Chapter 1124 - Xia Ruya Is in Harbor City? (1/2)

In order to celebrate Wen Xinya’s outstanding achievement of attaining a high score of 703 in the final examinations, Old Mr. Wen booked a banquet in Han Palace and invited some of his close friends and relatives.

Since it was not a formal occasion, it would be inappropriate to throw an over-the-top banquet and invite too many guests, for it would seem too high profile. It might even ruin Wen Xinya’s reputation. Hence, they decided to keep it low profile.

However, Old Mr. Wen kept to his word and threw an extravagant traditional Chinese banquet which she got to witness for the first time.

Old Mr. Wen was expressing his respect and satisfaction with her.

There were still three more days to go until school reopened. Hence, Wen Xinya decided to take some time out of her schedule to meet Zhong Rufeng.

Due to the fact that there was a huge misunderstanding previously which caused her to be mistaken as Zhong Rufeng’s girlfriend, she decided to meet him at a teahouse that she frequently patronized.

Zhong Rufeng placed the brewed tea in front of Wen Xinya.

Wen Xinya grabbed the porcelain teacup which contained curled green tea leaves that floated on the surface of the fragrant, emerald water. It was sweet and refreshing.

“Turns out it’s the rare Biluochun tea leaves!”

Biluochun was Wen Xinya’s favorite tea, which was light in color, fragrant, fresh and refined. The aroma and rich flavor were truly heavenly and amazing.

Zhong Rufeng smiled and said, “Taste it again carefully!”

Wen Xinya did as she was told, after which she remarked with a look of surprise, “It’s mentioned in a handbook about tea leaves written during the Ming Dynasty, that the tea plantation should not be mixed with inferior plants. Instead, they should grow only with cinnamon, plum, magnolia, rose, green pine, and green bamboo. This tea is refreshing, with a touch of elegant and delicate fragrance that lingers in my mouth. It must have been grown with bamboo.”

Zhong Rufeng chuckled and exclaimed, “You’re right!”

Wen Xinya complimented. “Very amazing, indeed.”

The refreshing fragrance resembled Si Yiyan’s scent.

Zhong Rufeng placed a box of tea leaves in front of her and said smilingly, “I went to Harbor City during the summer break and happened to chance upon this box of tea leaves. You’ve always loved Biluochun tea, so it’s the perfect gift for you.”

Biluochun was one of the ten greatest teas in the world, and Zhong Rufeng had put in a lot of effort to get his hands on that box of tea leaves. Hence, he was glad to see how much she liked it.

Wen Xinya frantically refuted. “Biluochun is very rare and expensive. This is too much for a gift.”

Due to environmental changes, superior tea leaves were becoming increasingly rare. Although she was close friends with Zhong Rufeng, she felt that she could not take advantage of him by accepting such a precious gift.

Zhong Rufeng said with a grin, “I happened to get it by chance, so it didn’t take much effort. I’m sure you know how much my grandfather loves tea. I have a penchant for Maojian tea. Besides, we’re close enough to forgo these formalities. We don’t have to be so calculative with each other.”

Zhong Rufeng was a little disappointed by Wen Xinya’s refusal and he only said those words so as to make her accept the tea leaves. After all… he carried a torch for her and did not wish to explicitly point out the fact that they were friends.

Wen Xinya had no reason to turn Zhong Rufeng down since he had already said that. Hence, she accepted it calmly. “Seems like I’m in for a treat.”

She was so candid that she didn’t even thank him.

A little disappointed to see how unperturbed she was, Zhong Rufeng said, “Good that you like it.”