Is This Favor Big Enough?

After the middle-aged man left, Gu Cheng hurriedly greeted Ning Wangshu. "Come, Young Friend Ning, please have a seat..."

Hearing this, Ning Wangshu stepped forward with a smile. "Thank you, Old Master Gu!"

"Haha, Young Friend Ning, you're too polite."

Gu Cheng said with a hearty laugh.

After taking a seat nearby, Ning Wangshu glanced at Gu Cheng and smiled. "Today is your eightieth birthday, Old Master. I came in a hurry and didn't have time to prepare a proper gift. I just made a little trinket on a whim as a birthday present. I hope you won't mind."

As he spoke, Ning Wangshu took out an elegant wooden box and handed it to Gu Ziyu, who was standing nearby.

Gu Ziyu quickly accepted it and brought it over to Gu Cheng.

Seeing this, Gu Cheng hurriedly said, "Young Friend Ning, you're too kind. I'm already delighted that you came to my birthday banquet. Why go to the trouble of preparing a gift?"

Ning Wangshu smiled. "It's only right."

After a pause, Ning Wangshu noticed that Gu Cheng had merely gestured for Gu Ziyu to set the gift aside without opening it, so he added, "Old Master Gu, there's a jade pendant inside. It's nothing special, but wearing it can help calm the mind and ward off evil spirits and misfortune."

"If you have trouble sleeping or your sleep isn't very good, wearing it should help a lot."

"Oh?"

Surprised, Gu Cheng glanced at the wooden box in front of him, then opened it. Seeing that it did indeed contain a jade pendant, he picked it up to examine it. Then he looked up at Ning Wangshu with a smile. "To be honest, Young Friend Ning, I'm getting on in years, and I do occasionally have trouble sleeping at night."