C364 Unable to Avoid It

Jee Cheng'an picked up the handcrafted obsidian cufflink, pondering aloud, "Nuan, am I just bringing this on myself? Is this really how things are?" He lay back in the armchair, resting his head in his hand, the cufflink held up to his eyes as he drifted into thought.

At that moment, Jee Quan approached the door, knocking gently before respectfully asking, "Sir