Chapter 579 I am the Painter
Zhao Si really couldn't understand why Mu Qing could still flatter his own wife even when he was about to die.
But Mu Qing understood that his wife brought the person to the study because she was worried that Shen Yunzhou would be unwilling to believe it after revealing the painter's identity.
Sure enough, there was no one in the study.
"Where is the painter?" the servant asked when he saw that there was no one inside.
At this time, Shen Yunzhou said: "Shut up, don't be so rude."
He looked around and found that there were many new drawings here. Although they were not organized into a book and were just scattered works, they proved that the painter must have stayed here.
Therefore, he prepared to act like a humble gentleman to win people's hearts.
There was a piece of drawing paper on the desk, with the character's face outlined with just a few strokes. It looked like the brushwork of the artist from Mu Xin Comics Shop. Shen Yunzhou thought to himself that the ink on it was all new, so the artist must have started painting here not long ago and should be living in the mansion.
His servant was not stupid either. After meeting his master's eyes, he fell silent.
Hu Xiner walked directly to the desk, took out the green bamboo brush from her sleeve and started painting.
It was quite inconvenient for her to paint with a big belly, so her painting posture was different from that of ordinary people and was particularly clumsy.
The servant frowned as soon as he saw it. He knew that his master loved these paintings very much, but how could Hu Xin'er, a merchant girl, dare to pick up a pen and scribble on the drawing paper?
"Mrs. Lu, this is not an appropriate action. The moment you pick up the brush, the whole painting is ruined!" Seeing that his son also frowned, he stepped forward to stop him and sneered.
But Shen Yunzhou rarely lost his composure. He pushed him away and hurriedly went to the desk, becoming more and more shocked the more he looked.
Because the strokes for the eyebrows and eyes that Hu Xin'er drew on the paper were exactly the same as those of the cartoonist!
Could it be...
Hu Xin'er stopped writing silently: "I believe Mr. Shen has already seen that I am the painter."
Shen Yunzhou couldn't believe it: "You...you..."
"If you don't believe me, I can draw a few more until you believe I'm the artist." Hu Xin'er sighed. "Why did you have to end up like this when you were just doing business properly?"
She picked up her brush and prepared to paint again, but before she had made a few strokes, she heard Shen Yunzhou say, "No need!"
He looked at Hu Xiner deeply, his eyes extremely complicated.
This business woman whom he has always looked down upon is actually the mysterious painter he has been praising so much these days?
He couldn't believe this fact, but he had to believe it!
But if Hu Xin'er was the artist, how could he recruit such a pregnant woman to work for him? And how could he make Hu Xin'er give up her comic book business?
All the wishful thinking fell through when Hu Xiner revealed her identity.
At this moment, Shen Yunzhou felt a little regretful. He had obviously already learned about what had happened in the Lu family in recent days through inquiries from various sources.
If his tone had been softer, if his attitude had not been so condescending, if he had not cooperated with Hu Xiner with such calculation and contempt from the very beginning.
Then now, he would not be in such an embarrassing situation.
Hu Xin'er put down her pen and did not mock Mr. Shen again.
After all, there is no objective benefit in doing so other than letting yourself vent your anger.
"Thank you, Master Shen, for your affirmation of my painting skills. I will work harder in the future to create better works." She said indifferently, "Excuse me, is there anything else I can do for you? I'm feeling a little unwell. If you're fine, I'll go back first."
The Lu family's door closed heavily behind him, and Shen Yunzhou's forced calmness finally collapsed. He walked forward in a daze, but he didn't notice that there was a step under his feet. He stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
"Sir, they've really gone too far." The servant supported him and said cautiously, "How could they not tell us about such a big thing earlier? We were originally planning to recruit painters to please the master, but now all our plans have been wasted!"
He suddenly came to his senses and said angrily, "I understand now. When they came to sign the contract, they deliberately deceived us! They were clearly the ones who committed the fraud first, and now they act like they've been wronged. They are truly unscrupulous merchants."
"Yeah..." Shen Yunzhou also reacted and couldn't help but laugh bitterly, "I guess when I was scheming against them, they were also scheming against me. Father is right, these merchants are really cunning and scheming."
He always prided himself on being smart, but he never imagined that even an ordinary woman and a small businessman who was as insignificant as a rat crossing the street could fool him.
"Hmph, they're not scheming at all, they're just treacherous, cunning, sinister and vicious!" The servant was indignant. It was always their young master who bullied others... No, their young master was so wise and powerful, how could that be called bullying? It should be called playing with him like a toy.
The Shen family's carriage was parked outside the Lu family's door. The Lu family's house was very old, and although it was taken care of all the time, it still looked a bit old.
In contrast, although the Shen family's carriage was not magnificent, the curtains were of great value and exuded a low-key and luxurious scholarly atmosphere.
The driver saw his young master stopped beside the carriage and didn't move. He couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Young master, what happened?"
He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, is there anyone in Qingzhou City who dares to make his young master angry?
Shen Yunzhou shook his head and let out a long sigh. As he sighed, all the strength in his body seemed to loosen, and he climbed onto the carriage in a rather dejected manner.
Master Shen was driven away, but in the study of the Lu Mansion, Zhao Si was worried.
He was stunned for a while before realizing that his adopted sister was the painter behind the scenes.
"I was wondering how you could carry the original comics with you and know how to make a hand-crank printing press. It turns out that he drew them himself..." There was a gleam of money in Zhao Si's eyes, but he soon calmed down.
He turned around anxiously in the spot, grabbed his hair and asked, "Sister Caishen, what should we do now? After offending Master Shen, will our shop be troubled by the government?"
"We are walking upright and sitting upright, why should they make things difficult for us?" Hu Xiner was a little tired and pounded her waist while sitting on the chair.
Zhao Si said anxiously, "My dear sister, I think you had the support of the eldest princess when you were in the capital, so you don't know the dangers of the world!"
In Zhao Si's opinion, no matter how powerful Hu Xin'er's background is in the capital, she cannot suppress the Shen family here!
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