"Wouldn't sell it to me?" Yang Yuxin found it rather strange, but at this point, she would not keep throwing her influence around without restraint—since she had asked a friend to approach him, the other party could not possibly be unaware of her background.
Knowing who she was and still insisting on not selling the Stone Bowl meant she could not casually apply pressure anymore.
Using status to pressure someone only worked once. Doing it repeatedly would become vulgar and could easily provoke a backlash.
However, she was determined to get it. Leaving aside everything else, if it was something Master Feng valued, she would definitely fight to obtain it.
So she could only change tactics and hire some professionals to investigate Smith's true circumstances.
Before long, she learned that Smith kept an especially low profile in Dragon City, and his social circle was quite narrow.
Although there were several respectable figures behind him, he could not fit into their circles—or rather, he had no interest in joining them.
Instead, some people who wanted to curry favor with those figures took the initiative to approach him and tried to get closer to him. Thus, while he was not particularly famous within Dragon City's circles, he was known for being quite reserved.
While Yang Yuxin was looking into him, Smith also heard that someone extremely influential was investigating him, and he began to panic.
Dragon City had never lacked highly influential people, but Smith normally did nothing illegal and had little reason to be investigated. There were not many people qualified to target him, and even fewer who could be called "extremely influential."
Very quickly, he learned that the Gu Family was investigating him—though with his information network, he could not find out exactly which member of the Gu Family had