Stay? Stay my ass.
If it had been anyone else, Claire would have argued it out with them no matter what. But since it was Lin Yi, he hurriedly left to make room.
"Miss Lu, sorry. I spoke out of turn. I'll leave right away."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a figure Claire had never seen before, yet found deeply familiar, appeared before him.
Claire was a War God-level powerhouse of Blue Star, yet standing before Lin Yi, he felt as though he had been ruthlessly seen through. What was more, he could not sense the slightest trace of aura from the young man before him.
"No matter. Since you came to visit, stay and have a meal with us. Just as you said, Great Xia is a land of etiquette. How could we drive you away over such a trivial matter?"
Upon hearing this, Claire's eyes immediately reddened with excitement.
He could hardly imagine that this was real. He could not believe he had the chance to dine with Lin Yi. This was an honor countless people on Blue Star could only dream of.
"Really? Lord Lin Yi, can I really have dinner with you?"
His heart raced and his hands trembled. In all these decades, it was the first time Claire had felt so happy.
Lin Yi nodded.
"Don't call me 'Lord' every other word. You're already over a hundred years old, so you're my senior. If you keep calling me that, you'll make me sound old."
As Lin Yi said this, Lin Guodong and Feng Dagang and his wife had already reddened their eyes.
It was true that Lin Guodong and his wife hoped their child would become capable, but they never wanted him to bear the hopes of all Blue Star, risking his life