"Right, you didn't mean it," Wong Qifu said coldly, turning away.
Xu Ke was so flustered his words tumbled out. "No, Qi Fu, I was just joking! I'm not going to the northern borders, I'm staying in Tianhai. My biggest backer is obviously you... Everyone says I'm going to be mooching off you."
He thought she was angry because he had talked about running wild in the northern borders and dismissing the Wang Family.
But Wong Qifu didn't even turn her head. "If you don't want to, then don't. After all, someone else is willing to let you call her 'sister'."
A jolt went through Xu Ke, and his eyes widened. Just as I was about to argue that my biggest backer is definitely still you...
But then, a flash of insight struck him, and he finally understood. It's not about whether I have a backer or not. The important thing is *who* the backer is...
