"Yes, I know him," the voice on the other end answered almost without thinking.
"You know him?!" Shiranui Asuka cried, jumping to her feet. "How do you know Senior Du Yu? How did you meet?!"
The person on the other end slowly sighed. "Look, Xiao Xiang, you've only been back at the High Plain of Heaven for two days, and you've already repeated the name 'Du Yu' to me hundreds of thousands of times. Now I couldn't forget it even if I wanted to. You have no idea how painful that is."
"Ah..." Shiranui Asuka sat down, looking embarrassed. "So that's what you meant...? No, that's not it! Brother Jin Jianglang, I wanted to ask whether you've ever met Senior Du Yu. Has anything happened between the two of you?"
"Xiao Xiang, have you gone silly?" Jin Jianglang said over the phone. "I've never even been to China. How could I possibly have met him?"
Shiranui Asuka thought it over carefully, then said, "Brother, could you come here, then?"
"Come there?" Jin Jianglang seemed a little confused. "You mean you want me to go to China?"
"Yes," Shiranui Asuka said with a nod. "There's a special situation here that needs you to come and deal with it."
"Well, that's certainly strange..." Jin Jianglang sounded hesitant. "If I've understood correctly, you're saying something in China actually needs me, a Time Master from Japan, to deal with it?"
"Yes, yes, exactly." Shiranui Asuka gave a mischievous smile. "So could I ask Brother Jin Jianglang to come over in a flash?"
"Coming over 'in a flash' definitely isn't possible," Jin Jianglang said helplessly. "I still have quite a few things to hand over to my subordinates. Anyway, I'll come as soon as I can."
Shiranui Asuka gave him a few more casual instructions,