Xianyu ended the voice call, feeling considerably more at ease.
He had thought he had killed the Chief Strategist.
Xianyu began carefully recalling what Hua had said.
He knew that a lasting relationship, whether romantic or platonic, could never be sustained by one person's efforts alone.
As for the money and lies Hua had mentioned...
As the older person, with far more life experience, he already had an unfair advantage over Jingliu.
If he had not been reborn on the Luofu and suddenly become twenty again, the Chief Strategist would probably have hauled him off to the Prison of Deep Seclusion long ago.
He thought it over from every angle and decided that, aside from money, there was nothing he could offer to make it up to her.
Xianyu already had substantial savings. The ten million he had just spent was merely the tiniest fraction of his spare change.
Spending a little spare change on fortune-telling was a bargain.
Even if he had run into a bunch of amateurs, it was no loss.
Once Hua gradually transferred the assets from his previous life over to him, he would have even less reason to worry about money.
As for the lies Hua had mentioned, and her advice to confess everything in advance...
Xianyu felt that was entirely unnecessary.
The one threatening to kill people was the Former Marshal. What did that have to do with him, a Diviner who slacked off at the Divination Commission?
He believed he could keep those two identities completely separate without her noticing.
If she did find out, he would just run Aha and Fuli over.
With that thought, Xianyu got up to refill the Cat Food for that fat, sturdy Piggy.
Ever since the cat had moved in, he had deliberately cleared out one of