"What are the chances that they will call?" Ren Shu asked after Yang Qing shared the parting words he had left with the enigmatic painting's spirit.
Sighing, Yang Qing said, "If they are desperate enough, it increases the odds of it happening."
He sighed once more after finishing the statement. It was a double-edged sword. Being desperate meant the situation was highly likely to be bad, and bad, ten out of ten times, meant it was dangerous or that life was at serious risk. But at the same time, Yang Qing believed that only extreme danger and the desperation it created would produce the scenario he wanted.
Without the situation being desperate, the chances were high, guaranteed even, that the painting's spirit would keep hiding itself from him and with it, all that it knew about the situation.
"I could help speed things along if you want?" Ren Shu offered.
