Wu Xinren had deliberately prepared a fine table of food and wine late into the night to entertain Qian Guiming, eagerly hoping for good news about the Medical Hall's account books. Never did he expect that the reality would be like a basin of cold water poured over him from head to toe.
Having stayed up all night, Wu Xinren got up before dawn the next day, bolted down a hasty breakfast, and hurried out straight to Yishan Academy to consult Zixiu.
These past two days had driven Wu Xinren to distraction, with one headache after another piling up on him.
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