The three Wonders had yet to begin construction, and the Park District faced an enormous funding shortfall. If the rate was three hundred thousand Star Source a day, this was a price worth working for.
Xiao Shuai had never imagined his big brother could be this pragmatic. He smiled faintly and said, "Let's skip drinking chicken blood. Too dirty. There's a ready-made Memorial Hall in the villa. We can take down the memorial portrait, light candles, and burn yellow paper right there. From then on, whoever you point at eats shit."
"You studying for a graduate entrance exam?"
"Ahem."
Xiao Shuai cast a shifty-eyed glance around, then passed Ren Ye a bag of Star Source beneath the table. "Three hundred thousand as a show of sincerity. Every last bit."
Ren Ye immediately opened the bag and extended his perception. Finding that the amount checked out, he thought, This kid really wants to break the ice with me. He handed over three hundred thousand Star Source just like that. Pretty straightforward...!
After handing over the Star Source, Xiao Shuai asked with a smile, "Now do you believe I sincerely want to be friends?"
"Yeah, I believe you. You've paid up. How could I not?" Ren Ye made no show of coyness either. He accepted the Star Source outright and said solemnly, "We'll do as you suggested. If you really do choose to give up in the end, I won't take your Autobiography Fragments for nothing. I can pay a hefty sum to buy you admission to the Blessed Land Star Gate. It's quite mysterious, known as a miniature Immortal Land. It really isn't somewhere just anyone can enter...!"
"Sounds good. Thanks, big brother." Xiao Shuai nodded firmly. "I know you're a decent man."
"...Mm."
"But big brother, I remember you already