Chapter 187: Still Can’t Win You Over? (2 / 2)
Huang Long smiled, “Especially those windows. To think they are made from single, unbroken sheets of glass! Such wealth is beyond even the Dou family’s reach. It fills one with envy.”
Xu Yanmiao turned his head to glance at the glass windows. His subconscious reaction: [Huh? They’re not floor-to-ceiling windows? My bad. Hearing about an entire sheet of glass, I reflexively assumed they’d be large floor-to-ceiling ones.]
[But that makes sense. Even using glass for small windows like these must already be very expensive. Knocking down the walls and replacing them with full glass panels would certainly brighten the room, but it’d bankrupt the household. Plus, it would lose that traditional charm.]
Huang Long’s smile nearly faltered.
He wanted to find evidence that Xu Yanmiao was just pretending to be unfazed by the wealth, but from his expression to his inner thoughts… this person genuinely regarded Prince Fu’s glass windows as mere “small trinkets,” unworthy of mention?!
Though Xu Yanmiao’s mind was racing with thoughts, his face maintained a polite, socially appropriate smile. “It’s indeed admirable. The glass appears to have been polished to a remarkable clarity—undoubtedly a painstaking effort.”
Huang Long: “…”
The other officials who overheard: “…”
Listening to you, there’s no hint of actual envy.