"From the looks of it, Your Excellency has really got me figured out?"
Chen Cheng waved a hand.
"No. I said it before: Your Excellency has a ledger in your heart, and I have one of my own. I can't possibly back down just because of Your Excellency's ledger, can I? Wouldn't that make me a complete fool?"
Lokasky stared at Chen Cheng, repeatedly clenching and unclenching his fist. Seeing the change in him, Chen Cheng lost the composure he had shown moments ago.
After swallowing, Chen Cheng spoke.
"Let's leave this matter here for now. I didn't come here today to quarrel with Your Excellency. We're both businessmen, after all. Harmony brings wealth."
Seeing Chen Cheng back down again, Lokasky was so annoyed that he laughed.
"Since Your Majesty wishes to discuss business, then please, tell me what you have in mind."
Lokasky truly could not imagine what business Chen Cheng could possibly discuss with him.
Chen Cheng rubbed his hands together.
"I wonder whether the Guild is interested in ruins. Though my family has now fallen on hard times, the older generation did leave behind some good things. I just wonder whether Your Excellency would be interested."
Naturally, Lokasky knew how many good things the Empire had possessed in those days. After all, the Guild had risen so brutally and swiftly precisely because he had devoured no small share of the Empire's former legacy.
So there was no need to ask whether he was interested in the ruins Chen Cheng mentioned.
But there was one point: could Chen Cheng truly be so kind-hearted? They had just had an argument, yet now he was bringing benefits to him?
Chen Cheng knew that his proposal was somewhat abrupt, but the matter was right in front of him. The strongest force