Bab 76: Chapter 76: You are the Secretary of State, your words should count!

"So, you must have other leverage in your hand." Grace Gordon had a hint of a smile in her eyes.

Shane Sim stretched out his hand towards Grace Gordon. The delight of being understood was evident. Shane Sim restrained his joy, clutching his crutch tightly, pretending to be profound, "Those... it's not the time yet for you to know!"

Shane Sim had taken apprentices before, but they were all law apprentices. None of them got along with him. All of them either left because they found him too demanding, or were dismissed by him for being too clumsy.

With Grace Gordon, Shane Sim had a sense of a connection like the ancient musicians Bo Ya and Zhong Ziqi.

Shane Sim had never been so unreservedly verbose with anyone before. He almost wanted to pass all his knowledge to Grace Gordon in that one day.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Grace Gordon glanced at her watch and said to Shane Sim, "Let's stop here for today... I still have to pick up my child from school."