An Old Father's Shock (Seeking Recommendations~)

Li Wei followed Caitlyn and the others alone, returning to the Piltover police station to cooperate with the investigation.

After witnessing his powerful ability to command wind and rain, the students weren't too worried about him.

What's more, the female Enforcer who kept saying she would seek justice for Li Wei turned out to be Caitlyn Kiramman, the only direct daughter of the Kiramman family.

This was the daughter of Mrs. Kiramman, a council member of the Piltover High Council!

With such a strong background, the Iron Fist Gang and Chief Marcos were clearly no match.

So Li Wei wasn't in a hurry to ask Viktor and Seraphine to find a way to rescue him. He simply instructed them, as well as the students, not to be distracted by this accident, and to form different working groups as soon as possible according to the original plan, and to start the initial publicity and development work of the Wind Takers.

And so, after a long time...

Factory District, Seraphine's home.

"Dad! Mom!"

"I'm back!"

Seraphine, carrying a large stack of documents, excitedly rang the doorbell of her house.

She had returned alone.

However, perched on her shoulder was a petite and adorable Azure Finch.

"Seraphine?!" Hearing her daughter's voice outside the door, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin rushed over excitedly and threw the door open. "You're finally back!"

"Honestly, where, where have you been running off to... Mom was so worried about you!"

The couple didn't pay much attention to the Azure Finch perched on Seraphine's shoulder.

Mrs. Ervin hugged her daughter tightly, reluctant to let go for a long while.

Mr. Ervin looked Seraphine up and down, making sure her hair wasn't messy, her buttons weren't missing, her clothes were neat, and there were no suspicious marks on her skin, before he breathed a slight sigh of relief:

"Seraphine! Where's that kid?"

"A few Zaunite beggars came to find us earlier, saying you sent them. They also said you had a 'fit' in the Zaunite community, got a headache and fainted, and were... were carried away by that bastard Li Wei!"

"Is this true?"

The old father asked with wide eyes.

"Yes!" Seraphine nodded. "I asked those beggars to come. Dad, didn't you take good care of them? I promised them I would give them jobs and apprenticeship status."

If it were any other time, Mr. Ervin would definitely have a good talk with his daughter about this.

His family owned a factory, not a shelter. Why would he recruit people into the factory for no reason?

Those beggars were either old or injured, their value had been squeezed out of them, and they should have been optimized back to Zaun long ago.

"Cough, cough..." Now wasn't the time to think about this.

"Seraphine! Who asked you about those beggars? I'm asking if it's true that those beggars said you fainted and were carried away by Li Wei?!"

Speaking of this, Mr. Ervin's eyes were about to pop out.

Seraphine simply replied very naturally, "Yes! I fainted in Mr. Li Wei's arms for a while..."

"." The old father's face turned green.

"Honey, that kid didn't do anything strange to you, did he?" The old mother's breathing also became tense.

"Strange things... like?" Seraphine tilted her head, looking puzzled.

"Cough, cough..." Mr. Ervin's old face was a little flushed. "I mean, did he touch you?"

"Of course not!"

"That's good then..."

"Why would Mr. Li Wei touch me? When I want to hold Mr. Li Wei's hand, he's reluctant to let me touch him."

"I had to beg him for a long time before he was willing to hold my hand and continue to 'sing' to me."

Mr. and Mrs. Ervin: "..."

"Bastard!" The old father scolded in grief. "Where is that little bastard? I'm going to call the police, I'm going to have the Enforcers send him back to Zaun!"

"No need, Dad."

"Mr. Li Wei has already been taken away by the Enforcers."

Mr. and Mrs. Ervin: "..."

What exactly did that little bastard do to their daughter that even the Enforcers couldn't stand it anymore?

No... calm down. Their daughter was still standing here safe and sound. Li Wei couldn't have been taken away because of her.

Then the only possible reason he was taken away was:

"Did the Iron Fist Gang call the police?"

Mr. Ervin had been a business owner for more than ten years, and he knew very well the dealings between the Iron Fist Gang and the Enforcers.

Ordinary people thought the Iron Fist Gang's most powerful weapon was their fists.

But he knew that the Iron Fist Gang's most powerful weapon had always been their connections.

"Mhm." Seraphine nodded, "That's exactly why."

"Good!" Mr. Ervin slapped his thigh with delight.

Right now, he didn't care whether Li Wei was innocent or not, or whether he deserved to die.

He just wanted that Zaunite who had inexplicably run off with his daughter to get as far away as possible.

"Wait..." Mr. Ervin looked at his daughter nervously.

That silly child's soul was obviously completely captivated.

She wouldn't be back now to ask her father to spend money and pull strings to bail that little bastard out of jail, would she?

"Let me be clear, that's absolutely impossible!"

"Don't even mention that our family's connections with the Enforcers can't compare to the Iron Fist Gang's background. Even if they could, I absolutely would not spend a single penny on that little bastard!"

"Dad," Seraphine blinked her eyes, looking wronged, "I didn't come back to ask you for money."

"Huh? Then you're..."

"I'm back to help you get rich!"

Mr. Ervin: "???"

What the hell...why does this rhetoric sound so familiar?

And how come his silly daughter, who hasn't earned a single penny on her own since she was little, is talking business with him as soon as they meet? What kind of bewitching potion has she been given?

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Seraphine?"

"Yes?"

"Did Li Wei take you to some place that looked very legitimate, like a university, auditorium, or theater, to listen to some lectures?"

"Huh? Dad, how did you know?"

"."

"Did someone at the lecture claim to be a senior professor at Piltover University, claiming to have major projects like 'water-to-oil,' 'therapeutic instruments,' or 'new Hextech practical technologies' to share with everyone?"

"Yes!" Seraphine nodded excitedly.

"Did they also give you a bunch of internal documents and ask you to invest money?"

"Dad, you're really amazing—"

"I haven't even said anything, and you know everything!"

Mr. Ervin: "."

Damn it!

Li Wei, that bastard, deserves to be arrested!

"Dad!" Seraphine hadn't noticed her father's subtle expression and simply handed the stack of documents she was holding to Mr. Ervin, "Look, this is the new project I agreed to cooperate with Mr. Li Wei on."

"Mr. Li Wei and Professor Viktor plan to contribute technology as shares, and then divide the equity with a 30/70 split."

"A freaking 30/70 split?" Mr. Ervin couldn't help but curse in Zaunite in front of his daughter, "That bastard is not only scamming money, but he also wants to scam 30% of my equity?"

"No, not 30%."

"It's 30% for us, and 70% for Mr. Li Wei and Professor Viktor."

"." Mr. Ervin exploded instantly.

He only let his daughter go out for half a day, and Seraphine could lose their family fortune?

"Seraphine, you, you..."

"Do you really understand what those projects are about?"

"I don't understand," Seraphine answered matter-of-factly.

"But I can feel that everyone's souls are bright and warm... Working with them is definitely doing the right thing!"

"Hey, hey Dad, don't go!"

"Professor Viktor and Lina are still sorting out the specific technical data, so please take a look at the project proposal I brought back first..."

Mr. Ervin ignored her.

The old mother also looked at her daughter with heartache, and was still planning to find a high-IQ son-in-law in the future to help take care of her daughter for the rest of her life.

"Mr. Ervin, Mrs. Kiramman."

"You should take a look at this project proposal."

But at this moment, someone spoke.

No... it wasn't a person who spoke, but the bird on Seraphine's shoulder.

And this voice was actually...

"Li Wei?!" Mr. and Mrs. Ervin looked over in surprise.

Yes, it's Li Wei. But only the voice is Li Wei.

This bird is, of course, Janna.

She's simply using the mental connection between herself and the Summoner to remotely connect Li Wei for communication.

As for the sound of Li Wei's voice... that's just a small spell she re-mastered after recovering her divine power, using airflow to simulate vocal cord vibrations.

"Li Wei, you, you..."

How did you turn into a bird?

No!

Erwin suddenly realized:

This is magic! This is magic only a mage can use!

That kid Li Wei, he's actually a mage?!

"That's right, I'm a mage."

"So, not only do I have a project to bring to you, but I can also solve Seraphine's problem of not being able to control her innate magic."

Li Wei presented his biggest greeting gift.

Seraphine has never received formal magical training, which is why she can't control her talent.

And Janna, having lived for thousands of years, is virtually omniscient. She is naturally Seraphine's best magic tutor.

"This..." Mr. Ervin was silent.

He seemed shocked, thoughtful, and even a little tempted.

Then, he opened his mouth and cursed at the Azure Finch:

"You get the hell off my daughter's shoulder—"

"If you dare to look down at her chest, I'll fight you to the death!"