Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

#240 - Chapter 240 Have to do it

After leaving the football field, Li Chenqiu and Xiang Nanzhi didn't waste any time on the road and quickly returned to the hotel by taxi.

Inside the hotel room, Li Chenqiu leaned back on the sofa, his straight legs casually resting on the coffee table, one on top of the other, his head tilted back as he stared at the ceiling, seemingly lost in thought.

Gurgle, gurgle—

Scorching hot water flowed from the water dispenser's spout into the transparent glass, melting the milk tea powder inside, wisps of smoke gently rising and dissipating, a rich milky fragrance filling the air.

"Hehehe, the instant milk tea in this world is so fragrant, Li Chenqiu, do you want to try some?"

Xiang Nanzhi carefully held the glass and sat down next to Li Chenqiu.

"You drink it, I'm not interested in that stuff."

Li Chenqiu crossed his arms and scooted his butt away.

Xiang Nanzhi glared at Li Chenqiu speechlessly, pouting his lips, and sarcastically said, "If you don't want to drink it, you don't want to drink it, why say you're not interested."

As he spoke, he brought the glass to his lips, inhaling the aroma with relish.

Just as Xiang Nanzhi was about to take a small sip, Li Chenqiu suddenly opened his eyes and propped himself up on the sofa, sitting up with a "whoosh."

"Pfft!"

Xiang Nanzhi hadn't even swallowed the milk tea in his mouth when he was startled and spat it out, splashing a lot of the milk tea in the glass onto the floor.

Xiang Nanzhi: ╰（‵□′）╯

Xiang Nanzhi put the glass on the coffee table, shook off the milk tea that had splashed on his hand, and scolded angrily, "Li Chenqiu, do you have a spring installed in your back? Did you just do a catapult start? Make me another cup!"

Li Chenqiu looked Xiang Nanzhi up and down meaningfully, then reached out and pulled out a few tissues, handing them to Xiang Nanzhi.

Then, under the other party's surprised gaze, he obediently walked to the water dispenser, made a packet of instant milk tea, and placed it on the coffee table.

"Sorry, drink it!" Li Chenqiu said with a smile, gesturing with his hand.

"You..." Xiang Nanzhi looked at Li Chenqiu suspiciously, picked up the milk tea he had made, and asked in disbelief, "This is for me?"

Li Chenqiu nodded amiably.

Xiang Nanzhi narrowed his eyes warily: "Really?"

The corners of Li Chenqiu's mouth turned up, his smile so warm: "Really."

Hearing this, Xiang Nanzhi raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he had thought of something, and put the glass back in its original place: "That smile of yours looks familiar. The last time you asked me to kill the Dream Calamity, you had a similar expression. This time..."

Clap!

Li Chenqiu put his hands together: "As expected of the erudite master, you guessed what I was thinking right away. As you said, I do have something..."

"I won't do it!" Xiang Nanzhi raised his arm, directly refusing Li Chenqiu.

Li Chenqiu was slightly stunned: "Why?"

"Why?" Xiang Nanzhi chuckled: "Just making me a cup of milk tea is enough to ask me to do something? When did I become so cheap?"

Li Chenqiu's mouth twitched, but he still said gently, "This cup of milk tea represents my current attitude, not my sincerity. You can make demands."

Xiang Nanzhi slowly nodded, crossed his legs, and leaned lazily on the sofa: "Tell me, what do you want to do?"

Li Chenqiu moved closer to Xiang Nanzhi and said, "Can you help me kidnap a few people?"

"A few people?" Xiang Nanzhi repeated in surprise, and asked, "What kind of people?"

Li Chenqiu shook his head: "I haven't decided yet, but I should know tonight."

Hearing this, Xiang Nanzhi immediately thought of the Snake Garden and asked tentatively, "You want to kidnap people from the Serpent Human Tribe?"

"Yes." Li Chenqiu responded: "I want to coerce the Serpent Human Tribe into erasing the divine紋 through kidnapping."

Xiang Nanzhi reached out and touched Li Chenqiu's forehead: "Are you okay?"

Li Chenqiu brushed Xiang Nanzhi's hand away: "Of course I'm okay."

"You can say something like that when you're okay?" Xiang Nanzhi retracted his hand: "The strongest person in that Serpent Human Tribe has the strength of the Seventh Forbidden, how dare you do that?

Do you know that once you start kidnapping, if something goes wrong in any link, or if they trick you in a way you don't notice, your life will be lost here, and you still want to erase the divine紋?"

Li Chenqiu smiled and put his hand on Xiang Nanzhi's shoulder: "Isn't there you?"

Xiang Nanzhi pushed Li Chenqiu away: "You're treating me like a wishing tree. Do you think I'm still a Tenth Forbidden now, capable of doing anything? If something really goes wrong, how am I going to save you?"

"If something really goes wrong, then I can only say that my life is not good." Li Chenqiu spread his hands, speaking in a joking tone.

"You..." Xiang Nanzhi pointed at Li Chenqiu and sighed deeply: "Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't the Serpent Human Tribe say that they would erase the divine紋 after you are eliminated or pass the selection? Just wait, why take this risk?

You don't have to worry about the Star Picking assessment. If you miss it, you miss it. Anyway, it's Yama who gets scolded, and Yama who takes the blame. It has nothing to do with you."

The corners of Li Chenqiu's mouth curled up, and his well-defined fingers rhythmically tapped the glass. His bright eyes gradually darkened: "Why should I put all my hopes on others, hmm?"

"But... but you..." Xiang Nanzhi stammered, unable to speak for a long time.

"If the Serpent Human Tribe deceives me, what should I do; if I miss the Ghost Ship, and it never appears again, what should I do; if my inaction causes me to die here, who should I blame?"

Li Chenqiu lowered his eyes, his eyes so dark that you couldn't see the bottom, as if they could drown everything they saw.

"Everything is unknown, because the path is not in my hands. Kidnapping is not something I want to do, but something I have to do."

Xiang Nanzhi did not speak.

The room was silent for a few seconds.

Xiang Nanzhi stood up and looked down at Li Chenqiu: "You owe me a favor."

...

...

The Snake Garden, as a manor built by the Serpent Human Tribe at great expense, is no exaggeration to say that it is the most dazzling pearl of the Serpent Human God City.

Looking down from a high altitude, what comes into view is a vast green canopy, a scene formed by interwoven leaves.

Night-luminescent pearls emitting soft light are embedded in it. As the wind shakes the branches and leaves, they flicker on and off, like a starry sky.

Under the green curtain, all kinds of exquisitely arranged, rich delicacies are placed on several simple, pure white long tables. Waiters in white uniforms carry wine trays and walk among the crowd.

The selected ones can clink glasses, chat happily, and the tribal women participating in the divine marriage are also among them.

Their faces are painted with delicate makeup, wearing gorgeous costumes, surrounded by the crowd, and illuminated by the hazy white light of the night-luminescent pearls, they are like angels descending to earth, making it impossible to take your eyes off them.