Li Yao pursed his lips.
He heard a great deal in Old Man Lu's final words—expectation, responsibility, inheritance... Some hot-blooded fool might have dropped to his knees and begged to become his disciple on the spot. Unfortunately, the people here were different.
Li Yao had always been an independent yet selfish slacker. As long as something suited him, he did not care whether it was reasonable or not. In a sense, he was detached and indifferent to his core. Yet he still retained kindness and accepted warmth from the outside world.
Chen Xi was even more different.
Even now, Li Yao did not know what kind of family the Chen Family was, what exactly had happened to Chen Xi within it, or even what she had done before coming here to seek shelter.
She must have done something. Otherwise, how could such a vast Chen Family estate have been settled? But since she did not want to talk about it, Li Yao would not ask.
Everyone understood without saying it. That was nice.
Chen Xi had seen the world, so Old Man Lu's words could hardly move her.
Thus, when Old Man Lu earnestly spoke those almost pleading words to Chen Xi, it was impossible for her to say she was not touched at all.
But that was all.
That little bit of emotion was not enough to make her give up her current life.
The boss had just said it was dangerous.
Better forget it.
So she politely declined Old Man Lu. "Thank you, sir, but I won't learn."
Crack! Old Man Lu felt as though something inside him had shattered into pieces.
After pouring my heart out like that, I did not move you in the slightest? Girl, you do not have to be this cold-blooded!
But Chen