Akes nodded. "Are you feeling all right?"
"I'm fine."
But her complexion suggested otherwise. Akes sighed. "We'll head back tomorrow."
Ye Chuqi pointed toward the room next door. "What about them?"
"Apparently, nothing we did crossed their bottom line. There hasn't been anything unusual on Herman's side, either."
While the Imperial Capital Academy students huddled together and murmured among themselves, Jun Ruofeng sat there as though he belonged, utterly unconcerned by their presence, openly showing his disdain for the tea on the table.
Ye Chuqi whispered to Akes, "Why is he here?"
"He came with your younger brother. Your brother came looking for you..."
"Then why hasn't he left?"
"Maybe he has something to tell you?"
"..."
Jun Ruofeng set his cup on the table with a faint clink. The small meeting room instantly fell silent, leaving only his voice. "If you have something to say, you can say it to my face. All that whispering makes it rather hard to pretend I can't hear you."
Ye Chuqi cleared her throat. "I was just wondering what brought you to Mussel Bay, and what you're doing here."
Jun Ruofeng cast Ye Chuqi a sidelong glance. His habit of never looking people in the eye really was unpleasant. "Business." He had indeed come to Mussel Bay on business. He had investments in quite a few shops here, and when he learned that something had happened in Mussel Bay, he had decided to come take a look, since he had been bored lately anyway.
Who could have known he would run into that brat Ye Shiyi, as well as Ye Chuqi—
"You're right. I do have something to discuss with you." Jun Ruofeng turned his gaze to Akes. "And you."
Well, that settled it. Everyone had thought Jun Ruofeng ought to excuse himself,