Fan Wenxuan, especially, was shocked when he saw Chu Jinnian and Zhuang Qingning return together.
Chu Jinnian had sent a letter a while ago saying that he was going to Lu to suppress the bandits, so it would be a long time before he could return.
Zhuang Qingning had also left on some business and even requested him and Chu Jinzhou to visit Zhuang Qingsui during the Dragon Boat Festival. Fan Wenxuan had thus assumed that Zhuang Qingning was undertaking quite an important task.
So, seeing the current situation, had Zhuang Qingning gone to help Chu Jinnian suppress the bandits?
Hadn't they agreed she wouldn't be acting as a staff?
Fan Wenxuan, with wide-open eyes, turned to Chu Jinnian, "Master, I have a question for you."
He wanted to ask him why he was suddenly going back on his words.