The elder was facing away from the few people, so his features were unclear, but there were indeed a few people beside him concentrating on his calligraphy, presumably that was Li Xinghan and Director Deng's group.
"Has Master Yuan started practicing his calligraphy again?" Li Chuang, accompanied by Wang Hao, made their way to a corner of the room, found a sofa to sit on, and asked someone nearby, "How's it going?"
"No good," responded the man, likely one of the assistants brought by Li Xinghan or Director Deng, shaking his head, "Master Yuan doesn't even bring up the matter of coming down the mountain. Director Deng came with sincerity today, but alas, there was no opportunity to even start the conversation."
Wang Hao sat on the side, nodding, seemingly grasping that this person must have been brought by Director Deng.
