Seeing him so serious, An Ning's heart warmed instead.
She could only curse, "What rotten luck. I never knew Yan Huayin had such a shameless old dog behind her, nor did I expect her to be this brazen. How humiliating!"
"She really is something. She could even stomach an old thing with one foot already in the coffin." Li Tianming looked down on her.
"Exactly. Disgusting." An Ning felt the same.
When she looked at Li Tianming again, she suddenly realized that he and that Supreme Emperor were practically two extremes. This kid was astonishingly tender, like he had just been born. In her eyes, he was dewy and fresh, like a porcelain doll...
Of course, that was from An Ning's perspective. From Li Tianming's own perspective, he was still towering, handsome, dashing, and mature.
"This is going to be difficult." An Ning had a headache. After thinking for a while, she said, "In this situation, if you want to be safer, first, you need to stay invisible the whole time and show yourself as little as possible. Second, perhaps you can fight for something at our An Clan assembly."
"Fight for what?" Li Tianming asked.
"Though you're young, you've become quite famous in the Imperial Ruins lately. You're a major focal point, and many eyes are on you. The An Clan assembly is held once every thousand years. Its main purpose is, first, to summarize the An Clan's development and inheritance over the previous millennium; second, to set the development plans, goals, and guiding principles for the next thousand years. You have quite a bit of capital in your hands now. The plan for the next millennium will definitely reach a conclusion about you," An Ning said solemnly.
"Who makes that conclusion?" Li Tianming asked.
"This year, I was