Wandong smirked, as he found Duan Lengyan's observation surprisingly sharp — she even figured out that Qiu Yunchong was a hypocrite.
As a matter of fact, Wandong overestimated Duan Lengyan. She failed to see through Qiu Yunchong. However, she still had what it took to read people — her instinct. It was sometimes more penetrating than analysis and experience. Hence, she had long found Qiu Yunchong an unreliable guy.
As Wandong assumed, Duan Lengyan didn't take to Qiu Yunchong at all. Her instinct has been warning her from time to time — a relationship with Qiu Yunchong could be nothing but a torture for her.
Being referred to as General Qiu, Qiu YunChong felt rather pleased. He felt a sense of accomplishment.
"Haha. You know I'm barely in town. As long as I come back, I'd like to go shopping here at the Tianbao Mansion. I want to get some treasures here to better equip my troops. In so doing, I can deal with the West Turk Kingdom at ease. Well, do you remember that I ordered five thousand raw stones of the blood steel with you? I'm taking them back today."
Wandong almost cracked up on hearing that, "Qiu Yunchong ordered five thousand raw stones?"
Wandong already claimed the ownership of the raw stones. Apart from five hundred valid ones, the rest were nothing but regular stones. It would be such a great pleasure to sell the four thousand barren ones to Qiu Yunchong.
Wandong started to put together a scheme against Qiu Yunchong — he was going to play Midas Touch today.
As a matter of fact, Wu Qiujun and Duan Lengyan were utterly in the dark about Qiu Yunchong's order. They both turned to Pi Xiong for an explanation.
Pi Xiong trembled, almost falling over. He didn't expect Wandong's appearance as well as Wu Qiujun and Duan Lengyan's loss to Wandong. He should have brought up Qiu Yunchong's order before they accepted Wandong's proposal for the bet on five thousand raw stones. However, Pi Xiong deemed it unnecessary — the odds worked against Wandong to a helpless extent. Now came a revelation — being opinionated could bring about a real hazard.
As a matter of fact, Qiu Yunchong didn't come especially for the raw stones. He learned that there had been a riot in the Tianbao Mansion. Hence, he rushed to rescue it from a siege, in a bit to impress Duan Lengyan.
Hardly had Pi Xiong found a plausible excuse when Qiu Yunchong brought it around to another topic.
"Mr. Wu, I heard that there were some audacious trouble-makers in here. You know, it aroused indignation in me. Hence, I rushed to the scene with my underlings. However, I failed to come in time and only got hold of a few mobsters. Please take a look and tell me whether I was right."
Qiu Yunchong waved his hand to his underlings. Then a dozen armored soldiers came in with murderous bearing. They pushed several blood-drenched men inside.
Wandong took a glimpse — they were among the Qingyun warriors who supported Wandong. They got captured by Qiu Yunchong on their way back.