Chapter 3621 — Trying to Trade Back
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Even though Meng Jueming had deep connections in the Spirit Jade Hall, the Hall's rules were the Hall's rules: anyone wanting to change mining zones had to sign the contract in person. Just as he had schemed and tempted Wei Zhao into signing on the spot when he first sent him to Mining Zone Seven, now, to bring him back, he would still have to find a way to get Wei Zhao's signature.
Otherwise, if Wei Zhao himself refused, even if Meng Jueming got Acting Impermanence to process the paperwork, it would be useless. After all, the man was not one of those "newcomers of former terms" who had failed their Foundation Establishment and had no rights to speak of. Without special justification, even Meng Jueming, the chief steward, could not force Wei Zhao into such a thing.
Meng Zhou knitted his brows in thought. "Cousin Jiu, how about we give him another twenty-five pieces of waste jade?"
"Are you an idiot?" Meng Jueming was caught between laughter and tears. How on earth did he have such a fool for a cousin? Rolling his eyes, he snapped, "Do you think Wei Zhao's as big an idiot as you? He fell for it once—that wasn't enough? You think he'll fall for the same trick again?"
"Uh…" At Meng Jueming's words, Meng Zhou himself began to feel rather foolish, and could only say weakly, "Then what do we do? If Wei Zhao won't agree, won't he just dig in his heels in Mining Zone Seven and refuse to be chased out?"
"Easy to invite a god in, hard to send him away!" Meng Jueming scratched his head helplessly.
A couple of days ago, when he had schemed so hard to lure Wei Zhao into Mining Zone Seven, he had been full of hope that he would find a high-quality ore node in this dead Mining Zone Ten and strike it rich. Instead, he had found no good jade at all, wasted two days for nothing, and now had no idea how to kick Wei Zhao back. He had truly kicked himself in the foot!
In truth, if he could not kick Wei Zhao back to dead Mining Zone Ten, it would not be the end of the world. As long as he sent Meng Zhou back to Mining Zone Seven afterward, Meng Jueming would lose nothing—he would merely have to stew in his own displeasure at seeing Wei Zhao comfortable. But the problem was that he now faced a very serious hidden worry!
The key reason he had succeeded two days ago in getting Wei Zhao out of dead Mining Zone Ten was that Xu Lingchong, that young master Xu, had nodded his approval. Otherwise, no matter how close his friendship with Acting Impermanence, Acting Impermanence would never have dared to go against Young Master Xu's wishes.
And the reason Xu Lingchong had nodded back then was that Meng Jueming had sworn to his face that once he uncovered what was fishy about dead Mining Zone Ten, he would absolutely not let Wei Zhao off easy! And now? Now the fishiness in dead Mining Zone Ten had not been uncovered at all, and instead Wei Zhao was comfortably entrenched in Mining Zone Seven, impossible to dislodge. If this ever reached Young Master Xu's ears, Meng Jueming would be in for a world of trouble!
The more he thought about it, the more kicking Wei Zhao back to dead Mining Zone Ten was no longer an optional act of venting his spleen—it was a mission that had to be accomplished! Because this involved not only his own personal grudge but also the face of Xu Lingchong, Young Master Xu!
Yet the more Meng Jueming realized the gravity of the matter, the worse his headache became, for at the moment he truly could not think of any way to kick that brat Wei Zhao back to dead Mining Zone Ten.RS