Facing Qi Peiyu's question, Feng Jun nodded. "I only came here to collect a debt. Once I get the Spirit Stones, I'll leave."
He had no desire whatsoever to get involved in someone else's family affairs, especially since Qi Peiyu had explained everything so vaguely that he did not even know what had really happened. Even an impartial judge could not settle family disputes, so what did it have to do with him?
But the Mei Family's elder immediately cried out, "Outrageous! No matter how far the Mei Family has fallen, we have not fallen so low as to spend a woman's money. Jiushan, bear your own debts!"
Mei Jiushan had reached the seventh level of Emergence from Dust at such a young age, so he was certainly no fool—indeed, if he had not tried to be clever back then, he would never have ended up owing those ten thousand Spirit Stones.
Now he had another twenty thousand Spirit Stones of debt, but if it let him shake off the Huang Family's entanglement, it was well worth it. So he nodded decisively. "Fine. This debt was mine to begin with."
After a pause, he continued, "However, I have less than twenty thousand Spirit Stones on hand right now. I spent rather too much arranging the celebration recently... How about this? I can become a retainer at Liba Beach and use my compensation to pay off the debt."
"Oh?" Feng Jun shot him a surprised look. The kid had a pretty good head on his shoulders. That was quite a slick move.
However, he had no intention of shielding this fellow either, so he smiled. "You're overthinking it. Liba Beach isn't someplace just anyone can enter. Hand over the Spirit Stones honestly, and I'll leave immediately."
"Mhm." Qi Peiyu nodded upon