Jing Shu remained silent. If it wasn't his own, then whose was it?
"The wealth one earns is granted by the state during peaceful times," Qian Duoduo began. "If you don't do something beneficial to avert disasters, the state will reclaim it when a national catastrophe strikes. It's a case of 'when the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold.' When the poor at the bottom are truly on the brink of death, do you think I, Qian Duoduo, the richest man, can continue to live my secluded, paradise-like life here in Stone Garden?
"Only after I learned that the coming disasters would become increasingly severe did I decide to continue developing vigorously, to fatten myself up like a sheep. The fatter, the better. That way, when those in power decide it's time for the slaughter, I can survive even after my wool is shorn off, without freezing to death.
