Another one

"Since we'll be working closely with each other in the future, I want to establish a closer relationship with each other." Isra's father said in a calm voice that didn't show any clues as to what he was implying to.

Haley and I looked at each other, but we could see that both of us had no idea what he was planning.

Since neither of us knew what was happening, the only thing that we could do was…

"What kind of cooperation are you looking for?" Haley slowly asked this in response.

Isra's father just said with a smile, "Of course it'll be a cultural exchange. Just like how you don't know much about our culture, we don't know much about human culture. This is no way for us to get closer to each other, right?"

The two of us had strange looks on our faces, but we slowly nodded in agreement since he was technically right about this.