Although Speaker Long had been busy attending to the German Chancellor just moments before, now, the German Chancellor was surrounded by her own diplomats at the German Embassy in China. At the moment, there was no need to attend to them anymore.
Upon seeing Speaker Long head towards them, Gu Nianzhi abruptly stood up, and giving up her seat, she motioned for him to sit. "Speaker Long, please sit down."
Speaker Long took Gu Nianzhi up on her offer and sat where Gu Nianzhi had been sitting, then turned to Reinitz to say, "Major General Reinitz, does our Chinese food suit your tastes?"
Since Speaker Long had asked him the question in Chinese, Reinitz simply stared at him with a confused smile on his face and pretended not to understand what he was asking.
Gu Nianzhi secretly scolded him inwardly for being so sly and feigning ignorance but decided not to expose him and play along, so she helped translate what Speaker Long had asked him to German.
