'But I don't want to be the kind of person who can only depend on others.'
Shao Qiming was a smart man. He knew perfectly well what the optimal choice was. If he were truly just a smart man, he would stand behind Su Zhou. He'd rely on Su Zhou's power and use his own intelligence to handle the operations for his friend, who couldn't be bothered with such trivial matters, earning and developing the wealth and influence Su Zhou had no time to build himself.
That would be the ideal partnership for them both. No one would find it strange, and no one would think there was anything wrong with it.
SWOOSH. The Spiritual Sand swirled upward as the number surpassed 80%. The speed was slowing, but it continued to rise.
The upward surge of Spiritual Sand finally stopped at 85%, with the vast majority of the white sand now gathered in the top half of the hourglass.
