Volume Two: Naked Primitive Accumulation of Capital - The Great Enterprise of Recycling Waste (Part One)

Luo Qian was baffled by the scolding. He could not be bothered to say more to this fellow, so he turned to leave. "Talk." But Qian Tianbo refused to let him go. Treasure flames surged from his body and curled around Luo Qian like a spirit snake, lifting him helplessly into the air. "Stop!" Qian Tianbo's expression was Pale, but his eyes held a chill. "If the clan Elders hadn't told me to find you, do you think I'd bother disciplining a hopeless disciple like you?"

Luo Qian found it absurd and laughed. "However you look at it, you rank below me. Since when was it your turn to discipline me?" Qian Tianbo raised his chin. "The accomplished are teachers." Luo Qian was at a loss for words. He gave Qian Tianbo, hovering a short distance away, a long, amused look and shook his head. "I'm done talking to you. We're from two different worlds..."

Luo Qian meant that there was no communicating with someone as self-important as Qian Tianbo. To his surprise, Qian Tianbo smiled for once. "You've finally admitted it. That's right, we aren't from the same world. Yours is a far lower one, but I'm a member of the Qian Household. I don't want to concern myself with your affairs, but duty demands it. I can't simply stand by."

At last, Luo Qian understood. All Qian Tianbo wanted was one sentence from him: an admission that he was inferior. No matter what, Qian Tianbo was Luo Qian's replacement. Though the Qian Household now valued him as it once had Luo Qian, he remained a replacement. That shadow could never be erased from his mind. All his attempts to make Luo Qian's life difficult were for the sake of hearing him say those words aloud.

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