C1900 Show of Courtesy and Then the Military(part I)

For the next half hour, the office was enveloped in an eerie silence, with no one uttering a word. The stillness was finally broken by a knock on the door.

"Master Qin, Tung Wenyuan has arrived," Aming's voice announced after the knock.

The door swung open, revealing Tung Wenyuan, whose frame had become stooped and who appeared significantly more aged than he had just a few months prior