Time rewound to over an hour ago.
Vera graciously invited him to dine, glowing with triumph, seemingly having won the gambling license herself, even happier than Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen could largely understand this sentiment.
Setting aside that the two were "strategic allies,"
Although Geng Long was dead, Song Chaoge seemed unscathed except for a slight shock when she received that half pig head.
Vera, though prioritizing the bigger picture, had not retaliated further, but likely regarded her as a thorn in her side.
As long as the winner of the gambling license wasn't Song Chaoge, she would probably be pleased.
Just as Vera's face lit up with a smile and she enthusiastically discussed the "distribution" of the second gambling license with him, Lao Liu walked into the dining hall, lowered his head, and whispered something into this girl's ear.
Then Vera's smile froze, and her gaze toward him slowly grew very strange.
Later, Jiang Chen came to know the reason.
