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Time flew, the year-end was approaching, and the Academic Palace had given the disciples their winter break.
Taking advantage of the holiday, Li Ang visited that bookstore again.
After some indirect probing, he felt that the bookstore owner truly didn't know the origins of the "Du Gongbu Collection" volumes. He only said they were ancient books collected from Luoyang by his now-deceased father decades ago and had never been sold. After all, the "Du Gongbu Collection" had a vast circulation, and even as antique books, they weren't in demand.
With the clues exhausted, he could only enjoy the holiday.
It was the first New Year he and Chai Cuiqiao had spent in Chang'an, and it was... acceptable.
