Li Yuan reiterated the general truth that Gu Shutong had roughly figured out, delivering a set of polite clichés and high-sounding principles while avoiding any mention of an actual solution.
On one hand, Gu Shutong had merely questioned whether the matter originated from him, and it was clear he had overthought things. On the other hand, Li Yuan had only offered to help Gu Shutong understand the whole story, without making any direct promise to resolve the issue for him.
Gu Shutong was certainly not stupid; he was fully capable of analyzing the situation, otherwise the mayoral seat of Modu University—*correction*: the mayoralty of Modu would never have gone to him.
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