Han Ling was filled with anger, but he quickly suppressed it upon remembering that his purpose today was to curry favor with Lin Shuang.
"I, Han Ling, am usually very busy and rarely visit, so since I've made the effort to come today, it would be impolite not to go in and greet Old Master Lin and Madam Lin. Let me go in and pay my respects to the two of them..."
Before he could finish speaking, the two young servants had already politely refused him: "Apologies, Young Master Han, but our master went drinking at a banquet last night and hasn't gotten up yet."
"And what about your madam? Surely she hasn't overindulged as well and hasn't risen?"
The young servant maintained a polite yet distant smile: "Our madam is unwell and is resting."
Alright, the male master is still asleep, and the female master is unwell and resting; it indeed seems inappropriate for him, an outsider, to visit.
But...
