Qu Jianlei was a little surprised by Lawrence's decision. Do I have some hidden talent for recruiting followers too?
But all in all, it was hardly a major matter, so he nodded. "Until the tour group ends."
The group would disband in a day and a half. He had not left Lawrence much time—perhaps it could be seen as making things difficult for him? But Lawrence did not think so. "A day and a half is enough."
Then the two chatted for a while longer and finished that bottle of wine worth over a hundred thousand. Lawrence rose to take his leave.
Not long after, Jing Yuexin returned. "You two had a pretty good talk."
"Yeah, it went well." Qu Jianlei nodded. "Your man here really is tough-mouthed but soft-hearted."
Jing Yuexin could follow his conversation with Lawrence the entire time, and naturally, he could do the same.
But the moment the words left his mouth, he regretted them. Why tease her? What a loose tongue!
Yet Jing Yuexin truly was not angry.
After only a brief pause, she sighed softly. "I really never expected the mighty Alliance to have fallen to this point."
The Empire had always regarded the Alliance as a great enemy. Who could have imagined that it had already rotted so thoroughly from within?
The earlier incidents involving buying intelligence and arranging identities were one thing, but who would have thought that someone would casually reveal a top secret like Heavenly Inquiry?
The Empire also had Rebel Organizations, but she was certain that the Empire's people had not yet decayed to this extent.
If war were judged only by public sentiment, the Alliance had already suffered a complete and crushing defeat.
Everyone with even the slightest means was searching for a way out. Even B-rank Awakened