He had given the old lady another earful, but saying any more was pointless.
Chen Bai gave up and said no more. He stood up to leave. "I won't keep you. Go on and continue sunning your books. Oh, and speaking of which, I just realized—it's the height of summer and so humid. Why pick now to air them out?"
Chen Wanqing explained, "We had no choice. A box of books my father-in-law left behind was stored improperly and got infested with bookworms. We caught it early, so we need to repair them right away. And while we're at it, we decided to sun the books from that box as well."
"So that's what's going on."
He then brought up their studies. "Yucheng's tutor received a piece of calligraphy from Jing and was absolutely delighted. He's treating it like a priceless treasure. Because of that, he's been giving Yucheng extra attention, too. We really have Jing to thank."
