"Everyone, my apologies, my apologies." Wang Shouye was still greeting the traveling merchants, Rogue Cultivators, and others. His face was bright with springtime warmth, and his smile was exceedingly sincere. "It was all Shouye's fault that I delayed everyone's journey. Please forgive me, please forgive me."
"Seventh Young Master, no need to stand on ceremony."
"Exactly, exactly. These are all trifling matters."
"We're not in any hurry. There's nothing to delay. Seventh Young Master's itinerary is what truly matters."
Everyone chimed in one after another, smiling as they flattered the Seventh Young Master. Clearly, he held no low status in their hearts.
Yet Wang Shouye still made his way around, greeting everyone he could.
At last, his gaze fell upon the elderly man and Wang Shouyue. He had clearly recognized that neither was ordinary. His eyes shifted slightly, but he said nothing more, merely smiling and cupping his hands in salute. "I have delayed you two as well."
His bearing was extraordinary. He looked every bit the refined and gentle gentleman, making others feel as though they stood in a spring breeze and greatly increasing their favorable impression of him.
The Wang Clan was powerful nowadays, so it was only natural for people to come visiting, Wang Shouye thought to himself.
"No matter, no matter." The old man smiled. "Seventh Young Master's movement technique is quite impressive—graceful and natural, with mastery in every motion."
"You flatter me, you flatter me. Shouye's movement technique is utterly ordinary. Compared with my elder brothers and sisters at home, I fall far too short," Wang Shouye replied truthfully.
Although he was telling the truth.
The old man and Wang Shouyue showed no change on the surface, but they clearly did not quite believe him.
At such a young age, he had attained such mastery