Xianyu's face was expressionless.
He automatically skipped over the subject and lowered his head to cook some meat.
Guan Liang and Zandar both fell silent.
From the looks of it, he did not want to talk.
Although Guan Liang often grumbled inwardly about his former superior, he occasionally even agreed with the nickname Akivili had given him.
At the end of the day, it was only private teasing.
After all, Xianyu had absolutely nothing in common with a "Sheltered Young Lady"!
Given his former superior's terrifying need for control... would he really allow his partner to drive things forward and set the pace? Even if they had crossed the line before marriage, he must have tacitly permitted it.
Getting this far meant Xianyu had already thought things through and decided this was the person for him.
After that, was there any option besides marriage?
Zandar was different from Guan Liang. He never thought his student had any flaws, much less a need for control.
He thought his student was methodical and good at planning.
That was inseparable from the family Xianyu had grown up in.
In his journal, Zandar had recorded asking his student what kind of life he wanted.
His student had answered that he wanted a quiet, ordinary life.
That single sentence had let Zandar deduce Xianyu's family circumstances.
What kind of family, after all, would raise a child who longed for an ordinary life rather than a wealthy one?
In terms of assets, Xianyu's parents could not compare with a Company Shareholder, but they certainly were not poor.
And given how attached his student was to his hometown...
Besides material comfort, his parents must have given him a great deal of love.
His student had enjoyed extraordinary abundance, both materially and emotionally.
Such a family was bound