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Although they usually couldn't stand the sight of each other, when it truly mattered, Old Man Lu was extremely protective of his own.

Everyone had a different personality.

Naturally, different people had different ways of getting along.

For example, Lin Xiaoxi was a complete bootlicker in front of Chen Xi, but before Li Yao... she could practically anger him into having a stroke. And Chen Xi, in the tavern, was obedient and docile before her own boss, doing whatever she was told, but before Wei Dadong and the others, she was a stern and imposing young lady.

Old Man Lu and Li Yao were the same.

Before others, Old Man Lu was a highly respected Sword Dao Grandmaster, but around Li Yao, he was just a troublesome, nagging old man.

And Li Yao...

Well,

Talking back to people was simply in his nature.

But after spending so much time together, even though every meeting was thick with the smell of gunpowder, they had actually all become very close.

In Old Man Lu's eyes, Li Yao was that talented yet utterly unruly junior in the family! Did he mean he didn't care for him?

Impossible.

The brat made you like him while simultaneously driving you mad. He simply never let you rest easy.

And that wasn't merely because he was good at causing trouble.

Compared to a "someone else's child" like Chen Xi, Li Yao deserved to be thrown away.

Yet when you reached the trash can, you couldn't bear to do it... You always felt there was still hope for the kid.

That was Old Man Lu's usual complicated attitude toward Li Yao.

But if something really happened,

he would absolutely be the first to stand at the very front.

Not merely because he was a Wallfacer, nor because his