His attitude had to be clear.
I won't account for that Vengeful Ghost seeking revenge, nor do I plan to help her, Hu Ma thought. He was simply addressing the issue from the perspective of a little Shopkeeper of the Blood Food Gang. If the other party was genuinely from plum bossom lane and had written a formal note stating when and where they borrowed Blood Food from the Red Lantern Society to save someone, then he could take that note back to Incense Master Xu and consider the matter settled. But if they merely gave their word and took the Blood Food, it would be a grave error. He wouldn't be able to explain it to the Society, and he'd have to bear the blame himself. The task of taking over the Blood Food mine at Blind Ridge would almost certainly be forfeit.
"What?"
