"Wait, that's not right... Why did Cao Jun try to ambush and kill me?"
But Zhao Er immediately noticed the part of the whole affair that did not add up.
Everything else made sense, but none of it had anything to do with Cao Jun trying to kill him.
He had known nothing about any of this. Under those circumstances, the man should have had no reason to risk ambushing him.
"Someone had to take the blame when things went wrong. An outsider sneaked into the mine. Claiming he had no inside help wouldn't hold water...
"They would kill you, silence all the miners in Third Squad's mining area, then destroy the bodies and erase the evidence before disappearing with the spirit ore. There would be a few holes in the story, but they could paper them over.
"As for why they picked you, according to the Third Squad members we captured, your arrival took someone else's position. And you came from the County Town..."
In the end, Jiang Zhi laid everything out clearly.
"So that's it. If I'd been any less capable, I probably would've been done for."
When Zhao Er heard Jiang Zhi say they could paper it over, he more or less understood. Third Squad's captain had probably been put forward to balance the books in the first place, so the affair would certainly be hushed up unless they went too far.
As for what had happened to him, Zhao Er did not really blame anyone.
That was simply how the world worked. If you lacked the ability and someone trapped you, you should not resent it. You had no right to resent anyone.
But if you had the means to survive the affair, you would receive your rightful share of the benefits.
Zhao Er's present situation