After leaving Gu Weiyang's office, Qin Siyang, leaning on his crutch, took Zhao Longfei's private car back to the Zhao Merchants' Association Clubhouse.
On the way, Qin Siyang and Duan Chongfang activated Conversation Shielding to talk.
"Senior Duan, you spent quite a while talking to Secretary-General Gu."
Duan Chongfang looked somewhat displeased. "Couldn't be helped. He wouldn't agree to my terms, and I wouldn't agree to his. We spent a long time going back and forth."
"Secretary-General Gu wanted you to join the United Government after graduation?"
Duan Chongfang gave Qin Siyang a surprised look. "You could even guess that?"
"Secretary-General Gu is the man in charge of the United Government. Naturally, he wants fresh blood to keep coming in and make it stronger."
"Did Secretary-General Gu ask you to join the United Government too?"
"No."
Qin Siyang gave only that brief reply. Duan Chongfang lowered his gaze in thought and sighed. "It seems people like you, who deal with all sides and have a complicated web of connections, really do have a little more freedom."
"You win some, you lose some."
Duan Chongfang continued, "Ah, I wanted to be Zhu Haifeng. But judging by Secretary-General Gu's intentions, he wanted me to be Yu Jianyun."
Hearing Duan Chongfang compare himself to Zhu Haifeng and Yu Jianyun, two of the strongest fighters in the Safe Zone, Qin Siyang didn't think he was being conceited.
Sequence Abilities had only been awakening for five years, yet Duan Chongfang, a student with no backing, had managed to break through to sequence level seven. A future of great achievements was already firmly laid out before him.
"Then what do you plan to do, Senior Duan?"
"Of course I won't agree. The United Government has never done anything for me. Even if I have to give