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There were two other staff in the studio, a man and a woman, both younger than Ancestral Hall of the Song Family. They were earnestly carving. The girl held an eggshell in her left hand and a carving knife in her right, carefully etching a human face.
When they saw someone coming, both the man and the woman stopped their work and looked up.
Mr. Song did not introduce them, but rushed to the water dispenser to fill two cups of boiling water and handed them to Wang Xiaoqiang and Xu Qingxue. When Xu Qingxue took the cup, she felt a bit relieved and thought, "You aren't blind after all!