Qin Siyang looked completely confused, "The Nightmare Lantern Tree attacks continuously? First time I've ever seen that. I didn't know a damn thing! Oh right, when I came to, Hu Chan was already awake. Could it be that he ran into some kind of lucky break and blocked the Nightmare Lantern Tree's attack?"
Li Tianming clicked his tongue, "If he really had some kind of lucky break, he might as well go unify the Zephyr Church first! I think the two remaining Guardians of the Zephyr Church would be easier to deal with than the Nightmare Lantern Tree."
"Uh… that actually makes sense."
"Why do you think the Nightmare Lantern Tree let the two of you off? You seriously have no idea?"
The unspoken implication was that Qin Siyang definitely had some unspeakable fortuitous encounter.
What Li Tianming said was also the unspoken consensus among all the professors present.
Qin Siyang's nickname, "Miracle Bro," was something people with ulterior motives pushed on the forums to grab attention, but they had to admit it. Qin Siyang really was someone favored by heaven, someone who created miracles.
His true strength and foundation were definitely far beyond what he was showing now.
'Given this kid's sly, lazy, gluttonous, and slippery personality, besides the things he has already revealed, he is definitely still hiding a whole pile of trump cards.'
Putting a special lock on Qin Siyang's tier-four storage box was the thing Lu Daoxing regretted the most in his entire life.
And it was precisely because Qin Siyang kept writing miracles inside the safe zone that the nickname "Miracle Bro" went from being a joke at the beginning to a widely accepted title that belonged to him alone.
But even though everyone knew Qin Siyang had something fishy going on, no one went rummaging through his stuff to get to the bottom of it.
There was no other reason. The way Qin Siyang handled things was just too upright and decent, making them genuinely like him.
And those who still chose to follow Li Tianming after all his ups and downs were often straightforward, rough-edged people at heart.
At least to these professors, not only were they uninterested in Qin Siyang's secrets, they even wished he could be their direct disciple, or better yet, a junior from their own family.
So after Li Tianming mocked Qin Siyang with a remark, Qin Siyang laughed it off with a couple of jokes and that was that. No one asked further.
Not a single professor even asked whether Qin Siyang had gained anything when he woke up.
Yet although Qin Siyang felt guilty inside, he honestly didn't understand why he had managed to escape death either.
He had too many secrets.
Did the Nightmare Lantern Tree spare him because he was a reborn person? Because of his miraculous sequence? Or because he had some unseen connection with some unknown existence?
There were too many puzzle pieces in his hands, and he couldn't tell which hidden secret could fit together perfectly to form the correct answer.
His understanding of this world was just like his understanding of himself. Completely in the dark.
Qin Siyang then asked, "I remember that the death rate after being attacked by the Nightmare Lantern Tree isn't one hundred percent, right? That means someone else survived too. Does anyone know how that person lived?"
A few people looked at each other and all shook their heads.
"You don't know either? Fine, then I'll find a chance to ask Principal Zhao."
"It's useless. Zhao Longfei wouldn't know either. Ask Chu Baxing or Hu Chan. Same result."
"Why? No one knows any proof at all?"
"Because this information was released by the top brass of the United Government. The official conclusion is that the death rate after the Nightmare Lantern Tree's attack is not one hundred percent. With the authority of the United Government, what they say doesn't need proof."
"The top brass of the United Government?", Qin Siyang frowned, "Was it Gu Yunpeng's third uncle who said it?"
Li Tianming nodded, "It was indeed Secretary-General Gu who said it, but Secretary-General Gu himself doesn't seem to know the inside story either."
"Huh? He said it, but he doesn't know? What does that mean?"
Zhang Kuang yawned, "It means that Secretary-General Gu didn't get this information firsthand. Behind him, there's probably someone else feeding him the words."
Qin Siyang scratched his head, "That's kind of complicated."
Li Tianming waved his hand, "If it's complicated, toss it aside and don't worry about it. Anyway, those Secretary-General Gu types don't have much to do with you. Oh right, if you don't have anything else going on, I do have something I need to trouble you with."
"What are you rushing for! I do have something else! Forget it, you go first. What do you need me for?"
"For the next few days, help me pick up and drop off Little Fei from school, and arrange for him to stay at your guesthouse."
"What the hell?"
"Why are you shouting so loud? I'm just asking you to help take care of a kid."
"Are you his dad or am I his dad? Why should I be the one taking care of him?"
"I need to stay busy outside, Feng He has a ton of stuff on her plate now that she's the dean, Old Zhang and the others all have their own things to do. That leaves only you. If Little Fei stays at the guesthouse, food and daily needs are taken care of, and it saves you a lot of trouble too."
Qin Siyang's eyes went wide, "Wow, thanks so much, really thinking this through for me!"
Li Tianming said impatiently, "Stop hemming and hawing. You won't be shortchanged on the benefits!"
Qin Siyang curled his lip. Who knows which of us is giving benefits to whom.
But after thinking about it, Li Pengfei was Li Tianming's son after all, and on top of that, Li Pengfei had left an impression on him of being so well-behaved it made his heart ache, so he agreed.
"Fine, then I'll suffer a bit and let him stay in the same room with me."
"Uh… you'd better not suffer like that. You and Little Fei should stay in separate rooms."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm afraid Little Fei will learn bad things from you."
"Li Tianming! Are you done yet, you bastard?"
Li Tianming looked disgusted, "Look at you, getting worked up again. Swearing nonstop, and your emotional control is this bad. It's very easy to affect a child's growth, you know?"
Qin Siyang let out a cold laugh, "Yeah, yeah, you're great, you really look like a proper father. Who knows who it is that's always stirring up staff movements in the principal's office."
"Ahem! At least in front of my kid, my image has no problems at all."
"Don't worry. In front of him, my image is excellent too."
Li Tianming was about to say more, but Qin Siyang couldn't be bothered to keep arguing, "If you trust someone, don't doubt them. If you doubt them, don't use them. I don't have extra rooms anyway, so this is how it'll be."
Li Tianming sighed, "Then you really have to put away that flippant attitude of yours. Don't teach Little Fei bad habits."
"Please, I'm not some jobless street bum. I have my own things to do every day, okay? My interaction with him is just picking him up, dropping him off, and eating together. At most, I'll coax him to sleep at night. What exactly can he learn from me?"
"Fine."
Li Tianming looked at Qin Siyang suspiciously a couple of times, but in the end decided to trust his godson.
"I'm done with my business. Now tell me what you wanted to say."
"Didn't you tell me to let you know before I open the Path of the Believer?"
As soon as Qin Siyang finished speaking, every professor's gaze snapped onto his face.
"The materials to open the Path of the Believer, I've already collected them all."
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