Chapter 107
Ye Tianhui thought that the narcissus that Gu Shizhang was talking about was just an ordinary narcissus. After all, Hong Kong citizens like it. During the New Year, the flower market is bustling, and there are all kinds of flowers everywhere, and every house is full of flowers.
However, Ye Tianhui did not expect that Gu Shizhang would open a famous orchid for her.
The orchid was crystal clear, and each petal was as white as jade, crystal clear like ice flowers, and there was a refreshing fragrance that filled the nose. The fragrance was quite mellow and pleasant.
Ye Tianhui sighed: "You actually——"
raised such an orchid on your balcony.
Although she had never paid attention to it, such a famous product must be worth a lot in any era.
It is delicate and beautiful but also fragile. It needs to be carefully cared for. It is truly a rich and precious flower.
He actually left such an orchid lying around!
Gu Shizhang chuckled, looked at her, and said, "This is a fish-swallowed orchid. It is said that there was a man named Zhao Shigeng in the Song Dynasty who compiled a book called "Jinzhang Orchid Records", in which this fish-swallowed orchid was mentioned."
Ye Tianhui knew all this, but when she heard this, she quickly remembered that she should pretend not to know.
So she quickly said, "It's so famous, it must be very expensive, right?"
Gu Shizhang: "Not bad."
He smiled and said, "The Jinzhang Orchid Pu says that this flower is transparent and invisible when submerged in water. Do you want to try it?"
Ye Tianhui: "But don't, it's in full bloom, don't waste it."
This narcissus is a famous variety. It's not easy to cultivate. Who can pick one and put it in water to try? That would be a waste of such a treasure.
Gu Shizhang smiled and said, "It's a coincidence that we got here just in time. In fact, the flowering period of this flower is short, and it's just right to celebrate during the Chinese New Year."
Ye Tianhui looked at the flower and liked it very much: "Not bad, the flowering period should be dozens of days, you can see enough of it."
Gu Shizhang smiled and sighed, "If you like it, then I'll move it over there for you."
Ye Tianhui couldn't take her eyes off it, but she said, "Forget it, how could I steal someone's love."
Gu Shizhang turned his head to look at her, and said, "Move this orchid over there and put it in your room. The fragrance will accompany you to sleep. Just think of it as me accompanying you. That's not bad, isn't it?"
Ye Tianhui listened, her heart moved, and she felt many strange emotions surging.
He said this in an ambiguous, tactful, yet gentle way, making people like him in their hearts.
She was a little embarrassed and bit her lip slightly: "Then I won't be polite..."
Gu Shizhang chuckled.
He raised his hand and held her fingertips: "It would be unlike you if I were polite."
Ye Tianhui snorted: "You make me sound so greedy."
Gu Shizhang smiled, but remembered another thing: "The Queen of England wanted to award you the Knight's Medal, but you refused."
Ye Tianhui: "Yeah."
Gu Shizhang raised his hand, gently held her face, and looked down at her: "Come on, Huihui, tell me, what do you think in your heart?"
Ye Tianhui raised her face and looked at him so close.
She was silent for a moment before she said, "Although Hong Kong is now under British rule, I know it is Chinese territory and I am Chinese."
She recalled what Ye Lixuan had told her about the colonial era when Chinese people could not even have a decent burial.
She whispered, "I grew up in the mainland, so the education I received made me unable to accept some things. In fact, even if everyone's life is much more comfortable now, it can't change anything. This is just an illusion brought about by economic development."
Gu Shizhang said "um" softly.
Ye Tianhui continued, "As an ordinary person, we can't change anything. We can only move forward with the tide of the times and strive for some benefits for ourselves in the ups and downs of the world, so I can only accept it. But when living in the world, there are always some limits of our own. I don't like to accept these."
Gu Shizhang lowered his eyes and looked at Ye Tianhui in front of him. After the mist of thousands of years was dispelled, she was still her.
He bowed his head slightly and kissed her forehead.
While lowering his eyes, he whispered, "Huihui will always be my favorite look."
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After returning from Gu's house, Gu Shizhang quickly sent the daffodils and the painting over.
The daffodils need to be carefully cultivated and placed in Ye Tianhui's bedroom, and the painting is placed in Ye Tianhui's study upstairs.
After the painting was delivered, Ye Lixuan looked at the painting for a long time.
Ye Tianhui stood aside with a smile: "How is it? It's a good painting, right?"
Ye Lixuan didn't say anything, just looking at the painting.
Ye Tianhui also stopped smiling and looked at the woman in the painting.
The painting was painted with vigorous and heavy brushwork and smooth lines. The brush and ink showed the cruelty of the painting vividly. The composition was rigorous and grand, but when depicting the woman, the lines were delicate and rich, making people feel that the painter was full of tender emotions and poured a lot of love into it.
Ye Tianhui smiled and finally said, "Dad, do you think he looks like me?"
Ye Lixuan looked at the painting in silence for a long time and finally said, "Like, but not quite."
Ye Tianhui was slightly stunned and looked sideways at Ye Lixuan.
Ye Lixuan said, "You should be busy these days, so go to bed early."
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After the Chinese New Year, horse racing colleagues will start to concentrate and prepare for the Derby.
The Derby is an annual custom in Hong Kong. Participants can only be four-year-old horses, so each horse has only one chance in its lifetime. This is considered a classic peak battle for Hong Kong horses.
At this time, Lin Jianquan also came back from the United States. The only horse Ye Tianhui could race this time was Hell King. Hell King won the season championship last year, so it was naturally very popular in this four-year-old horse championship.
And the one who drove Hell King to compete was naturally Lin Jianquan. No one had any objection to this matter, even Chen Zongwan was convinced.
Ye Tianhui looked at these two young jockeys and was still very satisfied.
She knew that both of them wanted to win and were determined to climb up, so it was inevitable that they would compete with each other. However, the two of them had come this far without being jealous or competing with each other, but were able to support each other and make progress together, which could be considered healthy competition.
Of course, Ye Tianhui also knew that Lao Zhou played a lot of a lubricating role in it, and at the same time, the bonus and reward mechanism was appropriate. For example, if Lin Jianquan won the horse race, Chen Zongwan would actually get a small commission. Everyone would benefit from each other, so there was no need to hold each other back.
That day, Ye Tianhui also had a deep talk with Lin Jianquan. It seemed that after returning from the United States, Lin Jianquan was in a very good mental state.
Gu Shizhang introduced him to a top psychiatrist in the United States, who gave some professional opinions after the diagnosis and treatment, which should be very helpful for Lin Jianquan's mother's condition.
However, considering Lin Jianquan's mother's adaptation to the American nursing home and the problem of familiarity with the environment and staff, Lin Jianquan decided to bring his mother back to Hong Kong for long-term treatment, but American experts will provide a long-term treatment plan.
Obviously, such an arrangement is beneficial both in terms of economic affordability and the recovery of Lin Jianquan's mother.
Speaking of this, Lin Jianquan was full of gratitude to Gu Shizhang: "After this period of recuperation, my mother's condition is much better than before."
He whispered to her: "Sometimes she will recognize me and recall the past, but she is very calm and will talk to me calmly."
Ye Tianhui looked at the way Lin Jianquan spoke, she could feel that Lin Jianquan still cared about his mother.
But think about it, if he really didn't care, why would he walk into the racecourse.
He obviously hates that place.
She felt relieved when he talked about these things so easily. Maybe he really grew up and could calmly reveal his thoughts, no longer so silent and inferior.
The two talked about this and the next competition.
Lin Jianquan: "I heard that the Ning family didn't participate in the horse race. They lost last time and their morale is low."
Ye Tianhui: "Well, their family has been restless this year. There has been a lot of noise."
The so-called noise was actually that Zhou Wanlan wanted to divorce.
The gossip is that Zhou Wanlan was pregnant but had a miscarriage. She was heartbroken and her relationship was getting worse, so she wanted a divorce. The Ning family was naturally unwilling to let her go and threatened her with all the things that happened in the past. Zhou Wanlan was determined to get a divorce, even if she had to pay for her shares. The two sides are currently in a stalemate.
The family was restless, so she naturally had no intention of participating in this Derby.
In fact, Ye Tianhui had not expected this. She had always thought that Zhou Wanlan would never give up to achieve her goal. She believed that there was some romantic love in the relationship between Zhou Wanlan and Ke Zhiming, but she felt that Zhou Wanlan should be rational. With such a beautiful country in her hands, how could the young lady of a wealthy family endure it?
Unexpectedly, she suddenly couldn't endure it and wanted to break up.
Zhou Wanlan destroyed herself so
much, probably for Ke Zhiming. Lin Jianquan had heard some of it, but he was not the kind of person who discussed other people's affairs, and he could not discuss this with Ye Tianhui.
So he skipped this topic and talked about the Meng family again.
The Meng family had two horses to participate in the race this time, both brought from the UK, and both were four-year-old horses.
Meng Yinian specially brought in an Indian rider and a South African jockey, determined to save the situation on the racecourse, and it seemed that he was determined to win the Derby.
Ye Tianhui sighed: "Meng Yinian has been doing business in the UK for many years and has a wide network of contacts. If he loses once, he can always do it again. In fact, I heard that Meng Baohui also frequented the horse farm when he was young. His family has been involved in horse racing for many years."
Lin Jianquan listened, was slightly stunned, and then said: "Yes."
Ye Tianhui noticed that Lin Jianquan seemed to be in a strange mood, she looked at him puzzledly: "What's wrong?"
Lin Jianquan shook his head: "Nothing, I just thought that the two horses in their family should be paid attention to."
Ye Tianhui: "Yes, Moreover, this race is an international first-class race, and there will be many foreign racehorses and jockeys signing up to participate, so we still have to look further ahead, not only to the Meng family, but also to India, Britain, Japan, who may come. "
In recent years, Hong Kong's economy has developed well, and the annual Derby has a great influence, so the number of foreign jockeys signing up has gradually increased. This is naturally a good thing, attracting external competition, and no longer Hong Kong's local competition, which is also helpful to improve the comprehensive strength of local jockeys.
After chatting for a while, Ye Tianhui said, "You should prepare well in the next few days. If Hell King can win the Four-Year-Old Horse King, then he will have a promising future and your value will double."
She smiled and said, "I'm looking forward to you becoming more famous. Then you will be my cash cow."
In fact, many companies have approached Ye's Horse Service Company to find Lin Jianquan to shoot commercials, but she does not plan to tap into Lin Jianquan's commercial potential for the time being.
He is only fifteen years old, and there is still a lot of time. He can first concentrate on improving himself and accumulating more reputation, and then go the commercial advertising route in two years.
Lin Jianquan nodded and said, "I understand. I will intensify the training recently."
Ye Tianhui smiled and said, "Black Rose will give birth in a few months. I hope she can give birth to a capable foal. Then I will buy two more. In this way, we will have more racehorses. I have also mentioned this to my grandson and asked him to look for a few youngsters. You can take them with you to train later."
In the beginning, there were only a few people in this company. We must grow slowly and make the team bigger and stronger so that we can have a solid foundation and deal with various risks.
Lin Jianquan: "Okay, I know. Uncle Sun has already mentioned it to me. He means to find two bugs first, one to follow me and one to follow Zongwan."
Ye Tianhui: "Well, you guys go ahead and get busy. I'm going to be out for a few days. I'll see you guys training when I come back."
Lin Jianquan listened and asked, "Are you going to play with Mr. Gu?"
Ye Tianhui sighed softly, "Yes, not only him, but also his family."
Lin Jianquan looked at Ye Tianhui, who looked a little worried.
He wondered, "This is a little unlike you. Would you worry about this family trivia?"
Ye Tianhui sighed even more, "There are always some troubles in life. No one can escape from it. Everyone grows up eating all kinds of grains!"
Lin Jianquan listened, and some warmth appeared in his dark eyes.
He smiled at Ye Tianhui and said, "Mr. Gu is a very good person. These are just small things. They are nothing to you."
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For this trip to the island, Gu Shizhang specially asked Gu Shili to arrange a yacht.
After packing up that day, Gu Shizhang came to pick up Ye Tianhui and went to the boat together.
After seeing the boat, Ye Tianhui wondered: "Why don't you use your previous one?"
That one is pretty good.
Gu Shizhang glanced at Ye Tianhui indifferently: "That is our own yacht, we don't want to give it to them, just get them one."
Ye Tianhui thought about it and felt that it made sense. His boat was luxurious and romantic. Why let so many people on it? Just enjoy it privately!
She smiled at him and praised him with satisfaction: "You are becoming more and more like me."
Gu Shizhang smiled: "I think so too."
After getting off the car, Gu Shizhang helped Ye Tianhui carry her luggage and took her on board. The bodyguards followed behind. They boarded the yacht in the crowd. Because the yacht had arranged its own security personnel, Ye Tianhui's bodyguards went back first.
On the boat, they did not see Gu Zhihan, but saw Gu Zhiming instead.
Since Ye Tianhui became famous in the last battle, Gu Zhiming admired Ye Tianhui so much that he almost wanted to kneel there. Now as a horse reviewer, his main job is to analyze Ye Tianhui's riding skills and analyze the difficulty of her skills.
His articles analyzing Ye Tianhui's riding skills can be collected and published in a book.
Now that he saw Ye Tianhui, he naturally ran over and was particularly attentive.
Gu Shizhang was not surprised by his nephew's attitude, so he said, "I'm going to the cockpit later. You can let Zhiming and Jiahui accompany you."
Gu Jiahui is Gu Zhihan's younger sister, only seventeen or eighteen years old, lively and cute, and Ye Tianhui likes her more.
Ye Tianhui: "Okay."
After entering the yacht cabin and sitting down, a waiter brought coffee and pastries. Although it seemed that it was a short journey, everything was arranged very carefully and properly.
Ye Tianhui drank coffee, but saw that besides Gu Zhiming, Gu Jiahui, and Gu Jiayue were around him, but Gu Zhihan was not seen.
Ye Tianhui was somewhat relieved and disappointed when
she didn't see Gu Zhihan. She didn't like Gu Zhihan and wanted to ruthlessly ravage his soul and see him being stupid but helpless.
Bullying others is also a great pleasure in life.
Unexpectedly, Gu Zhihan didn't come. Maybe he didn't dare to come?
Gu Jiayue was sitting diagonally opposite Ye Tianhui. She was obviously a little embarrassed when she saw Ye Tianhui. After all, they didn't have a good relationship before. If there was any dispute and competition between the real and fake daughters at that time, Gu Jiayue was obviously on Ye Wenyin's side.
Never thought that now Ye Wenyin has left the Ye family, changed her surname to Feng Wenyin, and disappeared from the top wealthy families in Hong Kong, but Ye Tianhui is actually dating her uncle. Now both families are happy to see this happen, and they will definitely get married in the future.
So Ye Tianhui became her aunt?
Her uncle is a dragon among men, but he was picked by Ye Tianhui.
Gu Jiayue was naturally unhappy when she saw this scene. She felt uncomfortable and felt that Ye Tianhui had taken advantage of her. But she could only hold back these thoughts and dared not say them.
She knew that her grandfather attached great importance to this marriage, and she also knew Ye Tianhui's reputation outside. She knew that she was famous and that many people had already regarded her as an idol. She was the goddess in the hearts of horse fans.
She didn't dare to offend Ye Tianhui.
So she had to keep her thoughts to herself.
Seeing this, others naturally didn't dare to say anything. Ye Tianhui's current status was very high, and everyone knew it.
Ye Tianhui drank coffee and chatted casually with a few nieces, talking about the scenery of the outlying islands, packing mountains and so on. So a few girls mentioned that although the weather was still cold, they still had to bring sunscreen and mosquito repellent. They said that the vegetation there was lush and there might be mosquitoes even in the cold weather.
Ye Tianhui was surprised to hear that there were still mosquitoes in such a cold weather. It was indeed a different climate. Seeing
Ye Tianhui's surprise, Gu Jiayue asked, "Didn't Miss Ye bring these?"
She called her Miss Ye, because now Ye Tianhui and Gu Shizhang were talking, and it was inappropriate to call her anything else, so she just called her Miss Ye.
Ye Tianhui: "I didn't bring it, I don't know."
Her luggage was packed by Arong, how could she know these things, she didn't worry about it at all.
Hearing this, Gu Jiayue smiled and said: "Ms. Ye has never traveled abroad, so she doesn't know the situation outside. It's understandable that the climate in the mainland and the outlying islands of Hong Kong are very different from those abroad, so Miss Ye naturally doesn't know." When
she said this, Gu Jiahui beside her glanced at her.
There was a hint of holding Ye Tianhui's handle in her words, as if Ye Tianhui was short-sighted.
But she was younger than Gu Jiayue, so she didn't say anything for a while.
Ye Tianhui raised her eyebrows slightly, with a faint expression, and didn't respond to this conversation.
Who knew that at this time, Gu Shizhang happened to come over.
He sat beside Ye Tianhui with a smile: "What are you talking about?"
Ye Tianhui looked at Gu Shizhang and asked directly: "Jiayue just said that there are mosquitoes there in the middle of winter?"
Gu Shizhang thought for a moment: "I seem to have seen them, but not many."
After all, it was cold.
Ye Tianhui: "What if there are mosquitoes? Wouldn't they bite people?"
Gu Shizhang was surprised and raised his eyebrows slightly, and then said: "It doesn't matter, I will ask the servants to prepare them, you don't have to worry about these."
Ye Tianhui: "Oh, that's fine."
Gu Shizhang laughed dumbly, raised his hand, and pinched her fingertips: "Why do you want to do these things? Can I let you be bitten by mosquitoes?"
These words were said warmly and indulgently, slowly and carefully, so for a moment, the sweet and sour taste of love overflowed.
All the nieces and nephews were stunned.
It was surprising that Gu Shizhang suddenly fell in love, and it was even more surprising that he was so gentle and considerate to his girlfriend. Now, what did they see? They
saw that Gu Shizhang was so tolerant and considerate to his girlfriend that he was lawless!
Gu Jiayue was even more stunned.
His uncle was like this to that woman, and he was giving her whatever she wanted.
Who knew that at this time, Ye Tianhui looked at Gu Jiayue: "Jiayue, I don't need to have been anywhere, nor do I need to know these things. Your uncle will take care of me and take good care of me."
As she said, she sipped her coffee slowly: "Of course, you won't understand if you don't have a boyfriend as excellent and considerate as your uncle."
Gu Jiayue: "..."
Her heart was simply chilled.
Just at this moment, Gu Shizhang said again: "I also brought you an astronomical telescope."
Ye Tianhui: "Astronomical telescope? Do you want to see my stars?"
Gu Shizhang smiled and said: "Yes, in fact your stars are very bright and can be seen with the naked eye, but it will be more beautiful if you look at them with an astronomical telescope."
Several nephews and nieces next to him were surprised. Gu Zhiming couldn't help asking: "What stars?"
Ye Tianhui smiled and said: "Your uncle bought it for me. The certificate for the planet named after me has been obtained. You can look it up in the planet catalog. One of the planets is called Ye Tianhui Star, so your uncle took the astronomical telescope and wanted to take me to see my stars."
Gu Zhiming exclaimed: "Ye Tianhui Star, so romantic..."
He couldn't help but look at his uncle again.
He always thought that his uncle didn't understand love, but who would have thought that he knew so much about love, and he really tried every way to please his girlfriend, even buying an asteroid in the sky!
Gu Jiahui next to him said: "The uncle also planted daffodils for the aunt, which is a rare and famous product, and he also drew pictures for the aunt!"
In short, this uncle revolves around the aunt.
The key is that this uncle is rich, considerate, gentle, and good-looking!
Gu Jiahui sighed: "I am so envious and jealous!"
How could this man be her uncle, otherwise she would also want a boyfriend like this!
Gu Jiayue on the side was speechless for a moment. She finally realized that her uncle just held Ye Tianhui in the palm of his hand and spoiled her to no end!
Gu Shizhang said: "In the evening, we can eat grilled seafood first, have a seafood party, and go to the terrace to watch the stars."
Ye Tianhui was naturally very satisfied. She simply took Gu Shizhang's arm and said to everyone with a smile: "Your uncle has arranged everything. Let's eat grilled seafood first, and then watch the stars. You are welcome to watch my stars together." Everyone
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I wish I could turn into a dog and kneel there to eat dog food.