The little eel took on its human form as a young girl, then began scratching its own head, a habitual mannerism that it had picked up from Gu Can, who had, in turn, picked it up from Chen Ping'an.0

"You look so stupid," Gu Can chuckled, and it hurriedly lowered its hand with a bashful grin.0

"Let's go. He's Chen Ping'an, there's nothing that I can't tell him!" Gu Can decided with an expansive wave.0

He swept his gaze over his surroundings, and the island that had always appeared detestable to him in the past had suddenly become much more attractive in his eyes ever since Chen Ping'an's arrival.0

If there were to come a day where Chen Ping'an was no longer angry and was also willing to stay here, then this place would become the most beautiful paradise under the heavens!0

Gu Can arrived at Chen Ping'an's room, and before he even had a chance to knock on the door, Chen Ping'an called out from inside, "Come in."0

Gu Can entered the room to discover Chen Ping'an standing at the entrance of the study, and the desk inside was laden with paper, a brush, a carving knife, and a bunch of bamboo slips.0

It seemed as if he intended to write something.0

Prior to Gu Can's return, Chen Ping'an had been conducting some self-reflection, trying to truly place himself in Gu Can's shoes to look at Bamboo Scroll Lake through his eyes.0

He tried to return to the very beginning, to the point of origin, starting from the most foundational principle.0

This was the first step to the teaching of sequential order, understanding order.0

Chen Ping'an knew that simply forcing his own principles upon others wasn't going to work.0

The two of them sat down at the table in the guest hall, surrounded by shelves that were laden with valuable antiques, all of which Gu Can had carefully selected and prepared for Chen Ping'an.0

Initially, Gu Can's idea was to fill the room with a bunch of fair young maidens so that he could gloat to Chen Ping'an and say: "I told you that someday, I'll pick out a bunch of beautiful girls for you that are just as good-looking as that bitch, Zhi Gui! So? What do you think?"0

Of course, Gu Can didn't dare to do that now.0

After taking a seat, Gu Can wasted no time as he cut straight to the chase.0

"Chen Ping'an, I think I have a good idea of why you're angry, but I didn't speak about this when my mother was with us as I was worried that she would feel like everything is her fault. On top of that, regardless...0