Meanwhile...
'Huh...why do I feel like I just dodged a massive bullet?,' Zhen Liu mused as he paused mid-bite while eating a bowl of sesame noodles.
'Meh. It's probably nothing.'
...Now back to the estate's kitchen where something was clearly happening...
Zhen Feng was understandably stunned silent as Nun Hua, a respected alchemical master from the upper echelons of the Pearl Scale Empire, proposed he marry either her son or daughter. He had heard of pushy parents before, and tactical marriage, but this was absurd!
Off to the side though, as Zhen Feng was still mentally processing this proposal of insanity, Corriandis has gone over to where Zhen Xing was sitting for the sake of answering a simple question.
"Uh...Master Zhen Xing?"
"Huh? What's up, Corriandis?"
