Official Liu's smile froze once more, and he then forced a laugh, "Surely you worry too much, Lord An. How could a lowly Third-ranking official such as myself know of the decisions made from above ahead of time?"
"Is that so..." An Jing's smile was resplendent.
Official Liu felt a tingling on his scalp, a sense of foreboding washing over him.
It was at this moment that a junior official guarding the entrance of the Agricultural Institute hurried in, announcing loudly, "Official Liu, Master Zhou, Lord An, the manager from the state Agricultural Institute—Lord Zhang has arrived!"
An Jing and Xiao Changyi kept their composure.
Master Zhou and Official Liu, on the other hand, gave a start.