In the courtyard.
Jiang Li spoke. "Little brother! Why do you think Cao Bin suddenly came to our door today and acted like that?"
Jiang Ning held the gold leaf Cao Bin had just gifted him, speaking thoughtfully. "He probably came to show goodwill and ease our relationship."
"Ease our relationship?" Jiang Li nodded, seeming to understand somewhat.
Then he said, "What do you plan to do, little brother?"
After thinking briefly, Jiang Ning said, "Go along with his wishes! Cao Bin represents the Cao Family, after all. It would be unwise to make an enemy of them now."
Hearing those words, Jiang Li nodded repeatedly.
"I support every choice you make, little brother!"
Jiang Ning smiled at that.
Jiang Li added, "Little brother, I'll head back inside and check on your sister-in-law. I'll tell her that we'll go out later and give Xu Yunfeng's old mother a proper burial."
"Mm!" Jiang Ning nodded.
Once Jiang Li returned to the house, Jiang Ning was the only one left in the courtyard.
Looking at the gold leaf in his hand, he could not help sinking into thought.
Judging from Cao Bin's performance today, he must have concluded that I was the one who killed Hong Chengtao, Xu Yunfeng, and the others.
Yet he actually chose to come and ease our relationship. That was somewhat beyond my expectations.
But it made sense. Shen Congyun and Wang Jin valued me now.
And in Cao Bin's eyes, I possessed the strength to kill a Martial Dao ninth-rank expert like Hong Chengtao. I was no longer an ant he could casually crush to death.
Naturally, that would make him choose differently.
In Cao Bin's eyes, we were all people of standing. We were not outlaws who lived with our heads hanging from our belt. How