"Of course."
Shen Tang was very easygoing about this.
She hoped to establish a business partnership with Xu Xie, but she couldn't let it create a rift between herself and Wu Xian, or between Xu Xie and Wu Xian. It was best to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. Shen Tang's thoughtfulness left Xu Xie baffled.
His original intention had been to use this as leverage in negotiations.
After all, being merely a "distributor" greatly reduced the risks, but the profits were nowhere near as large as those from a monopoly.
That meant they needed to negotiate how to divide the profits. But Shen Tang's frank, seemingly desire-free attitude left him at a loss.
Shen Tang changed the subject and smiled. "But given the relationship between Zhaode and me, this shouldn't be a problem."
Xu Xie: "..."
Looking at Shen Tang's smile, Xu Xie badly wanted to ask, though it would have been wildly inappropriate: Does Lord Wu know about this "deep affection between siblings" Gu Chi mentioned, and this "relationship between Zhaode and me" Lord Shen keeps bringing up? That the two families are so close they're practically swimming in honey?
Xu Xie couldn't bring himself to answer, so he could only laugh awkwardly.
To avoid hearing any more remarks that made him itch to point out the obvious, Xu Xie decided to take control of the conversation and steer it toward negotiating profits. But Shen Tang said, "That's not important."
"Not important?"
Xu Xie's brow furrowed with worry.
What kind of business deal didn't involve discussing that?
He began to doubt how sincere Shen Tang was about making this partnership happen.
Shen Tang laughed freely. "Wangchao has been telling me these past two days how capable Wenzhu is, and how excellent his reputation is throughout Tianhai. I'm an outsider when it