Long Aotian placed the equity contract on the coffee table.
"Master of Tang Sect, this is the equity contract. I don't want it anymore. The matters behind this are too complicated. I can't get involved. As the green hills remain and the waters keep flowing, from now on, neither of us owes the other anything. We'll go our separate ways."
"Oh, Mr. Yang, you can't..."
Lu Chengwen also placed the equity contract on the coffee table. "I don't want it either. You people clearly know something and are setting me up here."
Xu Xuejiao warily looked around, then set down her contract as well. "I'm out."
Tang Wanli looked embarrassed. "CEO Xu, there will be plenty of room for future cooperation. Why withdraw?"
Xu Xuejiao said, "When the Young Sect Master approached me, he repeatedly promised and assured me that this was a legitimate business collaboration. But now you're fighting, hunting for some mole, and suspecting that I worked with them to cheat you out of money... This situation is far too complicated. I can't work under these circumstances. Forget twenty percent equity—even if it were eighty percent, I still wouldn't be able to get anything done. All my energy would go toward internal struggles with you people."
"No, no, we're legitimate businessmen too."
Xu Xuejiao said, "Master of Tang Sect, I'm just a doctor and a businesswoman. I don't understand any of your martial world affairs, nor do I want to get involved. In my experience, once business is no longer purely business, it creates a whole series of complicated problems. By then, forget about making money—everyone's energy will be spent on interpersonal relationships and factional struggles. In the end, you'll lose both money and people, and friends will turn against each other. I'll say it again: I'm out."