"I have a feeling he'll rise, even if I die before he does." Shen Yaoyin's tone was calm. "As for our engagement, if I die, the Nine Cauldron Merchant Association will naturally have other heirs."
"You... you're simply beyond reason!"
"Beyond reason? Then so be it." Shen Yaoyin shook her head and urged him, "You should hurry up and leave. He really dislikes you."
But Li Yang had already arrived.
For Shen Yaoyin's sake, Li Yang refrained from slapping Jiang Xingzhou away for setting up a betting pool that cursed him to die.
"Besides the loss itself, are there any other consequences from your Market Ruins Magic Treasure being destroyed?"
Shen Yaoyin had helped him. Without her, he could not have wiped out those ten thousand enemies.
That was a favor he had to repay.
As a merchant, though, Shen Yaoyin probably wanted precisely that favor from him.
"It's fine. I've made my peace with a lot of things. Whatever happens, happens." Shen Yaoyin shook her head and gave a carefree smile.
"Easy for you to say. That was proof of your status!" Jiang Xingzhou put some distance between himself and Li Yang, his hand beneath his sleeve gripping a top-grade life-saving talisman tightly.
He wanted to say more, but Li Yang's presence beside him was far too oppressive. He snorted coldly and turned to leave, leaving only one remark:
"You're beyond saving."
After he left, Li Yang got straight to the point. "What should I do to help you?"
"There really is no need. Everyone has their own fate." Shen Yaoyin shook her head again. "These were all my own choices."
"What are you pretending to have seen through everything for, you bitch?" Li Yang launched straight into abuse. "Don't think I won't curse you out just because you