Lü Qiying had packed his luggage, and he was planning on fleeing. But when he thought about everything that he currently owned and his dim future career prospects, he was filled with remorse. He wondered why he had been so gullible and had participated in the conspiracy against the Dragon King.
Things were not supposed to have gone in this direction. According to the plan, the Dragon King should have been pressured into handing the Meng family's money over, and he and Xiao Fengchai should have been well on their way to the Loulan Kingdom with numerous gold ingots under the escort of an army. Then, they would stay in the eastern part of the Western Regions and wait for the situation in Jade City to stabilize.
However, it turned out they had been digging a trap beneath their own feet all along.