Seeing that Lady Han had taken the bait, Jiang Lu did not press further; instead, he retreated gracefully.
"Now that your problem has been resolved, I hope you will keep your promise and not be too harsh on my older fellow apprentice. With that, I shall take my leave,"
"Eh?"
Lady Han was startled, "You're leaving? What do you mean?"
"What do I mean?"
Jiang Lu feigned confusion with a smile:
"Of course, I'm leaving. This matter was originally between my senior brother and you and had nothing to do with me. I simply intervened as his junior, and coincidentally, as the one who took away his position of head.
Now that everything has been properly resolved, there's naturally no reason for me to stay here,"
"But..."
Lady Han hesitated.
Indeed, what she had said initially was that if Jiang Lu's performance satisfied her, she would retract her decision to dismiss Hong Lie, but she had not mentioned taking Jiang Lu under her wing as well.
