Poison Genius Consort

er Cao wasn’t easy to fool, being the manager of the private salt trade.
Every word Long Feiye used was chosen with caution as he probed for details.

Han Yunxi had been tossed and turned by Long Feiye all last night and was tired enough to sleep for three days straight.
She didn’t have much energy to dedicate to Treasurer Cao, so she shut up and listened peacefully from the sidelines.
Unexpectedly, she soon found Treasurer Cao’s male pets exchanging constant looks between her and Long Feiye.
As soon as her eyes met the stronger man’s gaze, she broke contact, goosebumps rising on her skin.
Still, she privately snickered.
I’m almost certain the male pets are for us, not Treasurer Cao! He doesn’t seem to like men at all!

She glanced at Long Feiye, but he was focused on Treasurer Cao and didn’t notice the male pets at all.
With his personality, he wouldn’t look at them anyways.
He basically treated everyone he found useless or unworthy as air.
Han Yunxi’s amusement only grew at the sight of his dedication.
She was looking forward to the moment he realized the truth too! All throughout his life, he’d been bombarded with lovestruck female gazes, including her own.
But she was sure he’d rarely had men look at him with those kinds of eyes!

Currently, Long Feiye was discussing problems of transportation with Treasurer Cao.
The latter was still more reserved and didn’t suggest any specific routes.
Even when Long Feiye asked, he only cut him off or switched to other topics.

“Sir Ye, you don’t need to worry about matters of transportation.
As long as you give us a suitable deadline, I promise to ship the wares to Three-Way Black Market on time,” Treasurer Cao declared.

“The destination isn’t Three-Way Black Market,” Long Feiye stopped after his words.

Treasurer Cao’s gaze grew complicated.
“Where is Sir Ye planning to move such a large order?”

A huge shipment like this would be checked throughout its trip.
There was a high risk of being suspected of hoarding goods, which would only incite suspicion afterwards.
Long Feiye looked at Treasurer Cao without a word.
But the man was patient enough and didn’t pry.
He just couldn’t help asking, “Could it be that Sir Ye doesn’t want to stockpile, but wants to ship it out directly?”

Most smugglers preferred to hoard their goods in Three-Way Black Market until the price was high enough to sell.
Sir Ye had ordered 500 carts of salt.
If he wasn’t stockpiling, where would he send them? Even Wintercrow Country couldn’t use so much salt at once.

Long Feiye’s lips rose in a smirk but he remained mute.
Treasurer Cao had no choice but to guess what he was thinking.

If it’s purely for stockpiling, there’s no need to buy salt privately.
Most people who do have plans to sell it beyond Great Qin, but that’s only Wintercrow Country at present.
Treasurer Cao assumed that Sir Ye would keep his stores at Three-Way Black Market before selling to Wintercrow, but now things were more uncertain.

He tried probing.
“Sir Ye, you are asking for a large sum.
Wintercrow Country wouldn’t be able to finish that much salt even in a year and a half!”

Long Feiye arched his brow and remained silent.
The less he spoke, the more restless Treasurer Cao felt.
Then he thought of his goal to cultivate a long-term friendship and hesitated.
Rising up in a show of goodwill, he leaned over and quietly murmured in Long Feiye’s ear, “Sir Ye, I won’t lie, but recently there’s been someone else with intentions to send a large shipment to Wintercrow Country.
If Sir Ye has the same idea, then I shall reject that other deal.”

“Heheh, who has the gall to vie with my East Origin Hall?” Long Feiye muttered back.

Treasurer Cao didn’t say any names, but replied, “Sir Ye, if our deal is successful then I can leave all business with Wintercrow Country to you in the future, how’s that?”

Long Feiye only scoffed without answering.

Treasurer Cao knew he was displeased and lowered his voice even further.
“Sir Ye, that person is Ning—”

Before he could finish, Long Feiye inadvertently looked up and saw the male pet opposite him staring back with a dazed expression.
His gaze could be described as soft, tender, and ambiguous.

Instantly, Long Feiye’s face fell.
He looked over to the other side and saw the second male pet making eyes at Han Yunxi.

Slam!

Slapping the table, Long Feiye stood up and lost all interest in the other smuggler’s name.
The clueless Treasurer Cao was only halfway finished and greatly taken aback.
Bewildered, he wondered why Sir Ye had suddenly lost his temper.
Han Yunxi was surprised as well.
She was quite close to Long Feiye and had started paying more attention to Treasurer Cao’s words than the male pets.
Knowing a name drop was imminent had made her nervous, but hearing “Ning” after that made it worse.

Who knew that Long Feiye would act rashly right at this juncture?!

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