Before long, Yang Fan withdrew his consciousness from the Virtual World.
Returning to reality, he let out a long breath and leaned back in his chair.
Only then did he realize that his mind was somewhat exhausted.
His conversation with Gu Xuanting this time had truly placed him under no small amount of pressure.
Every sentence had felt like an exam.
Knock, knock.
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Gu Shaoqing pushed the door open and entered.
Yet the usual mischievous grin was nowhere to be seen on his face. Instead, he appeared somewhat uneasy.
"Brother Yang..."
"Well..."
"How did your talk with the Third Elder go?"
Yang Fan glanced at him and quickly guessed what he wanted to ask.
So he said directly:
"Don't worry."
"Your cousin is fine."
Hearing this, Gu Shaoqing visibly relaxed, as though the great stone weighing on his heart had finally fallen away.
Then, unusually, he became serious and cupped his hands toward Yang Fan.
"Thank you, Brother Yang, for pleading for my cousin."
In truth, this matter had been very serious.
No matter how sincere Gu Ming had been in admitting his mistake.
If it had truly been brought into the open.
Theoretically, he should have met the same end as Rao Tianming.
But the problem was that Gu Ming's surname was Gu.
And punishment, in the end.
Was merely a word from those above.
Back then, in order to deal with this matter, Gu Ming had pulled countless strings before managing to squeeze Gu Shaoqing in here.
He had wanted to turn a major issue into a minor one, and a minor one into nothing at all.
Yet who could have expected the Third Elder to directly arrange for Yang Fan to come?
Although Gu Shaoqing was from the