Teng Xiao fell silent for a moment, then asked, "Did you stamp it?"
Xiao Lin was utterly unapologetic. "Of course I did."
Anyone else hearing this conversation would probably have laughed.
Teng Xiao could not laugh at all.
He had a rough idea of Xiao Lin's intentions.
Initially, when the Divination Commission inspected a package, they had found severed Abomination limbs.
Someone else might simply have sent a subordinate to ask about it.
But Xiao Lin was different.
Despite his busy schedule and the Divination Commission's many members, he still made time to look after his subordinates.
Of course, however much he cared about them, Xiao Lin could only ask a few questions before returning to his own work.
As a result, a series of misunderstandings had arisen when Xiao Lin met Jingliu.
Teng Xiao thought that was perfectly reasonable.
If not for that person's special status... why would he pay attention to his subordinates' love lives? Why would he take notice of a Diviner of the Divination Commission?
Xiao Lin was protecting that person.
An ordinary diviner and the head diviner were different.
If an ordinary diviner was threatened, he only needed to go to the camp and report it to the Cloud Knights' senior officers, who would handle it according to the law.
The offender would either have his pay docked and receive a demerit, with the senior officers taking turns having a serious talk with the Cloud Knight in question.
Or the Cloud Knights would haul the offender straight to the Ten-Lords Commission.
As luck would have it, Jingliu was one of those senior officers.
That was also a small part of the reason Xiao Lin had sought out General Teng Xiao this time.
He sincerely respected every Cloud Knight.
Without the Cloud Knights, how could they