There was one suspect Yang Qing could think of who never acted according to logic: his employer.
If other organizations possessed either the wonder jade tree or the thirty-six cardinal thorn jasmine tree, directly or indirectly, the news of their ownership would have gotten out one way or another.
But he could not say the same if they were in the Order's hands. The Order almost always acted contrary to his expectations.
After years of dedicated observation, Yang Qing had come to realize the Order was contradictory by nature. They cared about their image to the point of flaunting their wealth where outsiders could see, to cement their reputation. Yet to their own employees, they portrayed themselves as the biggest paupers out there.
Every time Yang Qing received his remuneration, bonuses, or redeemed his merit points, the Order always made it seem like he was the one exploiting them, and not the other way around.
