"Why did you refuse?" Jin Guozhong looked at Xiang Yu with confusion.
"No reason, maybe I’m just being capricious." Xiang Yu replied with a self-deprecating smile.
Jin Guozhong reassessed Xiang Yu. From appearances, he seed like an ordinary person, but now it was clear that he was no ordinary individual.
"The Sect Leader never said he would refuse." Jin Guozhong glanced at Yuan Huai.
Yuan Huai gave a mysterious smile but said nothing.
Seeing Yuan Huai’s expression, Jin Guozhong just shook his head with a bitter smile, as if he understood everything.
Tie Zhuzi sat there listening to the conversation, but he couldn’t comprehend a bit of it. Seeing the three fall silent, he walked over and sat next to Xiang Yu, saying, "Brother Yu, are they trying to make you the boss of Hongn?"
Xiang Yu calmly nodded.
Tie Zhuzi clapped the sofa excitedly, "That’s great! In the future, let’s change Hongn to the Heavenly Dragon Gang and swallow them up."
After Tie Zhuzi spoke, Yuan Huai and Jin Guozhong both had faces filled with black lines. The idea of soone wanting to swallow up Hongn sounded sowhat like a fantasy.
Xiang Yu just chuckled lightly without saying more, as nothing seed impossible to him.
However, Xiang Yu’s ambitions lay elsewhere, so he wouldn’t pursue such matters.
"Here’s my card. If you need anything, let know. If I can help, I definitely will." Jin Guozhong said, handing a card to Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu glanced at it, noting it said he was a major shareholder of Hongqing Group, and without further looking, he put the card away.
"Thank you." Xiang Yu said politely.
Jin Guozhong nodded, then looked at Yuan Huai, "I’m leaving now. I’ll co to see you again in the future."
The group exchanged so pleasantries, then Jin Guozhong hurriedly left. Before leaving, he told Xiang Yu to be careful, as there might be danger in the coming days.
Xiang Yu was sowhat surprised; Jin Guozhong was with Hongn, and if there was danger, it was likely from Hongn.
What did he an by warning him now? This led Xiang Yu to realize certain issues, after all, Hongn was a large faction, and so internal struggles weren’t unexpected.
After Jin Guozhong left, Yuan Huai reverted to his usual self. He began looking for bottles of alcohol, indulging in his drunken stupor lifestyle.
Before he could find the alcohol, Xiang Yu asked him to change out of his clothes. Yuan Huai then put on his ragged outfit and sat in the corner drinking.
At tis, Xiang Yu was quite envious of Yuan Huai, living a drunken stupor every day, escaping the whirlpool of power and avoiding disputes.
Looking at Yuan Huai sitting there, Xiang Yu finally couldn’t resist going over to sit beside him.
"Why did you leave Hongn back then?" Xiang Yu asked.
"Hongn did a favor, and I don’t want to see it drenched in blood." Yuan Huai answered straightforwardly.
After hearing this, Xiang Yu said no more, sat there for a while, then got up to go sleep.
anwhile, in a hotel in City Five, soone was having a temper tantrum.
"You ask to leave, but I won’t! I just want to see what your girlfriend looks like, damn Xiang Yu, slly Xiang Yu." The person pouted.
This person was Wang Qian, standing gracefully, not leaving but finding a hotel close to Xiang Yu and his group to stay in.
By evening, she would stealthily approach Xiang Yu’s place to see what his girlfriend really looked like.
On the first day, she snuck over but found no one. The second day was the sa; she began to suspect that maybe Xiang Yu didn’t have a girlfriend coming and was deceiving her?
Thinking this made Wang Qian inexplicably angry, feeling deceived. She wanted to confront Xiang Yu but decided to observe for a couple more days.
anwhile, Xiang Yu spent these two days either exercising or sleeping deeply in his room. A peaceful existence, akin to the calm before a storm.
At this ti, in another city, within a luxurious villa, four people were conspiring things.
"Hall Master Jin, now that you’ve summoned us, what exactly is going on?" asked one of the frail-looking individuals.
The Jin Hall Master he spoke of was Jin Zhengming, Hall Master of Golden Hand Hall, and the frail-looking person was Sect Leader of Holy Mouse Hall, nicknad Sky Thief Rat.
"Sky Thief Rat, don’t play dumb with , others might not know, but surely you do?" Jin Zhengming snorted coldly, looking at Sky Thief Rat.
Sky Thief Rat narrowed his eyes with a smile, "I wouldn’t know what Hall Master Jin is thinking."
Jin Zhengming scoffed, "Sky Thief Rat, we all rember what happened three years ago. Now Yuan Huai is back; you better not pretend ignorance."
"You..." Sky Thief Rat gritted his teeth but said nothing further.
It was clear that Sky Thief Rat had leverage caught by Jin Zhengming, while the other two rely watched without speaking up.
Seeing the silence, Jin Zhengming continued, "Since you all know my intent in summoning you, let’s get straight to it. Do any of you have any good ideas?"
Jin Zhengming finished and the other three fell silent, mulling over the matter.
Jin Zhengming didn’t rush them, sitting patiently, exuding an air of confidence.
After about five minutes, Yu Honghao, Hall Master of Purgatory Hall, spoke, "Since the Sect Leader has announced the candidate’s na, why don’t we just find him and take him out."
Yu Honghao was straightforward, despite them being temporary allies, they shared no allegiance; his bluntness could easily lead to betrayal.
The others said nothing, deep in thought. The matter was no small affair, if pursued, it could have significant repercussions.
Yu Honghao grew impatient with the silence, slapping the table, "You all act so timidly! What’s the point of sitting around if you’re unwilling to act? I’m leaving."
Having said that, Yu Honghao stood up intending to leave.
"Hall Master Yu, don’t rush. We’re discussing strategies here," Sky Thief Rat pulled him back.
"Discuss what? This isn’t a discussion but a waste of ti," Yu Honghao fud but sat back down.
He wasn’t really intending to leave, but frustrated that his bluntness wasn’t t with openness from others, growing embarrassed and angry.
If the plan followed his idea and failed, he’d be the pri suspect and beco the scapegoat; the other three would certainly deflect bla onto him, and the consequences would be serious.
"Hall Master Yu is right, if we’re all sitting here, it implies we’re willing to cooperate. If everyone is solely focused on self-preservation, what aning does cooperation have?" Jin Zhengming stated...
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