"Of course I do," China says merrily, her visible mood ticking up slightly. She smiles a little, a gentle curve of her lips, and she lets Pepper start again.

The query makes somewhat more logical sense than Pepper simply wanting to see her, especially considering who else Pepper is friends with. "It really isn't that much of a palace," China says idly, of Tu Yunxu's mansion, which is what she assumes Pepper means. Beneath the meaningless little comment she's considering, recalling the offer Pepper made her.

"Of course," she says in a moment more. "Won't you come in, my dear?" She has, of course, come to the same conclusion about talking out in the open.