Tomb raiding: Today is another day I don't want to go home.

Chapter 158 Scammed Out of Everything

With his doubts lingering, Yan Huai's gaze returned to Wu Xie. He had not only overheard Wu Xie's conversation with Lao Yang, but had also heard every word of it, which was also relayed to Yan Chen's ears.

"Wu Xie, why do you keep looking that way? What happened to that person?"

Wu Xie's attention was focused on Yan Chen and his branding knife, so he didn't notice that Lao Yang had suddenly stopped stuttering.

“I’ve seen that knife before…” Wu Xie finally looked away, his gaze lost in thought. He was analyzing his memories one by one, and everything around him seemed to go blank.

"Do you remember what I told you about the Seven Star Lu Palace before?"

"I remember, but what does that have to do with this?"

"That knife belonged to one of the guys in our team, but now, this guy doesn't match at all..."

The knife is the same, but the people using it are different.

This is what Wu Xie finds most strange and puzzling. He can sense that this person has no ill intentions towards him, but the feeling he gets from Yan Huai is completely different.

Could it be that, like the Silent One back in the Xisha Islands, Yan Huai has also shrunk his bones and disguised himself? Is the person in front of me actually the same person as Yan Huai?

Besides this possibility, Wu Xie can't think of any other reasonable connection for the time being. Why don't we try to find out?

Without hesitation, Wu Xie stealthily approached Yan Chen: "Young man, what should I call you? You saved my life, I can't possibly not even know the name of my savior!"

Yan Chen gave Wu Xie a meaningful look, and the thought of teasing him arose in his mind again. He knew some things about Yan Huai when he was in Dongyi, so it would be enough to fool Wu Xie.

Ignoring his younger brother's gaze fixed on his back, Yan Chen said, "It was nothing, Brother Wu, don't worry about it. My name is Yan Huai, Yan as in strictness and Huai as in remembrance."

Yan Huai... Yan Huai!

Wu Xie's eyes widened slightly in surprise. He hadn't expected Yan Chen to admit it so subtly yet directly. But he quickly realized what was happening and became quite excited.

"Take another look at this!" Wu Xie suddenly leaned closer to Yan Chen, reached into a hidden compartment in his backpack, and pulled out a crossbow launcher, his voice as low as a thief's.

Yan Chen glanced down at it. Hmm~ He remembered. Yan Lang had mentioned it to him before. It was something that A Huai had gotten from that heartless old cowherd in Dongyi. He had given it to Wu Xie for self-defense. But what did it mean to show it to him now?

The crossbow launcher had only been in the light for a few seconds when Wu Xie put it back in his backpack. He made faces at Yan Chen, who could hardly contain his laughter.

"This was obtained in Dongyi. Do you think it's valuable?"

Oh~ another test!

Yan Chen whispered in Wu Xie's ear, and to outsiders, their conversation seemed like they were doing something shady. However, they couldn't hear much of what was going on, so they didn't know whether they should interrupt.

After all, the memory of Yan Chen chopping off the head of a taimen was still fresh in their minds, and Tai Shu and the others couldn't easily reveal their intention to silence him openly, even with guns on their hands...

Because they didn't know if they could kill Yan Chen in one move, nor did they know if the man's next strike would be a desperate act against them.

"Of course it's valuable. It's both a lesson learned and a good item for self-defense. How could it not be valuable?"

While replying to Wu Xie in a low voice, Yan Chen kept an eye on the tomb raiders' movements out of the corner of his eye. Their thoughts were practically transparent to him.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie almost couldn't contain his excitement. He thought to himself, "This person really is Brother Yan!" Now, he could find out about Xisha and the things his third uncle had kept from him from Brother Yan!

"You look a few years younger than me, can I call you Xiao Huai?"

Yan Chen raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself that this child was too easy to fool, and he almost felt sorry for him. But that was a lie!

"Of course~"