Yan Yuxi had indeed arrived late. She knew that perfectly well herself, but the matter had been beyond her control.
The Yan Clan had concealed the relevant information from her. Repaying a favor was not something she could not do, but her Golden Core celebration was important too.
To put it more harshly, Feng Jun had done Pine-Cypress Peak a favor, but the Yan Clan owed him nothing. They had handed over the Soul-Substitution Puppet as soon as he asked, and he had been trapped in the Void. Whether he could even return had been uncertain. In that regard, the Yan Clan could not have helped much anyway.
Thus, the Yan Clan had still assigned disciples to watch Liba Beach's movements, but there had been no need to delay Yan Yuxi's celebration over it.
Pine-Cypress Peak had originally thought that having Yan Yuxi visit after some time would be sufficient. Who could have expected Feng Jun to vanish so abruptly and return so quickly? He had come back from the Void in just three months.
The Yan Clan had no choice but to have Yan Yuxi bring gifts to visit Liba Beach.
But Feng Jun was not someone who fussed over such things. He was also unaccustomed to having others stand up for him. It was already good enough that they had remained restrained during his disappearance. As for his good relationship with Pine-Cypress Peak? Come on, favors were favors, business was business.
So he did not want to accept Yan Yuxi's gifts. He said they had a cooperation agreement, not a mutual-support agreement, and they only needed to follow the terms of their deal.
However, Yan Yuxi felt deeply guilty. "I wasn't there when you needed help the most. If you refuse to accept these gifts for that reason,