The woman bows deeply, giving the unfamiliar man a polite smile
"I'm sorry, I was expecting Jin-zongzhu, is he not available?" she asks cautiously, judging how much she was able to say in front of this man - Jin Ling had paid her handsomely for her discretion, after all.
"I came looking for Zheng-gongzi, he was supposed to return home this morning." she elaborates.
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Yuan's polite smile spreads into something wide and genuine as he grins at his friend, cheeks turning a little pink at the compliment.
"I feel like a whole different person," he admits, "I suppose I am, in a way. Lan Sizhui, disciple of the Gusu Lan sect..." he jokingly introduces himself with a little bow.
At the other side of the room, one of the disciples who hadn't been present the other night for Yuan's dramatic arrival, frowns in confusion at the elegent young man with the silver cloud on his ribbon that indicated he was part of the main family. He leans over to his friend and whispers "Who is that?"
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The woman bows deeply, giving the unfamiliar man a polite smile
"I'm sorry, I was expecting Jin-zongzhu, is he not available?" she asks cautiously, judging how much she was able to say in front of this man - Jin Ling had paid her handsomely for her discretion, after all.
"I came looking for Zheng-gongzi, he was supposed to return home this morning." she elaborates.
~~~
Yuan's polite smile spreads into something wide and genuine as he grins at his friend, cheeks turning a little pink at the compliment.
"I feel like a whole different person," he admits, "I suppose I am, in a way. Lan Sizhui, disciple of the Gusu Lan sect..." he jokingly introduces himself with a little bow.
At the other side of the room, one of the disciples who hadn't been present the other night for Yuan's dramatic arrival, frowns in confusion at the elegent young man with the silver cloud on his ribbon that indicated he was part of the main family. He leans over to his friend and whispers "Who is that?"