"Very familiar. What? Have you become Stan's lackeys now?"
Su Xiao picked up the iced orange juice on the table. Beads of water slid down the side of the glass.
"Of course not. It seems you know quite a bit about this matter, Byakuya, so I won't beat around the bush. Christmas's head is currently worth 1,000,000 Paradise Coins."
"Oh?"
The glass Su Xiao had raised to his lips stopped midway. He truly had not expected the matter between No-Parachute Bro and Stan to escalate this far. Not only had Stan been cuckolded, but news of it had spread far and wide. This was no longer merely a matter of revenge for sleeping with his wife—it was a matter of face.
"Take my advice and get involved as little as possible. God Emperor and Blood Gate are both connected to this matter. The people from Maple Leaf have stirred it into a complete mess. The people from Maple Leaf can't escape responsibility for how big this has become."
"Uh..."
Black Merchant 24K looked troubled. The Black Sail Merchant Guild had gotten involved mainly to bring down Maple Leaf Guild. As the saying went, rivals in the same trade were enemies. Moreover, the two sides had risen in very similar ways, and their business conflicts were countless.
Su Xiao had not gotten involved in this matter, but he was on good terms with No-Parachute Bro and God Emperor while being enemies with Blood Gate. Now, this matter was no longer as simple as one person cuckolding another. No-Parachute Bro was merely the target, while the various Adventurer Teams vaguely seemed poised to use this matter to engage in a major struggle.
Stan naturally wanted to extinguish such an embarrassing matter at its source.
"Let's continue discussing the trade. As you said