Stepping out from the Sub-district Office, Su Changshun walked back to the Quadrangle Courtyard with a brisk pace. As soon as he crossed into the Front Courtyard, the lively chatter and everyday neighborhood gossip washed over him.
Yan Bugui was whispering with a few neighbors by the water tap. Spotting Su Changshun, Yan immediately hurried over, his face beaming with the eager, drama-loving curiosity of a gossip: "Changshun is back! Heard the news? It's huge! Jia Dongxu has taken a new master!"
"Oh?" Su Changshun kept walking, his eyebrows lifting slightly as he put on a fitting expression of surprise. "Taken a master? Who did he apprentice himself to?"
Chapter 25