Book 8: Chapter 38: Business Affairs
After she got over her coughing fit, Sen decided to take a little pity on Lo Meifeng and Long Jia Wei. He’d wanted everyone more or less on the same page about his intentions, and he felt that he’d achieved that. After all, Long Jia Wei and Lo Meifeng already knew what he was going to be doing.
“I expect that there are things that you two need to be looking after,” he said.
Long Jia Wei shot to his feet with a relieved look on his face. Sen was momentarily baffled until he realized that the man didn’t want to risk doing or saying anything that might offend Grandmother Lu. The less time he spent with her, the less likely it was that he’d inadvertently take some action that would make Sen murder him. The man offered another bow and left the room just slowly enough that it couldn’t be rightly called running away. Lo Meifeng was slower to rise to her feet. She knew that Sen wasn’t just going to kill her out of hand. It seemed like she wanted to be in on whatever discussion came next, but couldn’t quite figure out a way to invite herself to stay. She finally offered a polite bow and made her way to the door. Right before she could open it, Grandmother Lu spoke.
“It seems like we’ll be working together quite a bit. You should come find me later so we can have a chat. Just the two of us.”
It was brief, but Lo Meifeng froze in place. Then, she smoothly turned and, her face a mask of perfect calm, bowed again.
“Of course, Lady Lu.”
“Ugh. That Lady Lu nonsense is already getting old,” grumbled Grandmother Lu.
Lo Meifeng smiled a little at that and said, “Well, I suppose I know where he gets it from now.”
Before anyone could say anything more, she slipped out of the room. Sen turned to look back at Grandmother Lu and found her scowling at him.