Cheng Shi agreed, but he had yet to speak.
It wasn't because he was still hesitating. The situation at the scene had changed. After Lips of Foolish Play said, "It's Deception," Your Majesty Yug had instead retreated.
This Decay Envoy clearly didn't trust his own mind. He feared this was a scheme from Nothingness. He simply couldn't figure out why, if Deception had set up this trap and sent him here, Lord Foolish Play, as Deception's envoy, would expose everything right when he was about to succeed—and right in front of him.
Where was his piety?
Or was this... a scheme within a scheme?
The tiny eyes he turned toward Cheng Shi were filled with scrutiny. At this moment, he finally looked somewhat like the Big Cat had described. If anything unexpected happened in the next second, Cheng Shi wouldn't be surprised if this Fleeing Emperor immediately fled the place.
Thus, this deal, which should have been completed with ease, had instead become a crisis in which Cheng Shi urgently needed to restore the other party's trust.
But for a "Deception Envoy" skilled in acting and sophistry, this was far too simple—about as simple as eating Finger Bread and drinking mucus.
So Cheng Shi began his performance.
He first snapped his fingers, drawing the confusion from the other party's heart and calming him down. Then he extended a hand and crooked a finger at the container in Your Majesty Yug's hand, flashing a brilliant smile as he said:
"As one of the parties to this deal, I've already fulfilled my duty to inform you.
"Although I'm a liar, I never use someone else's lies to conduct a deal. Even if that person is my Lord of Grace, Deception.
"If I want to deceive someone, I can do it myself. So