This time, even Ye Xue could not make sense of the higher-ups' actions. He did not know what they wanted to do. Even he understood such a simple truth, so how could the higher-ups fail to understand it? Yet matters concerning the higher-ups were not something he could interfere with now. Perhaps one day, he too would become one of those higher-ups, but that day was definitely not now, when his wings had yet to fully grow.
He had not told Ye Xiwen that, as far as the higher-ups were concerned, it was far more than merely ignoring Ye Xiwen. After Ye Xiwen had crippled Jia Gu Zheng Hao, there had even been a proposal to simply hand Ye Xiwen over and quell the Jia Gu Family's fury.
For a time, it had even become the mainstream view!
Though he had not said it, how could Ye Xiwen possibly fail to guess?
Just as Ye Xue had guessed, Ye Xiwen truly did not care. He was not particularly concerned with whatever cultivation the Ye Family might provide him. In truth, had he not made it all the way to this point without the Ye Family at his back?
The Ye Family's cultivation was utterly dispensable to him!
Though being cultivated by the Ye Family would bring greater benefits, it would also bring greater constraints. That might not necessarily be a good thing!
Indeed, if not for fulfilling the final wish of the former owner of this body, he might never have set foot in the Ye Family for his entire life. None of this mattered at all. If they would not cultivate him, then so be it—he could simply pat his backside and leave. It was no big deal.
"I understand!" Ye Xiwen nodded.
"However, our Law Enforcement Hall still