It was understandable when one did not want to gossip. Gossip was something that tended to harm a person. They'd both probably dealt with a lot of that before they showed up in this place.

When Ouyang starts talking, though, he dutifully listens. Hearing that someone had run afoul of the man before him and perhaps even to Runyu he isn't happy. No one had a right to do that, with either of them, indirectly or not.

"Understandable, A-Yang. I would not want either of you around someone like that. Yes, you both can take care of yourselves but no one would be doing something like that. So, it'll be better that we have a home away from the Four Seasons. A home that is just our own."