Shen Xing's mind was naturally more agile than Guo Limin's.
This time, when Daban's border waters were purchasing all kinds of liquor, Shen Xing voluntarily revealed Uncle Cai's price and did not take the kickback Wang Yan had offered. It was not that Shen Xing feared Uncle Cai would truly discover he had taken money—after all, everything was transferred into accounts, and Wang Yan could even legally transfer it into his domestic account.
Shen Xing knew that last time, although Wang Yan had not acted directly, he had still saved him and spent a favor on him.
Circumstances mattered. If he had invoked Wang Yan's name at the time and Uncle Cai had released him directly, rather than having Dan Tuo go to Wang Yan for a talk, then he could still have asked Wang Yan for help in the future. But once he had asked, the little relationship he had with Wang Yan would no longer be enough to support another plea for his life.
In truth, he and Wang Yan had never had much of a friendship to begin with. They had only known each other for three months. Wang Yan had helped him partly because he had fully taken over Xinhao Hotel and the construction crew, and partly because Wang himself was a generous, principled good man willing to look after him. Mainly the latter.
After all, Wang Yan had paid for the construction crew, even paid a high price for it, helping Shen Xing get away. As for Xinhao Hotel, Wang Yan had offended Sang Kang, the warlord Ban Long had beaten until his head was covered in lumps, and then seized it from him while taking advantage of the situation. He had risked his life. It had nothing to do with Shen Xing.
This time