When joining a card game, the most important thing was to figure out what role you played in it.
There were a few little tricks to doing that, and they followed a natural progression.
For example, first identify the fool among the group who was responsible for supplying the resources.
Then, based on that conclusion, find the one most like yourself.
Look beneath the surface and gradually verify the common ground you shared.
And when theory met practice, the three people before him—Old Master Li and the others—were quite clearly the most likely candidates for resource providers.
In fact, when he first wondered why they were here, Fu Qian had already leaned toward that conclusion.
Much of what he did afterward was really about confirming exactly what resources they were contributing.
At the same time, Fu Qian hadn't given up on finding someone like himself.
At first glance, Brother Lui seemed like the most miserable member of the team.
He had no real means of inflicting harm, the lowest rank, and the deepest accumulation of corruption. He'd even suffered two outbreaks, leaving him bursting with the joy of a bountiful harvest.
But as mentioned earlier, you had to look beneath the surface when making comparisons.
You couldn't judge a person by appearances. You had to see what he contributed to the team—
For example, he provided the basic elements of the incident, including but not limited to the target's name, the curse on him, and the family's legacy.
Then, immediately after explaining all that, he personally demonstrated the dangers of corruption, making the urgency of their situation crystal clear.
Finally, with that powerful will to survive, he had subtly kept the team moving forward the whole way.
Perhaps he fell far short in elegance, but when it came to team