When Wang Yue saw the dollar signs vanish from Wang Manni's eyes, he casually said, "It's my first time drinking coffee too, so you can pick something for me. If it doesn't taste good, I'll just switch to something else!"
Wang Manni thought that made sense. She went straight to the coffee machine and casually poured two cups using the cups beside it. She didn't even add sugar.
She drank bitter coffee to calm herself with its bitterness. Everything she'd encountered today felt so surreal that she felt as if she were floating on a cloud!
Wang Yue took the bitter coffee and sipped it. After tasting it, he kept up his act and said, "This stuff is pretty bitter. I feel more alert after drinking it. Does it have some kind of energizing effect?"
Wang Manni saw that Wang Yue didn't seem to be joking, and the last of her doubts faded. It seemed she really had been overthinking things. She cheerfully explained coffee to Wang Yue, and the atmosphere in the room was quite warm.
The two were chatting intimately when Liang Zhengxian came in with several old men. In his hands was a complete set of brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone. It looked like he really had managed to borrow it.
Before one of the old men had even entered the room, he asked unhappily, "Xiao Liang, I'm telling you, if your friend's calligraphy isn't up to my standards, I'll make your grandfather cut off your allowance!"
"Exactly! We finally managed to get away on a trip together, and now you've ruined the mood!"
"Old Qin, Old Liang, why pick on the younger generation? It's rare for a young person to want to practice calligraphy. We should give him some pointers!"
The old men walked in as