Gu Changhuai was startled; he hadn't expected Mo Hua to suddenly be so easy to talk to, just letting it go so readily?
Unlikely...
Gu Changhuai tensed up inside, his gaze sharpening, "You're not going to speak ill of me in front of my cousin and Yu Er, are you?"
Mo Hua looked at Gu Changhuai, pondered for a long while, and honestly said:
"Uncle Gu, you also don't have any 'good things' for me to say about you, right?"
He had a bad temper.
And was somewhat flamboyant.
Beggars for help are refused;
And goes back on his word, playing dirty on him...
Even if he wanted to say some "good things" about him in front of Aunt Wan and Yu Er, he wouldn't know where to start…
Gu Changhuai was stunned, then fell silent, his expression became complicated.
Mo Hua was right, it seemed…
"See," Mo Hua glanced at Gu Changhuai and sighed, "How can I speak well of you to Aunt Wan and Yu Er if you don't treat me better?"
"If I only know your faults, wouldn't everything I say be bad?"
Can't blame me for that...
Mo Hua looked like he was being reasonable and helpless.
Gu Changhuai's eyelids twitched, but thinking of his cousin and Yu Er, he ultimately could only sigh, "Fine, what do you actually want to do?"
Mo Hua's eyes lit up, "I want to catch Fire Buddha!"
Gu Changhuai still didn't get it, "You're just an apprentice, why are you competing with Fire Buddha?"
Mo Hua earnestly said, "I'm petty and hold grudges, Fire Buddha wants to kill me, I don't want to let him off either."
Gu Changhuai was stunned.
Petty, holds grudges...
That was way too "honest."
But being petty probably wasn't a lie...
Gu Changhuai's handsome eyes looked at Mo Hua, narrowing slightly, "Anything else?"
"Anything else?"
"Your reason for catching Fire Buddha mustn't be this simple..."
Gu Changhuai asserted.
Surely fitting for a Supervisor of the Taoist Court, he was truly not easy to fool...
Mo Hua thought for a moment then said, "If I help you, no if 'we' in the Taoist Court catch Fire Buddha, can I get a share of the merit points?"
"You're that short of merit points?" Gu Changhuai wondered.
"Are there ever too many merit points?" Mo Hua retorted.
Gu Changhuai was briefly startled, then nodded in agreement.