Jun Moyan stood up from the sofa:
"I’ll have to trouble Uncle Xiao. I have matters to handle and need to head back. I’ll leave things here to you. If you’re in urgent need of those goods, I can have identical ones sent over right away as an apology for this oversight."
Hearing this, Xiao Qi laughed heartily as he stood up: "Then I won’t stand on ceremony."
"It’s the least I can do." Jun Moyan nodded slightly, then left with his entourage.
Xiao Qi watched Jun Moyan leave. As soon as Moyan’s figure disappeared, the smile on Xiao Qi’s face vanished completely, and his eyes turned cold.
He sat back down on the sofa and continued fidgeting with two small iron balls in his hand...
Looking toward the main door, he squinted his shrewd and calculating eyes, lost in thought.
"Uncle, it’s clear Jun Moyan is using you as a pawn. Wells isn’t just the most authoritative Duke in M country’s royal family; he’s also one of the leaders of M country’s biggest secret organization, New. Recently, he even clashed with the Baiming Sect, but he didn’t suffer at all. We cannot afford to confront him," said a young man in his thirties beside him.
"Moreover, I heard that the conflict between Baiming Sect and New was orchestrated by Jun Moyan. A few days ago, Wells’s estate was blown up; it’s likely the doing of Jun Moyan. This man is not only adept at sches but also deeply strategical. We mustn’t be played by him. He uses the goods as bait, treating us like fools."
"..." Xiao Qi nodded slightly, not speaking, but indicating he was absorbing the young man’s words.
After a while, Xiao Qi spoke: "Do you have a better plan then?"
"Uncle, I think since Jun Moyan has already agreed to send us another batch, we should let Wells take the one he captured. We could just send soone as a symbolic gesture. But we mustn’t truly offend Wells. This way, first, we don’t break our trust with Jun Moyan, even gaining a favor from him. Second, we maintain our stance."
"Xiao Han, you’re still too young. Compared to Jun Moyan who is even younger than you, you’re not quite on the sa level in terms of strategy and boldness. If you had his tactics and courage, our Xiao Family wouldn’t have fallen to being used as tools." Xiao Qi sighed slightly, leaned back, found a comfortable position, and closed his eyes.
"Uncle..."
"Do you really think Jun Moyan will imdiately send us a new shipnt as he said?"
"Jun Moyan tricked us?"
"Want to bet? Believe that until we retrieve that batch of goods from Wells, we won’t see the new ones delivered."
"He’s really sothing." Xiao Han gritted his teeth, thinking he had underestimated Moyan.
"He’s had this all figured out. If we don’t act, at worst Jun Moyan will return our money in full. Not to ntion whether you’re willing to accept it, if word gets out, we’ll be laughed at."
"That’s just trivial; in the future, we can forget about buying any arms from him. You know our Xiao Family’s current state. Without the weapons from Jun Moyan, it will be even tougher for us to survive in this area."
"These days, our Xiao Family is not as prosperous as it used to be. If things continue this way, more people will manipulate us. This incident is actually an opportunity for us to regain respect. You can’t retreat."
"Uncle, what do you an by that?" Xiao Han asked.
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