Inazuma City, the Arataki Gang.
The interior of the house was equally simple, but it was quite tidy. The windows were also well positioned, letting sunlight stream in and brighten the whole room.
That was probably Kuki Shinobu's doing. Itto and his boys likely would not have been so thoughtful.
"Yanfei, and you two, please have a seat. I'll make a pot of tea."
Kuki Shinobu led Li Qiuzhi and the others to sit in the reception area. She had not expected Yanfei to reach Inazuma so soon; she had thought it would take at least another week.
So she had not prepared anything to entertain them with. Ah, that was rather rude of her.
"Don't go to so much trouble, Shinobu." Smiling, Yanfei sat down on the sofa first, and Li Qiuzhi and Yoimiya sat beside her.
The seating arrangement and the material of the sofa both seemed very good. Some thought had clearly gone into giving clients who came here to discuss business a comfortable experience.
"By the way, Yanfei, how did you get here so quickly?"
Kuki Shinobu asked curiously as she prepared the tea.
"...Well, there was a bit of an accident."
Yanfei briefly explained how the ship had been delayed by rough weather, leaving her no choice but to ask Li Qiuzhi to bring her over, which had actually gotten her here much earlier.
"Phew, that's a relief. If you hadn't been able to come, I wouldn't have had any way to handle this problem."
Hearing that something unexpected had happened while the letter was being delivered, Kuki Shinobu was a little surprised. Fortunately, nothing had gone wrong with the final outcome, and Yanfei had arrived after all.
At that thought, she could not help feeling a little more fond of Li Qiuzhi, who had