"Oh!"
"You..."
The blue-haired, rather young and handsome man seemed to have spotted something unexpected. Pointing in surprise at Lu Yuan, who stood behind Thunder Venerable beside Feng Qing Er, he asked, "You took in another one?"
"Don't joke around."
"Qing Er is this old man's Close Disciple."
"What?"
"Could I possibly open another window?"
Thunder Venerable had no intention of concealing it. Some things needed to be handled openly. Although he was also worried that being too open might let Feng Xian poach "Li Feiyu," acting as though Li Feiyu already belonged to the Wind and Thunder Pavilion would easily backfire in front of him.
The Wind and Thunder Pavilion had shown its sincerity.
And respected his wishes.
So, let him choose for himself!
This shifted the crux of the matter from the Wind and Thunder Pavilion's possessiveness to whether Li Feiyu had a conscience. Not only would it avoid leaving Li Feiyu with a bad impression, it could also successfully keep him.
Besides, saying it this way would not make it seem as if one was favoring one over the other.
Of course.
Everything above was the conclusion reached from the darkest possible perspective. Perhaps Thunder Venerable also genuinely wished to respect Lu Yuan's own choices.
Humans were complicated creatures.
Some used grand excuses and claimed it was for your own good when they were really plotting against you. Others openly calculated things, yet simply did not understand human nature; from a practical standpoint, they really were doing it for your own good.
The former could be called "villains."
The latter could be called "tsunderes."
Never mind whether tsunderes had fallen out of fashion.
In short, Lu Yuan never imagined Human Nature as being too beautiful, nor did he imagine it as being too vile. He did not