Fang Zheng looked at Yuffie before him, not quite knowing what to say.
Yuffie stared at Fang Zheng in stunned silence as well, unable to speak for quite some time.
This was getting rather awkward...
"Do you know each other, Mr. Fang Zheng?"
Kurumi stepped in at just the right moment and asked with a giggle. Hearing her question, Fang Zheng gave a helpless bitter smile.
"I met her before I left this place. I just never expected such a coincidence..."
Although Fang Zheng had heard Yuffie's name from Cornelia, he had never seen a photograph of her. In fact, Fang Zheng had never taken the matter to heart, so he had never thought to look up what the woman named Euphemia was like.
If Fang Zheng had shown even the slightest interest in Euphemia and casually searched for her, he would not have ended up facing this awkward situation.
Euphemia was equally embarrassed. Unlike Fang Zheng, she did not have so many things to deal with every day. But unlike Fang Zheng, she was a prisoner and could not contact the outside world.
If she had not taken the initiative to apply today, and Kurumi had not approved it, Euphemia probably would never have gotten the chance to meet Fang Zheng. Therefore, even though she had long heard Fang Zheng's name from Cornelia, she had only assumed it was a coincidence and never connected him to the person she had once known.
But now...
"Mr. Fang Zheng, it has been a long time."
With a faint blush on her face, Euphemia nodded to Fang Zheng, and he returned the greeting.
"It certainly has been a long time, Miss Yuffie. I never thought we would meet again under these circumstances."
"Neither did I..."
Hearing Fang Zheng's reply, Euphemia could not