"Uncle, what are you doing standing here all by yourself?"
A childish voice, pretending to be mature, spoke up beside Lin Xin.
Lin Xin turned his head and saw a delicately carved little young master who lived opposite him.
The little fellow wore crimson robes trimmed in gold. Like Lin Xin, he had both hands clasped behind his back, putting on the airs of a grown-up.
"Where are your older brother and sisters?" Lin Xin knew that he was a child of a great Lineage who had come to the Central Prefecture with his siblings to visit relatives.
This little fellow was dearly beloved by his family. The greatest reason for this journey to the Central Prefecture was to find him a suitable tutor to guide his studies and cultivation.
Yet the little young master seemed deeply displeased with his family's arrangements and intended to rise up in resistance. There had been several tutors aboard the ship along the way, and this little fellow had approached every one of them to some extent.
Clearly, he intended to find a tutor he liked for himself rather than obey his Lineage's arrangements.
Lin Xin differed from those tutors. He was not particularly eloquent, merely quiet, and he did not take the initiative to speak. His clothes were not eye-catching either. Had he not lived opposite the little young master, the little fellow might not even have remembered to come see Lin Xin.
That was why he had delayed until the very end before coming to find him.
"My older brother and sisters went to eat something delicious. Is Master also going to the Eastern Prefecture to make a living?" Though the little young master was small, his mind was not. He truly seemed rather mature for his age, his little eyes constantly