After that, Su Ming and Xu Xiayan spent the whole time drinking and chatting, giving each other a simple account of their circumstances.
Su Ming told Xu Xiayan why he had added Chi Qian and the others to his team, letting her know that Chi Qian had joined his team because he had saved her companions—Mu Yan, Feng Qing'er, and Tong Xinyao.
As for why Mu Yan, Feng Qing'er, and Tong Xinyao had joined his team, it was because of Chi Qian, along with the benefits he had promised them. Only then had the three girls signed the Contract Scrolls with him.
As for the details of how he had saved Mu Yan and the other two, and what benefits he had promised them to make them willingly stay in his team and sign contracts with him, Su Ming had no intention of explaining any of that.
That already involved his personal secrets, as well as team secrets. Su Ming had every reason not to tell Xu Xiayan.
Xu Xiayan understood and did not pry any further.
However, after learning that Chi Qian had signed a lifelong contract with Su Ming, that Mu Yan and Feng Qing'er had both signed ten-year contracts with him, and that Tong Xinyao had even signed a twenty-year contract, Xu Xiayan still felt astonished and envious.
"The longest Contract Scroll in my team is only ten years, and it was signed by a Low-level Professional. Ordinary High-level Professionals would never sign a contract with such a long term all at once. Yet you got several right from the start, and one of them is even a lifelong contract. What kind of luck is that?"
Xu Xiayan was genuinely extremely envious.
There were quite a few High-level Professionals in her team, even far more than in