“How’s that related?” Xu Yangyi said calmly, “Laurent, you’re only thinking that the Dracul will intervene, but this will attract the Corvinus’ attention, too. When I walk up their door with this product they won’t have any further misgivings. On the contrary, they’ll open their doors and welcome me.”

“But…” Laurent hesitated. The fear in his heart regarding the House of Dracul was still impossible to be rid of.

“No buts,” Xu Yangyi said decisively, his voice chopping nail and slicing steel. “I’m changing plans.”

“On the day of the auction, I’ll show up in person.”

“What?! That’s too dangerous!” Laurent objected.

Xu Yangyi shook his head. “You’re wrong. This will only boost the worth of my stock. Even if the Dracul want to recruit me on the spot, what about the Corvinus? There’s nothing I need to do. I’ll just watch them raise my price. What’s wrong with that?”

Laurent looked at Xu Yangyi for a good few seconds like he’d seen a ghost. He shook his head and sighed deeply with emotion, “No wonder everyone says Chinese people are sly… err, no, what I mean is smart. Today, I can consider myself to have seen this myself…”

“Right, Your Highness, we must...