Bai Yuan froze.
Take a look?
At what?
"The jade sculpture Little Fire waited a month to see finished."
Xiao Xiao's words made Bai Yuan's eyes fly wide open.
That jade sculpture?!
He nodded eagerly. "I want to see it!"
"Has the sculpture already been put in the shop?"
"Yes."
Thinking of how Yue had just imitated the shopkeeper's smug look as he admired his own work, a faint smile returned to Xiao Xiao's eyes.
"The shopkeeper is very pleased with the sculpture too."
"So he put it on display in the shop right away."
"Oh, okay."
Bai Yuan didn't have time to wonder how Xiao Xiao knew the shopkeeper was so pleased with the sculpture. He hurried off.
"Then let's go."
He'd been curious for ages about the jade sculpture Little Fire had patiently waited so long to see finished.
Bai Yuan pushed open the shop door.
The shopkeeper turned to look. His expression had just begun to brighten into a smile when he froze, then broke into an even broader grin.
"Why, it's you two students!"
They hadn't come back to regret buying that amber last time, had they?
The shopkeeper felt a flicker of unease.
He'd already told them everything they needed to know last time.
They'd insisted on buying it...
He hadn't swindled them.
Their transaction had been completed, money and goods exchanged.
So...
All sales were final. No returns.
Bai Yuan didn't have time to respond to the shopkeeper. His attention had already been captured by the jade sculpture in front of him.
Xiao Xiao was also a little amazed.
But now he understood why Little Fire had been so determined to wait for the sculpture to be finished.
It was a...
"Phoenix..."
Bai Yuan murmured.
The first thing that came