When Old Master Li heard what Li Qing said, he asked, "By the way, where's that brat Li Kai? What's he up to these days?"
Seeing that he'd successfully diverted the old man's attention, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief. "Grandpa, I'm not sure what my uncle's been doing lately. He's been acting all mysterious over at Qinglin Laboratory."
Tang Xiuwan knew what was going on and quickly explained, "Senior Brother Li told me that he's been helping Huake Academy with a National Level experiment. They even sent over a specialist. He's been at the laboratory these past few days. I'll call him."
"Don't. Let him focus on his work," the old man quickly said, stopping Tang Xiuwan.
Even though he wasn't a researcher, he knew how important a National Level experiment was and what a major impact it could have. He also understood how much recognition and benefit came with taking part.
This time, his eldest son's prospects for promotion had benefited in certain respects from his younger son's contribution to donating the Adonasi Herb Root.
If his younger son ever became an academician like Zhong or Yuan, he'd be grinning in his sleep.
Of course, even though his younger son had been impressing people lately, the old man only dared to entertain such a thought.
Thinking of this, the old man looked at Li Qing. "You're the only one in the family who does nothing worthwhile all day. You won't follow the path the family arranged for you, and instead you insist on messing around with wine."
"..." Li Qing was suddenly at a loss for words.
How had the conversation gotten back to this?
Did Grandpa mean that he and his uncle used to be the ones who never did anything worthwhile, but now it was