After reading the report, Li Tianming glanced at his watch. "I have to pick Xiaofei up from school."
Before leaving, he told Qin Siyang, "Once you've gathered all the offerings needed to open the Path of the Believer, don't rush to break through. Come see me first. I have a few things to tell you."
"All right, I understand."
Li Tianming patted Qin Siyang on the shoulder and smiled warmly. "Keep at it, Xiao Qin."
"Mm."
Once Li Tianming had left the office, Zhao Longfei sighed. "Professor Li really does seem to wish you could stay simple and dull, safe from the world's troubles."
"He wasn't like this before. The two of us did plenty of things that put our lives on the line." Qin Siyang's feelings grew inexplicably complicated too. "Ever since he brought Li Pengfei back, Old Li has become much more restrained and cautious."
"A parent's love," Zhao Longfei said softly. "It can't be helped."
"What, do you have children too, Principal Zhao?"
"I don't, but my eldest brother does."
Zhao Longfei's solemn reply suggested that he, too, felt this deeply.
But Qin Siyang certainly couldn't understand that feeling yet.
An old ox licked its calf out of affection, but he was still a calf himself. Who was he supposed to lick?
Thinking about Li Tianming, Qin Siyang changed the subject. "By the way, Principal Zhao, is Central Glory planning any further moves against Old Li? If I trade Crimson Crystals with Han Shuo, do you think he'll use them against Old Li?"
"What happened to Professor Li was Guo Jiuxiao acting on his own. You don't need to treat it as something the whole university was behind. Central Glory's principal, Han Shuo, is an unshakable veteran who rarely gets involved in the quagmire between factions. He