I guess I can see how ZYL might look at it that way, but you can be attached to purely utilitarian objects, and anyway they're Shen Wei's and it's not for ZYL to decide what matters to SW and what doesn't. I really hate the underlying attitude and wish this bit about throwing things out wasn't there.

Agreed, agreed, agreed! And yet... I think it's safe to say that novel!Shen Wei's attachments are so ZYL-centric that anything ZYL bought for him would de facto outweigh his other preferences?

... okay, wait, I typed that, and then I thought "except for spatulas." And now I'm going, nope, all the kitchen stuff. I totally do not trust ZYL's kitchenware choices. Leave SW his implements!!! (Hee!)