The elderly man passed away peacefully, the footprint on his face still as clear as ever, and a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, as if he had ascended to the heavens in his sleep surrounded by loved ones.
No one knew if the elderly man's choice of Mr. Su Bai was simply to help someone compatible with his own temperament to advance, to get back at Sun Hai for trying to step on him to rise himself, or perhaps, to exact some small revenge on Mr. Su Bai for that kick to his face.
Just as Mr. Su Bai did not understand why Nine did not open the bronze chest right in front of him when he went to seek it, with the elderly man's death, his actual thoughts and considerations before had become forever unknowable.
The dead are the best at keeping secrets, often driving the living mad with frustration.
