Chapter 197: The talk.
Han Zeming’s and Shade’s unexpected appearance terrified Lee, but mostly it was the latter’s presence in the mansion that was the real threat. Lee had witnessed Shade’s incredible stealth skills and knew the guy could show up from nowhere and kill him just like that.
He spent the night behind closed doors, mostly staring at them, but when the morning came, he didn’t know whether to sigh in relief or escape in panic. Something was off.
Apparently the two had departed with the sunrise, leaving the mansion and the Hantan city. This didn’t make any sense no matter how Lee thought about it.
Why did they leave? Why did they come in the first place? What were they up to?
If Lee was scared out of his wits during the night, now he was simply confused. He was so engrossed in his thoughts, that during the lunch he spilled the soup while serving the patriarch – something that had never happened before.
Obviously it was nothing criminal, only embarrassing. In the worst case scenario he would get a formal punishment in the form of reduced salary. He apologized and thought the incident was over, but after the meal the patriarch asked him to stay behind.
The moment the last person left the dining hall, the situation became beyond awkward.
"I see it’s your time of the month." Patriarch went straight to the point and Lee gawked back at the man, not sure what to think. Even though he pretended to be a woman since the fake escape from the Nethermoon sect, this aspect of the role-play never crossed his mind.
"You are new here and might not know, but my beloved wife died while giving birth to Jin, and after Finnie’s death there’s no female he can talk to." The patriarch said, and seeing Lee’s stupefied expression, added, "His aunts don’t count, I’m not ready to entrust the blabbermouths with anything."
"Patriarch Han, where are you going with this?" Lee tried to formulate the question as polite as possible. Not only he was not ready to become someone who would take a boy’s virginity – Han Jin was obviously way too young for this stuff.
"I’m sorry, I should’ve led with this." The patriarch said with a straight face. It was strange how even a subject like this couldn’t force the man to blush, not even a little.