"You! You're utterly shameless!"
Zheng Songming was struggling against the drowsiness brought on by the Orchid Fragrance. Now he heard these people selling him out—and even calling for the Zheng Family's downfall to curry favor with Shen Qingxuan.
Shameless.
Utterly shameless.
Ten thousand times more shameless than Zheng Songming himself!
"Shen Qing... Patriarch Shen, I was rude just now. Please don't stoop to the level of a wretched old man like me. I..."
Shen Qingxuan, who had been sitting on the raised platform watching the show, finally spoke.
He asked with interest,
"But what if I do want to stoop to your level? What will you do?"
Zheng Songming: ...
"W-well... Patriarch Shen, I know I was wrong to take advantage of the situation and demand your family's mine back then. I'll give it back! And I'll compensate you for everything it's produced over the years. Would that do?"
Shen Qingxuan smiled and shook his head. "How could that do? My grandfather gave you that mine in a fair exchange. How could I take it back?"
Zheng Songming: ...
The smile on Shen Qingxuan's face only made Zheng Songming's skin crawl.
"Th-then what do you want...?"
"What do I want?"
Shen Qingxuan slowly rose from his seat and walked over with a smile. He placed a hand on Zheng Songming's shoulder.
"How could the Shen Family take back something it's given away? That wouldn't be right. But I'm rather fond of that mine, so..."
"So...?"
"So if I can't take it back, I'll just have to seize it!"
"Seize it?"
"Precisely. Once I kill the Zheng Family Patriarch and all the Zheng Family's experts, the rest of the Zheng Family will be at our mercy. Then its mine will naturally belong to the Shen Family. What do you think of