Di Fuyi listened to her quietly and waited for her to finish the whole story. "What do you have to say for yourself?" He then questioned Gu Xijiu.
Irritated, Fan Qianshi explained, "My master saw the bracelet first for about two months ago. We even paid a deposit for it so that we could keep it until the day when I could finally afford it. We were only a couple of hours late, and yet the owner had already displayed the bracelet for other buyers."
"A couple of hours? If you are late, you are late. Even if it has only been 15 minutes," Di Fuyi interrupted him with his point of view about punctuality. "Haven't you told your disciple that an agreement is a contract?" He continued to question Gu Xijiu.
The way he made his point sounded like he was giving Gu Xijiu a lesson, which she did not appreciate. "When we arrived, the payment was not yet made, so the owner suggested that we bid for it."
