"No."
"I'll pay more."
"Not even if you pay more." Dan Heng refused Chen Luo without hesitation.
"You helped the Xianzhou with a small favor. I'm grateful. Take your people and leave. This time, I'll pretend I didn't see anything." Jing Yuan crossed his arms and spoke to Kafka.
The small favor Jing Yuan referred to was both bringing the Astral Express crew to the Xianzhou and bringing Dan Heng to the Scales Palace.
After all, if Dan Heng had not ultimately been worried that Blade, a dangerous figure, might harm March 7th and the others while on the Xianzhou, he would not have gotten off the train.
He knew nothing would happen with Chen Luo around, but what if something did?
Kafka took Blade away, but just as she was about to leave, Chen Luo suddenly called out to her.
"Oh, right. If you don't mind, stay on the Xianzhou for a few more days. There'll be a grand show soon, and you're invited to watch it," Chen Luo said.
"Though even if I didn't invite you, you probably wouldn't be leaving the Xianzhou so quickly anyway."
"...Mm." Kafka nodded gently.
Kafka knew Chen Luo was definitely about to do something that did not match the script again. But now that the script had reached this point, the Stellar Hunters could rest easy. Further revisions would no longer affect their script.
...Unless things became too bizarre.
"It's been a long time, old friend." Jing Yuan greeted Dan Heng as lightly as he could.
"I'm not him," Dan Heng said flatly.
"Mm... Sorry."
"Sigh, the matters of your Cloudy Five could only be called an ill-fated entanglement. Forget it, it's none of my business. Do you have anything else? If not, I'll be going. The mess on Jarilo is still