Bai Yunfei was surprised by the sudden iciness in Cheng Xin’s words.

It wasn’t as though he was scared, he was just surprised that it happened.

Up until this point, Bai Yunfei thought this was merely just one of those small ‘enticements’ between those young masters with power in the Capital and those with less. So when Cheng Xin suddenly started to speak a message so obviously meant to be bear ill-will towards Zheng Kai and his group, Bai Yunfei was stunned. Was the man not afraid he’d go back and ‘report’ to Zheng Kai of what transpired in this room?

But then Cheng Xin went and made this a deal where Bai Yunfei would be killed to keep the secret a secret!

Could the death...