Gu Jiangnian was not a man to heed advice, in a certain sense, if he had listened to others' advice, he would never have reached where he was now, neither in wealth nor in fame.
There was a time, when he forcefully pushed the uncles of the Gu Family aside, who among the people like Cao Yan and Xu Fang by his side did not try to earnestly persuade him? They advised him to consider the big picture, to lay a foundation for his reputation for the decades of life ahead.
He looked at them, casually curling up the corners of his mouth and said with a light smile, "What do I need that for?"
Life is but a fleeting several decades; whether natural disasters or man-made calamities, both are beyond control. What if one day he breathes his last, would he negotiate with the King of Hell with all those virtues and good reputations?
Or perhaps, would the King of Hell favor him for showing mercy to those lesser beings and spare him a level of hell?
