The next morning, Mingzhuo packed his luggage and prepared to set off for Pear Blossom Valley in Qing Province with Gu Xu, He Wangyao, and Xianze.
Mingzhuo told his family he was going on a trip, and surprisingly, Ruan Mingying didn't object. When Ruan's mother heard that Gu Xu was going with him, she was particularly relieved and told Mingzhuo to have fun.
Li Wenhe and Pei Di came to see him off.
"What will you do without me, boss?" Pei Di was still worried. He looked down on He Wangyao and Xianze, pshaw, those two were complete weaklings.
Li Wenhe, however, had a clear understanding of his own capabilities: "If we follow them, we'll only be a burden."
Ming Zhuo is someone who can single-handedly take on all demons and monsters. Taking them on field missions is actually just to train them.
When have we ever needed their help to deal with those demons and monsters? On the contrary, Mingzhuo always has to take care of them.
He Wangyao was somewhat surprised, "You would actually say something like that."
Hasn't this guy always wanted to climb over the boss's head?
Every time Mingzhuo taught a new Christian course, Li Wenhe would secretly compete with Mingzhuo, revealing his ambition to seize power.
He admitted that this person was a genius, extremely talented, and very hardworking. He always quietly left him and Pei Di far behind. Wu Jiao even said that Li Wenhe was much better than he was back then.
Unfortunately, he's still far from being as good as the boss, and he's always completely outmatched.
Of course, Li Wenhe would not admit it voluntarily; this guy is cunning and has never been frank.
Li Wenhe said coldly, "At least I can barely protect myself. What about you? You're just adding debuffs to the boss, afraid that the boss will become too powerful, so you're trying to balance the boss's strength."
He Wangyao: "..."
No, Wenwen, why are you resorting to personal attacks?! That's going too far!
Li Wenhe turned to look at Gu Xu again. He didn't understand. Wasn't this guy the boss of a big company? Why was he always so free, meddling in everything?
However, he also understood that although the other party was just a mortal, his immunity to all magical attacks was enough to protect him.
At least it won't hold Mingzhuo back.
No, he thought coldly to himself, Mingzhuo might even be happier to go on missions with the other party, after all, after dealing with those ugly things, he needed this man's beauty to cleanse his eyes.
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt he had nothing to say to Mingzhuo.
Instead, Mingzhuo stopped him, saying, "If you need anything, you can ask Pei Di to run errands for you. Of course, one thing at a time, you still need to pay him."
Li Wenhe waited a moment, then, seeing that Ming Zhuo had nothing to say, asked, "That's all?"
Mingzhuo: "Of course, if there are some things you can't handle, you can seek help from the Xuanmen, or wait for your master to return."
Is that alright now? The eldest disciple is just too awkward. After thinking about it, Mingzhuo decided to reassure him.
Since I took him as my apprentice, I should act like one.
Li Wenhe pursed his lips and seemed to smile faintly, but the smile quickly disappeared.
The assistant came over and quietly reminded Gu Xu that it was time to go through security.
Mingzhu waved goodbye to everyone. Li Wenhe stood there until the other person's figure disappeared before turning and leaving.
Perhaps because of what Mingzhuo just said, he suddenly remembered the first time he met Mingzhuo.
At that time, my mother had just passed away, and my father couldn't wait to marry a new woman.
He fought back, but the woman used a feigned retreat to force Li Zheng and his illegitimate son to live in her home.
Li Zhenghe was taught by his mistress to be a complete male scheming woman, and she did her fair share of tripping him up.
If the two of them were to face off one-on-one, the other would never be a match for them.
He suffered because he didn't have his mother's protection, while his father's heart was completely swayed by his wife's influence and turned towards his illegitimate son.
At that time, he didn't understand the use of force and always felt that fighting was a bad thing.
Until one day, he saw Li Zheng running away in a panic, with a fierce little girl chasing after him.
The whole school was alarmed, and several teachers went forward to stop Mingzhuo.
Logically, with so many teachers involved, the parties involved should have stopped, but Mingzhuo didn't.
Completely undisturbed, she relied on her speed and agility to break through the encirclement and catch up with Li Zhenghe.
By the time the teachers surrounded her, she had already pinned Li Zhenghe down and was pinching his thigh hard.
"Didn't you like touching it? Go ahead and touch it, why aren't you touching it anymore?"
At that moment, Li Zhenghe's screams echoed throughout the entire school and reverberated across the playground.
Mingzhuo thus became famous overnight, becoming someone no one in the entire school dared to provoke.
He later learned that Li Zhenghe had secretly touched Cheng Jingru's thigh because she was beautiful and timid.
When Mingzhuo found out, he chased the other party across most of the campus.
She was several years younger than Li Zhenghe, and their sizes were vastly different, yet she managed to beat Li Zhenghe so badly that he ran away with his head in his hands. Many classmates were frightened and thought she was too ruthless, so they wouldn't play with her.
Li Wenhe, however, was drawn in and painstakingly infiltrated Mingzhuo's small team.
He once thought that Cheng Jingru was really incredibly foolish. As the younger sister, she had a natural advantage that would allow Mingzhuo to willingly protect her for the rest of her life.
However, the other party kept avoiding Mingzhuo, clearly distancing themselves from him.
The young girl thought she had hidden it well, but everyone could see that she looked down on Mingzhuo and felt that he was not worthy of standing next to a good student like her.
Li Wenhe, however, was always grateful that his choice back then was not wrong, even though he was unwilling to be protected by Ming Zhuo.
He wanted to soar to the top, to become someone superior, someone who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Mingzhuo.
Even if the goal is difficult, he will never give up.
My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
