"I'm glad you all came here on such short notice. Please have some drinks. We'll wait five more minutes to see if anyone else is coming. Then we can start."
Zhang found a way to get himself excused, leaving his men to keep the guests busy. He snuck out and straight walked to Lilith.
Lilith had managed to stop the Duke from before, but this time Zhang himself was coming. It didn't appear as if he was going to be distracted. There were people who tried to approach him, but he asked for himself to be excused, not stopping with them for too long.
Only a few meters of distance remained between Zhang and Lilith.
Zhang saw an empty glass in Lilith's hand. It was odd to see someone holding an empty glass and being zoned out. He couldn't help but find something odd in this decade.