Chapter 494 Restoration of Ancient Paintings
Sang Ruo's voice sounded somewhat angry: "She said I treat Linlin better than Xiao Kang, and that I'm biased towards someone who isn't my biological child."
Linlin had suffered enough since childhood, and she had always treated Linlin as her own daughter.
Although Bo Yukang did hurt her in the past, she is now trying to let go and treat everyone equally, without any distinction of superiority or inferiority...
“That’s because she can’t stand seeing you being so nice to Linlin.” Bo Jinyan sat beside her, constantly comforting her: “After all, Bo Yukang is her own grandson, and family members will always protect each other.”
Sang Ruo raised her eyes, her gaze almost fixed on him: "Then you also have the surname Bo, and Chen Fangyue is your second sister-in-law. Strictly speaking, you're family too!"
After all, they are all members of the Bo family.
Moreover, they have always treated Bo Jinyan with great courtesy, which is related to his extremely high prestige.
But we'll always be one family.
By saying this now, isn't Bo Jinyan essentially distancing himself from the Bo family?
"In my mind, besides my parents, the only real family members I'm close to are you and Linlin." Bo Jinyan has never had much contact with Bo Jinzhou's family.
Since getting together with Sang Ruo, he has rarely even seen that family: "As for the others, they are all outsiders."
This includes his grand-nephew, Bo Yukang.
Although his words sounded cold, Sang Ruo could sense his concern for her: "Forget it, we're already divorced, there's no need to dwell on it anymore."
She was actually upset because of what Chen Fangyue said.
They really asked for trouble.
"Alright, it's so late, go to sleep." Bo Jinyan kept urging, "Don't associate with their family anymore."
"But you know, I am Xiaokang's mother after all. Although Bo Jinzhou and I are indeed divorced, the responsibility is still there. How can I completely ignore it?"
Sang Ruo said as she went upstairs.
Bo Jinyan wasn't in a hurry: "Anyway, don't worry about Xiaokang's affairs so much in the future. There are so many people in the Bo family, plenty of people will take care of things for you, understand?"
Sang Ruo glanced back at him and nodded gently: "Okay."
With the man's comforting words, Sang Ruo took a shower and fell into a deep sleep.
...
The next day.
Sang Ruo went to work at the Chinese Studies Studio, while Song Sui, having finished her vacation, arrived at the studio early.
She first designed a new batch of sculptures to fill the numerous empty display cases in her studio, and was busy until the afternoon when a new order came in.
It's an ancient painting that needs some restoration.
"Miss Sang, I heard that you have won major awards in the field of sculpture design. I have an ancient painting here that needs to be restored. Do you think you could help me with the restoration?"
The person who came was a girl wearing a light blue dress, and the girl looked to be about the same age as her.
With bright eyes and a smiling face, she looks very approachable.
She's like the girl next door.
Sang Ruo was also meeting her for the first time: "Of course, but my repairs will take some time. Miss, how should I address you?"
"My surname is Shen, and my name is Shen Xinyan." Shen Xinyan introduced herself proactively: "You can call me Miss Shen, or you can call me Xinyan, whatever makes you comfortable."
She paused, then said, "I've long admired Miss Sang's reputation. May I ask how long it takes you to restore this ancient painting?"
"Under normal circumstances, it takes three to five days for some and about half a month for others."
Sang Ruo smiled slightly: "In addition, I need to charge a certain deposit for the restoration of ancient paintings."
Shen Xinyan's lips curled into a half-smile as she took a check from her bag and handed it to her: "This is a deposit of two hundred thousand. I don't know if it's enough."
"Two hundred thousand is enough."
"But with such a high deposit, we need to sign a contract."
Shen Xinyan reached out to her assistant behind her, who handed her the contract. She then gave the contract to Sang Ruo: "This is the ancient painting restoration contract I prepared. Take a look. After you sign the contract, this check for 200,000 yuan will be yours."
"What if I don't sign a contract?" Sang Ruo asked calmly. "Miss Chen, I only accept orders from regular customers for the restoration of cultural relics. I never accept orders from strangers."
Upon hearing this, Shen Xinyan's face suddenly darkened: "What do you mean? You don't believe me, do you?"
"It's not that I don't trust you, but you suddenly came to me asking me to do cultural relic restoration without even asking if I had time. You gave me a deposit and a contract. Isn't that a bit disrespectful to me as a restorer?"
What she's doing is no different from forcing someone to buy or sell something.
They didn't even bother to ask if she was available.
Does this look like a guest who is sincerely dedicated to the restoration of cultural relics?
Shen Xinyan felt that she was just making excuses for herself to avoid taking the job.
“Miss Sang, I came here sincerely to have my ancient painting restored, but you not only turned me away, but also said that you don’t take orders from strangers. Is this the kind of thing a businessman should say?”
Which businessperson would turn away business that comes knocking on their door?
Sang Ruo gently tugged at the corners of her lips, revealing a sarcastic smile: "I'm just telling the truth. If you insist that I take the order, that's fine, but you can't force me to sign a contract without raising the price."
"If there's no contract and no clearly stated price, who will protect my rights?" Shen Xinyan coldly retorted, "If you have any objections to the contract, you can raise them. Everything is negotiable."
Sang Ruo remained silent for a moment before extending her hand to her: "Give me the contract, I need to look at the terms first."
If she doesn't read the terms and conditions, and Shen Xinyan tries to tamper with things, she'll be the one who suffers.
After reviewing the contract, which appeared to be without any issues, Sang Ruo signed her name in the lower right corner.
After both parties signed the contract, Shen Xinyan gave her the check for 200,000 yuan.
After Sang Ruo accepted the check, Shen Xinyan had the ancient painting moved from the car to her.
She added, "This is the ancient painting I'm going to restore. I'll give you a week. I'll come and inspect it in person after a week."
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned and left.
Song Sui witnessed the entire transaction between the two of them.
Only after watching Shen Xinyan leave did he walk up to Sang Ruo and ask, "Sister Ruo, most of the orders our studio takes are from organizations, and the occasional individual is usually someone with a name. Where did this person surnamed Shen come from?"
Moreover, he spoke in a condescending and arrogant tone.
Who do you think you are?
Upon hearing this, Sang Ruo shook her head: "I'm also wondering, how did she know I could repair ancient paintings?"
"I guess he heard it from someone in the industry," Song Sui guessed.
"Never mind that, let's see how to restore this ancient painting first."
Sang Ruo first moved the ancient painting to her studio and studied it carefully before she began to restore it.
However, when Sang Ruo was repairing it, she discovered that the mounting of the ancient painting, which should have been fixed, was actually somewhat loose.
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