Wu Zunliang gave an "oh." "That young man from the same orphanage as Qing Wen, right? Heh, he should be pushing fifty this year. He almost became my graduate student back then, but ended up becoming Qing Wen's tagalong and went out into the Wilderness... You were little, so you probably don't remember."
No, I remembered very clearly.
After all, it had been a rare Plane Crossbow that exploited the rules of the Extreme Domain, and it had nearly killed me.
Naturally, Ronan merely smiled at a time like this.
"These past years, it seems he's been building a business in the Wilderness, and doing quite well. He also holds shares in Doctor Wang's company."
Wu Zunliang was rather moved. "It hasn't been easy."
"Is that so?"
As Ronan's gaze shifted with Wu Zunliang's words, he saw that Doctor Wang's expression was somewhat odd, though he kept nodding.
To city dwellers, the phrases "building a business in the Wilderness" and "doing well" carried rather subtle implications.
Wu Zunliang, however, remained perfectly natural. "We had originally agreed to go together, but something came up at the last minute, so he introduced Doctor Wang instead... He hasn't kept in touch with you all these years?"
"No. Aunt did mention once that when Father was still around, the two of them probably had some contact, though their relationship didn't seem very good."
Half of what Ronan said was fabricated.
The main part of it had indeed come from Lady Luo Shuqing. Of course, at the time, Lady Luo Shuqing had only mentioned a man surnamed "Luo." Because of some suggestion from Father, his project had succeeded. In his excitement, he had called and cursed Father out, calling him a deserter, useless trash, and so on...
Ronan had his suspicions about exactly who it