After filling her belly to half-full, Huo Xiyao, along with Han Ye and Lu Yiming, split into three groups; each surrounded by their own assistants and secretaries, they went to offer toasts separately.
True to his word, Lu Yiming also brought Madame Lu over from another table to chat with Xia Chu.
Although if you asked Xia Chu, she would have preferred Madame Lu not to come, as there wasn't much for them to talk about.
—Had she known Huo Xiyao would ask her opinion about bringing Jiang Ziyao along, she wouldn't have refused.
But when compared to the possibility of being left alone with Huo Sijia and Madame Qin indefinitely, Xia Chu weighed her options and felt it wasn't entirely unacceptable.
Madame Lu's arrival immediately made Madame Qin much more subdued.
Perhaps it was the natural lack of confidence a pretend noblewoman feels in the presence of a true one?
Even Huo Sijia was probably quieter because Madame Lu was her elder, and she had to show some respect.
