Guan Liang stood to one side and listened to the whole exchange.
For instance, the Marshal said to Hua:
"I have no requirements for the Xianzhou's successor, but I do have some for you."
The Marshal smiled, looking almost respectable.
"Hua, I want you to accept everyone's favoritism and protection without guilt. I want you to be selfish and willful, to live easily and happily, to get everything you want without effort-"
"And finally, I want everyone in the Xianzhou to remember your contributions with gratitude for all eternity-"
Guan Liang was utterly stunned.
He had thought the farewell letter his boss had written had already used up all his emotional intelligence.
Never had he imagined the man would turn around and say all this to Hua.
Hua was different from his boss.
She did not need to exhaust herself the way his boss had, much less erase her own achievements.
A strange sense of pride welled up in Guan Liang.
It almost felt as though... a several-thousand-year-old brat had suddenly grown up.
While he was thinking this, Hua fled in a panic. Guan Liang and Xianyu watched the child leave.
Xianyu smiled in satisfaction.
"Two to zero."
Guan Liang: "..."
He roared inwardly.
Grown up, my ass! Isn't the boss still the same brat he's always been?!
Don't just start a competition on your own! What are you even competing over? Making Hua lose her composure? Does Hua know about this?!
Xianyu turned to look at the Chief Strategist.
Guan Liang stood frozen with a cup of coffee in his hand. Noticing his boss's gaze, he quickly came to his senses and set the coffee on his boss's desk.
He could not resist commenting, "You really went all out. Did you come up with that on the spot? No