Chapter 680: What one tells others often speaks of oneself

Watching William, who stood with his hands behind his back, a firm light flickering in his black-and-white eyes, solemnly stating his plan to overthrow the royal family, the Fatty Prime Minister felt as if ten thousand alpacas were galloping through his mind one after another.

Did I hear something wrong? The Lionheart Duke is about to marry the Princess, yet his younger brother says he plans to overthrow the royal family and become King himself?!

After a silent pause of several seconds, the Fatty Prime Minister, his facial muscles somewhat stiff, looked up in disbelief at Li Ang, who was awkwardly covering his face with his hand. His lips twitched as he confirmed:

"Your younger brother... what did your younger brother just say... he plans to do in the future?"

"I plan to overthrow the royal family, become King myself, and then fight my way from west to east to unify the whole world."

After repeating his dream, William took out a folded notebook from his bosom, opened it, and handed it to the bewildered Fatty Prime Minister. Then, with a taut little face, he solemnly began to sell his great plan for world unification.

"Father-in-law, after we overthrow the royal family and unify the kingdom, we can befriend the great nobles in the coal-producing regions of the Heisen Kingdom and make them cut off the coal supply to the Northern Kingdom... Ambush warfare... Use reparations to buy seafood from the Saiao Kingdom, form an alliance with the Thousand Sails Sea Kingdom... Occupy the mining regions of the Thunderstorm Kingdom... Exchange technology with the Keroke Kingdom... Subdue the Molna Kingdom... Tie them to our war chariot... Join forces to destroy the Auleson Kingdom... Annex the grain-producing regions..."

"..."

Am I still not awake?

Looking at the "Pan-Continent Unification Plan" written in childish handwriting on the dog-eared notebook, countless question marks and exclamation points rushed into the Fatty Prime Minister's head, swirling crazily like a tornado, almost scrambling his brains.

If you call him stupid... this plan doesn't look like something a child could come up with. Although the knowledge in it is just common sense, being able to think of utilizing these things is already quite remarkable.

But if you call him clever... the fact that he could propose such an outrageous plan and, right in front of the Prime Minister, invite him to help overthrow the royal family, directly disqualifies him from the word "clever"!

This child... how does he manage to be both clever and stupid?

"This... children like to fantasize about things that are out of reach. You can't take it seriously."

Discovering that the Fatty Prime Minister was holding back very uncomfortably and the muscles on both sides of his round face were twitching uncontrollably, Li Ang hurriedly pulled back his younger brother, who still wanted to say something, and said awkwardly:

"And William... um... he's usually very lively and likes to crack jokes, haha."

"O... oh, so that's how it is... haha."

The two hypocritical adults chuckled at each other, and after sitting in silence for a while, the Fatty Prime Minister stiffly raised his arm, looked at the watch on his wrist, and then hurriedly said:

"Oh, it's already this time. I'm sorry, I have an appointment with the Capital Chamber of Commerce in a while..."

"Oh, oh, please go ahead."

Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and hurriedly stood up, moving aside to make way. The Fatty Prime Minister also grabbed his wife and daughter and hurried away through the aisle as if fleeing a plague, forgetting even to offer a polite farewell.

"William, look at the good deed you've done!"

Seeing that the Prime Minister's family had already left, Anna, who had been holding back for a long time, immediately reached out and pinched her younger brother's ear, saying through gritted teeth:

"You... you're really going to be the death of me! Today I must..."

"Forget it, forget it, let's talk about it when we get back."

Seeing the strange flush rising on his sister's fair face and her increasingly rapid breathing, Li Ang, worried about her health, immediately pulled her back and gently persuaded her:

"Don't worry, these are all things children say; no one will take them seriously."

"Right, right, right!"

Mei Lan Ni, who was on the side, hurriedly chimed in:

"We are children, so... children's words are harmless! Sister Anna, you can't beat us just because we said something stupid. If you want to beat someone, you have to beat the right person; you can't beat me along with him!" "Your matter is not small either!"

Unable to resist reaching out and pinching Mei Lan Ni's egg-white-like little cheek, Li Ang, while soothing the furious Anna, said with a straight face:

"Tell me, last time you guys caused trouble, it was because the teacher was bad. Now that the unqualified teacher has been replaced, why are you still not studying hard and copying other people's test papers?"

"This... I couldn't help it either..."

Seeing that her Big Brother, who usually protected her, had rarely turned his anger toward her, Mei Lan Ni's eyes darted around, and she instinctively wanted to play a little trick to gloss over it.

But noticing that Li Ang's expression was very serious—though he didn't look like he was blaming her, he was inexplicably solemn—she hesitated slightly, then finally gave up on playing tricks and confessed honestly:

"William and I started school later than others, and there's so much more to memorize. I really can't keep up, and for subjects like religion, history, and geography, I really don't understand them. If my scores are too low, I'm afraid Sister Anna will be disappointed... I... I was wrong..."

Strange, she didn't play any tricks this time?

Li Ang, who had originally prepared to sharply expose her lies and educate her—that while being mischievous was fine, not studying hard was absolutely unacceptable—when she continued to play tricks, was momentarily stunned.

However, even though she had honestly admitted her mistake, some things still had to be said.

"Knowing you were wrong isn't important; what's important is not to make the same mistake next time."

After rubbing her little head, Li Ang said:

"You can be lazy, you can like to play tricks, but you can't really know nothing. When you can't stand up at a critical moment and can only watch everything head toward the worst-case scenario, you'll regret it for the rest of your life if it happens even once.

The time your Sister Anna was hospitalized before, I was only a step away from losing her, and even losing you guys. I hope you never have to experience that feeling of being surrounded by despair in your life."

"And you, William."

When he reached this point, Li Ang turned his head to look at his younger brother, who was rubbing his ear, and instructed in a gentle tone:

"Big Brother doesn't mock your dream. In everyone's heart, there are actually things that seem impractical to others. There's nothing funny about that, and besides, you've even worked hard for this dream, so you deserve even more praise.

However, remember this: before you have the ability to realize your dream, don't just talk about it, and don't let others know easily. If you can't do it for now, just accumulate strength. When you have the ability to do it, before those who oppose you can react, push things directly onto the right track in one go. Only such a person can truly get things done.

So if what you want is to truly realize your dream, rather than just having listeners to tell your dream to, then don't talk about your dream with irrelevant people. Just do it silently. Don't you agree?"

"I'll remember it."

After listening carefully to Li Ang's long-winded speech, William nodded his little head as if he had realized something, then asked curiously:

"Then what is your dream? Have you realized it now?"

"My dream?"

Li Ang pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then answered with a smile:

"I have two dreams. One is to let you all live a better life, which can be considered barely realized!

As for the other dream... it's a bit too early to mention it now. If I truly want to realize it, I'm afraid I'll have to continue accumulating strength until I'm stronger than everyone else!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 681 =====