Nasney smiled shyly and said bluntly, "I'm ashamed to say that I attended last year's banquet at the Emperor's Building. I watched Joe from afar for some time. I swear, I just looked at him with appreciation. Joe is always a very attractive woman, so I remember it at a glance." Nasni said that he had not forgotten to look at Ye as if he was afraid that Ye would be misunderstood. Suddenly he got up and beat the old man.

Nasney was very frank, but Joe Rubing couldn't help blushing, knowing that the American was less than fifty years old, and was "appreciated" by someone who could be a...