Moreover, what soured Old Master Ji's mood was the fact that the Lin family was well aware of Ji Qingwei's birthday on December 10th, yet they chose to depart at this critical juncture.
This was clearly a disregard for the years of friendship between their two families!
"The matters of the master are not ours to question," the Lin family butler responded with neither servility nor overbearing pride. "I apologize, everyone, the timing is truly unfortunate."
Seeing that Old Master Ji was on the brink of an outburst, Ji Longtai quickly interjected, "First come, first served; we arrived late, so let's schedule another time. We are all in the City of Sijiu; a meeting is bound to happen sooner or later. Let's go, Dad."
With his anger barely contained, Old Master Ji left with Ji Longtai.