"I didn't know that Senior Sister had such refined tastes and leisure," Wang Yang chuckled and then turned to Jiang Lu, trying to spot his weakness, and pressed on with his questioning, "Since I have a bit of knowledge on this myself, why don't you share with me how you guys usually correspond?"
"This is where it gets impressive,"
Jiang Lu cleared his throat and began to spout nonsense:
"Every time I write a letter, it's a cleansing of my soul.
First, I generally start by washing the brush with clean water, straighten out the hairs, then dip it in ink and grind on the inkstone. There's a professional term for this, it's known as 'preparing the brush.'
"I know that," Wang Yang nodded.
He didn't expect Jiang Lu to actually understand and was starting to believe a bit.
"I usually make sure the ink is fully loaded on the brush before moving on to the next step," Jiang Lu cleared his throat again and continued:
"The next step is writing the letter, which we take very seriously.
