Le Ye shot Huangfu Wuxia a vicious glare. "Forget it!"
He could casually produce a hundred Spirit Stones for an appraisal fee, and he was discussing a deal worth twenty thousand Spirit Stones. Why would he care about a mere two Spirit Stones? What truly bothered him was that he suspected she was deliberately making things difficult for him and mocking him.
That was why his tone was far from pleasant. "I will remember Chairman Huangfu's kindness in making this possible."
Chairman Huangfu's gloomy face had only just turned into a smile when it darkened again. She changed moods faster than flipping pages. "What do you mean by that, Le? Do you think that just because I gave you some face, I'm easy to push around?"
Le Ye truly did not dare confront her head-on. He was not afraid of clashing with her over official matters, since the Yin Sha Sect stood behind him. But when it came to personal grudges, he genuinely did not dare provoke this young lady. After all, his family did not have a Golden Core Patriarch.
So he could only give an awkward laugh. "Chairman Huangfu, you misunderstand. I mean... if you hadn't entered the bidding, we wouldn't have had to spend so much more."
"Could you please think before you speak?" Huangfu Wuxia rolled her eyes helplessly. "From what I know of Fellow Daoist Feng, he's an extremely stubborn person. Once he refuses to bargain... you won't save even a single Spirit Stone."
"Is that so?" Le Ye looked at her suspiciously, a strange thought arising in his mind. Could the Tiantong Merchant Alliance be acting as a shill?
"Of course," Huangfu Wuxia replied with a firm nod.
Le Ye could not be bothered to mull over her attitude anymore—mainly because figuring it out