Tai Yu's contact was one of the Xin family's creditors seeking to transfer the debt within that Gray Circle.
Selling debt claims in this circle was considered rather ruthless. Those who took them over were mostly socially active types from Star Ring City, and things could easily turn toward more vicious and violent measures.
The person Tai Yu contacted was usually not the creditor personally, but one of their staff. They were neither particularly enthusiastic about nor opposed to business that came to their door. That said, if subordinates were handling dealings with this sort of circle, the creditor's own work environment was probably rather unusual.
The other side was indeed direct. Without a word of nonsense, they demanded proof of funds first.
Tai Yu did not follow their rhythm. The funds he could currently access basically all came from Old Bai Jiao. The latter was a famous tycoon in Tuoyuan City, but most of his assets had been closely tied to the Secret Mine Order and had long turned to ashes under the Pantheon's crackdown. There was some emergency funding for restarting his life, but it was impossible to throw all of it in here, and it would not be enough anyway.
His reason for contacting them was mainly to broaden his intelligence channels. He could not just take whatever the Route Manager said as gospel.
"I need to understand the basics first. What you've written is far too vague..."
Anyone selling debt claims in this circle was certainly not going to place much value on the debtor's privacy. The other side quickly sent over a dossier, including the work and family circumstances of Xin Che and Ming Fan, the circumstances before and after they incurred this debt, and the possibility that Xin Che had "faked his death to