"Pretty good. Thanks for the recommendation."
He casually tossed a snack from his plate into his mouth. Not a drop of the unusually colored jam on top touched his lips. Looking thoroughly satisfied, Fu Qian didn't forget to give the person beside him a good review.
"Are you being unusually polite today?"
Yuan Shan looked a little helpless.
She'd only recommended some food. She'd done so many things for him, including more than a few illegal ones, and he'd hardly ever thanked her this sincerely.
"As a law enforcer in Shangjing, you've helped me appreciate another side of the city."
Fu Qian clearly didn't see it that way. He took two more snacks and casually surveyed the guests around them.
That was right. It was already getting dark outside, and the two of them were now at the social event Yuan Shan had mentioned.
Although she usually paid close attention to her appearance, she'd looked a little too formal when she showed up at his bookstore.
It proved that people really did judge things from their own perspective. Chief Yuan had said she was dressed formally, and she'd clearly made special preparations for a particular occasion.
And this was that occasion.
"What about the city official of Shangjing?"
Yuan Shan didn't seem bothered by Fu Qian's casual wording. She gestured toward a certain spot.
"Not bad. He looks just as vigorous as last time."
Fu Qian followed her gesture and studied the white-haired figure at the center of the gathering.
He wasn't particularly tall, and his face was still lean. It was Gan Zuoxun, whom Fu Qian had met once before.
As Shangjing's new city official, he'd been busy for days, but he showed no signs of fatigue.
"Quite a few people came. Looks like everyone's showing him a lot