Ou Jue gave a calm, faint nod, stood up, and picked up the jacket from the side. "That's for the best. Let this serve as a warning to others so they won't try to climb up by latching onto me."
On the one hand, the man tried to cooperate with him; on the other, he kept wanting him to pull strings and introduce him to Mu Ci.
If he and Mu Ci were close buddies who had grown up together, Ou Jue wouldn't have refused so unhesitatingly. But given their current relationship, Ou Jue had no desire to bring any trouble upon Mu Ci, let alone lower himself in his own eyes by doing something like that.
Chapter 2007