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Saying Xiao Kai was smart, there were times he seemed quite foolish.
Saying Xiao Kai was foolish, there were times he seemed quite smart.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have hit the nail on the head and guessed Xu Chao's thoughts.
Xu Chao was indeed taking a gamble by siding with Yang Xiao, betting that Yang Xiao was a scion of a great Tiandong City family, hiding his true identity.
Even if he wasn't, Xu Chao hoped that Yang Xiao would have that sort of background.
The envy Xiao Kai's luck inspired made him want to take his chances at striking it big, finding a powerful backer just like the one behind Xiao Kai.
In a society where connections were everything, Xu Chao needed such backing if he wanted to advance further.
His progress had reached a bottleneck, which wasn't so easily overcome.
But now, Yang Xiao had bluntly told Xiao Kai to call over Shen Qianren, the Shen Family scion, with an air of not putting Shen Qianren in his eyes at all.
