Green Grain Island Lord looked baffled.
Did young people these days have no respect for the rules at all?
He was no fool. When Ji Yuan had brought up Li Changhe earlier, he had realized the kid had probably guessed he was about to meet a Golden Core elder and wanted to run.
Why run?
Because he was afraid.
Then Green Grain Island Lord recalled what Hua Yaoyue had said earlier.
How could he fail to understand? Ji Yuan had surely hidden away plenty of fine wine and deliberately kept it to himself.
Now that Hua Yaoyue had come looking for him, of course he was scared and wanted to flee.
But when Hua Yaoyue actually showed up, how had he reacted?
He had practically dropped to his knees and slid across the floor.
This young man really did play by his own rules.
As for Hua Yaoyue, the wine had claimed all her attention.
One gentle sniff was enough for her to identify every jar: its name, its place of origin, its taste... No, the taste was wrong.
Every single one of these wines tasted better than the versions she had drunk before.
A great deal better!
This little fellow really does have some skill.
Hua Yaoyue lowered her gaze to Ji Yuan, who was still bent in a bow.
"You're going to brew wine for me?"
"Yes."
Ji Yuan remained bowed as he answered in a grave voice.
At last, a hint of a smile appeared on Hua Yaoyue's face. "Could it be that, now you've hooked a fish in the Golden Core Realm, you want to keep me coming back for more with your wine?"
"Well..."
Cold sweat streamed down Ji Yuan's back.
Admittedly, he had considered bringing up the Li Family to see whether it would