"So that was it. I never imagined you were a pitiful soul too.
Of the eighty thousand characters in this world, only the one for love truly moves the heart."
Commerce Continent, the reception hall at the Four Seas Commerce Association headquarters.
Everyone was taken aback by Xiao Tian Ce's sigh.
Then Xiao Xuan and the others understood: Xiao Tian Ce was laying the groundwork to bring Tong Sihai fully under his command.
After all, although his overwhelming strength had forced Tong Sihai to bow his head, that kind of submission hardly meant they could sleep without a care.
If Tong Sihai could kneel and beg for his life today because he could not defeat them, would he not betray them just as readily when he faced someone else he could not defeat?
Especially if that person's strength rivaled Xiao Tian Ce's, would Tong Sihai simply disregard Xiao Tian Ce's threats and betray him without hesitation?
Xiao Xuan and the others had followed Xiao Tian Ce for many years, after all. By now, they understood his habits well.
Sure enough, as Tong Sihai murmured to himself, savoring Xiao Tian Ce's words about how only love moved the heart among the world's eighty thousand characters, memories rose unbidden in his mind: his first encounter with Yue Rou, getting to know her, falling in love, and finally their separation.
Those scenes slowly drifted past, frame after frame, while the longing in his heart grew ever sharper.
In the seat of honor, Xiao Tian Ce was in no hurry. He simply watched the emotions in Tong Sihai's eyes, his lips curving slightly as he thought, Everyone has a weakness, it seems. Otherwise, given everything he experienced earlier in life, how could mere death have made him kneel and beg for mercy?
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