Lu Anning smiled politely: "No."
Ji Yan was stunned, unwilling to give in and emphasized again: "I'm just curious about its style. I borrowed it to take a look and will return it to you soon."
"No."
Lu An Ning rejected Ji Yan without hesitation. A hint of anger appeared on her dignified face. It took her a while to calm down.
"Miss Lu, may I know the reason?"
Lu Anning looked at her calmly: "These things are my personal belongings. I don't like to lend them to others. It's that simple."
Ji Yan was speechless for a moment. He sighed and asked again, "If you don't want to lend them, I can buy them, right? You name a price and I'll buy them."
Lu Anning laughed out loud: "Did I say I wanted to sell it? Madam Gu, no matter how rich the Gu family is, they can't force you to buy or sell! Sorry, we don't do business."
Without giving Ji Yan a chance to speak again, Lu An Ning walked around her and caught up with Tang Jingyuan who was not far away, without even giving her a glance.
Ji Yan stared at Lu An Ning's back and frowned. Didn't she take it out on purpose for her to see during the competition just now?
She took the initiative to approach, but Lu An Ning rejected her again. What on earth does this woman want to do?
Ji Yan stood there in a daze, not even noticing Lu Yunxi coming over.
After being patted twice, Ji Yan came back to his senses: "What's wrong?"
Lu Yunxi looked at Ji Yan suspiciously: "Mom, what happened to you just now? You looked absent-minded and your face didn't look good. Are you feeling unwell?"
Ji Yan waved her hand: "I'm fine."
She thought of something and took Lu Yunxi to the backstage to find the staff. Without saying a word, she wanted to buy the painting of winter plum blossoms that Lu An Ning had just painted. Coincidentally, there were a few people who liked Yang Lao's poem and wanted to buy the painting too, so a fight started among them.
Ji Yan only stared at the final seal with a determined look in his eyes. He ignored Lu Yunxi's dissuasion and bought the painting at a high price of 500,000 yuan.
Lu Yunxi's face was gloomy. She stared at the painting for a long time before she looked away.
"Mom, why did you spend so much money on such a painting?"
Ji Yan didn't say much in front of her daughter. She needed to take the painting back and confirm something with her husband.
"Yaoyao, you're sure you don't have anything else on you except that agarwood token, right?"
Lu Yunxi's whole body froze, and even her smile became unnatural.
"Mom, why are you asking this all of a sudden? You know, I can't remember anything about the past. When I woke up, all I had was that agarwood plaque hanging around my neck. If I hadn't met my eldest brother, I'm afraid I would have died."
Lu Yunxi seemed to recall some unpleasant past, and her expression darkened.
Ji Yan couldn't bear to see her daughter like this, so she stopped asking.
Lu Yunxi followed Ji Yan and left the exhibition early. Seeing Ji Yan holding the painting and refusing to let go, she realized that something must be wrong.
Is there something wrong with this painting?
She carefully recalled the entire process of Lu Anning's painting, and there seemed to be nothing special about it.
until……
Lu Yunxi thought of something and her eyes fell on the painting in Ji Yan's arms.
Could it be that there is something wrong with the seal on the painting?
She had never seen Lu Anning use this thing before. Could it be that there were secrets about Lu Anning's life that she didn't know?
Blame her. She should have been more ruthless at that time.
Lu Anning was still surprised when she received the money. Ji Yan's reaction was greater than she expected. She deliberately didn't show Ji Yan the real thing. She actually spent 500,000 yuan to buy her own painting just to study the seal pattern.
Perhaps, it won’t be long before Ji Yan will come to me on his own initiative.
After the exhibition, Tang Jingyuan hosted a dinner with several masters of Chinese studies and booked a table. Lu Anning also became familiar with the masters. How to please the elders has always been her forte. After the meal, Lu Anning easily made the masters smile and they all vied to recognize Lu Anning as their goddaughter.
After the exhibition, Lu Anning gained a lot.
Just when Lu An Ning and Tang Jingyuan were betting that Ji Yan could wait a few days before coming to see her, on the third day, Ji Yan contacted Lu An Ning using her private number and asked her to meet alone in a teahouse.
In front of the makeup mirror, Lu Anning looked at her makeup, lightly drawing her eyebrows, and boasted to Tang Jingyuan: "You lose! Buy me spicy crab tonight."
Tang Jingyuan's eyes were full of doting: "Would you like another serving of snail noodles?"
Although Lu Anning had been raised in the Lu family since childhood, he loved these snacks. However, after arriving in Kyoto, the old house was far away from the downtown area, so he could no longer eat them whenever he wanted.
Lu An Ning chuckled: "Grandpa won't say anything about us, right?"
Tang Jingyuan seemed to be thinking: "I'll buy an extra portion for him as a midnight snack."
The laughter of two people playing could be heard in the room, and it lasted for a long time.
In the quiet teahouse box, Lu An Ning sat across from Ji Yan, his manners elegant and proper, impeccable. Ji Yan carefully examined the person in front of her, and for a moment, she felt that just by looking at him, Lu An Ning was even more well-behaved than her own daughter, and it was comforting to look at him.
Realizing what she was thinking, she immediately came to her senses, a stern look on her face, dissatisfied with Lu An Ning for letting her have such thoughts so easily.
"There's no outsider here, so I won't beat around the bush. Tell me! How much? I'll buy the sachet and the seal." Ji Yan said, taking out a blank check without hesitation, waiting for Lu An Ning to name the price.
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