```"Who did she say carved it?" Luo Fan asked in surprise.
"The girl said it was her own work, wanting to exchange it for some cash," he replied.
Luo Fan frowned at the exquisitely carved nucleus, took out a check from his pocket, and without asking how much Zhang Yi had bought it for, he wrote a number on it directly.
He then handed it to Zhang Yi and said earnestly, "Uncle Zhang, those two are my Luo Family's great benefactors. Such a heaven-sent nucleus carving would not have been sold unless something pressing had come up. We had originally prepared a thank-you gift, but her husband declined it. He is a very upright man, and both my grandfather and I didn't feel it right to persist. I ask you, Uncle Zhang, to part with this nucleus carving and let me complete this gesture of gratitude, would that be all right?"
