In the end, Jia Xu still backed down and admitted that he was no match for Wang Xuan when it came to shamelessness.
"Actually, it's nothing much. Do I look like the kind of person who likes making things difficult for others?" After venting his frustration, Wang Xuan put on a smiling face again.
"No, definitely not!" Jia Xu cursed inwardly, but had no choice but to agree aloud.
"Just follow Yun Chang and help him find and fill in any gaps. All you need to do is cover for the two of them," Wang Xuan said casually.
"What!?" Jia Xu was over sixty, but he jumped up on the spot in fury. "Hurry up and go tell them that I badmouthed them behind their backs!"
Cover for them? Easy for him to say. Wasn't that a job for human beings? What kind of status did Guan Yu have? He was so arrogant—would he easily listen to someone else's advice? Add Gan Ning to the mix, and this was a pure thankless chore.
Was covering for them really that easy?
If he failed to cover for them, something disastrous would happen!
Even if he succeeded, he might still offend Guan Yu and Gan Ning. This was absolutely a miserable job with no way forward or back. As far as Jia Xu was concerned, he was already afraid of getting involved, so how could he willingly throw himself into it?
As for Wang Xuan reporting him, damn it, short pain was better than long pain. Let the chips fall where they may!
"Heh, naive!" Wang Xuan sneered coldly. "Do you think it'll be over just because I tell them?"
The corner of Jia Xu's mouth twitched. His heart sank, and he inwardly cried out that something was wrong.
"Jia Ji is