"Tsk, tsk."
Zhang Bo smacked his lips. "He's practically obsessed, isn't he?"
"Impressive."
"Better to eat no meat than live without bamboo..."
Zhao Luzheng murmured, "Better to eat no meat than live without maple trees... He's really reached that point, hasn't he?"
"Yeah."
Xu Zizhen sighed. "He really loves red maples."
"He said he'd just bought a house and wanted to plant this red maple in the courtyard."
"Wow, rich people."
Zhuge Yun clicked his tongue.
A house with a courtyard...
"He said it's in the suburbs."
"That's not the point."
Xu Zizhen quickly brought the conversation back on track. "He's very sincere."
"He's always been very respectful to Grandpa and Grandma, too."
"He said that red maple is the one he wants."
"He really wants it."
"He promised he'd take good care of it."
"He's willing to negotiate on the price, and he'll accept any other conditions Grandpa and Grandma might have."
"So he hopes they'll sell the red maple to him."
"He really loves that red maple..."
Zhang Bo opened his mouth.
Apart from repeating what Xu Zizhen had said, he couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Isn't he?"
Zhuge Yun folded his arms. "If he really has no idea how special that red maple is..."
"All I can say is..."
"He has a good eye!"
To have picked out that one-in-a-million red maple...
He practically had eyes like a hawk.
"Yeah, he has a good eye."
Xu Zizhen smiled wryly. "Grandpa and Grandma were starting to feel a little moved by him."
"After all, he'd helped Grandma first."
"They were willing to accept a reasonable request from him in return."
"Besides, he'd always been very polite."
"He was just earnestly pleading with them."
"If it really were just an ordinary