Liu Rui ground his teeth in anger when he heard me say that Yu Hua's stupidity was why I refused to let up on those radicals.
I was only telling the truth.
If Yu Hua had not wanted to use me—if he had not killed the Old Patriarch of the Yu Family and framed me—I would not have stayed in Huanhai. At most, I would have taken what I wanted and left, either alone or with Liu Lan.
"Wait." Just as Liu Sang was about to hand me the Wordless Heavenly Book, Liu Rui straightened up.
Liu Sang pulled his hand back.
I looked at Liu Rui. "What, having second thoughts?"
Liu Rui shook his head. "Not exactly. This thing may look precious, but if it cannot be put to use, it is just a pile of waste paper. I simply do not trust you. I cannot be sure that you will really leave after getting it."
I froze for a moment. I had only intended to trick him into giving me the Wordless Heavenly Book, yet Liu Rui had actually guessed what I was thinking.
"Of course I will leave." That was also the truth. I could not stay in Huanhai forever.
I was bound to leave eventually. Whether I would leave right away was another matter.
And whether I could leave was not entirely up to me, either. Was I not also a chess piece?
The one playing this game was naturally Xiao Jingfeng.
Thinking of that made me angry. I did not even know why he had to pull something like this. Would it not have been better if I had simply gotten the fragment from the Shang Mo Kingdom as easily as I had in the previous instance and left quickly? Why did I have to