Screech!
A harsh screeching of brakes rang out as the wheels stopped spinning and the bus halted in front of First High School.
Li Qingshan had just jumped off the bus when he saw the hulking figure in front of the school gate.
"Teacher Wan, so early?"
"Early? I didn't even sleep!"
Wan Keshan crossed his arms over his chest and said with a huff:
"You brat slipped away quite fast last night. I hurried as fast as I could, but I couldn't even catch a glimpse of you."
Li Qingshan had actually seen Wan Keshan last night, though that was while sitting on the sofa of a hovering luxury speeder...
Yet at this moment, Wan Keshan's mood was clearly not great. As a consultant for the Patrol Bureau, he had evidently pulled an all-nighter for overtime last night.
Not daring to provoke him further, Li Qingshan could only offer a perfunctory excuse:
"A student's parent came to pick me up last night, so I caught a free ride and left."
"A free ride? That must've been a hovering speeder!"
Wan Keshan glanced at Li Qingshan, his expression suddenly shifting as his gaze locked firmly onto the black saber in the boy's right hand.
"Thunder-Pattern Saber? Fat guy Cao gave this to you?"
"Teacher knows him too?" Li Qingshan cried out in surprise.
"How could I not know Fat Guy Cao, a man who never moves without profit!"
With fire in his eyes, Wan Keshan urged anxiously:
"Did Fat Guy Cao try to sign you last night? What tier of contract did he sign you to?"
At that moment, he bitterly regretted not warning Li Qingshan in advance last night.
He had originally thought that, given Li Qingshan's cleverness, the boy wouldn't easily fall into the traps of local small