Assassins

"Sun Ming, is that M. Sun? No wonder she's so angry. I'd be upset if someone rotten like Jiang Xue wore something I designed..." Zhao Yuan felt she could understand Sun Ming. If her works were associated with people like Jiang Xue, she might be so disgusted that she would throw up all she had eaten.

"We'll be careful. We won't poke the hornet's nest. " Shen Xi promised.

"Zhao Yuan, should we head back? I don't think we'll be seeing the host today," Shen Xi said 

Zhao Yuan was out of the loop, so she did not understand why the guest of honor would not appear at his birthday banquet.

"Old Master Guan isn't feeling well," Zheng Huai explained. "He'll probably apologize and ask us to please make our way home."

"You really are a worldly doctor!" Zhao Yuan's eyes were filled with admiration as she looked at Zheng Huai.

Zheng Huai puffed out his chest and declared proudly, "That's right, I'm very knowledgeable and well-respected."