The final note in the will asks the sons to have a tea party together, like old times.
At no point does Maomao heed Basens urgings to let him take the lead here.
Shes here so solve a case, not maintain the fiction that shes his assistant.
She also figured Basen is related to Gaoshun: a younger brother or son perhaps?
Maomao suspects those differences might be a recipe for a specific alloy.
The older sons say he has true talent and Dad only cared about him.
After all, the dad died of lead poisoning.
With that, Lakan reports the case solved to his satisfaction.
Lakans attention now seems even more focused on her.
Could Jinshi be getting ready to go undercover to investigate the courtesan?
