"Isn't this the biggest news Platinum Eye has had lately?" Xu Huo glanced at him. "What's there to talk about?"
Xin Rong was still making exaggerated faces. "When the engagement was first announced, we thought they were going to stick themselves to the Lang family like some damn medicinal plaster. Who'd have thought things would take such a turn?"
Xu Huo beckoned over a few fruit plates and handed one to him before continuing on. "I guess they couldn't agree on the terms."
Xin Rong raised a finger and wagged it, acting all mysterious. "It's not that simple."
"What's wrong with joining forces? If they can't agree on the terms, they can sit down and talk it over. It's just a matter of who gets a little more and who gets a little less."
"Now they've fallen out completely. Doesn't that make all the preparations and hype they built up beforehand a waste?"
"Besides, even though it's Miss Peipei who's engaged, if the terms were right, they could've switched it to Miss Koukou. Miss Peipei is still young, after all. If they wanted closer cooperation, it'd make more sense for the already adult Miss Koukou to fulfill the engagement."
Xu Huo understood. "You mean they never intended to honor the engagement in the first place?"
Xin Rong snapped his fingers. "Exactly!"
"After the engagement fell apart, I gradually picked up some news and realized there was more to it than that."
At this point, he set up three anti-eavesdropping devices around them. He also used a gadget to alter his appearance before continuing. "Do you know what the latest weapon Platinum Eye has developed is?"
"New energy weapons that use special ore as fuel?" Xu Huo asked.
Xin Rong nodded. "You know ordinary firearms can't be put in the Storage