"Are you really going to use this code na?"
It's not that they didn't trust Xiaofan; it's more about concern.
Leng Yue, who had been silent all along, finally voiced her anxiety.
"Don't worry."
"How can I not worry? After all, you're just human, with countless bindings on you. The Assassination Order is so huge; you've managed to challenge them alone, even reaching this point. But what you can do is limited. Now, you're openly challenging the Assassination Order."
"I've already openly challenged the Assassination Order." Seeing Leng Yue's concern, Xiaofan gently smiled at her.
He knew Leng Yue never doubted his ability; it was all out of concern as she discussed with Xiaofan.
It could be said it's a woman's perspective. Ultimately, Leng Yue hoped her beloved man could live safely, healthily, and happily for a lifeti. Why place oneself in danger again? If Xiaofan wished, he could completely live a life under a different identity, even taking Ren Ling and Liu Siyan along, hiding entirely.
But... Xiaofan was unwilling and, moreover, unable to.
"Leng Yue... the truth is, I'm not alone. I have Li San, Han, Li Kuo, Xiao Lei, Ren Ying, and the financial backing of the Ren Family, and even Grandpa Fan is my support. Sure, Grandpa Fan is no longer the principal of Yanhuang Soul, and I don't expect Yanhuang Soul to help much, but... this doesn't an we can be bullied at will. If I had no ability to resist, I might admit defeat and live in hiding, but now, I feel I have that ability; I can succeed."
"Phew..." Leng Yue took a deep breath.
She felt helpless; this guy was quite stubborn. His words were entirely his own logic; others couldn't refute.
But regardless, Shen Zuimo or the arguing Leng Yue, even Chen i'Er and others were all attracted by this stubbornness of Xiaofan.
Red Butterfly was wiped out, fully dismantled by Yanhuang Soul, but everyone knew it was the presence of undercover operatives that led to Red Butterfly's downfall.
And they were Black Mantis and the angry Caterpillar.
Black Mantis remained on the forr assassin ranking because the tasks he completed in Red Butterfly were all above A-level, with several S-level ones and even so contact with SSS-level tasks.
If not for being a newbie, Black Mantis's na would already be in the top ten of the assassin list.
Now, as Black Mantis reappears, is he still the sa Black Mantis?
"Don't think too much. Maybe if I put the Black Mantis code na out there, the other side will think I'm pretending or using it to scare people."
"Huh? Really? It's so obvious, and they still doubt it?" Han Shengjun asked again.
"Possibly, if it were Lingze, he'd definitely be suspicious... Honestly, his suspicious nature isn't less than Zhu Fan's. Even though he's dead, I sowhat suspect he might be behind the resurrection of the Assassination Order." Xiaofan's expression grew serious.
When Lingze was ntioned, everyone fell silent. Xiaofan and Zuimo suffered quite a bit under this guy's dealings. Moreover, he indeed was quite a character.
"Alright then, have you all thought about what code na to use? The other side might call to confirm later. Anyway, my old Black Mantis bank account that Grandpa Fan kept is still available, and I can use it now."
"Let think; I must co up with a really cool nickna," Han Shengjun was still deep in thought.
anwhile, Xiaofan turned his gaze towards Shen Zuimo...
"Nightingale."
"Hmm?"
Xiaofan looked sowhat surprised. Shen Zuimo's eyes were very clear. The two kept looking at each other without blinking across the dinner table.
A long ti ago, a high school student saved an assassin nad Nightingale. Later, the student tried every way to help the assassin get rid of the Nightingale code na. Finally, he succeeded.
But today, the assassin told the high school student that she still wanted to be called Nightingale.
"From now on, my code na is Nightingale, but I'm no longer Red Butterfly's Nightingale; I'm Nightingale in the Counterassassination Order."
"..." Xiaofan smiled slightly and nodded, acknowledging the code na.
Over the journey, they no longer needed words to express what each other thought.
"Leng Yue..."
"I..."
When Xiaofan looked at Leng Yue, she beca sowhat tongue-tied, not seeming like soone who was undecided on a code na.
Her face turned shy, eyes averted, not daring to look directly at Xiaofan.
"What's wrong?"
"I... can I be called Red Mantis?"
After saying that, Leng Yue's face reddened further. Her white teeth lightly bit her lip, looking adorable and charming.
She glanced at Shen Zuimo. Seeing Shen Zuimo without any expression, she heaved a sigh of relief and slowly raised her head towards Xiaofan.
Isn't it obvious? One called Black Mantis and the other Red Mantis, male and female... well, who knows, maybe soday they'll spawn a bunch of little mantises.
"What's wrong? Speak up?" Leng Yue asked anxiously when Xiaofan remained silent.
"Well... ahem, Leng Yue, let educate you a bit: during reproduction, female mantises will eat the male, using them for the nutrients needed to have offspring. Are you planning to eat ?"
"Ahem, can you not flaunt your affection in front of outsiders?" Han Shengjun chuckled awkwardly.
"Shut up, keep thinking of your cool nickna."
"Oh, right, right." Being told by Xiaofan, Han Shengjun earnestly continued thinking.
"I can't have kids, so I can't eat you." Leng Yue pouted; she seed determined to keep her code na unchanged.
Shen Zuimo noticed the dimness in Leng Yue's eyes and rembered she had undergone surgery that prevented her from having children when she was young. So she gently nudged Xiaofan under the table, signaling him to comfort Leng Yue.
"Ahem." Xiaofan lightly coughed and said, "Well, nowadays, nutrition is so rich, look, this fish is so fresh, eat more, look at this shrimp, I'll peel it for you, the at is great; there's plenty of nutrition for having a bunch of little mantises all you want."
"Pfft." Leng Yue was amused, though she wasn't genuinely upset, just nostalgic about her own situation.
"Ah, I've got it. Li San, that guy, uses Caterpillar, so I'll be Big Caterpillar. How about that, much cooler than his, right? I'm so smart."
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