Meili suddenly felt inexplicably shy.
She probably shouldn't have come here to his place of work, she realised belatedly. This was another one of her bad ideas, Manni had tried to tell her that, but as usual, she wouldn't listen…
Oh well, it was too late now, she was here, and she'd managed to extract him.
"Why have you left Lord Mei's daughter waiting here at the gates?" he snapped at the guards on duty as he strode past them.
"B... but Commander, You told us not to let in any women. You said 'no exceptions'! Those were your exact words…"
"Use your brain Lu Xintao," snapped the Lieutenant, "how many times have we patrolled around the Mei mansion?"
He menaced the man under his breath, "how could the Commander mean to exclude the Mei's only daughter? Would you refuse entry to a princess too?"
"We didn't know Lieutenant," said Lu Xintao, both of the guards wringing their hands in dismay.
