Brother, can I kneel down for you?

"Why are you following me?" Ma Liang put the despondent Piplup into a Poké Ball, walked to the door of the innermost single office on the second floor, and looked at Wei Xin and Lillie walking side by side behind him, asking in confusion.

"This is Professor Li's office."

"Yes, we're here to deliver something to the professor," Wei Xin said. To prevent Eevee from sneaking into the base, Ralts dragged Eevee into the training room despite Eevee's desperate resistance.

Throughout the journey, Wei Xin and Lillie tacitly avoided mentioning their identities.

I just listened silently as he boasted about his identity, status, and his endless admiration for the professor, as well as the boomerangs he casually tossed out.

Standing at the office door, Ma Liang felt inexplicably uneasy.

He said a lot along the way, some of his words were thoughtless and he himself felt they were a bit too much. Even Lillie was angry because of the disrespect in his words.

Wei Xin, however, remained calm and composed, even raising the corners of his mouth several times before forcefully suppressing them, as if there was a clown in front of him, but he was worried that the clown would discover that he was the clown.

dong dong.

Lillie knocked lightly twice on the office door.

"Professor, the materials from this morning have been compiled."

"The door's unlocked, come in."

Wei Xin and Lillie pushed open the door and happened to see a man in a suit standing in front of the professor with a fawning expression.

If the two of them hadn't just seen this person on TV...

I know he is the Steel-type Gym Leader, Ma Huateng.

I thought he was a salesperson from some company trying to sell health supplements to the professor.

"Mr. Ma, I'm sorry to have made you come all this way for nothing. To be honest, I'm getting old and don't have much energy left to teach students. Besides, I just recently took on two students, both of whom are very promising."

In fact, if the school hadn't insisted that he take on students, he wouldn't have planned to take on any students this year. He even planned to hand over Lillie, who was sent by the investors, to someone else to take on.

"Oh, Professor, please don't say that. You look quite old, but you're full of energy. In a couple of days, I'll send someone to deliver some of the company's health supplements to you. I guarantee you'll live as long as the tortoise!" Master Ma said in a flattering tone.

The professor's eye twitched slightly.

Is this how you use an old man's dragon bell?

Why don't you say I'm smiling in the afterlife?

Director Ma continued to persuade him.

In order to get his nephew into the professor's class, he spent a fortune, pulled a lot of strings, and donated a building to the school, finally getting the principal to intervene and persuade the professor to agree to take on another student.

Unexpectedly, just one day late, the professor suddenly admitted an unknown student from who-knows-where.

These precious spots were gone in a flash!

"Besides, I brought him along, a particularly skilled young man. He admires you a lot. Don't underestimate him just because he's my nephew; his character is impeccable, and he's incredibly talented."

"And he's incredibly hardworking. He even juices the bitter melons at home to drink. If you take him in, you can make him work like a cow or a horse, even tie him to a millstone and use him like an animal. Why don't you take a look first?"

Excuse me, classmate.

As he spoke, bypassing Lillie and Wei Xin at the door, Master Ma grabbed Ma Liang, who was standing nervously at the door, and pulled him inside, bringing him in front of Professor Li: "Look, my nephew, what a handsome young man."

Seeing Ma Liang standing there, looking like a loser who had just met a goddess, so nervous and at a loss, he patted him hard on the shoulder: "Hey kid, say something."

Come on, Ma Liang, quickly give the professor something to do.

After placing the documents in front of the professor, Wei Xin and Lili Ai noticed that Ma Liang didn't dare to fart for a long time, for fear of polluting the air in the professor's office. They exchanged a knowing smile.

Ma Liang, say something!

Weren't you very talkative on your way here?

The professor noticed Lillie and Wei Xin's reactions.

What happened on the way here?

The look in his eyes as he looked at Ma Liang gradually became more playful.

He then changed his mind and said, "Actually, it's not that I can't accept this student, but after all, he has senior brothers and sisters who came before him, and as his master, I have to respect their opinions."

"If I don't manage to build a good relationship, I'll have a headache too."

Seeing that things were taking a turn for the better, Ma Liang's eyes lit up instantly: "Professor, you can call your senior brothers and sisters over. Forget about building good relationships, you can even have your senior brothers and sisters beat me up."

"Pfft!" Hearing what Ma Liang said, Wei Xin finally released himself like a squirrel—he couldn't hold it in any longer!

Laugh out loud.

Lillie also bent down, covering her mouth and stomach, unable to suppress her laughter.

Even as the heiress of the Ether Foundation, she had never heard of such a shameless request.

Seeing someone laughing at him, Ma Liang turned his head, but his brain hadn't caught up yet. He couldn't believe that anyone other than the sect leader's closed-door disciple would dare to laugh in front of the sect leader. So, behind the professor's back, he glared fiercely at the two of them.

You dare laugh at me? Once I become the sect leader's closed-door disciple, I'll definitely make things difficult for you two.

"That's perfect. Your senior brothers and sisters are all in this room. Why don't you ask them for their opinions?"

"Wei Xin, Lillie, what do you think?"

Why do these two names sound so familiar? I feel like I've heard them somewhere before... Holy crap!

Startled, Ma Liang's pupils slowly dilated as he stared in disbelief at Wei Xin and Lili Ai, who stood behind him with ill intentions.

Then I remembered what he had said on the way here.

Holy crap, a boomerang.

It's still the Pro Max Plus Ultimate Luxury Edition.

Thus, the office entered a brief ice age.

In the silence, the only sound was the digging noise from beneath the office floor, a sound that seemed to come from nowhere.

Lillie: "I don't think he's good-looking."

Lillie gave a negative answer. Anyway, the research center had no shortage of cattle and horses. Even if it did, she could transfer people from the Ether Foundation to help.

The three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment has been completed, and it even comes with a back garden.

What happened? Master Ma, standing to the side, was completely bewildered. He glanced at his nephew, who was standing next to him, looking like he had just started road construction and then discovered that he had dug up a national power cable. His nephew was frozen in place, at a loss for what to do.

It dawned on me!

Perhaps this kid said something wrong on the way here and offended his senior brothers and sisters!

Wouldn't that mean it's a lost cause?

The thought that all the preparations he had made to get him into the research center had been in vain because of his quick thinking, which hadn't even been put into action, made him feel utterly helpless.

An unnamed anger welled up inside him, and he wished he could just pull out his belt and give him a hundred free draws.

You brat! You're not worth discussing things with!

However, out of respect for the professor, they dared not lash out and could only place their last hope on Wei Xin.

Ma Liang looked at Wei Xin, his eyes shifting from initial disdain to anger, then to terror, and now only silent pleading remained.

It's as if it's saying...

Brother, I was wrong. There are too many people here. I'll kneel down for you outside later, okay?

If all else fails, I can kowtow to you here.

Seeing Ma Liang's expression of "I was wrong, I will never do it again," and his sudden remorse, Wei Xin gave him a kind smile.

He's still just a child.

Ma Liang showed a look of surprise, as if he had seen his second parents.

Could it be...?

Wei Xin opened his mouth, shook his head slightly, and looked at the dying man with pity in his eyes.

But what does that have to do with me?

Then, a soft hum came from Wei Xin in the office.

"We are different; everyone has different circumstances."