She inexplicably became an elder and gave a bunch of gifts as a token of their greeting.

Luckily, she brought a bag with her.

Otherwise, she really wouldn't know how to smuggle the gifts out of the dock space.

"Master, why did you bring so many gifts?"

Li Moyu watched as she took out one gift box after another, her eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

If he hadn't called someone out at the last minute, he would have almost thought Lin Jingyu was a gift he had prepared on purpose.

This is a question that not only he wants to know.

The other apprentices were equally curious.

They were all waiting for her to explain.

"Is it strange?"

Lin Jingyu met their gazes and replied calmly, "I went to the Peng family to see the elders a couple of days ago and prepared a lot of gifts."

I just didn't expect the Peng family not to invite any other relatives over.

I haven't given away the gifts I prepared; they've just been sitting in this bag of mine.

It was lucky that everyone kept the gifts at home.

Otherwise, even if I wanted to give everyone a gift, I wouldn't have anything to offer.

No wonder you had so many gifts to give when we met.

Li Moyu knew what was going on and easily accepted the answer.

Everyone else heard it clearly too.

It turned out that Lin Jingyu had prepared gifts for the other people but hadn't given them out.

She just happened to bring it here, which benefited them.

I've figured out what happened.

They accepted the gifts with a clear conscience.

"Aunt Lin, Junior Brother Moyu, please have a seat."

The young man in the shirt greeted the two, "Young Master Jiang and Young Master Hu will be here soon. Let's wait for them together."

"Senior Brother Mingze, why are they here?"

Li Moyu frowned. "Didn't we agree to meet as fellow disciples?"

"Junior Brother Moyu, it's all my fault."

A bald man looked apologetic. "Just as I was about to leave, Young Master Hu saw me."

He asked me where I was going to have fun, and I told him I was going to meet up with everyone.

Unexpectedly, after he and Young Master Jiang found out, they insisted on coming to meet everyone.

"Senior Brother Huiyun was too careless."

The young man in the black suit couldn't help but complain, "We agreed not to let those people disturb our party."

Now that they're here, will we still be able to have a proper conversation?

Their presence makes our gathering meaningless.

"..."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing his words.

Huiyun's expression became even more guilty.

"Junxi, don't be angry."

The young man in the white suit quickly tried to reassure her, "This is not Brother Huiyun's fault. After all, he asked us first, so it was impossible for him not to tell us."

Besides, since they wanted to come, Senior Brother Huiyun couldn't very well refuse.

"Fine, let them come if they want."

Gu Junxi looked at the young man in the shirt and said, "Senior Brother Jingxuan, we'll find a way to organize a gathering later."

"We'll talk about it when the time comes."

Liao Jingxuan looked helplessly at Huiyun, who had just come out of Shaolin Temple, and said, "Don't think too much about it. This was an accident. Whether they show up or not is not important to us at all."

We'll continue as before; I'm sure these young masters won't do anything to us.

After thinking about it, everyone agreed that this was indeed the case.

Whatever the young masters think, they can just brush them off.

While they were exchanging other information.

Lin Jingyu nudged Li Moyu beside her and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

“Master, we disciples from various sects in the capital get together about every two or three months.”

Li Moyu explained to her softly, "Besides maintaining our relationship, we mainly exchange some information."

Of course, we will not disclose this information.

The main reason was to find out what the higher-ups were doing, to avoid any unexpected incidents where we'd be wiped out without even knowing how.

"So that's how it is."

Lin Jingyu nodded slightly, "Young Master Jiang and Young Master Hu are high-level disciples, right? If they're eyeing you, they probably have some ulterior motives."

"Aunt Lin is clever."

Gu Junxi, who was sitting next to them, overheard their conversation.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jingyu was so perceptive in grasping the key point that she couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "You saw right through their plans at a glance."

"Isn't this obvious?"

Lin Jingyu smiled and replied, "Knowing that you were having a gathering here, they definitely wanted to get on your good side when they came over."

"Their idea is quite good, but it depends on whether we are willing to accept it."

Gu Junxi curled his lips into a cold smile, "It's no use coming here. We won't side with any family."

Everyone present heard what he said.

They all nodded in unison.

Next.

They exchanged information in hushed tones.

What they were talking about was their plan to send troops to support a certain country next year.

They quickly exchanged information and started talking about gossip in the capital.

At this moment...

The door to the private room was pushed open.

Two young people came into view.

"Excuse me, everyone!"

Jiang Baishi greeted everyone with a smile, "We heard from Huiyun that there's a drinking party tonight. Guohui and I are feeling a bit craving, so we'd like to have a few drinks with you all. Hope you don't mind."

"Welcome, welcome."

Liao Jingxuan immediately stood up and responded with a smile, "Young Master Jiang, Young Master Hu, please have a seat."

"I thought Young Master Jiang and Young Master Hu were joking with me."

Huiyun chuckled sheepishly and scratched the back of her head, "I didn't expect you guys would actually have time to come."

"Of course we're free, we're bored right now."

Hu Guohui chuckled and took over the conversation, "I'll join in the fun with you guys tonight."

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