"Jiang Baishu, do you have any idea what you're doing? You're a hero. You have a great future ahead of you. What kind of future can you have staying here in this tiny mountain village?"
The person speaking was a woman with a somewhat heroic air. Her short hair reached her shoulders, her eyes were determined, and her posture was ramrod straight. One look and you could tell she was the same type of person as Jiang Baishu.
However, her face was a mask of frustration at his lack of ambition.
Jiang Baishu lowered his head, not daring to meet her eyes.
"I know what I'm doing. Go back and tell my teacher that I've let him down."
He had let down the mentor who had single-handedly promoted him, and even more so, he had let down his expectations.
