Upon hearing this, Li Shifan's brow furrowed slightly. "Then before…"
Li Cheng, however, seized on a key point. "Official?" he asked, puzzled.
Zhang Deming glanced at Li Cheng. "Yes. Once you meet this region's Steward, Zhang Wu, he'll give you a means of contact. That's when you become an official member."
Li Cheng's brow twitched. "His surname is Zhang?"
Zhang Deming paused, then fixed his gaze on Li Cheng and chuckled. "You have quite an imagination, Elder. I wish my surname was from his family, too."
"Unfortunately, while we share the same surname, we're not related. Steward Zhang isn't an elder in my family."
"If I'm not mistaken, you've probably looked into my family's background, haven't you?"
Neither Li Shifan nor Li Cheng responded to that. Instead, Li Shifan looked at Zhang Deming and asked, "Senior Brother Zhang, how did you get to meet the Steward?"
