Cao Xuan handed the postcard back to Sasha.
"Happy birthday to your mother, Miss Klayser, and a little hint for you: next month's final exam might have more questions on contemporary Asian artists, so it wouldn't hurt to prepare a bit more? This test will weigh heavily on your semester grade, and I remember you want to apply for a full scholarship next year."
"Are we talking about Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, or perhaps Watanabe Shengting, Lin Zhongzheng, Matsukata Kojiro?" the female student asked tentatively.
"Depends on my mood, who can say for sure?" Elder Cao playfully winked at the students near the podium, "Maybe it'll be about Cao Xuan, who knows! At my age, reading students' praise about me in their papers is quite a satisfying thing for an old man's vanity."
"Then I certainly have a lot to write about."
The bespectacled female classmate found that Professor Cao Xuan really was a very approachable person.
