Manager Lu appeared startled.
Ye Jiayao picked her teacup up leisurely as he contemplated his situation.
Manager Lu's thoughts were running a mile a minute. Why did the Second Young Mistress want to meet with the farmers? Did she not trust him? Did she want more information?
Seeing that Manager Lu made no move to get up, Jiang Yue prompted, "Didn't you hear what the Second Young Mistress said?"
"The farmers stay a little far away and it will take some time for them to get here," Manager Lu reasoned. "I don't want to make you wait, Second Young Mistress."
"Do they all live very far away?" Ye Jiayao asked.
"Not all of them. Two of the families live quite nearby, around four to five lis away. Why don't I send someone to call them over?" Manager Lu suggested.
Ye Jiayao knew that he was just trying to buy himself some time. He has to choose the right people that he could direct to say whatever he wanted them to say.
