He stands, bows again. "Good luck to you all."

Then he backs away and returns to his cousins.

"That might be worth investigating more," he says to Meng Yao.

"Of course, er-ge."

"Your creepy telepathy is incredibly creepy."

"Do you want me to explain?"

"No, absolutely not, if there's one thing I've learned in the past six months it's that it's very useful to have no idea what Meng Yao is up to."

"Not everything I do is sketchy."

"I'm sure all your actions meet the highest standards of morality and justice."