so.
After careful consideration.
Long Tianding's choice is...
"There are quite a few 'Forsaken' joining the Fifth District, and I'm a bit overwhelmed right now."
He took a breath and said, "If Miss Nan Qian could help take care of things, I would be extremely grateful."
"As for the purchase of weapons... we in 'Dragon City' naturally need to arm and strengthen ourselves. If you'd like to hitch a ride with us, that's fine too... Of course, you'll have to figure out the funding yourselves."
This attitude is ambiguous; it doesn't sound like agreement, but it seems like agreement nonetheless.
Shen Qin and Lin Wenhua quickly understood his meaning—Long Tianding's move was actually a gamble on two fronts. Providing the Fifth District as a platform for them was a form of support, and he even told them how to handle the relatively important issue of weapons.
If overthrowing Xu Shi is successful, he will naturally have accomplished a great feat. However, if they fail, Long Tianding can also extricate himself from the situation.
He could easily deflect blame by saying it was just his oversight, and that it was all the "Forgotten Ones" who wanted to cause trouble, right? Sin City is such a big place, it's normal that they can't take care of everything... Why would I want to start a riot? We just talked about developing public infrastructure together not long ago, you've really wronged me.
This also aligns with his personality—whether it's riots or development, for Long Tianding, it's merely a means to an end.
To be honest, such a statement and result did not satisfy Shen Qin and Lin Wenhua. They certainly did not want to have their cake and eat it too. However, they also knew that it would be abnormal for someone as cunning as Long Tianding to be persuaded to submit to them with just a few words because of something whose success could not be fully guaranteed.
"...In that case, we still have to thank Lord Long. At least you've given us a place to defend."
So Shen Qin didn't say much. "As for the funds for purchasing weapons, I'm afraid we'll have to rely on you, Elder Lin?"
"No problem, I'll try my best to solve it."
Lin Wenhua agreed without much hesitation. He wasn't short of money, but he needed people to support the operation.
Shen Qin is the opposite; in a sense, the two complement each other.
Although this would cost him a lot of money, he knew that now was not the time to worry about the cost. Otherwise, if Xu Shi struck first, he would lose all the wealth he had accumulated over the years.
"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation."
Seeing him nod, Shen Qin breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ha, it's a pleasure to work with you."
Lin Wenhua forced a smile.
To be honest, he looked down on these "Forgotten Ones" from the bottom of his heart. He didn't know the real purpose of Shen Qin's actions, so in his eyes, they were just a bunch of hungry ghosts who had nowhere else to turn but to seek refuge in the City of Night Sin. They were even thinking about such things now, which was truly greedy to the extreme.
Shen Qin also looked down on Lin Wenhua. The two only formed an alliance temporarily because they had the same goal.
"Alright, we can't stay any longer. Shall we go back and get ready?"
They all came out secretly, which would naturally arouse suspicion over time, so after a brief discussion, they went their separate ways.
After leaving Sin City, Shen Qin immediately contacted Shen He, who was still outside the city.
She decided to act now because she saw the conflict between Lin Wenhua and Xu Shi, and also because her brother told her that things were progressing on his end as well.
And... he needs to return to the City of Night Sin.
...
On the other side.
"I suppose Lin Wenhua and Long Tianding are having a very pleasant conversation by now?"
On the way to the "quill pen", Xu Shi looked up at the sky outside the skylight and murmured to himself thoughtfully.
He had no doubt whatsoever that Lin Wenhua would betray him.
Not to mention that the old man had a criminal record in the original work, I have already pushed him to this point, it would be too impolite for him to die in silence.
"Including that Miss Shen Qin, she will probably take this opportunity to do something."
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh. He was clearly a good person who didn't want to fight with the world, but he always had to suffer from this unnecessary malice.
I'm so cold and shivering, I feel like crying.
"Young Master, now that you say that, I knew that even if they were all together, they probably wouldn't be able to make any waves, right?"
Su Lin smiled slightly. She understood Xu Shi's thoughts quite well. If he really had any concerns, he wouldn't have spoken in this tone.
"That's not quite right. No matter what they do, it's still chaos."
Xu Shi said seriously, "Even if tens of thousands of pigs were standing in front of me, it would be very difficult to kill them one by one."
"yes."
Su Lin nodded silently, thinking to herself that her analogy was quite humorous.
The two soon arrived at District 19.
However, when Ning Wei greeted Gu Yi and Wen Shengkui, who were "studying," the scene he saw shocked him.
"No, what...what are you doing?!"
(End of this chapter)
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