As soon as Jiang Liu said this, the slight happiness on Tong Chuchu's face vanished, and her heart sank.
In truth, the reason Tong Chuchu had seemed so eager to obtain Jiang Liu's help after probing his strength was simply that she wanted to buy a reliable insurance policy for her younger brother.
And this was Tong Chuchu's greatest secret, one she had kept hidden deep in her heart all this time.
It was also a secret that no one would ever learn unless she reached the final moment between life and death.
It all stemmed from the crisis her father had recognized back then: under the suppression of the Nether River Commerce, the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild might well be completely destroyed.
That was why he had gone to such lengths to hide her younger brother away in secret. No one had found even the slightest trace of his existence.
As for anything more, he had been powerless to do.
Even Tong Chuchu's appearance had inevitably exposed them.
That was also why Tong Chuchu's father had handed the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild over to her.
What Tong Chuchu was thinking about now was this very matter.
If that day truly came, when the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild was completely destroyed,
Tong Chuchu hoped Jiang Liu could intervene and safely take away her only younger brother.
Even if he had to live under an assumed name from then on, so long as he could pass his life in peace, that would count as fulfilling her father's greatest request.
Therefore, when she asked Jiang Liu to intervene, she was not asking him to step forward personally and go fight the Nether River Commerce.
After all, facing a behemoth like the Nether River Commerce and trying to clash with them head-on would