Qi Tian opened his eyes and looked at Qin Siyang. "I told you, I would help you."
Qin Siyang grew even more serious. "Commander Qi, if you want to help me, you still have to consider whether I need it!"
"Perhaps you think I'm ignoring the bigger picture by saying this. But throughout a thousand years of history, those who could 'help the world when prosperous and preserve their own integrity when poor' were already few and far between! As for your demand to 'be the first to worry about the world's troubles and the last to enjoy its pleasures,' you could count the people capable of that on one hand! At the very least, I can't do it!"
Qi Tian spoke slowly again. "But you're an orphan. Even the person here closest to you has only known you for a year. Are you really going to risk your life to..."
"Commander Qi!"
At that, Qin Siyang could barely contain his anger. "I respect you as an elder, so I was willing to hear you out. But were those words you just spoke worthy of an elder?!"
"Does closeness depend on blood ties or how long you've known someone?! Even parents and their own children can become enemies, and childhood sweethearts can go their separate ways! In this life, only your own heart can judge who your true friends are, who is close to you and who isn't. How can anyone else presume to pass judgment?!"
Qi Tian's gaze faltered slightly as he listened.
Qin Siyang usually seemed obedient and pragmatic, but the upright way he stood his ground when his core principles were challenged made Qi Tian faintly see the grandson who had been missing for so long.
"When we have nothing in common, even half a sentence is