitly agreed upon for a long time. This kind of mindless chatter wasn’t allowed. Who the fuck had the luxury to talk about this? You may never meet each other again after the job was over, so why would you need to know such a thing?

Snake Ancestor had obviously started working in the underworld very early and was used to the dangers. As a result, his lousy attitude indicated that he was more alert than most people right from the start. But he didn’t expect that the two Zhangs were on the same level, and that they were so unruly. It would be better to just keep his distance, but the two Zhangs’ strength was unfathomable. It seemed ridiculous to sneer and play it cool.

I silently helped Snake Ancestor criticize the two Zhangs over a hundred times.

Seeing that I didn’t answer, Pampered Guy continued: “I don’t even have to ask to know that people like you are definitely in it for the money. Let me tell you, it’s not worthwhile to be a lama for the money. How much can you get this time?”

I was stunned again as Pampered Guy continued, “Oh yeah, you can’t tell me about it because of the rules of the underworld. So many of them are fucked up. If Iron Chopsticks takes ten thousand silver dollars, then maybe you can take a hundred. Why bother? There’s no future in this business.” After that, Pampered Guy said faintly, “I’ll take three hundred, and Big Brother Zhang will take two thousand. You certainly won’t get as much as us.”

I quivered. It appeared Pampered Guy had guessed right. I saw him pull a roll of something that looked similar to a sausage out from his sleeve— it was a roll of silver dollars wrapped in gauze.

This kind of thing had amazing purchasing power in ethnic minority areas. Pampered Guy took out fifty or sixty pieces and threw them to Snake Ancestor: “I’ll give these fifty pieces to you if you’ll wait a day before informing Smoker and the others. Don’t ask anymore questions about us, just follow along, and you’ll make some money.”

Snake ancestor looked at the silver dollars, hesitated for a long time, then silently put them away in his pocket and asked: “Why is Big Brother Zhang so expensive?”

I couldn’t help holding my forehead. This Pampered Guy was really amazing considering he had completely tamed the snake charmer. It basically meant that the three of them were supporting each other now.

“In the evening, you’ll know why he’s so expensive.” Pampered Guy said. “By the way, where are you from? I’ve rarely seen any snake charmers. Come and socialize, and I’ll introduce you to some work in the future. Us brothers are very generous.”

“I’m of the Wa people from Binlong, which is now in southern Yunnan. Foreigners burned my village, so I want to buy guns and go back and kill them.” I said.

“This is an ancestral craft?” Pampered Guy pointed to the snake around my waist. “If this thing is used well, I wouldn’t stand a chance. Will it bite someone’s dick?”

“No. Without that bell, you’re no match for me.” Snake Ancestor said, “What kind of magic weapon is it? Do you know sorcery?”

“I don’t know what it is, either. I’m an outsider, but my boss’s verbal skills are really bad.” He pointed to his tattoo: “You saw that my tattoo looks like this. Although my boss and I are surnamed Zhang, we’re not related by blood. I was adopted.”

“Adopted?” There was too much information, and Snake Ancestor couldn’t accept it. At that time, life here on the southern frontier was very simple, so it was hard to understand complicated things.

“Yes, I do dirty work. The boss’s family raised me, so I took their surname.”

“Do you dump the patriarch’s chamber pot out or something?”

“Not that kind of dirty work.” Pampered Guy frowned and said, “Oh, your education level is so bad that I can’t deal with you.”

“Why do you keep everything in your mouth? Aren’t you afraid you’d swallow it?”

“The best place to hide things is in the mouth. But I can’t tell you how I do it in case you end up plotting against me later.”

Since we were no longer adversaries right now, Pampered Guy and I began to chat. Our previous state of pretending to be cool on the raft had disappeared, but I could see that everything he said was to fish for information. Snake Ancestor was obviously no match for him, and practically revealed everything during their chat.

This Pampered Guy was always putting on an act and hiding his true face. In a sense, he truly was a dirty worker. The reason why the Zhang family had remained hidden was because there were people like him helping behind the scenes. Did they need different tattoos to determine their ranks because they had all received the same training?

But up until now, all his dirty work only made Little Brother’s facade of coolness stronger and stronger. The Zhangs were an outlandish family and deserved to be extinct.

As we talked, the sun began sinking in the west. The scenery around this deep hidden pool was especially beautiful as the light from the sunset fell on the glazed tiles of the buildings. This place was like a fairyland, and even the palace couldn’t compare.

Pampered Guy’s clothes had finally dried, so he put them back on. Poker-Face had taken two or three naps during the day, but was fully awake now. At this time, I saw green lights appear in the dark places of the village one right after another, just like ghost fires. If I hadn’t seen that kind of cold light underwater before, I would have really thought that all the villagers had died and turned into ghosts.

Poker-Face must have placed those lights all over the village before we had come here.

“Pay attention to all the dark haystacks and be careful of the roofs. None can remain.” Poker-Face said.

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Kind of shipping Pampered Guy and Snake Ancestor right now lol. Tiffany’s new extra for you guys: The Wu Family Snippets

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