Ye Changqing had long since stopped daring to treat Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong as children.
In their sensitivity to how events unfolded, these two often surpassed even him.
When discussing matters with them, Ye Changqing spoke and conducted himself entirely as their equal.
"Boss Zuo, you go first."
Li Chenglong furrowed his brows. "I don't understand the Qi-Observing Art. On many things, I have only my own perspective, which isn't comprehensive or penetrating enough. Let Boss Zuo finish first. Then, taking everything he says as true, I'll dig a layer deeper in that direction."
Zuo Xiaoduo drew a deep breath. "About this matter... what truly strikes me is that Gao Zhiyun, Vice Principal Gao, is a blessed man."
"A blessed man?!"
Both Ye Changqing and Li Chenglong were genuinely baffled by Zuo Xiaoduo's statement.
How had he come around to that?
"This matter... judging by fortune-telling and fate, the Gao Lineage faces a calamity that will drown it completely-and wipe out its descendants into the bargain. But as luck would have it... Gao Zhiyun found himself a good wife."
Zuo Xiaoduo gave a wry laugh. "Gao Zhiyun's first wife must be a lady from a great Lineage, right? Hmm, or should I say, a direct descendant of an illustrious Lineage?"
Although he phrased it as a question, his tone was exceptionally certain.
Ye Changqing thought for a moment. "They say Madam Gao is a daughter of the legitimate line of the Ximen Lineage. Back then, for some reason, the Ximen Lineage just kept having girls. Not a single boy was born for decades on end... it got so extreme that even the Marshal Ximen grew frantic."
"And this Madam Gao was one of the Ximen Lineage's young ladies back then... only, although she was of the legitimate line, her