"Go on!" He Pingsheng looked at Stone Gatherer with approval.
Stone Gatherer said, "Over all these years, while managing the business, this old servant has also been thinking about his own affairs!"
"I was originally just an ordinary Golden Immortal from a remote place, destined never to amount to much. It was only because I met you, Young Master, and became your servant through a strange twist of fate that I stumbled into such dumb luck and managed to reach the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal twelfth layer!"
"But a man must know contentment!"
"As the saying goes, the full moon must wane, and a full vessel must overflow!"
"I am different from the young masters and young ladies. This old servant is merely a servant. How could I bear such grace from you, Young Master?"
"I fear that too great a reward would instead bring harm upon me!"
"Please, Young Master, you must withdraw your command. Otherwise, this old servant would sooner die than dare accept it!"
"Of course, the young masters and young ladies are your own flesh and blood, so there is naturally no problem with them accepting it. Zhou Qingmei is your beloved confidante, Young Master, and she too fully deserves it!"
"Only this old servant absolutely cannot!"
"Very well!" He Pingsheng nodded and said, "Stone Gatherer, as you wish... you may withdraw!"
In truth, Stone Gatherer's concerns were not without reason.
Setting aside principles about modest fullness and complete abundance, if he really accepted He Pingsheng's Heavenly Dao merit today while He Pingsheng's direct descendants received none, that alone would be enough.
It would plant the root of disaster.
It would inevitably invite envy and resentment.
He Tianzhi might well be the first to object afterward.
Thus, Stone Gatherer had made the right choice.
"Father, I