Chapter 1003: Twilight City (21)
Everyone in the hall was dumbstruck.
Shen Yanxiao had only left for less than ten minutes, but she had already returned…
“Why are all of you sitting here?” Shen Yanxiao could not help but laugh when she saw seven pairs of eyes staring at her in a daze.
Nangong Mengmeng gulped. “Teacher, why are you back?”
“I just went to say h.e.l.lo and came back.” Shen Yanxiao sat down, not feeling anything wrong about her early return.
“You came back after greeting them?” Nangong Mengmeng looked afar. Her teacher’s style of doing things was really hard to guess. She thought she was really going to attend that banquet, but who expected…
If Nangong Mengmeng knew what Shen Yanxiao meant by ‘greeting’ , she would probably prostrate herself in admiration.
Tang Nazhi and the rest were not as naive as Nangong Mengmeng. They shot a glance at Shen Yanxiao and then at Qi Xia. They had a tacit understanding and did not question further.
Even if one were to use their toes to think, they would know that it was not as simple as just a ‘greeting’ .
“Cough, the City Lord has returned so soon. Have you met with Duan Hen?” Du Lang cleared his throat. He still could not accept Shen Yanxiao’s swift and decisive style.
Shen Yanxiao raised her eyebrows. She vaguely remembered meeting Geng Di, Luo Fan, Long Fei, Long Xueyao, and an old man whom she disliked. As for Duan Hen… Shen Yanxiao thought about it. There seemed to be a young man with a low sense of presence standing behind that old man with his head lowered. However, she did not manage to see his appearance.
Duan Hen was only a fifteen-year-old young man, so the young man behind the old man should be him. But even though that old man was not the City Lord of Twilight City, he looked to be the leader figure of Twilight City. Shen Yanxiao did not think much about it at first, but she found it strange when Du Lang mentioned it.
If the one standing behind that old man was Duan Hen, then Duan Hen’s position did not seem to be ztable. When that old man spoke, he did not seem to be able to give any input.
“I guess so.” Shen Yanxiao’s answer was ambiguous.
“Cough, it’s getting late and we haven’t started eating yet. You can join us.” Yan Yu stood up. Everyone else in Sun Never Sets had already eaten; the seven of them had only gathered together because they wanted to gossip. Shen Yanxiao and Qi Xia had only been out for a short while, so they must not have eaten as well.
“What luck! Ever since we arrived at Twilight City, Ah Yu has not cooked.” Shen Yanxiao propped her chin and looked at Yan Yu with a smile. He was such a good young man.
Yan Yu went to cook with Yang Xi a.s.sisting him while Shen Yanxiao and the rest waited to be fed.
Before Yan Yu could prepare the food, Long Fei and Long Xueyao had arrived by their doorstep.
When Shen Yanxiao saw the father and daughter pair, she was not surprised. After what she did just now, she guessed that the banquet would not continue on. She had expected Long Fei and Long Xueyao to look for her, but she did not expect it to be so soon.
“City Lord Shen, long time no see. I trust you have been well.” Long Fei cupped his fists and smiled. He did not care that Shen Yanxiao was a little girl younger than his daughter.
“City Lord Long, it’s better to be early than late. I reckon you and Yaoyao are still hungry tonight. Do you want to eat together?” Shen Yanxiao had something to ask Long Fei and so, she invited him for dinner.
“It is better to comply than to be respectful.” Long Fei smiled. Compared to his pretentious att.i.tude in the City Lord’s Mansion, the current him felt much more natural.