Poaching talent is a sneaky business; no matter who does it or in what field, it never sounds good. Besides, if you're going to poach someone, doing it secretly would be one thing. But to do it so openly, right in front of their boss… even the free-spirited and magnanimous Earl of North Border, Li Liangting, couldn't help but flush with embarrassment.
Lord Jingnan simply stood there quietly. The atmosphere, to say the least, was exceedingly awkward, especially since Lord Jingnan deliberately remained silent, seemingly wanting to prolong the embarrassing situation and make the Earl of North Border uncomfortable for a while longer.
In Yan State, only two individuals dared to make the Earl of North Border lose face like this, deliberately keeping him waiting. As it happened, Lord Jingnan was one of them.
