Teacher Du tried for a bit and couldn’t come up with an answer. Perhaps he hasn't actually met this old man and that this was only a weird feeling. Being stuck in this made him only think about the old man and not Li Qiye.

“Who was that old man?” Teacher Du realized he forgot to ask earlier.

“The young man was Young Noble Li.” One of Yang Ling’s two friends answered since they were the most familiar: “We don’t know the old man but the young noble calls him Attendant.”

“Attendant?” Teacher Du frowned. Those without a name usually had a lowly background. Therefore, he shouldn’t have met the guy before. 

“Young...