After a brief weighing of the options, he made up his mind.
I choose one.
[...Rewards issued.]
With his decision made, Zhao Linchuan withdrew his attention and said to Xiao Wu:
"I won't be seeing Ning Fengzhi. As for that so-called 'Young Master Qinghe'..."
A faint smile curved his lips. "There's no need to bother with him either. Tell them the master of the residence is busy with official matters and has no time to receive them."
"If they're willing to wait, let them."
"Oh, all right, Young Master."
Xiao Wu obediently nodded and made a note of it. Then she remembered something else and continued her report:
"Young Master, there's one more thing. According to the latest information Jin Jiu just sent back, Tang San and his group arrived in Heaven Dou City yesterday afternoon. They seem to be heading toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy."
"From the way they're acting, it looks like they're going there to enroll or negotiate something. Do you... have any instructions?"
Just as Zhao Linchuan was about to tell Xiao Wu to keep an eye on them or make other arrangements, light footsteps suddenly sounded from the corridor leading from the sitting room to the inner courtyard.
Yan Lingji entered with graceful steps, moving with Mysterious Mechanism Step.
Today, she wore a flowing dress that seemed woven from clouds. She looked less bewitchingly strange than when she had first arrived, and a little more reservedly alluring.
She entered the sitting room and first looked at Zhao Linchuan, her beautiful eyes blinking softly as if she wanted to say something. But then she noticed Xiao Wu standing nearby.
A trace of pride, unwilling to show weakness in front of others, got the better of her. She swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue