The only highlight in the room.
This was Fafnir's first impression of Li Lin, who sat across from her at the office desk.
It wasn't that the room was tastelessly decorated, brimming with needless aristocratic extravagance. On the contrary, the room was quite simple, accentuating the presence of its owner.
Once a human achieves business success, what they desire most is status and reputation, and they make every effort to let others know. The most common form of expression is the construction of lavish homes, using extravagant facades to represent themselves.
Fafnir had seen the residences of numerous newly-rich people, commonly referred to as "nouveau riche". This group shares many similarities such as pretentious refinement, unbearable vulgarity, lack of sophistication, and above all, their taste in home decor tended to be shockingly similar.