Zhou Gang had anticipated that Chen Dafu wouldn't admit it, so he wasn't too disappointed. Instead, he continued, "We were both officials serving in the same court..."
"That was in the past," Chen Dafu corrected him. "We have always addressed each other as 'Mr.', but deep down, we both know those days are behind us.
"I am now nothing more than an exiled criminal. I only want to live out the rest of my days in peace, and I have no desire to get dragged into your convoluted schemes."
Zhou Gang sneered. "Mr. Chen, stop pretending. I don't know which Prince you've chosen to back, and I won't ask, but our goals are the same. There still hasn't been any explanation regarding the Silver embezzled by Lord Gu.
"The Silver must still be in his hands. Otherwise, the Third Prince wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to constantly send people to protect him.
