Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

The carriage finally stopped in front of a small cabin.

The surrounding woods shade each other, and the branches with tender buds poke darkly into the sky at night, casting sparse stars and the bright moon.

Li Huoyue got out of the car, looked at the door that had been left open for her, rubbed her temples, and was about to walk in.

A question suddenly came from behind:

"When did you know that?"

When Li Huoyue got out of the car, he took a cape from the car and threw it off while answering:

"Generally, people who are not familiar with the outside world will usually come to the Li Mansion to ask for my father, Lord Li. Only those who know a little bit about the inside story will ask for my mother, Madam Li. But no one will come directly to me to do things."

Jiang Yunshu couldn't believe that he knew it so early, and asked:

"Well, then I don't know the rules. Don't you're the only one I know? Who else should I look for if not you?"

Li Huoyue tied his cloak and replied:

"If you didn't know the rules, you wouldn't have waited in a corner for me to come back. Just find a master in the Li Mansion and tell him your experience. They will then offer you the 'job' you want."

The young man behind him muttered: "Then why did you take me back home? And why did you take my car..."

"That's my carriage!" Li Huoyue corrected as they walked. "There are only two carriages in the Li Mansion. Please take good care of it. Don't lose it. It's very expensive."

The door of the cabin was open, and the conversation outside could not escape the ears of those inside.

There was only one person in the room, sitting on a futon with Mu Li. In front of them was a square earth pit with firewood burning in it. Above the firewood was a clay pot, from which hot steam was emitting.

"You're not afraid at all." The man who led Mu Li looked up slightly at Li Huoyue, then lowered his head and fiddled with the charcoal fire with tongs.

"Don't you have any chairs?" Li Huoyue glanced around the room, "A stool will do."

"No, there's only a futon. The chairs here don't match the style of the wooden house." Dai Muli's men threw a futon wrapped in cloth over.

Li Huoyue picked up the futon, chose a spot against the wall, and sat down.

"Sitting so far away?" Dai Muli's people glanced at him, "I thought you weren't afraid."

Only a sick person would stand so close to the fire.

"Leave me alone, just talk about what you want to say."

Li Huoyue closed his eyes and heard Jiang Yunshu driving the carriage away outside.

Dai Muli's people still tried their best to persuade him: "Please sit closer. I'm afraid the wall may have ears."

"What kind of ears are there?" Li Huoyue just wanted to take a break from the distance. "It's just you and me here."

"..." Dai Muli's people were somewhat helpless. They scooped a bowl of tea from the pot in front of them, put it aside, and called to Li Huoyue, "Drink this tea."

"Why are you drinking tea so late at night? Did you poison it?"

Dai Muli's people secretly gritted their teeth and said, "It's just the two of us, why don't I just kill you directly? Why do I need to spend money to buy poison???"

Li Huoyue opened his eyes, looked up and down at the people who were looking at Dai Muli, and smiled disdainfully, "Even if there are ten of you, you are no match for me. Don't think so highly of yourself."

Dai Muli's men took a deep breath and were so angry that they poked the firewood several times with pliers before giving up.

Li Huoyue ignored the other party's incompetent rage and said coldly: "If you waste your time again, I will leave."

It was windy outside, and the door panel was blown slightly, bringing in a cool breeze.

"We want to cooperate with you." Dai Muli's people spoke quickly, and it seemed that they were really afraid that Li Huoyue would suddenly stand up and leave.

Li Huoyue closed his eyes again and asked, "Why? Because you arrested my second son?"

Dai Muli's people were almost getting impatient. They didn't know how Li Huoyue knew about this. This was originally a trump card to threaten her in the end.

Now, people have known about it from the beginning. How can this be a killer move?

They calmed themselves down. After all, the person was in their hands. No matter whether Li Huoyue knew about it or not, the initiative was in their hands.

"Indeed." After regaining his confidence, Dai Muli's clenched fist loosened again, "How about it, can we talk about cooperation?"

Li Huoyue would not be the first to say whether he agreed to cooperate or not. Now is not a good time to draw a conclusion.

Answering according to what the other person says means following the other person's line of thought, which is not a good approach in the current situation.

She felt that her tired nerves had gotten some rest just now, so she opened her eyes again and smiled at Dai Muli.

The other person was about to pour himself a cup of tea when he found that Li Huoyue suddenly opened his eyes and smiled. He was so scared that his hand was burned and he quickly let go of the teacup.

The teacup lost control and fell into the firewood below, extinguishing the flames.

"Do, what are you doing?!" Dai Muli's men didn't even care about their hands, and quickly reached for the daggers prepared at the side, "Why are you laughing all of a sudden!"

"What are you afraid of?" Li Huoyue stood up, "I don't have a dagger on me."

"..."Dai Muli's men held the dagger, not knowing whether to loosen it or not.

"If you want to negotiate with me, you're doing it wrong from the beginning." Li Huoyue started walking towards the door.

The wind was still blowing, and even the cover of the surrounding trees could not completely offset it.

Li Huoyue closed the door.

"You!! Why did you close the door?!!!!" Dai Muli's men shouted loudly and held the dagger even tighter.

"I'm afraid the walls have ears." Li Huoyue replied.

"There are only two of us around! Where did those ears come from?!" Dai Muli's men also stood up and quickly retreated to the wall, leaning their backs against the wall and holding the dagger tightly in their hands.

Li Huoyue smiled, returned to his original position and sat down.

Seeing that Li Huoyue did not make any other moves and had already sat down, Dai Muli's men gradually calmed down.

"Did you guys produce "The Time Traveler's Guide"? " Li Huoyue asked.

The pot was still bubbling, but Dai Muli's men chose to lean against the wall first.

"Part of it." Dai Muli's people said, no longer having the momentum they had just had, "Can we talk about cooperation?"

Li Huoyue looked at Dai Muli again, which made the other person's hair stand on end.

When the other party was about to lose patience and say something, Li Huoyue spoke again: "Do you know what is the most important thing to achieve a better result when negotiating with others?"

Li Huoyue didn't respond, and Dai Muli's people couldn't do anything about her. They could only pray that she would end the topic as soon as possible and get back to the cooperation between the two sides.

"...I don't know, is it strength?"

Li Huoyue adjusted his sitting position and said, "Strength is part of it, but the most critical factor is the information gap."

Dai Muli was not like Huang Ruchu. When he heard what Li Huoyue said, he vaguely sensed something was wrong.

He was already on guard against Li Huoyue, and after hearing this, he didn't dare to say a word for fear of exposing something.