The vast room was utterly silent—so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
The assistant's mind had wandered off to who-knew-where, and the old man beside him seemed to be dozing off.
After a long while, the old master of the Gu Family opened his cloudy eyes as if just waking up and spoke slowly. "There's no rush on this matter. I trust that boy, Ashen. As for the rest... never mind. Let's wait until things in City A are settled."
The usually taciturn assistant looked up in surprise. If the old master said so, it meant something was definitely happening in City A.
But the crucial point was that, as the old master's personal assistant, he knew absolutely nothing about it.
It was clear this old master didn't trust him as much as the outside world seemed to believe.
