"Miss An, you should know that human greed is limitless,"
Xiao Ming took a drag from his cigarette and spoke to An Kefang, "Before the war, your four families did indeed make a living by producing forgeries.
But during the war, they discovered that tomb raiding and smuggling relics were quicker ways to make money, even if it meant aiding the enemy."
Afterward, as the national crackdown intensified and associated costs escalated, that's when they turned to legitimate business.
However, it's easy to switch from frugality to extravagance, but difficult the other way around; conducting legitimate business is not only laborious but also risky, with the potential of losing everything. How could that compare to profiting without any investment?
So they began to steal, and when stealing wasn't an option, they resorted to robbing, and when robbery proved difficult, they simply resorted to murder, step by step, until today, becoming puppets behind Jiang Nanxi."
