Hearing Chen Changsheng relent, Xing Piaopiao immediately protested in an aggrieved voice, "Young master, I've been utterly loyal to you!"
"I don't deny your loyalty to me, but neither do I deny your fear of Tie Yunpeng."
"If Tie Yunpeng threatened you one day and demanded that you betray me, would you remain loyal, or would you submit to your fear?"
Faced with Chen Changsheng's question, Xing Piaopiao did not know how to answer for a moment.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng glanced at Xing Piaopiao kneeling on the ground and spoke softly.
"Stay on your knees."
"Kneeling now can at least keep you alive. In the future, even if you smash your forehead bloody kowtowing, you might not save your own skin."
"The situation in the Capital City is a tangled web. A little mud loach like you wants to stir up wind and clouds, without even weighing whether you have the strength for it."
"At today's banquet, Grand Preceptor Pang didn't utter a word, and Tie Yunpeng was all bowed head and obedient ears."
"You think these legendary figures amount to no more than that. In truth, the dog that bites never barks."
"Until you understand that, keep kneeling."
With that, Chen Changsheng turned and left, leaving Xing Piaopiao kneeling there alone.
Watching Chen Changsheng's retreating figure, she felt the fear from half a month ago rise in her heart again.
If she had previously feared only Chen Changsheng's strength, what Xing Piaopiao feared now was his ability to see straight through people's hearts.
Over their half a month together, Xing Piaopiao had discovered that Chen Changsheng was not as difficult to talk to as she had imagined.
As time passed, she had gradually forgotten her earlier fear and begun entertaining little schemes she should never have harbored.
But