Meanwhile, things had become particularly awkward for Qin Longtian and the others because of what they had said earlier.
"I don't want to do this, and I haven't brought up any other issues. This time, I just want to understand the connections involved."
His tone was calm, and the other man's brows drew together slightly at that.
The other elders, however, thought he had probably become somewhat obsessed.
"Yes, you're in charge here, but you can't joke about these things. We all know what Jiang Lan did back then. You can't just leave him unchecked and let him do as he pleases because he has some ability."
If things really reached that point, that would be the greatest threat to them. In any case, he still could not accept everything that followed.
"Then we'll discuss it when that happens. Aren't you getting a little ahead of yourself? Besides, no one has said anything else from beginning to end."
As he put it, if doing this really was useless, he would not have spoken up earlier.
"All right, then. There really isn't anything I can stop. This is only part of the process of surprising us, anyway. If it really works, then doing this now must also be what we had in mind back then."
He believed that what he said was perfectly reasonable, and that there could not have been any other connection under those earlier circumstances.
But later, he realized he was wrong. The differences between people really were not as simple as he had imagined.
"Then let him lead the team. It's not a big deal. We've been imagining it all along while dealing with these situations."
Who was he putting on that act for? Did he think everyone else was no different from him?
Letting him lead