Luo San's words seemed somewhat intended to stand up for Wei Cheng.
Shen Tang said faintly, "Heh. If he and Gongxi Chou hadn't meddled and forcibly fought you without my knowledge, restoring you to your peak condition, I wouldn't have needed to use the granary as bait to fish. What Wei Cheng did wasn't risking his life for me—it was cleaning up the mess he'd made for himself. The encirclement strategy did take a long time, but it kept the losses to a minimum."
She had been saddled with extra difficulty for no reason.
The fact that Shen Tang had not fallen out with him was entirely because she valued their friendship.
Luo San: "..."
He really had no way to refute Shen Tang's accusations.
As for Shen Tang's claim that she only wanted Marquis Luo not to cause trouble, Luo San remained skeptical. What difference was there between having that ulterior motive and having no ulterior motive at all?
The threshold for meeting this condition was simply too low.
The price Shen Tang had paid could not be measured in money. The cost of a bloody battle was astronomical, not to mention the invisible losses that could not be seen with the naked eye. Luo San, on the other hand, had been defeated yet did not need to pay any price at all to preserve his life and regain his freedom. Where in the world was there such a dirt-cheap bargain?
Luo San was merely old, not senile.
Since Shen Tang was being evasive and refusing to speak frankly, Luo San would not rush forward looking for discomfort, insisting on peeling off a layer of skin before he could feel at ease.
After weighing it over, he said, "I agree to your terms."
The relief on Shen Tang's face