Meng Zhao smiled faintly. Not to mention that Dragon City's identity itself was problematic—even if that rebel army had nothing to do with him, given Dragon City's current identity, status, and circumstances, he had no chance at all of competing with Meng Zhao.
Qin Siqing really did intend to assess the two of them, but in truth, the final outcome would certainly be that Meng Zhao received part of the Qin Family's Secret Classic of Heavenly Crafts inheritance—unless Dragon City was so utterly shameless that smoke rose from his morals and he took Qin Siqing, this little widow, for himself as well.
That possibility was unlikely. Dragon City had been able to take Widow Xie of Lifeng Trading Company because her late husband's family had no one left, and she herself had no relatives or powers to back her. She was the biggest authority in her own life and could do whatever she pleased. Even if some romantic scandal arose between her and Dragon City, she would not care in the slightest.
Qin Siqing was different. She could indeed choose to remarry. After all, she came from the Qin Family, and the Ding Family would not dare force her to remain a widow for her late husband forever. It would be both unreasonable and beyond their power.
But the key was that Dragon City already had an intimate relationship with Ding Yuqin, and the matter of him and Zhuo Mufeng, two men fighting over one woman, had spread like wildfire. Unless Qin Siqing had something wrong with her head, she could not cross that threshold of worldly ethics.
Therefore, Meng Zhao was ninety-nine percent certain that, under the influence of the Ding Family Head and with his own strength, the one who ultimately benefited could only be him—and had to