Master Wen's rich voice echoed in the box, making everyone look at Su Mo with a hint of amusement.

Master Wen snorted coldly and continued to say with a straight face: "There are rules in the mercenary world, and no rewards are allowed for active mercenaries."

"But she has retired and left her identity as a mercenary, so no matter who offers a reward for her, it is reasonable and legal. She can only suffer this disaster by herself."

"Captain Su, I have heard about you before, and I know that you are a righteous person. But don't mess around in everything. If she asks you for help, you can refuse. No one will deliberately get in trouble with the edge."

Su Mo said calmly: "Junior needs to be taught, but you seem to have misunderstood. What do you mean she asked me for help?"

Master Wen looked a little confused: "Isn't she hiding in the Edge Building?"

Su Mo: "I'm hiding in the Edge Building, but this is not her request. It's what I want to do myself."

Everyone couldn't help being stunned after hearing this.

Everyone initially thought that Su Mo had received Nuo Bai's request for help and only saved her because of their old friendship.

But the fact is

Master Wen narrowed his eyes and asked, "You confused me. She didn't ask you for help, but you took the initiative to take her into the Edge Building?"

Su Mo: "Yes."

Master Wen: "Don't you know that doing this will make you a target?"

Su Mo: "I know."

Master Wen: "You know this and you still do it?"

Su Mo looked at everyone present and said deeply: "Everyone here knows that I have a friendship with Nuo Bai. But I think you may not know what kind of friendship it is."

"Let me tell you this, we were in trouble together, and she saved me twice."

"When I was rescued for the first time, I was very weak. I wanted money but not money. I wanted strength but not strength. I was infected with a nasty disease. I was even more miserable than a wild dog. Anyone could come up and kick me."

"At that time, I was lying on the ground and was about to die. She could have left me alone. Even if she saved me, there would be no gain, but she still extended a helping hand to me without hesitation."

"The second time she saved me may have been unintentional, but the result is that if it weren't for her unintentional kindness, I would never have the chance to sit here today."

"Later, she helped me once. Everyone knows about that incident, which was the time when I killed the toothed tiger and hunted Ou Chenyu last year."

"At that time, Ou Chenyu and I had a big feud. Either you died or I died. I didn't want to die, so I contacted many people to help, including Nuo Bai."

"Nuo Bai had already retired for a long time at that time. She had long since stopped asking about killings. The hunt for Ou Chenyu had nothing to do with her. She didn't owe me any favors and could refuse me."

"But she told me - we're friends. If you're in trouble, just tell me."

Su Mo hammered his heart with his fist and said loudly and forcefully: "She helped me twice and helped me once. She helped me get through the three biggest ups and downs in my life."

"Then tell me, should I repay this love?!"

The deafening words echoed in the hall, and the surroundings fell into a long silence.

Su Mo stood up from his seat, clasped his fists at everyone, and said with sincerity in his voice: "So, I implore everyone to let Nuo Bai go and give her a way to survive."

"You give me Su a face today, and I will return it to you ten times and a hundred times in the future!"

The mercenaries present looked at me and I looked at you. Faced with the sincere Su Mo, they didn't know how to respond, so they all turned their attention to Master Wen, the organizer of the conversation.

Master Wen held his forehead, slowly rubbed his temples with his fingers, and was also thinking.

After a while, he slowly spoke: "Captain Su, your righteousness has once again refreshed my understanding. I haven't seen such a sentimental mercenary for a long time."

"You should understand that the mercenary world is very cruel, profit comes first, and feelings are a very luxurious thing. No matter how good your relationship is with her, it is between you and has nothing to do with outsiders."

"But I, Master Wen, admire you and value you. I will risk my old face today to give you some face."

Master Wen glanced at the mercenaries present and said in an unquestionable tone: "I agree that Nobai will stay in the Edge Building for the time being. No one can harass her until she recovers."

"Anyone who dares to mess around during this period will be in trouble with Master Wen, and he will bear the consequences himself."

The mercenaries could not help but frown. In front of this living legend, even someone as arrogant and domineering as Lucifer had to keep his mouth shut.

"But." Master Wen changed the topic again, looked at Su Mo and said profoundly, "One code means one code, the rules are the rules. If people are issuing bounties on the dark web in a reasonable and legal way, I can't always stop them."

"I will personally send someone to the Edge Building to supervise and pay attention to Nobai's physical condition as a notarization."

"Nuo Bai recovers from his injuries, and the favor you owe her can be considered paid off."

"At that time, I will tell her that if she still treats you as a friend, she will sever all ties with you and leave Crescent City by herself. I will not implicate you anymore. Whether she lives or dies in the future has nothing to do with you."

After hearing these words, the mercenaries who were worried just now all showed sly smiles.

Lucifer took the lead in applauding and said with a brisk smile: "Master Wen is Master Wen. This move has the best of both worlds. It not only takes care of Su Mo's face, but also abides by the rules of the industry. I agree."

Soon, other mercenaries also expressed their opinions:

"That's good, that's good. I agree."

"That's good. I agree. Let's take a break before the Chinese New Year. My pickles haven't been finished yet. Let's compete fairly after the Chinese New Year."

"I agree with my brother."

"Since you all agree, then I can only agree~"

Master Wen stamped the ground with his cane, looked at Su Mo and said calmly: "Captain Su, is this enough to give you face?"

Everyone thought that Sumer would agree with this plan.

Because this really takes care of him.

What's more, this was mentioned by Master Wen himself.

Not to mention the leader of the Seven Stars, even the mercenary king Zhou Hannian had to humbly accept Master Wen's suggestions many times.

However, Su Mo's next answer completely shocked everyone.

"I reject."

He answered simply, without even the slightest hesitation.

Master Wen's face darkened, he unconsciously tightened his cane, and his tone became sinister: "Young man, be careful what you say."

Su Mo looked directly at Master Wen without hesitation: "You seem to have misunderstood something, face? Is my face important? That's not what I care about at all."

"The plan proposed by Mr. Wen may allow Nuobai to live for three to five days longer. But what happens after that?"

"With her character, if she knows the situation after she recovers, in order not to implicate me, she will definitely leave without saying a word. From now on, she can only live in the pursuit, exhausted, and the last person will die."

"This is not what I want to see. What I want is not my own face, nor is it her temporary respite. What I want is for her to live well."

"As long as she lives, my face will fall to the ground and be trampled to pieces by you."

At this point, Su Mo looked around at everyone and said in a very firm tone: "That's it for now, let me show my cards right away. I have already decided on Nobai's future for her."

"When she wakes up, she will sign a contract with me to join the Edge. From now on, she will be a Edge mercenary."

Su Mo's words completely froze the atmosphere. No one expected that he would refute Master Wen's face.

Lucifer couldn't sit still. He stood up and pointed at Sumer's nose and said, "Do you understand the rules? No one is allowed to put a bounty on an active mercenary. Similarly, people with a bounty on their head cannot join the industry and become mercenaries."

Su Mo: "Then I will break the rules once today."

Lucifer's eyes widened when he heard this, and he sneered: "How awesome are you? You want to make the entire mercenary world an enemy just for a mere woman?"

Su Mo ignored Lucifer, looked at Master Wen with a gloomy face, and said in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "Master Wen, I thank you for your respect. But as you said before, if you don't even know how to repay your kindness, then I won't say anything. You don’t even have to be a human being to be a mercenary.”

Master Wen knew that there was no point in talking anymore, so he simply stood up and left without looking back, leaving only one sentence: "Young man, just don't regret it."

Su Mo nodded to Mr. Wen and watched him leave the banquet hall.

After Master Wen left, the only ones present were the mercenaries who had their own agendas.

Chiyo Kanna played with a strand of hair with her fingers and joked in a coquettish tone: "The head of the Su University was so angry that he even dared to refute the beauty. He was so manly. I was a little jealous of Nobai." Na~"

Dongdong cursed abruptly: "Shut up, you slutty fox, you're still talking like that even though you're old."

The most taboo thing for women is to be laughed at for their age. Chiyo Kanna was immediately furious: "What did you say?!"

Dongdong: "I said, Auntie, you are already 30. If you have time to work as a roast chicken, why not quickly find an honest man who is willing to take over and get married."

Chiyo Kanna's face turned red with anger: "I'm only 27 after the Chinese New Year, okay? Why am I already 30? Are you blind?!"

Dongdong: "Then are you married?"

Chiyo Kanna: "So what?!"

Dongdong: "I'm so happy. Is there really an old guy who is 27 years old and still can't get married?"

"Noah Road." Chiyo Kanna clenched her fists and was so angry that she even spoke her native language, "You call me old, are you very young?!"

Dongdong: "I'm 15."

Chiyo Kanna: "."

Dongdong: "Keep talking, why don't you stop talking?"

Seeing that Chiyo Kanna was about to explode, Park Sang-woo started to help: "Hey, hey, Miss Chiyo is very popular, why can't she get married? As long as she is willing, I will go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with her to get the certificate tomorrow."

Dongdong responded with a sneer: "Uncle Bangzi, Auntie Benzi can play better than you at first glance. No matter how much you lick, you can only serve as a spare tire."

After saying that, she closed her index finger and thumb and made a "short man" gesture to Park Xiangyu.

"Xiba Nongma!!!" Park Xiangyu was caught off guard by this gesture on the spot. He yelled, slapped the table and stood up, "I just wanted to ask, who is this little brat? Has anyone invited her?!"

Dongdong snorted coldly, and his momentum did not drop at all: "Remember, my name is Dongdong, and the tip of the bat makes a "dongdong" sound. It doesn't matter if you don't know me. One day, I will let the whole world know who I am. name."

Xuan Hui clasped her hands together, still looking like a cheerful monk, and advised in a good voice: "Little donor, quarrels are quarrels, it is better not to attack personally. We should regard peace as the most important thing."

Dong Dong: "Damn bald donkey, did I talk to you?"

Xuan Hui was startled, and her face darkened: "Little donor, please don't speak dirty words."

Dongdong scolded him directly: "Fuck you daddy, you are the one I hate the most! You spend all day hanging beads on the plate, you have a fat head, big ears, nose, big eyes, and you look like a pig." Yes! A mercenary is pretending to be a monk, you must have eaten too much swill from a fat pig!"

"You?"

Dongdong: "Oh, I'm sorry, I made a mistake. You are worse than a pig."

"I him." Xuan Hui quickly covered her mouth mid-sentence.

What a risk, what a risk, almost breaking the precept of anger.

There was a lot of noise at the scene, and more than twenty mercenaries were angrily scolding Dong Dong.

They scolded each one one after another with a sharp and loud voice. They scolded everyone except Su Mo. More than twenty mercenaries combined couldn't scold her.

Both sides were cursing, and Su Mo motioned Dongdong to take a break. Then he looked at the crowd and said, "Well, I made it clear just now."

"If you are willing to give me a favor and let Nuo Bai go, I, Su Mo, will be grateful. I will keep this favor in my heart and repay you tenfold and a hundredfold in the future."

"But if you are greedy for profit and insist on driving Nuo Bai to death, then I will accompany her."

"With that said, I'll take my leave."

After Su Mo finished speaking, he turned around and left with Dongdong.

"The surname is Su." Lucifer's voice suddenly came from behind.

After Mr. Wen left, Lucifer's domineering appearance was clearly visible. He sat on the seat with his legs crossed and looked at Su Mo with a sneer: "Don't think that just because you were the Rookie of the Year last year, you are really so cool."

"If you dare to walk out of this door like this, then you will never be able to eat from the mercenary rice bowl again."

Dongdong stopped, turned around and said coldly: "You won't let us eat?"

She rushed forward and turned the table upside down: "Then don't let anyone eat it!"

Pots, bowls, chopsticks and spoons were knocked all over the floor, making various clinking noises. Vegetable soup was spilled all over the floor. A few mercenaries who were not in a hurry to dodge were showered all over, and they all stared angrily.

Dongdong spat on the ground, pointed at the most arrogant Lucifer, and followed Su Mo away.

Lucifer looked gloomy, tugged on his messy collar, stared at Dongdong's back and muttered: "I have to kill this short winter melon someday."

Su Mo and Dongdong walked side by side in the corridor.

Dongdong asked in a low voice: "Boss, why did you reject Master Wen just now? I think his proposal is still very beneficial to us."

"We can use the time given by Master Wen to let Sister Bai take good care of herself, and then secretly send her to a safe place regardless of the rules."

Su Mo shook his head: "Master Wen really wants to help us, don't take advantage of his kindness, otherwise you will only get another enemy out of thin air."

"Rejecting him clearly like now seems to be refuting his face, but in fact we don't owe each other. There will be opportunities to interact with each other in the future."

"And even if you agree to Master Wen, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. I feel something is wrong about Nuo Bai."

Dongdong: "What's wrong?"

Su Mo: "It may be a bit unethical to comment like this, but to be honest, I don't think Nuo Bai's life is worth more than 500 million."

"Someone put a 500 million bounty on her, which is outrageous enough. The other party can even get all the information on Nobai. Someone with this kind of ability, if they really just want to kill Nobai, there is no need to beat around the bush and offer a reward."

"So something is wrong with this matter. This is not a vendetta. There is a deeper reason behind it. I must dig out its roots, otherwise Nobai will never have peace."

Having said this, Su Mo looked at the hazy sky outside the window: "Besides, I also want to take advantage of this crisis to see who are just playing tricks on me and who are my real friends." (End of Chapter)

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