"After taking such a huge detour, you still ended up trying to tempt me into working with you!" Lu Qingqing snapped.
"That's right. I am tempting you. Useful people have value. If we cooperate, we can each get what we need," Fan Lang admitted frankly.
"We follow different paths and cannot work together. We're fundamentally two different kinds of people. How could we possibly cooperate?"
"But there's also a saying: bend when necessary, stand when necessary. Only by suffering now can you enjoy sweetness later. All right, I've said everything I needed to say. I'll give you one final chance to choose. Let me tell you, you aren't my only candidate. I can find others with an Exquisite Heart, so you aren't indispensable. If you refuse to cooperate, I'll find someone else. The result will be the same."
Fan Lang looked calmly at Lu Qingqing while stepping to one side, clearing the door behind him.
Whether she left or stayed was entirely Lu Qingqing's choice. No one was forcing her.
She clenched her teeth tightly, struggling fiercely within. What Fan Lang had just said had affected her after all.
Since becoming a Star Sea Divine Constable, she had handled all kinds of cases and witnessed countless ugly sides of humanity.
If a dispute arose between people of equal status, it could still be judged fairly. But if it involved people from different social classes, there was no fairness at all. It was simply privilege crushing everything beneath it.
For example, someone with Higher Status might occupy an entire star and freely abuse its inhabitants, killing whoever he pleased and taking whatever he wanted. No matter how vile his actions were, he could use privilege to atone for his crimes. The law simply could not punish him.
Such conduct was as