Li Tianming frowned deeply at that. "Principal Zhao, if you suspected me, why did you come out with me to look for Qin Siyang?"
"No, you've got it wrong. I don't suspect you."
"I suspect everyone."
Zhao Longfei sighed.
"Perhaps it has something to do with my personal experiences."
"Aside from my older brother and younger sister, there aren't many people I trust. I question everything."
"But it was precisely that skepticism that brought our Zhao Family where it is today, and made Nanrong University as prosperous as it is now."
Zhao Longfei stood with his hands behind his back, commanding respect without a hint of anger.
"Professors, you should all know that while Nanrong University doesn't offer the most generous compensation, it certainly offers the greatest freedom."
"No school rules and regulations hemming you in, and no Board of Trustees ordering you around. As long as the United Government doesn't come knocking, you can do whatever you like."
"Why can I give you so much freedom?"
"Because I've already purged Nanrong University of everyone who wanted to use freedom as an excuse to commit wrongdoing."
"That's how your freedom is guaranteed."
"Lister, Harrison, and the others all had to pass my tests before they could stay at Nanrong University and join the Board of Trustees."
"There's no need to resent it."
"Our Zhao Family has always been strict at first, then lenient."
"I believe I've treated the professors devoted to their research quite well."
"Twice, Lister was nearly killed, and both times I stepped in to handle it."
"When Harrison got into a fight and nearly blew up the Administration Bureau, I smoothed that over too."
"So."
"With a group as large as yours-seven of the Safe Zone's top professors-of course I have to be even more cautious."
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