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The day before Jiao Letong was to enter the academy, Xiao Ruo took a stationery gift box from her storage space that she had originally intended to buy for her son, but he found it too cumbersome and didn't want it, and gave it to Jiao Letong.
Jiao Letong had never seen such a "big stationery gift box" before. He was both amazed and delighted as he opened it, noticing that the pens, ink, paper, and inkstone inside were all of high quality. Besides these, there was also a piece of cotton cloth stitched into a smiling face for wiping hands: "Doctor Qin, did you bring this stationery gift box from Anhe City?"
He had never seen such a unique and practical "stationery gift box" in Xihua City.
Xiao Ruo smiled softly: "No, the box was custom-made, but the pens, ink, paper, and inkstone inside were bought separately. It's been quite a while since I bought them, so I don't really remember when. If you can use it, keep it. Otherwise, it would be wasted if left unused for too long."
