It was clear that Qin Xiao was very happy to attend the college ceremony with his father.
"Let's go." Gu Tang finished his breakfast and changed into a black suit.
Although he is not as tall as Qin Junche, he has a good body proportion.
With broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs, coupled with an air of scholarly refinement, and wearing rimless glasses, he appears very gentle and elegant.
Qin Xiao looked up at Gu Tang happily, then suddenly brought up his personal terminal and typed: "Daddy is handsome."
"Thank you." Gu Tang smiled at Qin Xiao. "You're handsome too."
Qin Xiao was indeed even happier to hear his praise.
Gu Tang held her son's little hand, feeling a warm sensation in her palm.
That wonderful warmth, as if it were a natural gift from blood ties, could truly soothe you from your palms to your heart.
He also found it a bit funny, having cultivated himself for thousands of years, and except for the very first few years, he had never developed any emotions.
Unexpectedly, after failing the tribulation, he was sent to different worlds to experience the emotions brought about by the fusion of bloodlines.
However, if they were all well-behaved kids like Gu Nuo and Qin Xiao...
It seems pretty good.
The hovercar quickly took the father and son to the Imperial Royal Academy.
The Royal College also made elaborate preparations for its founding celebration.
After parking their car, Gu Tang and his son found that the parking lot was almost full.
People dressed in formal attire can be seen coming and going everywhere in the college.
He was still holding Qin Xiao's hand, strolling casually through the campus.
This is where his son studies, even though the system has provided him with relevant information.
But this was, after all, his first time experiencing it firsthand.
"Xiao'er, do you like it here?" Gu Tang asked Qin Xiao casually as he looked around the buildings and scenery of the academy.
Qin Xiao nodded obediently.
But he quickly shook his head.
"What's wrong?" Gu Tang was just following the information provided by the system when he led Qin Xiao to the location of the kindergarten.
Seeing Qin Xiao shake his head, he asked again, "Don't you like the academy?"
Qin Xiao nodded quickly.
But after thinking about it, he slowly shook his head.
Now, Gu Tang was a little confused.
Does this mean I like it or I don't?
However, Gu Tang reconsidered.
Could something have happened at school that made Qin Xiao dislike communicating with people and become so quiet?
After all, Qin Xiao entered the Imperial Royal Academy's kindergarten when he was two years old.
Although he had shown mild autism before that, it wasn't as extreme as it is now.
Thinking of this, Gu Tang simply led Qin Xiao to the side.
He pulled Qin Xiao to sit down on a garden bench next to the kindergarten's teaching area and asked him, "Xiao'er, why don't you like school?"
Qin Xiao didn't speak, but just stared at Gu Tang with wide eyes.
He thought for a moment, then turned his head to look at the personal terminal on his wrist.
“You can type,” Gu Tang said.
Qin Xiao turned on his personal computer and began typing rapidly: "My classmates don't like me, and I don't like them either."
"Why?" Gu Tang asked, "Why don't they like you?"
Qin Xiao thought about it for a while this time.
After a long while, he slowly typed: "I don't know, they don't like me."
After typing those words, he put away his personal terminal, and there was no sad or upset expression on his face.
It was as if this was a very ordinary thing for him.
If Gu Tang hadn't asked him, he probably wouldn't have even considered that possibility.
Gu Tang didn't really think it was a big deal.
Qin Xiao, a young genius, is obsessed with mecha and doesn't like to talk much; he might be a bit of a loner.
He experienced something similar when he was a child.
Gu Tang is an orphan.
Later, he was taken in by a very small sect in the cultivation world, and within a few short months, he showed extraordinary talent in cultivation.
The sect leader and elders showed him great care and affection.
But soon, he was ostracized by all his peers.
Those people not only isolated him, but also played very cruel pranks on him.
In addition, that cultivation sect was indeed too small.
Although Gu Tang was talented, once cultivation progressed to a certain level, talent alone was not enough.
Without powerful cultivation techniques and secret manuals to support them, all disciples, regardless of their talent level, will remain stuck at the same bottleneck.
It was at that moment that Gu Tang's true talent was revealed.
He forcefully broke through the bottleneck by relying on his own understanding and perception of the laws of heaven and earth.
But just when he was about to succeed, his fellow disciples dealt him a heavy blow from behind.
At that time, Gu Tang's cultivation was still shallow, and he was seriously injured.
If he hadn't been saved by the person who had carefully guided him in his cultivation and truly led him onto the path of cultivation, he might have died and perished long ago.
Having had such an experience, Gu Tang felt that he could understand Qin Xiao quite well.
"Dad knows." He didn't let Qin Xiao think any further, but reached out and patted his little head. "It's okay if they don't like you, Dad likes you."
Qin Xiao smiled again, just as expected.
He jumped off the bench, took Gu Tang's hand, and led him toward where he was reading.
The number of people in the college is increasing, and even the kindergarten is seeing more parents bringing their children.
After leaving that small garden, Gu Tang and Qin Xiao encountered at least seven or eight people along the way.
Every adult was dressed in a neat and appropriate suit.
The children were all wearing the same school uniform as Qin Xiao.
Every child and parent will take the initiative to greet others when they meet them.
They chatted and laughed together, and regardless of whether they knew each other well or not, they seemed to be getting along very well.
But the moment they saw Gu Tang and Qin Xiao holding Gu Tang's hand, their smiles would instantly vanish.
Qin Xiao seemed oblivious, simply holding Gu Tang's hand tightly.
Gu Tang...
Gu Tang had already spoken with Qin Xiao, but remained unmoved, calmly leading his son forward.
"Why are they here too?"
As soon as Gu Tang and Qin Xiao stepped into the lobby of the kindergarten building, the parents who had ignored them earlier immediately gathered together and started chattering: "How come the academy hasn't expelled such a student yet? They even invited his parents to the school's founding ceremony. It's truly shameful."
“That’s right.” Another parent immediately nodded in agreement. “If a child is unruly and ill-mannered, the adults probably aren’t any better.”
He looked in the direction where Gu Tang and his son had disappeared with some disdain: "They look respectable, yet they can raise such a son."
"Heh." Another person spoke up: "Don't say that. He's a teacher at Muzhi University in the capital. I heard that even after five years at the university, he's only a teaching assistant and hasn't even been promoted to lecturer. But he's still a teacher, surely he can't even teach his own son well. Maybe..."
The man said sarcastically, "It's because that brat's other parent was too barbaric that he passed on barbaric blood to his son."
"People who aren't family don't enter the same door." The parent who spoke first laughed.
Makishi University is a third-rate, unacceptable university.
Qin Xiao's father seems to be nothing special, having been in school for five years without being able to get promoted to lecturer.
He thought that Qin Xiao, this brat, was surnamed Qin and had some connection with the Qin family in the capital.
It turns out they just happen to have the surname Qin.
“That’s true. Anyway, I’ve told my daughter to stay away from such ill-mannered barbarians.” Another parent said, “If she develops any bad habits, it will be hard to teach her.”
“Me too,” the parent who spoke first said. “I’ve forbidden my son from even speaking to Qin Xiao.”
"Me too."
"Me too."
...
Amidst the outcry, these parents have started a new round of socializing.
Even their children quickly gathered together, chatting softly with smiles on their faces.
The atmosphere in front of the entire kindergarten building was harmonious and pleasant.
Gu Tang, however, stood in the hallway holding Qin Xiao's hand, and overheard most of what these people were saying.
These parents didn't lower their voices at all when they were talking about Qin Xiao.
They seemed completely unconcerned that Gu Tang and his son would overhear them.
Qin Xiao, who had been holding Gu Tang's right index finger tightly, slowly lowered his head.
Gu Tang could feel the little hand holding his index finger moving amidst the discussions of the parents.
He would relax for a moment, then tighten his grip again.