Hearing Chu Xiao'ang's words, Zheng Mubian showed a look of shock and doubt.
"Zhao Longfei didn't tell him? Then who was he acting for? If Zhao Longfei wasn't monitoring him, wouldn't that just be making eyes at a blind man? You can't tell me he's so divinely clever that he directly guessed the commander would see the whole story, right?"
Zheng Mubian shook his head again, "Impossible. Absolutely impossible for him to put on a performance like that without any information at all."
Chu Xiao'ang said, "As long as you know there might be an audience watching you, everywhere becomes a stage. If someone's watching, even better. If no one's watching, he can still give Baxing a lesson."
"So I'm guessing he didn't know whether Zhao Longfei would be monitoring him, or whether we had any deal with Zhao Longfei. In any case, after acting out this whole play properly, he wouldn't lose anything. You could say he was just taking a swing whether there were dates on the tree or not."
Zheng Mubian was still unconvinced, "Last time, when you said he guessed that the Titan Foxtail Grass inner-leaf fragments were for treating my illness, I already thought that was a bit unbelievable. This time you're saying he acted for us without any information at all, which makes it sound even more like pure fantasy. Commander, Qin Siyang is only eighteen. Can he really think things through that deeply?"
Chu Xiao'ang stubbed out his cigarette and tossed it aside, "Old Zheng, you haven't really dealt with Qin Siyang yet, have you?"
"No."
"Find a chance to talk to him and you'll know. Qin Siyang is not an ordinary eighteen-year-old kid."
Then he looked back at the video on the screen. Watching Qin Siyang scold Chu Baxing, he sighed again, "If you ask me, he's more than qualified to be Baxing's life mentor right now."
Zheng Mubian thought for a moment, then said, "Baxing has always had a competitive streak, the kind that refuses to admit defeat. If Zheng Cong hunts one medium god, he'll want to hunt two large gods. If others do better than him, he'll work himself to the bone to do even better. Staying by Qin Siyang's side, Baxing will surely come to truly understand the commander's good intentions."
"If Baxing can really make progress, then sending him to South Glory University would count as an unexpected gain."
"Isn't that so?", Chu Xiao'ang shut down the computer and stared blankly at the dark screen, "Originally, I was thinking Baxing had terrible popularity in the military district, and with the Zhao family on the rise, sending him to South Glory would both resolve internal conflicts among the younger generation and establish ties with the Zhao family. Killing two birds with one stone."
"Now it seems Baxing ended up getting a huge bargain."
"I just hope he can learn more while he's at South Glory, so I don't have to keep worrying about him all the time."
Zheng Mubian smiled, "Commander, relax a bit. Even if Baxing handled scolding Fu Zhaoyue poorly, he did it out of concern for your safety. The kid is still filial."
"That's about the only good point he has left. Oh right, Old Zheng, since Qin Siyang already guessed that you used Titan Foxtail Grass inner-leaf fragments to treat your illness, you might as well find an opportunity to meet him and express some thanks."
Zheng Mubian laughed loudly, "Me expressing thanks? Commander, you want me to find an excuse to go see Qin Siyang and convey your thanks, and have him take good care of Baxing, don't you?"
"More or less. That's basically it."
"Alright, I get it. I'll go see Baxing and Huo Dangkou in a while, and by the way chat with Qin Siyang. Just in time for me to personally experience whether he's really as miraculous as people say."
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Meanwhile, in the principal's office at South Glory University, Zhao Longfei was also replaying the surveillance footage over and over again.
"Qin Siyang definitely knew I was monitoring him. That's why he said all that."
"He wanted to tell me to put my mind at ease, that he's not some smooth, two-faced person who latches onto whoever feeds him."
Zhao Longfei sighed, "This kid may be punchable, but the more I look at him, the more pleasing he gets. He's got me wanting to have a son of my own."
At that moment, there was a knock on the office door.
"Who is it?"
"Li Tianming."
Zhao Longfei was a little puzzled.
'Li Tianming said recently that he was focusing on research, so busy he practically lives in the lab. Why is he looking for me today?'
Zhao Longfei turned off the surveillance video and said, "Professor Li, please come in."
———
Qin Siyang had just finished lunch and was lying on his bed, planning to take a short half-hour nap, when his phone suddenly rang again.
He glanced at the screen. It was Zhao Longfei's secretary, Lin Yaman.
"Hello, Secretary Lin. What's going on?"
["Student Qin, are you on campus?"]
"Yes."
["Could I trouble you to come to the principal's office? Principal Zhao and Professor Li are arguing."]
Qin Siyang froze, "What are they arguing about?"
["About you."]
"Me?"
.
.
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Full of confusion, Qin Siyang hurried to the door of the principal's office and saw Lin Yaman standing outside.
Before he could greet her, he happened to hear the two inside arguing fiercely.
"Principal Zhao! You actually let Qin Siyang go and build connections with those jackals and wolves in the military? He's not Zhao Sifang. He doesn't have your Zhao family backing him! One misstep and he could lose his head! There are already plenty of people who want him dead. Why make him wade into the military's muddy waters?"
"Professor Li, I've told you already. This was all Qin Siyang's own choice. I merely provided him with options. Besides, this isn't his first time dealing with the military. What's wrong with taking it a step further? Are we supposed to let him live his whole life under your and my protection?"
Only then did Qin Siyang understand what Lin Yaman meant by the two arguing over him.
He glanced at Lin Yaman beside him with a bit of concern, thinking, 'Shouldn't someone stop them from arguing like this? And are these things really something others can hear?'
Seeing Qin Siyang's look, Lin Yaman immediately understood and said, "Don't worry. Conversations in the principal's office can't be heard by anyone else."
He hadn't said anything, yet Lin Yaman had already voiced the very thing he was worried about. This gave him a first impression of just how sharp her ability was at reading people.
Qin Siyang nodded, relaxing a little.
"That's good."
Then he pushed the door open and walked in.
Seeing Qin Siyang arrive, both men were a little surprised.
Li Tianming asked, "Xiao Qin, why are you here?"
Qin Siyang walked over to Li Tianming's side, "You two were arguing so intensely just now. If you'd listened carefully, you would've known I'd been standing at the door for quite a while."
Zhao Longfei frowned, "Lin Yaman called you?"
"That's not important."
Qin Siyang tugged at Li Tianming's sleeve, sat down with him on the sofa, and then poured him a cup of water.
"Old Li, why are you getting angry at Principal Zhao?"
Li Tianming snorted and demanded, "You little brat, your guts are getting bigger and bigger. You even dare to get involved in the Chu family and Huo family's affairs?"
"Do you know that the Chu and Huo families' matters are a meat grinder! The assassination of Huo Shuangxiong ground up several thousand people, and the military mutiny of Huo Sancai ground up nearly ten thousand more!"
As he said this, Li Tianming was so angry that he smacked Qin Siyang on the head.
"You little bastard, how many heads do you have, daring to stick yourself into the King of Hell's crotch?"
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