As though something had suddenly occurred to him, Zuo Changlu eagerly proposed a wager.
Wu Tiejiang rolled his eyes. "Boss, just tell me what you've set your sights on this time. Can you stop setting traps for me...? Would you ever bet with someone unless you were sure?"
Zuo Changlu bristled. "Am I that sort of person?"
"I think you can be a little more confident and drop the question mark."
Wu Tiejiang rolled his eyes. "Back then, when Liehuo captured our people, you stepped forward to make a bet with Great Shaman Liehuo. You declared, bold as brass, that if you lost, you'd hand over Sun Moon Pass, and if you won, you wanted nothing else-just one person."
"And that idiot actually bet with you like a moron. Then you fleeced him so badly that he stopped showing his face altogether. How many years has it been now? If you could fleece even someone like Liehuo that badly... betting with you would just be asking for trouble and misery!"
Zuo Changlu rubbed his nose. "The way you put it... how was I supposed to know Liehuo would agree without even thinking...?"
"Oh, give it a rest," Wu Tiejiang said. "Can you honestly say you hadn't planned that wager in advance?"
"Of course I planned it. How could I not?"
Zuo Changlu glared. "Would I have staked Sun Moon Pass without being ten thousand percent certain? Are you kidding me?"
"But Liehuo fell right into your nasty trap. He even thought he'd gotten a bargain. He was so pleased with himself..."
As Wu Tiejiang thought about it, he suddenly burst out laughing. "Over three thousand of our people had been captured, but you only wanted one person... I reckon Liehuo must've thought something was wrong with your head..."
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