"I'm acting on someone else's behalf." Those words carried subtle implications.
They spared him the trouble of Han Shuo digging for answers, so he did not have to explain why he insisted on killing Zhang Yingrui even at a loss when he supposedly had so few Crimson Crystals.
They also put distance between him and Han Shuo, making Han Shuo reluctant to have too much contact with a boy whose background was so complicated.
Even Qin Siyang's willingness to offer more Crimson Crystals for the weathered poison meteorite naturally struck Han Shuo as an instruction from whoever stood behind him, rather than Qin Siyang having so many Crimson Crystals that he had nothing better to do than throw them around.
And whoever was giving those instructions certainly was not from the Zhao Family.
After all, the Zhao Family was short of Crimson Crystals too.
That made Han Shuo even less inclined to get entangled with Qin Siyang.
So a single lie had its advantages and disadvantages. It all depended on what Qin Siyang chose.
Qin Siyang had always been good at weighing costs and benefits.
He believed that getting to know Han Shuo was nowhere near as important as keeping his trump cards hidden.
After all, he had stirred up trouble so many times, trading with the World Salvation Church, helping the Zhao Family, funding Tang Wangong, and handing out rewards to the Military.
All of that combined had cost him less than a hundred grams of Crimson Crystals.
If anyone learned that this was only the tip of the iceberg, a drop in the bucket, wouldn't they strip him bare?
So Qin Siyang offered no explanation and calmly accepted the unpleasantness of having his friendliness met with a cold shoulder.
After handing the weathered poison meteorite to Qin Siyang,