Ji Meng sat in a chair in the courtyard, drinking tasteless plain water.
Across from her sat an indignant Ji Suyue.
"How can you still sit there?" Ji Suyue clenched her fists. "You have no idea how arrogant they were. I went to approach them, and they wouldn't even look me in the eye.
"They said the person standing before me was an eldest miss of the direct line.
"They asked what standing I had to speak to her."
Hearing this, Ji Meng asked curiously, "Then what standing did you speak to her with?"
Ji Suyue immediately answered, "As an eldest miss of the collateral line, of course."
Ji Meng lifted her cup and drank. "And then?"
At that question, Ji Suyue seemed to deflate completely. "They said the person before me was an eldest miss of the direct line. What right did someone from the collateral line like me have to speak to them as an equal? They told me to find someone qualified."
Ji Meng paused mid-drink and put down her cup. "Then they threw you out?"
Ji Suyue nodded in shame, then immediately added, "They've come charging in. You're in trouble this time."
Ji Meng said unconcernedly, "What trouble could there be? Aren't I unqualified to speak to them?"
"They'll say they're granting you a special honor by letting you speak to her. They might even make you stand to one side and listen to their orders. In short, they'll definitely think of every way to humiliate you, followed by threats." Ji Suyue said seriously, "Jiang Man has been in the Secret Realm for three months. They'll feel time is running out and put all sorts of pressure on you.
"They can come looking for us whenever they like.
"But if we go looking for them, they'll