Qian He had indeed come prepared. With a raise of his hand, he produced a case. "Ten million. Would you like to count it first?"
Qu Jianlei did not put on airs. He opened the case, swept it with his eyes, then sensed it.
After roughly confirming there was no tracker inside, he raised a hand and put the case away. "Talk."
"That can wait," Qian He said in a deep voice. "How many Supremes can the organization you belong to currently mobilize?"
"Currently..." Qu Jianlei pondered for a moment and looked at him thoughtfully. "Is this very urgent?"
"Anyway, sometime soon," Qian He answered casually.
"You know the Empire has recently been investigating Supremes. During a sensitive time like this, it isn't convenient for me to ask people for help."
"So you know it isn't convenient?" Qu Jianlei glanced at him helplessly. "What you're worried about is what others are worried about too!"
"Surely not?" Qian He looked startled, though his expression was somewhat exaggerated.
"Can't you gather three or four Supremes who can withstand an investigation?"
Qu Jianlei gave him an impatient look. "If they really investigate... which Supreme can withstand it?"
"That's true," Qian He nodded. As members of the privileged class, which Supreme did not have something they could not speak of?
Then he spoke in surprise. "You don't know why they're carrying out such a strict investigation this time?"
Qu Jianlei answered calmly and collectedly, "I really don't. Tell me?"
He answered with complete frankness, without the slightest embarrassment of being uninformed.
In Qian He's eyes, that meant the other party might not necessarily be uninformed. He simply wanted to test the extent of Qian He's intelligence.
However, Qian He was not afraid of talking about this. It was his specialty, and he did not