Traffic Accident (Thanks to Ye Shanxiu for the Alliance Leader

Huai Shi said goodbye.

And so, they said goodbye.

Although some things had happened in between that nobody wanted to see, they had arrived whole and left whole. At the very least, it could be considered a satisfactory ending.

In the office, Huai Shi watched the two Russians leave, then raised his hand and answered Satenme's call.

"The Russians went to your place too?"

Huai Shi smiled. "They sat here for half an hour and already left. Isn't it a little late for you to call now?"

"I called because I knew they had left."

Satenme said, "Be careful lately. Before the General No-Incident Order, localized conflicts may begin breaking out. You've been drawing so much attention lately—if I were the Russians or the Iron King Party, I'd deal with you first."

"I thought you'd blame me for humiliating the envoy and stealing your chance to show off."

"It's fine. I just cursed out the Iron King Party's people too. Had my fun, so I don't mind." Satenme magnanimously let it go.

"Offending both the K-Party and the Iron King Party at once?" Huai Shi asked. "Are you serious?"

"What else am I supposed to do? Would kneeling and kowtowing guarantee my safety?" Satenme sighed softly. "This old man really can kowtow, and I can do it again and again, but kowtowing is useless now, Young Master Huai... Be careful. Lately, I've had a bad feeling."

"Hm?"

"I just feel that things aren't this simple."

Satenme let out an irritated sigh. "In the end, it's just too hard for mixed-bloods to live in Yingzhou's world. Even if they do evil... what if they can't even survive by doing evil anymore?"

Huai Shi fell silent.

After a long while, he said, "There'll always be a way, won't there?"

"Who knows? Just