Can you be any more shameless? Qu Jianlei was truly speechless.
Still, that was politics for you. It was all dirty. You just got used to it. "They didn't say I drove True Venerable Nahong to his death?"
"They didn't even mention it!" Baiqiao answered very naturally. "Nahong was a True Venerable of Houde Realm. What does that have to do with Wanwu Realm?"
"Nahong unfortunately fell while defending Houde's interests. If they dared say otherwise, I'd have plenty of ways to answer them."
Qu Jianlei really did not know how to respond. "Then what did you come to me for? What do you want me to do?"
"I'm only informing you," Baiqiao replied calmly. "What you want to do is your business. I have no demands."
"But obviously, they can't possibly swallow this loss in silence. They're definitely going to do something against you in secret."
That answer was not beyond Qu Jianlei's expectations, but he still could not help sighing. "Can't they come at me openly, blade to blade and spear to spear?"
He was used to developing quietly and underhandedly, but he was not afraid of battle either. What gave him the biggest headache was exactly this kind of hidden move from the shadows.
It was truly impossible to guard against. There were only thieves who could steal for a thousand years—who could guard against thieves for a thousand years?
Baiqiao did not take up that thread. Instead, he said, "In a situation like this, hiding away isn't the best solution. It's too passive."
Of course I know that. Qu Jianlei nodded slightly and asked without a change in expression, "Do you have any suggestions, senior?"
"How about... going to the other world?" Baiqiao mused. "Leave with great fanfare, and they'll give up."
He actually isn't setting