"Sir, that's all I'm asking for. If you really can't do it, I'll try somewhere else."
Liu Liu gathered up the drawings, thought for a moment, then added another sentence.
"Price isn't an issue."
The owner had been about to wave her off, but the moment he heard that, he slapped a hand against his chest.
"Don't worry, young lady. I've been doing carpentry for nearly thirty years. It's only a cabinet. Piece of cake."
Lin Xi looked down at his hand.
"Sir, that's not what you said a moment ago."
"I said ordinary boards wouldn't be enough."
"And now they are?"
"I can order some."
"And the dimensions aren't unusual anymore?"
"It's custom-made. What would be the point if it were too ordinary?"
The owner spoke with complete conviction, as though he hadn't been the one refusing the order a moment earlier.
Liu Liu yawned.
"Then it's settled. Sir, add me to your contacts. We can discuss the cost later."
"Sure thing."
The owner pulled out his phone, moving far more briskly than he had when spreading out the drawings.
As he added her, he asked, "What should I call you, young lady?"
"My surname is Liu."
The owner nodded and carefully saved the contact name.
Lin Xi leaned over for a look and found that he had entered "Big cabinet."
"Why did you save her as 'Big cabinet'?"
"Easy to remember."
"What about her name?"
"I put it after that."
Lin Xi paused.
"You mean you remember the cabinet first, then the person?"
The owner put away his phone, looking perfectly unashamed.
"The cabinet's what matters."
Liu Liu turned to the others.
"Let's go look around somewhere else."
The four of them made a circuit of the Building Materials Market.
Liu Liu looked at several kinds of boards,