"You can go back and think over my terms. We'll talk once you've made up your mind. See yourself out." Fors sat on the sofa and spoke to Gu Yuena coolly.
"Aponia."
Gu Yuena, who had been about to leave Fors's room, suddenly turned back and said the name.
Fors's pupils contracted. Then she looked at Gu Yuena as if nothing had happened. "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing."
Gu Yuena had been watching Fors's reaction. A faint smile touched her lips before she turned and left.
She had gotten the answer she wanted.
Click. Once the door closed, Fors let out a quiet breath. Talking with Gu Yuena for so long had been exhausting.
I'll negotiate with Gu Yuena a few more times, then let the Artificial Soul Spirit proposal pass.
As Gu Yuena had said, the Artificial Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit was an inevitable development. There was no stopping it.
Besides, holding the matter up all this time had grown rather boring. Since Gu Yuena had brought it up, Fors had no objection to taking the opportunity to give her what she wanted.
But she couldn't agree too readily. That would look deliberate. They needed to haggle for a while so Gu Yuena wouldn't grow suspicious.
"Now, what else can I play with her over?" Fors's lips curved upward as she considered her next move with Gu Yuena.
Meanwhile, Gu Yuena had stepped out of the room and resumed her usual cool expression.
"Gu Yue, Fors's demands weren't that unreasonable, were they? Giving her the research on the Artificial Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit wouldn't cost us much, right?" Na'er's voice sounded again.
Gu Yue smiled faintly. "What do you know? A deal has to go like this to seem real. If we'd accepted Fors's terms at once, who knows what