Taking the old ledger away would be no different from joining them in their wrongdoing.
Taking the new ledger away would be equivalent to accepting Wang Han.
If it had been someone else, they might have agonized over the choice, unsure of what to do.
Yet Xu Changqing did not hesitate in the slightest. He circulated his spiritual power, and the old ledger in his hand turned to powder in an instant, vanishing without a trace.
Everything recorded inside was gone in a flash.
"You!"
That move alone made Wang Han view the man before him in a different light.
The contents of the new and old ledgers were largely the same, differing only in price and certain details. In other words, either one could be submitted.
Choosing the old ledger meant becoming "one of us."
Choosing the new ledger meant becoming a "manager."
So no matter which one Xu Changqing chose, Wang Han would have him led around by the nose.
On the surface, the choice seemed to be in the other party's hands, but in truth, it had been in his own hands from beginning to end.
By normal logic, one would surely keep one as evidence. That would make it easier to keep the other side in check and facilitate future cooperation. Yet Xu Changqing had chosen to destroy them.
Just as Wang Han thought the other party had made his choice by keeping the new ledger, he never expected that in the very next moment, the new ledger would likewise turn to dust.
That was to say, both ledgers were gone.
At the sight, Wang Han stood dumbstruck, unable to utter even a complete sentence. "Xu... Junior Brother Xu, what are you...?"
The old ledger had been destroyed; he could accept that, taking it as Xu