"Three months means millions of taels of silver! Aren't you tempted?
Just help me kill Xiao Simin, and it'll all be yours. I keep my word."
Hearing this, Simin stopped in her tracks and eyed Song Yaoyao and the others warily.
Song Yaoyao waved a hand.
"Carry on.
We won't interfere in matters between you siblings."
Even after hearing this, Simin remained on guard and asked,
"Really? You really won't interfere?"
"Really. Rest assured!
We don't like sticking our noses into other people's business."
Hearing this, Sifan roared,
"Do you know how much money the Extravagant Delight Manor earns in three months?
You could keep all that money yourself. You wouldn't have to hand it over to the Imperial Court!
How much could your monthly salary possibly be?
Why would you turn away a chance to get silver for nothing?"
Song Yaoyao smiled.
"Save your breath. Carry on."
Song Yaoyao couldn't even be bothered to listen to Sifan's endless prattle. There was nothing worth hearing in his dying struggles.
Only after confirming that Song Yaoyao and the others truly wouldn't interfere did Simin advance toward Sifan again, sword in hand.
Simin plunged her sword into Sifan's heart. Just like that, he breathed his last, unwilling to accept his fate.
Seeing the man she hated die just like that, Simin let out a long breath of relief.
Just then, Song Yaoyao's voice rang out.
"Next, it's time to settle matters between us."
At these words, Simin immediately turned around and said,
"Didn't you just say you wouldn't interfere in matters between us siblings?"
Song Yaoyao pointed at Sifan's corpse and said,
"Yes. Haven't you already finished settling those?"
"There doesn't seem to be any bad blood between us, does there? What is there to settle?"
"Have you already forgotten how you