Yu San nodded. "Of course, of course. Having principles is a good thing. Business is all about harmony bringing wealth."
Yan Xianjue did not respond to him and continued, "But if someone wants to casually cross that line, I have to make my position clear. Otherwise, putting that line there would just be a joke. Don't you agree, Third Master Yu?"
While roughly snapping apart a crab leg, Yu San nodded in agreement. "That's true."
"In business, the worst thing is having people come right to your doorstep to bully you."
"Take my First-Class Pavilion. Ever since it opened, I've forbidden anyone from coming here to cause trouble."
"This is a restaurant. If people could just come knocking it up whenever they pleased, wouldn't I have to renovate every day? How could I keep the place open?"
Yan Xianjue's tone turned much colder. "Unfortunately, sometimes trouble comes looking for people, not the other way around."
After finishing that crab leg, Yu San picked up the wine cup beside him and tipped back his head to drain it. "As for who went looking for whom, I don't know."
"I, Yu San, am just an ordinary fisherman."
Yan Xianjue's expression did not change at the veiled warning. He directly laid it bare. "Third Master Yu, have you made up your mind to board Lin Lang's ship?"
Yu San laughed heartily and waved his hand as if he had heard something amusing. "Young Master Yan was born noble, with a golden spoon in his mouth. You've probably never gone out to sea to fish, have you?"
"We fishermen don't distinguish between good boats and bad boats. Any boat that lets us catch fish is a good boat."
"Just like in business, there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. There are only