When a smart person faces a life-altering choice, any sense of wishful thinking they harbor is essentially just a form of escapism and self-deception.
Qi Tongwei did not believe that a man of Zhao Lichun’s intelligence could be unaware of the immense risks involved in opposing the You-Liang Faction at this moment, yet he had chosen to proceed nonetheless.
"It’s about time to get to work..."
Chapter 775