He curled his lips, lowered his eyes, like a cat with its fur puffed up, soothing down instantly with just a gentle stroke by its owner’s little hand. "Good heavens," Dong Huiying, across from him, a woman exclaimed with an incredulous, shocked expression, "Sister Xiao Dong, we haven’t seen each other for many days, and your skin has really thickened. I am truly astounded!" Dong Huiying cast a lazy glance at the other, "Anyway, if you want to take a look, it’s a tael of silver; if you don’t want to shell out silver, then mind your own eyeballs." At that, those who had previously been murmuring in admiration suddenly stepped back a few paces. No messing with that; Sister Xiao Dong was genuinely becoming more and more domineering. Was anyone that protective? They were merely taking a look after all. But look at her, treating that treasure so preciously—as if the tall man behind her was one of her eyeballs, constantly and carefully guarded. Tsk tsk tsk. When Hong Xiangjun arrived, she noticed that the atmosphere was somewhat peculiar. Someone scurried over to Hong Xiangjun with small steps and whispered a few words. Hong Xiangjun looked slightly surprised, then couldn’t help but chuckle. "Little Sister Dong." She looked towards Dong Huiying, her gaze meaningful. This person had a history of bad deeds but had truly changed in the past month or two, and had become increasingly good to the Liang family. She couldn’t help but think of a man, a man with scars on his face, licked by tongues of fire. She couldn’t help feeling emotional: the Liang family, ah, the Liang family had finally seen better days. "I know you wouldn’t visit my place for no reason, but I wonder, what brings you here this time, Little Sister Dong?" She greeted Dong Huiying affectionately. Dong Huiying stated her purpose straight away, "Sister Hong, we had an agreement before, and I remember you have quite a few connections? It just so happens that my family urgently needs some medicinal herbs, so I came here to trouble Sister Hong for help." Hong Xiangjun immediately put on a dark face. She saw Dong Huiying as the typical case of playing cute after taking advantage. She instantly recalled the time she gambled with Dong Huiying and ended up losing a wad of money, even signing a note with some overbearing conditions. "How about we step aside and discuss this matter further?" Dong Huiying’s eyes flashed, she didn’t refuse, but led Liang Yuening to a small room behind the gambling house, following Hong Xiangjun. In the room, Dong Huiying and Hong Xiangjun sat face to face, with Zhou Dachun and Liang Yuening standing behind them, respectively. Hong Xiangjun made some excuses and admitted that she was short of cash recently. Dong Huiying smiled and said, "I believe getting medicinal herbs from Sister Hong would certainly be cheaper than the market price. Of course, I can’t just benefit from Sister Hong for nothing. I remember Sister Hong still owes me some silver, why don’t we use the medicinal herbs to offset that debt?" Hong Xiangjun’s lips twitched, but before she could speak, Dong Huiying interjected, "Or how about this, I could come back and gamble a few times at Sister Hong’s place, win some silver? I’m really short on cash, can’t even afford to buy herbs." Hong Xiangjun’s expression turned even more unsightly in an instant. Hong Xiangjun’s gambling house had its fair share of underhanded tricks. Normally, patrons lost more than they won. But Dong Huiying was the exception, and she cost Hong Xiangjun dearly. Upon hearing that Dong Huiying actually wanted to gamble at her place, she was startled and genuinely afraid she would end up losing a fortune. "Sister, it’s my fault. It’s just some herbs after all, why bother with such a fuss? Here’s the deal, I happen to be going on a long trip soon. I don’t know what medicinal herbs you need, but if it’s convenient for you, why don’t you come along? It will be nice for us sisters to have company," she suggested.