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"Just came to have a look," Shen Songming suddenly lost interest in talking, casually asked about the sweet potato planting, took some pickled bamboo shoots, and got up to leave.
Fang Li insistently tried to keep him, grabbing Shen Songming and insisting that he must stay for a meal and to give any orders he wished.
Shen Songming looked at his almost obsequious smile, lowered his head to see the hand holding his arm, and frowned.
Fang Li quickly realized and somewhat sullenly let go.
Before Fang Li could let go, Shen Songming had already broken free, smiled, and said, "I have other matters to attend to, so I won't stay any longer!" After saying this, he glanced at Old Scholar Fang, trusting that he would understand that it wasn't convenient to speak at their house and that Old Scholar Fang should come to see him when he was free.
