"Steward!" Seeing this, Zhou Wen and Liang Kai immediately changed their expressions, hurrying over with fawning smiles. They probably had never been this enthusiastic even toward their own fathers.
Jiao Ju's face darkened as he looked at the two before him. "You're getting more and more brazen."
Zhou Wen understood the meaning behind his words. Bending at the waist, he said weakly, "Steward, they were going to be squeezed dry sooner or later anyway. We might as well use this chance to give them a proper beating, so they won't stir up trouble for no reason in the future."
As he spoke, Zhou Wen shot Liang Kai a meaningful look.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Liang Kai immediately echoed him. "What Senior Brother Zhou says is indeed right. As long as it's something us brothers can handle, we definitely won't trouble Steward."
As he spoke, Liang Kai took half of the profound stones he had obtained and placed them in Jiao Ju's hand.
"Mhm!" Looking at the profound stones in his hand, Jiao Ju nodded. "No matter what, you should rein yourselves in from now on. If an elder or academy master catches you, none of us will have a good ending."
"Understood!" Zhou Wen immediately replied agreeably. "Rest assured, Steward. We know where the line is."
"As long as you know where the line is." As Jiao Ju walked, he asked, "Are there any thorns among this batch?"
"No thorns, but..." Zhou Wen trailed off.
"But what?" Jiao Ju stopped and turned his head toward him.
Zhou Wen immediately recounted what had happened earlier.
After hearing him out, Jiao Ju frowned and looked straight ahead at Qin Jishi.
Wang Meng from Profound Machine Academy?
A'si?
A'wu?
Jiao Ju thought of A'san, who had died such a miserable death, and already reached