As for whether he had read the letter, Huang Donglai was lying — he had read the letter, more than one in fact...
A month ago, when he had just received the news of the Dragon Head Stick's owner's death, Mr. Huang wrote three letters overnight, all in front of Huang Donglai, and even went through several versions of the cover stories with his son on the spot.
That is to say... they had prepared three contingencies.
If Zu Tingfeng was chosen as the new owner of the Dragon Head Stick, Huang Donglai would show him the first letter, making some concessions in their cooperation terms; if Zu Tingfeng was not chosen, the second letter would be shown to him, the letter whose main idea was "business as usual."
And if Zu Tingfeng were proven to be the killer of Lord Gong, then Huang Donglai would produce the third letter... of course, this third letter was not for Zu Tingfeng to see, but for the person who would take over from Zu Tingfeng.
