MC - Chapter 588: Everyone is Here

Seeing Chen Chao appear here, Xie Nandu did not show any surprise, as if she had long expected the young man before her to show up.

"You don't seem surprised at all that I'd come here"

Chen Chao said as he walked under the eaves. He pulled out a bench and sat down, leaning against a pillar, his hand unconsciously picking at the paint on it.

Xie Nandu noticed and frowned slightly but did not say anything. She simply said, "If you plan to attend tomorrow's banquet, you'll definitely come here tonight. If you didn't want to attend, of course, you wouldn't fail to appear."

Chen Chao frowned, "A lot of people are guessing that tomorrow will be the day I die. I have plenty of reasons not to show up."

Xie Nandu remained indifferent and just said, "You don't think you'll die, so what difference does it make what others say?"

Chen Chao sighed, "To be honest, I've thought about it for days and feel there's a real possibility I might die."

Xie Nandu asked, "Aren't you convinced His Majesty won't kill you?"

"I firmly believe he doesn't want to kill me. But sometimes, I also know very well that in this world, not everything can be avoided just because someone doesn't want it to happen. There's this concept of the 'greater good,' and it forces many people to do things they originally never wanted to do."

Chen Chao glanced at the moon above, feeling a bit melancholic.

Xie Nandu asked, "If you're really worried about these things, why did you kill Song Ting?"

The Marquis Huainan, Song Ting, was one of the great contributors back in the day. Killing him would allow many other contributors to pressure His Majesty into executing Chen Chao, those who were the Emperor's most loyal subjects. Often, he had no choice but to consider their opinions.

Chen Chao thought for a moment and said, “Perhaps not killing him was the best choice, it would have made things less difficult for His Majesty. However, if he wants to kill me, I must naturally kill him. Moreover, by the time I arrived that night, someone had already killed his ent

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Martial Cultivator Chapter 588: Everyone is Here

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