Chapter 413 Sailing Close to the Wind

The mention of Jing Hong's name made Chu Xun stop in his tracks and he turned back. "Aren't you leaving? What are you coming back for?" Yan Guilai would have looked genuinely surprised if not for the curling of his lips. "I just remembered how imprudent it would be to leave you here alone," said Chu Xun pensively. "Here's a counteroffer. A discount, if you like it. Five hundred magical shrubs." "Deal," Yan Guilai stretched out a hand with anticipation. "What is this?" Chu Xun was flabbergasted. "I thought you said you're giving me five hundred magical shrubs," teased Yan Guilai playfully. "You're sailing perilously close to the wind, do you know that?" "All right, all right. I really can't afford to make an enemy out of you, can I?" Yan Guilai stepped sideways with a flourish of his arm, beckoning Chu Xun to go, "I'd have to say the environment here is not too kind for someone of your stature, Chu Xun. Perhaps you'd fare better somewhere else." He brusquely stro