Master Tang stiffened at the joke. What was meant as nothing more than a passing remark landed the wrong way.
"If senior wishes," he looked in pain but spoke anyway. "I can have my wives come here to serve you."
That caught me off guard.
Not because of the offer itself, but because of how quickly he bent.
This old man always acted like a tough nut to crack, but now, facing my clone, he looked like a child afraid to even breathe wrong in front of a terrifying teacher.
'What should I do? '
I kept my expression blank and let the silence stretch. I had seen his so-called wives before, and I won't deny it—he got very good taste.
Turning down an offer like that would be wasteful.
Damn it. My other head was running at full throttle again.
I forced the thought down and steadied my breathing. This wasn't the time to get distracted with my worldly desires.
"Do you think I would settle for secondhand?" I set my sake cup down with a soft clack.
