During the first week after winter break, the campus of Jinling Institute of Technology still had a lingering feel of the Lunar New Year.
Red lanterns still hung by the cafeteria entrance, spring couplets remained on the doors of the dorms, and a few international students who hadn't gone home set off a string of firecrackers on the athletic field. With a series of pops and crackles, the ground was littered with red paper scraps.
Jiang Sifan sat in the studio with three account books spread out before him. Pen in hand, he was scribbling and sketching on a blank sheet of paper.
Wen Wan sat across from him, her computer screen displaying last month's client data. She was checking it line by line, only pausing occasionally to take a sip of water before resuming her work.
