He picked up the largest box...
Unless he was mistaken, this was the most expensive set of the Four Treasures of the Study sold by Rongbaozhai.
The very set his wife had admired so many times but never brought herself to buy!
He remembered that a set cost around fifty yuan.
And that tin of tea looked like West Lake Dragon Well-top grade, at that...
Before he could look any further, Song Ning interrupted him with a smile:
"Professor He! I just picked up a few things at the store across the street. I hope you like them! We've already taken up half your day. Why don't we drive you back first?"
He Mingyuan looked up at the State-Run Store across the street. It was the largest one in Chaodong District.
The old Rongbaozhai was now just an art department inside it, but this was a place where you might even turn up antiques.
He jabbed a finger at Gu Zheng:
"Look at you! Now you're treating me like an outsider, too! I only did you a little favor, and you had Comrade Song spend all this money!"
Gu Zheng smiled. "I didn't say a thing. This was all Song Ning's idea!"
He Mingyuan glared at Gu Zheng. "If you didn't tell her, how would Comrade Song know I liked green tea, or that Wenshu liked calligraphy?"
Gu Zheng had just started the car, and he paused at those words-
But he merely smiled and drove out onto the road.
Once they had driven quite a distance, something else occurred to He Mingyuan. "Wait a minute! Since when did you know me so well? I've never seen you take much interest in me before!"
Gu Zheng was utterly baffled, but he simply smiled without saying a word.
Throughout the drive,