Returned from the 900th Floor
Chapter 53

Ordinary People Cannot Shake

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Ordinary People Could Not Shake Them

"Wang Wen has left the tower!" Luo Shan's call came through to Tong Xiaolei, who was reporting work to Gu Jianbing.

Tong Xiaolei put down her phone and looked at the old man for instruction.

"Go on. What happened to the second group trying to rush past the six-hundredth floor?" The old man tapped the document. "They think their strength has improved, so they're no longer satisfied with the original distribution arrangement?"

Tong Xiaolei lowered her hands, clasping her tablet behind her back, and said helplessly, "Department Head, are you really not going to do anything about Wang Wen?"

"Hm?" The old man asked in confusion, "Did he ask us for help?"

"The Academy's teachers and students are nearly all dead." Tong Xiaolei said, "Now that he's learned the news after leaving the tower, he'll very likely go fight Tiansheng to the death."

"That's his business." The old man pointed at the phone on the desk. "I told him he has my number. If he needs our help, he'll naturally call me. If he hasn't called, that proves he's confident he can handle it himself. Since that's the case, why should we meddle?"

Tong Xiaolei fell silent for a long time.

Unable to hold it in, she finally said, "Department Head, I think the two of you really have very similar temperaments. You're both so stubborn."

The old man burst out laughing at that. He put down his pen and papers, picked up his teacup, and blew on it.

But his tone abruptly turned cold. "If he were really like me, he wouldn't go looking for Tiansheng. He isn't the Dean. What does the fate of The Academy have to do with him?"

"But he is still part of The Academy." Tong Xiaolei could

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