When Shen Weimin volunteered to take on the task of finding the electronic components, Xu Changqing readily nodded. She didn't bother with pleasantries and entrusted all these matters to him.
'I'd been thinking about how busy he was since the semester started, so I tried to handle things myself to make it easier for him. But judging by the excuses he had lined up, he's clearly not *that* busy.'
Shen Weimin had been right about one thing: just as he'd said, Old Mrs. Qian and her circle had extensive connections, but he was no slouch either. True to his word, less than two weeks after that day...
Xu Changqing paid the money—3,100 yuan for the house—and successfully acquired the small courtyard near the university, on the same hutong as Shen Hui's place.
The two courtyards were adjacent.
