"Alright, I had to admit, you were the smartest person I had seen in this era."
Li Ming showed no trace of modesty and readily admitted it.
"I had to say, you had excellent judgment. I might indeed be the smartest among the people you had seen in this era, but there were still plenty of people smarter than me in this era. Otherwise, I would not need to accompany those elders on stage and perform like a Monkey."
"Has anyone ever told you that you were incredibly arrogant?"
Li Ming shrugged.
"I did not think this was arrogance. Besides, there was no soil in our era for arrogance to take root in. We called my kind of personality straightforward. It was just that, much of the time, one person's straightforwardness would be seen as arrogance by certain people."
"Alright, I was sure you did not come here to discuss my personality with me. Since you had already made your choice, you could now make your request."
Li Ming's concise and efficient way of communicating admittedly left Chen Cheng somewhat unaccustomed to it. He paused for a moment, gathered his thoughts, and only then spoke.
"It was simple. I could teach you how to understand your world from an entirely new perspective, and what you needed to offer was help me leave your era."
"A new perspective? It seemed you came from the future. Very well, we agreed to that condition."
After experiencing Li Ming's concise and efficient replies several times, Chen Cheng was no longer surprised that he had agreed so quickly.
"Did you need to stay here, or would you choose to go out and explore? If you wanted to remain, we could arrange a place for you to live."
"There was no need. The previous shelter was