CCTnovel Chapter 60
Chapter 60
After the conversation on the rooftop that day, a few days passed before the heir mentioned by Qi appeared at the academy.
Unlike a typical encounter, Su Li was seriously telling Egbert at the academy entrance: “You really don’t need to watch me 24 hours a day. Go do something you want to do.”
“I don’t think I’m watching you 24 hours a day, and I’m doing exactly what I want to do,” Egbert responded quickly.
In Su Li’s view, it was the kind of reply that didn’t even require a moment’s thought.
Su Li looked at him with a headache, seeing his respectful actions with a hint of devotion, truly not wanting to make any demands of Egbert.
Someone like Egbert was actually quite easy to handle, Su Li knew he shouldn’t use the word “handle”, but that was the truth.
If Su Li said he wanted Egbert to do something, or requested something in his name, Egbert would act immediately.
And then voluntarily leave Su Li’s side.
The problem was that Su Li didn’t have anything special for him to do, which resulted in Su Li, who didn’t want to waste his time, constantly having Egbert waste time around him.
Su Li tried to reason with him. “Individuals should focus on personal inner cultivation, putting attention on themselves, in order to take firm steps on the path of better development.”
“You’re not wrong, but I believe that referencing your thoughts and actions is far superior to being alone,” Egbert drew a charming smile.
Most of the time, the former Son of Light was attractive – not with an especially striking handsomeness, but a clean attractiveness that matched the word “light”.
But he always broke this special filter bestowed by heaven.
For instance, at this moment, Su Li saw him speaking seriously, “People perhaps shouldn’t obsess over finding shortcuts, constantly re
“Stalling for time? How pathetic.”
“Not surprising, hanging out with a waste all day.”
Willard extended his hand, attempting to slap Su Li’s face. His eyes were filled with difficult-to-discern details, but it wasn’t hard to detect the malice within.
Su Li involuntarily stepped back, allowing the spear tip to move from near his body to directly against his back.
Cyril’s pupils contracted simultaneously, and the person in the tree became restless, causing leaves to fall from the tree.
But Egbert and Cyril had not yet taken action.
This was because Su Li had given them a gesture to not act hastily the moment he saw Willard.
Su Li wasn’t interested in reasoning with Willard.
He was simply watching the white breath drift from his mouth, using language as a blade to strike into Willard’s chest.
“You, who need to kidnap a waste to threaten another waste, seem even less than a waste.”
This world’s characteristic of valuing only talent was extremely obvious.
The people in the small building, except for Su Li, might not possess this strange awareness, which would make Su Li happy, but he wouldn’t completely define the majority’s cognition based on a minority’s perspective.
So, Su Li directly poked at Willard’s most sensitive spot.
“Moreover, isn’t your current identity also something given to you by the waste you speak of?”
Su Li tilted his head. Even though he could vaguely feel the cold weapon behind his back and couldn’t help but shiver, he perfectly maintained clear pronunciation and a stable voice while speaking.
Willard became furious, his eyes bulging as he roared. “Shut up!”
“Sorry,” Su Li said with apparent remorse, offering a “sincere” apology. “As a useless waste with no real ability, I can only use this mouth of mine.”
So Su Li completely ignored his demand to be silent. If he were to actually be silent, now that would be truly inconceivable.
Su Li smiled, a laugh without any emotional meaning.
“Occupying Qi’s charity, following others’ orders, envious of his bloodline, yet despising his talent. Hmm… let me think about how that saying goes…”
Su Li made an expression that even a serious actor wouldn’t bear to look at, and said with an exclamatory tone, “You truly have a bit of a comedic talent.”
Willard was enraged, and thinking that physical actions could make Su Li submit to the imagined scenario, he angrily drew the golden sword hanging at his waist and placed it against Su Li’s neck.
“You think that without using you as bait, I can’t find him? Even if I kill you, I’ll still achieve my goal,” Willard said with full malice.
Compared to the soldiers’ long spears directly pointing at Su Li’s back, Willard’s action of putting the long sword to Su Li’s neck completely ignited Cyril, whose scales were faintly visible on his cheeks, and Egbert, who was in the tree and genuinely felt how despicable a hostage situation could be.
The former instantly swept away the long spears surrounding Su Li with wind elements, while the latter moved almost telepathically fast, directly grabbing the sword at Su Li’s neck.
It was probably an expensive alchemy weapon – Su Li thought this, and then watched coldly as the golden sword fell to the ground, shattering into several pieces.
How vicious can an adult be?
Perhaps it was Su Li’s ability to tell Willard without hesitation, “You’re like someone roasting durian with a bonfire made from rat corpses in the sewer.”
Su Li calmly looked at Willard, whose eyes were wide with disbelief, having never imagined this scene would happen, and spoke in a low voice, “Simply…disgusting.”