Tantai Jing wanted to live. Her will to survive made her unwilling to give up any possible chance.
Enduring the excruciating pain, she said haltingly, "Same as before. Let me go, and not only will I never pursue what you did to me this time, I'll also give you one billion Beichen Coin in cash, a villa near the Imperial Palace in the central area of the Imperial Capital, and a title!"
"Other than Duke, you can have any title you want!"
The terms Tantai Jing offered Xia Chujian now could not have been more generous.
Besides cash and property in the best location in the entire Empire, she was even offering something that even the Four Great Dukes could not provide: a title.
But Xia Chujian's heart remained completely unmoved.
If Tantai Jing had not killed Cai Jie and Song Mingqian, or murdered their entire families.
If Tantai Jing had not sent people to try to kill Xia Chujian's own family, she might have considered it.
But now, it was utterly impossible.
Could money and titles bring those people back from the dead?
Too many lives stood between them. It was already a fight to the death.
Besides, Xia Chujian knew that not a single word Tantai Jing said could be trusted.
Li Fu had believed Tantai Jing and lost his life for nothing.
So many of Tantai Jing's subordinates had believed her words, only to be silenced in the end.
Unmoved, Xia Chujian shook his head. "I'm not interested in anything else. Tell me the secret first. If you won't, forget it."
"I don't have to hear it."
Tantai Jing panicked and had no choice but to speak herself. "Xia Chujian, do you remember when you were attending school in Mulan City on Guiyuan Star? You had a