"Excuse me, do you know Sean?"
The staff member's question interrupted Xu Nan's thoughts.
He looked up blankly.
Who was Sean...?
The words nearly slipped out before Xu Nan remembered that somewhat familiar ID.
"I suppose... I know him?"
Xu Nan thought about it. Sean seemed to be a friend he had met on the forums, an honest sort. When Xu Nan had previously asked how to hunt griffins, Sean had even offered several equally foul-minded suggestions.
But they had never met in person, so Xu Nan could hardly define their relationship.
While he was still pondering, the staff member's face had already darkened with barely concealed anger. Still, it was clear that he was well-mannered.
"If you know him, why say 'I suppose'?"
"My name is John, First Branch Director of the Unknown Creature Laboratory. Sean is my cousin."
Xu Nan was instantly stunned.
He had merely made an online friend. Why had the guy's cousin come knocking?
Could Sean have done something messy, and his family thought Xu Nan had led him astray?
That definitely was not the case!
He was an upstanding citizen!
Xu Nan immediately argued with righteous conviction, "Sean and I aren't that close."
John's mouth twitched slightly. Inside, he was already cursing furiously. Who didn't know that this devil and Sean were not close? Xu Nan had screwed Sean over so badly that he was questioning his entire life! Everyone at Lost Paradise's Low-Level Alchemy Center knew about it! How could the two of them possibly be close?
He forcibly suppressed the urge to beat Xu Nan senseless—as a level-seventeen spellcaster, he believed he had the ability—and took a deep breath before staring at Xu Nan.
"I did not come to hold you accountable. Your relationship with Sean... is your own business. I trust