Chu Sheng leaned against the Netherbone Car with his arms folded, watching coldly as Liu Ruyan dragged Jiang Yancheng away.
At his words, Liu Ruyan froze, her entire body beginning to tremble.
She was no fool. The moment she realized Jiang Yancheng had offended Chu Sheng, she apologized and tried to pull him away.
But it was too late!
To her, Chu Sheng's icy voice sounded like the whisper of a demon calling for her death.
Jiang Yancheng, who had been reluctantly letting her drag him away, felt his resentment reach its peak at Chu Sheng's words. But he also knew he seemed to have landed himself in trouble.
Hiding the venom in his eyes, Jiang Yancheng instantly put on a weak, pitiful expression. He turned around and lowered his head. "Ch-Chu Sheng, I-I got too worked up just now. I didn't mean it."
"Heh."
Chu Sheng walked up to him with a smile that never reached his eyes. "You didn't mean it?"
"It seems you've misunderstood something about me."
"Yes, yes, yes! It was all him!" Jiang Yancheng immediately raised his lowered head at Chu Sheng's words. A flash of delighted surprise crossed his face, along with a hint of smugness in his eyes.
So what if he was a Sequence Transcendent?
Wasn't he still being played like a fool?
Before the apocalypse, whenever he did something wrong, he only had to act like this. No one would blame him, and some would even comfort him.
"It was all Gu Hao! He told us to come to you, Brother Chu! He even said you'd fuse Sacrificial Items for us!"
"I never said that!" Gu Hao's aggrieved voice rang out.
Hearing that, Chu Sheng suddenly felt like laughing. He finally remembered why this melodramatic bullshit felt so familiar-and left the