Xu Shi did not deny this at all. He had previously said that even if he could not win someone's heart, he would still win their body. However, this statement was not quite accurate.
A more precise way to put it is that if you can't win her heart, then give her a new one.
"That's why I said you're a bad dad, and you still won't admit it."
The white-haired girl chuckled, a hint of disdain in her voice, "Never mind, Xiao Ke'an doesn't know anything. As long as Daddy's happy."
"And what kind of obedient daughter are you?"
Xu Shi laughed happily, but then a question came to mind: "Hey, you're getting so close to my silly apprentice, doesn't she know what you're thinking?"
"She does want to."
The older woman put her hands on her hips, proudly puffed out her small chest, and said, "Who am I? She's just a C-cup. Want to hear my inner thoughts? Go practice for a few hundred more years."
Xu Shi nodded, "That's true."
Joking aside, Xia Ke'an is indeed an SS-level "Upgraded One" and happens to be a mental type. Faced with such an insurmountable gap, even without deliberate precautions, Pan Ling wouldn't be able to get in.
Even her own abilities have limitations. Although being able to read specific thoughts at the C level is beyond her comprehension, Xu Shi has confirmed it before. In reality, her silly apprentice can't read 100% of what she wants to eat. For example, if someone is thinking that they want to eat a big white steamed bun with a grilled sausage tonight, she can mostly only read the big white steamed bun, but not the grilled sausage. Part of it depends on her own reasoning and analysis, or guessing.
She herself often used vague terms like black and white, black with white, and white with black. In addition, Xu Shi had laid the groundwork beforehand, so even if she couldn't read the old lady's mind, she didn't realize that there was something wrong with the matter itself. Instead, she was more inclined to think that Xia Ke'an might be the "surprise" that her master had mentioned, someone who had no secrets in her heart.
It's fortunate that she can't sense it anymore, otherwise whether the secret of pretending to be father and daughter would be exposed is another matter, the key thing is whether her values would be shattered as a result - the white-haired loli is no less cunning than others, if Pan Ling really reads it out, she would probably be scared to death.
Just thinking about that scene made Xu Shi burst out laughing.
"In short, your little apprentice is far inferior to Ah Jin."
Xia Ke'an laughed too, "Your mom was the same back then. She knew everything she wanted to know. Even I sometimes didn't like being around her. You couldn't keep her in check..."
"So you think my dad is the real expert?"
When the topic came up, Xu Shi continued, "After all, my mom can read minds, so she wouldn't treat marriage lightly, right?"
"You want to know?"
The old lady pulled out a bag of sunflower seeds from somewhere, shared some with him, and gave him a handful. "Actually, that story... is pretty cliché, it's just a simple hero saving a damsel in distress."
"?"
"It's true, there was a time when the six major conglomerates were having a party. Someone got drunk and started acting crazy, trying to get physical with Ah Jin. Then your father, Xu Cheng, stood up for her and beat that person half to death."
The white-haired loli, with the mature air of someone who'd been through it all, said, "Your father was the heir of the 'Snake Ring,' but he was always a tight-lipped guy. Nobody expected him to do this so suddenly... but it turned out that Ajin really fell for it, and then I watched the two of them get closer and closer, and then... you know what happened next."
"It's that simple?"
"It's that simple."
"That's definitely a cliché."
Xu Shi secretly rolled his eyes. "Didn't my mom ever try to understand my dad's feelings?"
"Yes, I read it. I even asked about it back then."
Xia Ke'an smiled and said, "A Jin's answer was simple. She said, 'I know he likes me, but that's all he likes. It's so silly of him to put on such a clumsy show for this.'"
So it really was a self-directed and self-acted performance... Xu Shi suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but this was indeed very much in line with his father's personality - to be fair, among the previous generation of conglomerate heads, Xu Cheng's evaluation was always "mediocre", with a quiet personality and his superpower was only a regular B-level.
In terms of relationships, it's pretty much the same. Xu Shi can relate to this a lot. After his mother passed away, his father didn't remarry, and he didn't even bring a woman home. He focused all his attention on his work, and his life was almost like that of a monk.
However, such evaluations are generally only directed at Xu Cheng personally. No one questions his abilities. As Lin Wenhua said before his death, "Snake Ring" had fallen into a deep decline during Xu Shi's grandfather's generation. It was his father who gradually achieved success, which can be called a revival.
However, this was the first time Xu Shi had learned about these private matters of his parents' generation. He had never had any communication with his father since he was a child; Su Lin had always taken care of him... Of course, even if he asked, he probably wouldn't tell him.
Well... that's interesting.
"So sometimes I'm curious too."
Recalling the past, the old lady was a little emotional, but mostly she complained, "Your father was a first-rate lover, how come you are completely different?"
"He never taught me any of this."
Xu Shi effortlessly passed the buck.
“...hesitating mouth.”
The white-haired girl couldn't deny it. "Getting back to the main topic, how do you plan to teach Xiaoling next?"
She hadn't forgotten what Xu Shi had said last night; he had indeed promised to control her abilities.
"Use the medication. I brought a batch of 'Hengwo' with me when I came."
Xu Shi's answer was relaxed, "Her inability to control it is a limitation of the ability itself, I'll help her develop it... By the way, did my mom discuss with you some training methods for mind-reading ability?"
"Maybe? But we were just chatting casually, in bits and pieces."
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