Ye Xingyan paused.
Ji Ning seemed to see through him, "These people sponsored Qi Shixiao, and they sponsored you too, right?"
"Commander, they're just businessmen, they don't involve themselves in power struggles." Ye Xingyan feared Ji Ning might overturn their tables, so he explained.
"Not involved? So naive..." Ji Ning looked at Ye Xingyan with displeasure, "A group only caring for profits would not involve themselves in power struggles? Publicly flying the banner of doing business while secretly doing things like digging up ancestors' graves. Stirring wars across continents to profit from disasters? Fewer such businessmen would be better, don't you think?"
Ye Xingyan remained silent for a long time, Ji Ning looked at the tumultuous waves outside and said calmly, "I think before going to Beizhou, doing something meaningful would be better."
Ye Xingyan: ...
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