He had to find a way to avoid offending Zizai Hall while also diverting Mr. Daheng's attention.
"You don't want this stone?" Chen Le asked, looking at the stone in Lu Yin's hand.
Lu Yin weighed it in his palm. "I don't know what it does."
"Then why not just give it to Mr. Daheng?" Chen Le asked, puzzled.
Lu Yin's lips curved. "If I let you give it straight to Mr. Daheng, he'll resolve your concerns for you. What about me?"
Chen Le's gaze turned wary.
Lu Yin continued, "Unless you remain under my control, I'll have you hand the stone to Mr. Daheng and let him resolve your concerns. Otherwise, you have to give it to Luo Jun. Once the control over you is removed, I can use this to threaten you. If you're willing to go down fighting, I won't let you off easy either."
"Before that happens, if Luo Jun discovers you once joined Zizai Hall, you can explain that you were forced into it. But once you hand the stone to Luo Jun, that excuse won't work anymore."
Chen Le's gaze sharpened. "Not only would it fail, your actions might even look like an attempt to sow discord between Luo Jun and Zizai Hall."
Lu Yin smiled. "It's not that serious. It depends on how you look at it."
Chen Le looked at Lu Yin, then at Mu Xie. "You're ruthless."
Lu Yin put his hands behind his back. "Actually, you have another option. You could go straight to Mr. Daheng and explain everything, or go straight to Luo Jun and ask him to help remove the control. You could agree to my terms in public, but once you're in front of them, you could tell them what happened. We have no idea what you'll