Chapter 4755 — Two Days to Answer
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
If this time, unable to refuse out of regard for their bond, Ning Shanghe gritted her teeth and broke the precedent, then once word spread, what would she do when other friends came asking her to refine pills? How would she respond then?
Even worse, what if someone, relying on their friendship, simply demanded finished Thunder Mystic Pills from her outright? Once human greed is unleashed, it is a bottomless pit, and such a thing was not beyond the realm of possibility.
Liu Ziqi and Ning Shanghe had never been friends of convenience, but true confidantes. As a friend, she could certainly not place the other in such an awkward, impossible position for the sake of her own private interest. So after much deliberation, she had to abandon the ready path through West Island after all.
That left her with precious few options. Though she was vice principal of Morning Pride Academy, Liu Ziqi had never been one to cultivate a wide circle of acquaintances. Her true friends could be counted on one hand, and those who could help in this matter were even fewer.
Frowning in thought for a long while, Liu Ziqi finally sighed and said ambiguously, "This is a grave matter. I must consider it carefully. I will give you my answer in a couple of days."
"Vice Principal Liu, the opportunity will not come twice—you would do well to think it over carefully!" Ren Zhongyuan was visibly unwilling to let it go. He knew full well that delay breeds trouble; the best course in such a matter was to settle it with a single hammer blow, leaving Huo Yudie no chance and no room to react—simply invoke the master's command that could not be disobeyed, and have the marriage arranged by decree. Otherwise, if things dragged on, who knew what complications might arise.
As the other had said, once this village is passed, there is no such shop again. Liu Ziqi could not help feeling torn. By her own reckoning, the matter was surely sound—otherwise she would not have considered it so seriously.
Under Ren Zhongyuan's proposal, three of the four Thunder Mystic Pills would go to her and her disciple. Those three pills were enough to guarantee Huo Yudie's entry into the Mystic Ascension stage—a dream come true. Moreover, the terms Ren Zhongyuan proposed were not all that excessive.
In Liu Ziqi's eyes, though Ren Zhongyuan's natural gifts fell far short of Wei Zhao's, he had at least been devoted to her Die'er for all these years, and with his background and status, he could well be considered a rare match. Even if he did not set her heart racing the way Wei Zhao did, he was certainly not far behind.
Besides, however excellent Wei Zhao's conditions might be, he was already the West Island's prospective son-in-law. Huo Yudie and he were destined to come to nothing, so better to seize this chance and cut the tie once and for all.
"Two days. In two days I will give you a definite answer. You may go now," Liu Ziqi said coolly. Tempted she might be, but she was a titan in her own right after all, and could not be led by the nose so easily by a minor figure like Ren Zhongyuan. With her precious disciple's lifelong happiness at stake, she would never make a decision in such haste.
"Very well, then the day after tomorrow! At this hour the day after tomorrow, I will come in person to hear Vice Principal Liu's answer. This matter is surely a good thing for you, for me, and for Sister Yudie alike, and I hope to hear good news then." Ren Zhongyuan remained unwilling at heart, but with the other's strength and standing plain before him, he truly dared not press too hard; if he pushed Liu Ziqi to the brink, it would be his own tragedy. (To be continued...)