"An enemy?"
Xu Rizhao looked at Jiang You in shock.
"Why would you think that?
I've never had any grudges with Dawn Tower, past or present. Although we're both bases, the difference in our levels is like heaven and earth. Think about it—what grudge could a convenience store at the village entrance possibly have against a Fortune 500 company?
If I could really become enemies with them, I wouldn't still be running a convenience store at the village entrance..."
Xu Rizhao looked utterly serious as he spoke.
If Jiang You had not been suspicious by nature, she might almost have believed him.
A person like Xu Rizhao would never put something this deadly right in front of himself without a special reason.
The more seriously he explained, the less Jiang You believed him.
If it had been something else, Jiang You might have let the details slide.
But Dawn Tower was different. To her, White Dragon Base was already a behemoth. Now that she was plotting to seize the fire seed inside Dawn Tower, it was no different from taking a spear to fight an aircraft carrier—a dead end.
So she could not overlook a single detail.
She needed to improve her odds of victory as much as possible.
Xu Rizhao still wore a sincere smile. "Niece, I wouldn't hide anything from you, no matter who else I might hide it from. We're all family... Ahhhhhhh!!"
Before he could finish, Jiang You's smile suddenly vanished. She sprang into action and grabbed Xu Rizhao by the neck with one hand. With a squeeze, Xu Rizhao, who had been lying in his chair, instantly toppled backward. With a loud crash, the back of his head slammed into the ground along with the chair.
Fortunately, the yard in front of the tree house