Madame is Pretending to be an Academic Slacker Again!

Young Master Hai narrowed his eyes: ”Don’t misunderstand, this isn’t a client of mine, it’s a girl I fancy. Messaging her won’t interfere with our business.”

His first reaction was to assume Nalan Ye Jue was unhappy about him taking on a job.

But who knew.

As soon as he finished speaking, the white-robed man’s tone turned even colder: ”Delete it!”

Uh...

He wants him to delete it?

So it’s not a business matter?

Young Master Hai had a mind as sharp as a seven-orifice exquisite heart, immediately guessing a bit, and laughed: ”Alright, alright, I’ll delete it.”

There was no choice; his life was still in the other’s hands.

He didn’t even know what tool the other was using, a thin piece at the back of his neck, like a scalpel, ready to slice his throat at any moment.

After deleting the message he was about to send to Qin Xin, Young Master Hai waved his phone: ”Boss, satisfied now?”

His tone was insouciant, showing he was a little afraid but not deathly scared.

Nalan Ye Jue spoke again in a chilly voice: ”Delete her number.”

Young Master Hai replied in earnest: ”Deleting her number will make her suspicious, you know how smart she is. Besides, she’s been to my house. Without her number, she’ll visit me in person.”

Sure enough, these words made Nalan Ye Jue’s eyes darken, his tone even more displeased: ”From now on, don’t provide her with any information about the Twelve Elders.”

As he spoke, he tossed a small bag onto the coffee table.

The bag’s opening had a gap, revealing a small bag full of Spiritual Pearls.

A generous gesture.

Young Master Hai narrowed his eyes.

This man’s style is strangely a tad similar to that of Miss Lan.

They both deal out bags of Spiritual Pearls so lavishly.

The task instructions are straightforward as well, leaving no room for refusal.

He thought for a moment and replied to Nalan Ye Jue with utmost seriousness: ”No can do. I run my business on integrity, if I find information about the Twelve Elders, it’s impossible not to tell her. I can’t betray her or deceive her.”

The back of his neck instantly throbbed with pain.

The thin blade seemed to press in by a millimeter.

Young Master Hai took a deep breath and smiled: ”Boss, let me finish. Although I can’t betray or deceive her, I can do business with you. How about I sell the same information to you too? As soon as I have news about the Twelve Elders and the Blood Woman, I’ll tell her and you at the same time. As for the parts you don’t want her to know... well, it depends on how quickly you act. With your capabilities, shouldn’t it be easy to block her path?”

After speaking, Young Master Hai was truly sweating it out inside.

He did indeed pull a clever trick.

Selling the information twice.

If he upset this man, he might end up being killed with a single strike, leaving him no messages to sell.

But he couldn’t resist gambling on this. This man didn’t harbor a grudge against him or Qin Xin. On the contrary, he was very concerned about Qin Xin and didn’t want her to know certain information, fearing it would put her in danger.

Time ticked by, second by second.

Young Master Hai felt as if he was waiting for the final verdict.

Finally.

The white-robed man spoke heavily: ”Alright, let’s proceed with this deal.”

The next moment, he threw down the Spiritual Pearls and left.

The room returned to silence.

As if no one had ever been there.

Young Master Hai let out a breath of relief, only to realize his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

He touched the back of his neck, thinking it had been cut by the white-robed man.

However, it wasn’t. Instead, he felt an old fragment of rice paper.

What?

The terrifying man earlier, could it be that he threatened him with just a piece of paper???

Young Master Hai was extremely frustrated, yet couldn’t help but burst into a laugh—