Why?
Do you have no idea?
Qi Shan's gaze made Kang Shi bristle on the spot.
He wished he could immediately unleash his silver tongue, condemn Qi Shan from head to toe, and let his idiot cousin learn what "seniority suppression" meant. Unfortunately, when the words reached the tip of his tongue, he slammed on the brakes. His expression vividly acted out a riot of colors in pitch-black darkness.
Qi Shan smiled with pure innocence. "What was Ji Shou going to say?"
"I—I—you..."
Kang Shi endured it again and again, then finally surrendered.
He merely made another mental note against his idiot cousin. Tan Lezheng was truly detestable. Yuan Liang was still so pure and easy to bully...
Ah, no.
So pure, so amiable, and so considerate.
Qi Shan twisted the knife. "Ji Shou's Way of the Scholar should be used properly when the time comes. Otherwise, wouldn't leaving it to gather dust be a waste?"
He had nearly said outright that Kang Shi had no fate with military merit.
Kang Shi: "..."
At that moment, it was still the lord who stepped forward to salvage Kang Shi's dignity. Shen Tang rebuked Qi Shan with ill humor. "Yuan Liang, what nonsense are you spouting? A Way of the Scholar can only be used in the wrong place; there's no such thing as a useless one. Ji Shou is sacrificing the smaller self to fulfill the greater self, understand?"
Kang Shi: "..."
My lord, you might as well have stayed silent.
Was that how his Way of the Scholar was supposed to be used?
Of everyone present, only Gu Chi understood his bitterness.
After all the banter and clowning around, the solemn atmosphere before the battle was successfully swept away. Even those who rarely smiled could not help grinning, or at