She had plainly torn away every curtain before you, revealing her truest feelings.
Though she had made no plea, she had indeed reached out to you with pain in her eyes.
Pei Ye suddenly realized that the faces the woman showed at different times had no real distinction between outward and inward, true and false. At every moment, she was so convincing. Fang Jidao, Shang Huaitong, himself-everyone who dealt with her would believe without the slightest doubt that what they saw was her true face.
"...I concede." Amid those spreading thoughts, Pei Ye's smile faded. "Over the past two days, Jade Feather has essentially brought the three streets in the northeast of the Prefectural City under its control. Before sunset today, Jade Feather will enter the southern city. The largest operation will take place alongside the Martial Competition. After that, the Seven Flood Dragons' forces in the Prefectural City will be largely cleared out within half a month."
"...I want to know about Moon-Catching Lake."
"Moon-Catching Lake will be more troublesome. The Five Lakes Gang has been entrenched there for a long time. Even without the Seven Flood Dragons supporting it, it'll be a tough bone to gnaw through. Jade Feather may need a month or two to dismantle it and take over," Pei Ye said. "But we'll sever the connection between the Seven Flood Dragons and the Five Lakes Gang within three days. So as far as the Seven Flood Dragons are concerned, that business on the lake will have nothing to do with them three days from now."
"...Three days?"
"Three days."
Pei Ye said earnestly, "And for this, Jade Feather will go through official channels via Bai Sibing. The Seven Flood Dragons won't expect it to happen so quickly. Of course, after losing Seven Flood Dragon Cave,