After admiring it for a while, Han Qiwu placed the Shadow Rod into its accompanying case, bent down to pick it up, and decided to study it properly when he returned home.
As he stepped off the stage, he headed straight for Grandpa Chen and the two elderly companions, intending to chat with them for a bit.
The three elderly men combined are nearly two hundred years old, yet they were still enthusiastically cheering him on!
Though truth be told, he would much rather go over to see his prospective in-laws and take this opportunity to make a good impression.
But they don't seem to know him yet, so if he did go over, the situation might turn a bit awkward.
What if he pretended not to know them and offered to help, only for Mr. Tang to say later, "Han Qiwu told me you would be here"? That would be the ultimate social disgrace.
It's better to let things progress slowly.
But things often develop in ways that defy imagination.
