Robert followed Shadow all the way to the first seat on the left of the main table and looked at the woman at the center of tonight's conversation.
He greeted her with familiarity. "Long time no see, Your Majesty."
"Mm."
Nie Qingru nodded slightly and more gently before asking, "Why isn't your teacher here?"
Robert did not dare to underestimate her casual question, and he replied very carefully, "Teacher asked me to come as he is in seclusion doing experiments."
He had used this excuse on others before, and no one doubted it.
"Oh?" Nie Qingru stared at him after he finished speaking. Her eyes were calm and emotionless, but they were filled with oppression.
Robert's heart skipped a beat. His intuition told him the other party had seen through his lame lie and might even know that Zhong Yiliu was in the independent continent.