The Old Lady's stare made Gao Ming's skin crawl. Yan Xizhi's eyes seemed capable of seeing through every secret.
"Are you a new student?" Yan Xizhi stopped in front of Gao Ming. "Why are there so many people clinging to you?"
Principal Yan's question gave Ding Yuan a fright. He had genuinely believed Gao Ming's story and taken him for Zhuo Jun's classmate. He knew Gao Ming had secrets, but whatever else he was, he should still have been a living person.
"Principal Yan, if they stay on me and refuse to leave, doesn't that prove I'm well liked? That I make them feel safe and give them someone to depend on?" Gao Ming wasn't joking. He truly believed that.
"But don't you get tired?" Yan Xizhi wore a suit, and a certain resolve shone in her eyes. Her gaze was sharp, making her seem difficult to approach at first meeting.
"Compared with what you carry, what does my burden amount to?" Gao Ming's gaze was gentle, the exact opposite of the Old Lady's. "I heard about you when I was very young. I wanted to become someone like you—tolerant, caring, selfless, using my own strength to help more people. That's what I believe in, and it's how I've always lived."
Standing beside them, Ding Yuan could barely stand to listen anymore. Everything Gao Ming knew about Yan Xizhi, he had learned from Ding Yuan three minutes ago. Back in the Office Building, this guy had still had murderous intent lurking in his eyes. His attitudes toward Ding Yuan and Yan Xizhi were polar opposites.
"You really change your tune depending on who you're talking to, don't you?" Ding Yuan didn't expose Gao Ming. After all, however abnormal Gao Ming's behavior was, he was still a living person of flesh