Despite their endless bickering and spirited debates, Ethan got things done with impressive efficiency.
By next morning, he'd obtained a list of the Confucian classics—not a single title he recognized from his old world.
He randomly picked several books with interesting titles, directing academy attendants to fetch them immediately.
His reading habits promptly earned Elena's sharp criticism.
To her, reading was a sacred act—excluding, of course, those raunchy pulp fiction sold in market stalls.
But Ethan's method—skimming a book before tossing it aside, then repeating the process—drove her up the wall.
When she scolded him, Ethan wasn't about to humor her.
He bluntly explained this wasn't reading—just research for creating a playful adaptation of Confucian texts.
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