"Elders, seniors, have you come to a decision yet?" Alex asked as he walked into the room with Hao Ya.
He walked up to an empty chair in the room and sat down with Hao Ya sitting next to him.
"Who is this?" one of the people asked seeing Alex come in so nonchalantly.
"This is Yu Ming… er, Alex. He is the one that freed us from Xue Kuangren," one of the elders explained.
"Oh, it's him?" a few of them looked at him curiously.
Alex looked around, waiting for someone to answer first.
"We have," Lady Xuan said. "We told this young lady that we cannot agree to this request at all."
Alex was a little surprised, but not very much. He had expected some obstacles to the task after all.
'Of course, it won't be as easy,' he thought. "May I ask why you refused?"