Xia Chujian remained silent for a full five minutes before saying, "...Then I wish them an immediate victory and instant success."
Quan Yuxun raised an eyebrow. "Huh? Has the Yuanbao I know changed her ways? You're actually going to wish them well?"
Xia Chujian said irritably, "What did Chief Quan Da think I would do?"
Quan Yuxun said with a smile, "Of course, hate them so much that you'd stick pins into little dolls, draw circles, and curse them!"
Xia Chujian burst out laughing and shook her head. "Not quite, but close enough."
"But I'd only stick pins into little dolls, draw circles, and curse people like Zoln David. Not our soldiers."
Quan Yuxun said happily, "Haha, I knew it! Yuanbao and I really are of one mind."
Xia Chujian replied perfunctorily, "If something this simple makes us of one mind, then Kirin, you must have an awful lot of kindred spirits!"
Quan Yuxun: "..."
Xia Chujian always had these flashes of brilliance that left even someone as quick-witted and eloquent as him unable to think of a retort.
After a while, he finally said, "No matter how many kindred spirits there are, I only want one in this lifetime—one no amount of money could replace."
Xia Chujian did not catch the implication at all and said with a laugh, "Not even a thousand gold? Then what about ten thousand? A hundred thousand?"
"I think everything has a price. If you don't want to trade, it's only because the offer isn't high enough."
Quan Yuxun raised an eyebrow. "Really? If someone wanted your true heart, what would you do? How much would it take for you to trade it?"
Without hesitation, Xia Chujian said, "Of course, a true heart should be exchanged for a true heart. Offering money would be