"I see," Wanyin sighs. Why was it his responsibility to clean this mess up? He could guess what his brother or his self-righteous brother-in-law would do if this woman had come to them. If she'd come while it was just his nephew, he could also guess how his nephew would've blundered this. In both cases, it would've turned this into a political issue instead of what it was.. a breach in a business contract.
"Madame Su, we have a situation. Yuan will not be returning to Lanling or to you, though he is very healthy and well. On the trip through the most.. unexpected of fortunes, he found his rightful family. He's set to start a new life with them," he explains as decently and honestly as he can.
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"Longing? Aw, that's sweet. It must mean something about how they were missing you," Jingyi says with a romantic smile. It sounded like something Zizhen would do. "It's a very nice name. Does this mean I can assign you a room? I'm in charge of that here in the dorms."
Lan Bao nods. "Yeah.. shocking right?" He leans in closer and lowers his voice. "Well.. I mean, you know which one of them you'd expect to have a son but.." He glances around again just to make sure no one could hear them. "Who does he look like?"
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"I see," Wanyin sighs. Why was it his responsibility to clean this mess up? He could guess what his brother or his self-righteous brother-in-law would do if this woman had come to them. If she'd come while it was just his nephew, he could also guess how his nephew would've blundered this. In both cases, it would've turned this into a political issue instead of what it was.. a breach in a business contract.
"Madame Su, we have a situation. Yuan will not be returning to Lanling or to you, though he is very healthy and well. On the trip through the most.. unexpected of fortunes, he found his rightful family. He's set to start a new life with them," he explains as decently and honestly as he can.
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"Longing? Aw, that's sweet. It must mean something about how they were missing you," Jingyi says with a romantic smile. It sounded like something Zizhen would do. "It's a very nice name. Does this mean I can assign you a room? I'm in charge of that here in the dorms."
Lan Bao nods. "Yeah.. shocking right?" He leans in closer and lowers his voice. "Well.. I mean, you know which one of them you'd expect to have a son but.." He glances around again just to make sure no one could hear them. "Who does he look like?"