"Care to try Chief Yuan's tea?"
While applauding Wen Li for keeping her cool in a crisis, Fu Qian gestured toward the empty seat beside him and, without hesitation, credited the tea-making to their leader.
"Sure, thanks."
Wen Li smiled amiably, though she was nowhere near as uninhibited as Fu Qian. Only after checking that Yuan Shan had no objections did she take her seat.
"You came to see me out of the blue. Have you run into trouble?"
Chief Yuan wasn't one for beating around the bush. After watching Fu Qian take an empty cup and pour tea for Wen Li himself, she turned her gaze directly to Wen Li and got straight to the point.
It was frightening, but repeated experience had shown that the strategist's words were highly credible.
So even though she didn't want to believe it, she had to follow that line of reasoning.
"Yes, but I can't describe exactly what it is."
Wen Li was familiar with Yuan Shan's style, but the sudden leap in the conversation still caught her off guard. She glanced at Fu Qian instinctively, then frowned and nodded.
"Not long ago, something very unusual seemed to affect me."
"I normally wouldn't bother you over something so hard to pin down... But I have a strong feeling that if my worst fears are right, the power behind it is something I have absolutely no way to resist. When it truly erupts, I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything—"
"You did the right thing. And you came at just the right time."
Yuan Shan reassured Wen Li that she had nothing to worry about, even admitting that she had only just returned to her office.
"So how did you notice it, given the difference in our power levels?"
Faced with