Wen Sansi remained silent and stood behind Wen Yao. The elder represented the Wen family, while Lu Yin represented the Great Eastern Alliance. In this situation, Wen Sansi was a mere junior.

Lu Yin smiled. “Take a seat, honored guests.”

He signaled for Zhao Ran to bring tea as he welcomed the guests. However, he had previously specifically told her not to serve her floral tea, in order to avoid scaring his guests.

Lu Yin spoke again as the three took their seats. “I heard that Senior Wen visited Fennel Flowzone? There was an urgent matter that I needed to attend, so I wasn’t able to wait in Fennel Flowzone. My apologies for forcing Senior Wen and Brother Sansi to make an extra trip.”

Wen Yao laughed. “Such critical issues come first, Alliance Leader Lu. It’s nothing for idlers like us to make an extra trip or two. Was everything handled well? Let us know if the Wen family can be of any help; we will never refuse requests that are within our means."

Lu Yin was elated at the offer. “That’s wonderful! Can I take your word for it?”

Wen Yao was dumbfounded at Lu Yin’s response. He had merely been speaking in a manner required by propriety; who would actually take such words at face value?

Wen Sansi was similarly speechless, though he was not completely surprised given his slight familiarity of Lu Yin.

“You can count on the Wen family at any time,” Wen Yao decided to show some...