He bowed deeply, expressing his sincerity, "Gao Chang, I entrust Chen Jieyuan to you!"
Chen Shi hurriedly returned the gesture, saying, "Please rise, Lord Gao, you flatter me too much!"
Both men stood up.
Chen Shi smiled and said, "Lord Gao knows me well, I am a simple man, a child from the village, and I do not love to stir trouble. It is always others who provoke me first, and only then do I retaliate. The world often misunderstands me."
The muscles on the faces of the two officials behind Gao Chang twitched.
Gao Chang turned to glance at them and then earnestly said, "I especially understand Chen Jieyuan, both of us are students of the Master, naturally, we are both learned and courteous men, how could we stir up trouble?"
