Zhao Han said resentfully, "That damned Wang Xin. I'm definitely going to tell him that he tricked me!"
"He did not exactly trick you. Judging by his objective, he might even be our ally," Wenren Sheng said calmly. "Didn't you notice? He said that he was actually seriously ill."
"I understand. When he said he was seriously ill, he was really saying that Qian Huaiyi was seriously ill. That was why Qian Huaiyi died in his place." Zhao Han nodded.
"Exactly."
Zhao Han was still puzzled. "Teacher, I still don't understand. Was it really necessary for them to go to such lengths?"
"Couldn't Wang Xin just have a proper talk with his father?"
Wenren Sheng sighed. "That is because you have never seen parents with an overwhelming need for control. They would never properly talk to their children."
"So that was it." Zhao Han fell into thought.
"Exactly. Look at that Great Pirate. The more he gave his child, the stronger his need for control became. If pirates could not control their own men at sea, they would be waiting to die."
"And think about how, just to make his son fear the sea, he was willing to drown his own son. That powerful urge to control became his child's shackles."
"Teacher is still Teacher. You saw through everything." Zhao Han said admiringly.
"No, you have grown too used to being Jia Baoyu and forgotten how to analyze things carefully," Wenren Sheng said bluntly.
"Yes, I have grown used to getting confessions by beating people with a big stick. Sigh, people really do fall so easily." Zhao Han deeply reflected on herself.
"You have never risen in the first place. How could it be called falling?" Little Illusion laughed.
"Hmph, all you know is how to laugh at me. You