At the sight of the Spirit Stones gleaming on the table, Little Gui Zi was alarmed rather than pleased.
He hurriedly said, "Exalted One, you really don't need to cast any flowers. Xiao Lian, Xiao Lian doesn't need them either."
The teenage boy was practically incoherent.
What he feared most was Wang Chen misunderstanding his relationship with Xiao Lian. That was why he had repeatedly stressed earlier that Xiao Lian could never claim tonight's Courtesan Queen crown, so there was no need to throw away Spirit Stones.
A single bronze flower was worth one spirit, but the organizers first took forty percent, then the Singer Gathering took another forty percent.
In the end, only twenty percent went into the singer's own hands.
Only the Courtesan Queen could receive all the Spirit Stones.
Under such circumstances, Wang Chen casting flower pins would be less worthwhile than simply giving Xiao Lian some Spirit Stones directly!
At this moment, Little Gui Zi almost had the urge to kneel before Wang Chen and beg him to take back the Spirit Stones.
Wang Chen smiled. "I know. Just do as I say."
Of course, he knew that casting flower pins was not as good as giving Spirit Stones directly.
The problem was that ever since Xiao Lian had taken the stage, she had finished an entire piece without receiving even a single flower pin.
Her Phoenix Luan Bird was flying at the very bottom!
Clearly, all the guests present knew Xiao Lian's true appearance. No matter how beautifully she sang, she could not stir their interest.
Wang Chen pitied how difficult her life had been, so he made a move to support her.
All for this one song.
"Heh heh."
Just then, an odd, grating voice suddenly came from a private room on the fourth