None of these Elders were fools. They could see the close relationship between Wang Yueru and Yang Chen, but their cleverness lay in knowing while pretending not to know. Seeing Wang Yueru arrive, they immediately intended to leave.
"Gate Master Yang, please excuse yourself. We still have important matters to attend to, so we shall not keep you company!" the Elders said respectfully.
Yang Chen waved a hand, looking impatient.
The Elders swiftly shut the door for Yang Chen. The instant it closed, they heard Wang Yueru's affectionate and seductive voice from within.
This...
The few of them were all incomparably embarrassed. Yang Chen and Wang Yueru were at least carrying on an underground affair; couldn't they have shown a little restraint? They could at least have waited until the Elders had gone farther away before getting intimate. Yet now, they dared to be so brazen right before their eyes.
Only after they had hurried some distance away did they dare exchange glances and begin discussing it in a flurry.
"This is simply debauchery in broad daylight—debauchery in broad daylight! Too brazen. With so many women available, why did this man surnamed Yang have to go after someone else's wife?"
"The key is that Wang Yueru herself threw herself at him."
"What should we do about this? Though Elder Lin and us cannot be said to be close, we still see one another day in and day out. We cannot simply ignore this matter entirely, can we?"
"I advise you to ignore it as much as possible. What good would it do if we got dragged into it? If Elder Lin truly fought him, he might not be able to defeat that Yang brat. If we tell him about this, we might actually be harming him!"
"Th-That Elder Mian is