Chapter 1032: Turning Danger into Opportunity
Chen Jianchou gazed at Sikong Guang before him, emotions churning beneath his calm exterior.
Sikong Guang did not regard Chen Jianchou seriously. He leaned lazily against his chair, filing his nails while smirking. “I didn’t expect there’d be a rat sneaking about in the dead of night. Who sent you?”
Naturally, Chen Jianchou did not respond.
Sikong Guang chuckled softly. “No need to answer. I already know. Chen Jianqiu must have put you up to this, didn’t she? You men are all the same. All it takes is a pretty face giving you a few words of admiration for you lot to march through fire and blades for her, risking your lives. Should I call it stupidity or naivety?
Hearing this, Chen Jianchou finally spoke, “You talk as though you’re a man. Oh wait, you’re not one, are you?”
These words were a jab to any eunuch’s pride. Chen Jianchou had said this deliberately to provoke him. Since he knew he had no means of escape for now, he would not just sit by and wait for death. To survive, he had to create a disturbance and force a change, however slim the chance.
But Sikong Guang’s reaction caught him off guard. He did not flare up or show any anger, not even the faintest ripple of emotion, as if he had long accepted that he was no longer a man. Thus, the insult no longer pierced him at all.
Sikong Guang said coolly, “You do have some skill, I’ll grant you that. You’ve already realized something was off about the deaths of those chief eunuchs. In that case, you must have been to that place, huh?”
Chen Jianchou instantly understood which “place” Sikong Guang referred to. It was the underground hall.
“You’re a eunuch too. Aren’t you afraid that you’ll end up like them?” Chen Jianchou asked.
Sikong Guang scoffed. “Are you trying to get me to talk? Well then, I’ll tell you the truth. Seven deaths are all that’s required.”
Chen Jianchou’s heart sank like a stone.