"Oh."
"Was there anything else?"
As Yu Sheng spoke, he was already lowering his phone.
From the look of it, he was ready to hang up at any moment.
"Don't fucking hang up!"
"It's no fun if you keep hanging up on me!"
"There are two more things, one somewhat important and one not so important. Which do you want to hear first?"
The Lawless Outlaw seemed to sense something and spoke extremely quickly.
Yu Sheng frowned slightly. "You didn't talk this much in Sin City."
"No shit. If I'd talked this much in Sin City, I'd have died ages ago!"
"People have to adapt to new environments and fit in perfectly. Otherwise, wouldn't sticking out make you terribly antisocial?"
"That's also the first thing I wanted to tell you."
"I watched your matches live recently. I can tell you're trying to change too, but you're going in the wrong direction."
"What's the most important thing outside Sin City? Being outgoing! Gossip!"
"Only by mastering the art of gossip can you fit into the wider world in a short time."
"Take me now. Even if you dropped me into some little village where I didn't know a soul, within five minutes, I'd know how many times the village chief got up to piss at night!"
His voice brimmed with pride, his words carrying a distinctly boastful edge.
Zhao Zicheng listened in exasperation, the straw slipping from his mouth without him even noticing.
People from Sin City...
So Yu Sheng wasn't the only one who'd gone off track?
Fucking gossip, of all things!
He certainly made it sound nice!
Wasn't that just fucking rubbernecking? Prying into other people's business?
"The second thing is, I'm getting ready to make a run for it."
"Lately, anyone with eyes can see that your Ink