"I know you can do it on your own." Ao Li said as he pushed her across the courtyard and towards the main entrance to the first floor hall, "But I'm worried."
"...It's really just a minor injury."
Seeing that Ao Li didn't say anything, Shui Yiyao thought for a moment and added, "I remember one time when I was a kid, my grandfather accidentally broke his leg. For two months, he used a wheelchair to go to jade farmers to collect jade. He was very skilled."
No delay at all.
Ao Li listened and nodded: "So he cultivated you. So outstanding."
Shui Yiyao laughed.
"Your taste is also excellent."
Before she even entered the house, she spotted a rockery in the ground-floor courtyard, its base carved from white jade and marble. The staircase before her was also quite elaborate, three levels and nine feet high.
As soon as you enter the door, you will see the hip roof, which is the highest level of regulation in Chinese architecture.
After passing a small flower corridor is the second entrance.
The door is made of rosewood, the door handle is enamel with dark gold, and the lintel has the Confucian Nine Virtues seal, which looks very heavy.
After entering the second door and walking through the corridor, there is also a small courtyard behind.
There are mountains, water and a small pavilion.
The house is designed in Chinese style.
I have to say that Ao Li's house is really big. He walked through the gate for ten minutes but still hasn't entered the house.
After walking for a while, I entered a door and finally entered the house.
Near the door, the aunt walked to the front and pushed open the double doors.
The main living room is right in front of you, and you can also see the cloakroom next to it.
Ao Li didn't stop and pushed straight inside.
Auntie closed the door behind her.
Shui Yiyao looked up and said, "Your house is quite big."
Before entering the house, I passed the three-story vestibule. The reception room is estimated to be over a hundred square meters. Judging from the appearance, the house is probably at least a thousand square meters. It is like shopping in a shopping mall.
Although Shui Yiyao's previous home was also quite large, at 400 square meters, it was not as big as this one. She also rarely lived at home, but in her studio.
Ao Li: "Yeah."
He hadn't walked for a long time, and only then did he realize that it was quite big.
Ao Li soon pushed the wheelchair past the living room and headed for the stairs: "Let's go upstairs. The bedroom is on the second floor."
He pushed people across the reception room.
Shui Yiyao looked around and saw a group of pictures hanging in the center of a background wall.
The absolute center position.
Looks very familiar.
There are about ten pictures, all of her works.
From the Zhong Kui ghost-catching sculpture she won the Craftsman Award for, to the sugar jade tiger and rabbit plaques sold in her shop, to the later White Tara sculptures that won the Qinghuo Award. There are also many high-definition images of the gold pearl she carved, the one she gave to Ao Li.
She has public information on jade carvings, and almost all of them are here.
Shui Yiyao: “…”
She looked up at Ao Li and smiled: "Do you like me so much?"
Ao Li also looked at the background wall, lowered his eyes, and his pupils moved slightly: "I think it's very beautiful."
"I like it very much."
Shui Yiyao was stunned for a moment when she heard this, pursed her lips, and her face suddenly turned red.
Ao Li pushed the wheelchair and stopped at the stairs leading to the second floor. Shui Yiyao took down the crutches hanging on the side of the wheelchair. The wheelchair could not go up the stairs, so she had to use the crutches to support herself.
Just as she reached out to touch the cane, Ao Li grasped her hand. Then, effortlessly lifting her sideways, he held her in his arms.
Shui Yiyao stopped unexpectedly and saw Ao Li's face suddenly approaching.
Ao Li: "I'll carry you up."
After he finished speaking, he walked up the stairs. Shui Yiyao looked at his chin. Under the light, his jawline was very clear and distinct.
"……Thanks."
She suddenly seemed to remember something and asked curiously, "You're a dragon, can't you fly? Teleport or something?"
Ao Li's footsteps shifted slightly, his expression becoming slightly unnatural, but he quickly concealed it and continued walking forward: "No."
Of course he could, but he didn't want to.
He just wanted to hold her.
The aunt behind pushed the wheelchair in another direction. Shui Yiyao looked back and was about to say that she could just bring up her crutches and there was no need to move the wheelchair, which would be tiring.
Then she watched as her aunt opened the elevator next to her and pushed the wheelchair in.
She looked up at Ao Li: "Is there an elevator?"
Ao Li: "...I forgot."
"Oh. I forgot." Shui Yiyao nodded and looked towards her aunt. There were two elevators. "Two."
Ao Li held her in his arms, not saying a word. He finally reached the second floor, where the elevator door opened and Auntie pushed her wheelchair out.
Auntie pushed open the double doors of the bedroom and turned around to ask, "Teacher Shui, can I leave the wheelchair in the living room of the female master bedroom?"
Mr. Ao had previously asked her to clean the female master bedroom, but it had been empty since she came to work.
This is a dual master bedroom suite design.
Ao Li carried Shui Yiyao into the room and walked towards the female master bedroom on the right: "Put it in the living room."
"OK."
The living room would indeed be more convenient.
Ao Li: "I'll buy a jade carving machine tomorrow. Take a look and see where you want to put it. Once you've decided, tell me."
Auntie pushed the wheelchair into the living room.
Shui Yiyao was still held by Ao Li.
She looked at the wheelchair, then at Ao Li who was still holding her, and smiled: "You don't mind it being too heavy."
She can now use a wheelchair.
Ao Li looked at her: "You are not heavy."
Ao Li carried her around the female master bedroom and finally put her on the bed in the living room.
"There's a call bell at the bedside. I can hear you if you ring it."
At Ao Li's signal, Shui Yiyao saw the call bell button on the bedside.
She nodded: "I understand."
Ao Li left only after explaining the basic living utensils and things that need attention.
He lives in the master bedroom opposite.
I sent a message to the elder to arrange the meeting method, time and meeting place for tomorrow.
She created a small group with Mr. Yuan, Lu Jiayu, Zhao Mingjue and others.
After speaking in the group, the elder also sent a message immediately.
-Old Master: Okay, see you then.
-Old Master: I hope your trip to Nanyang goes smoothly tomorrow.
-Old man: If we can get the technology to make iron jade, it will be a big plus for our performance in the leagues of the two countries.
Indeed, this is almost a major innovation in the jade carving industry, which has greatly enriched the expression forms of jade carving.
It is something absolutely new, unprecedented and one-of-a-kind.
Just as I was about to turn off my phone, I saw several more messages.
Sister Yu: Yaoyao! Are you okay? I saw the news today that you were admitted to the hospital!
-Yu Jie: Is this true? I saw the picture, is it photoshopped?
-Sister Yu: [Picture]
-Sister Yu: It feels like the real thing.
Shui Yiyao knew it was real as soon as she saw the picture.
That was the picture of Ao Li carrying her down from the ambulance. Judging from the angle, it should have been taken by the onlookers at the hospital entrance.
She was taken to the hospital by ambulance. The bleeding on her foot was simply stopped. Ao Li was afraid she might get hurt, so he held her. There were quite a few people outside the hospital at that time, so it was likely that many people saw it.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: I got injured accidentally, it’s a minor injury, it’s okay.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: Thank you Sister Yu for your concern.
After a while, I received a message from Bai Gege.
There is nothing else.
It's quite late now, it's twelve o'clock, and other than the news in the entertainment industry, other news is not so sharp.
So when Jiu Zhangji came to her and asked about the situation, she was quite surprised.
Jiu Zhangji got her WeChat account from somewhere, and he filled in the verification information and added her as a friend.
[Verification message: Are you okay? I heard you were injured?]
His profile picture and nickname are the logo of Jiu Zhangji store, which is very obvious.
Shui Yiyao rejected the friend request.
People in the entertainment industry are sensitive and have the conditions. They paid attention to her as soon as the incident broke out. It's not surprising at all. How did Zhang Ji spread the news so quickly? The elder also cares about her and has personal connections with the entertainment media, but he didn't know about her situation.
Jiu Zhangji’s speed is somewhat surprising.
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The news from the police came quickly.
Officer Chen, who was in charge of the case, called Shui Yiyao early in the morning and told her about the follow-up of the incident.
Last night in the middle of the night, the criminal suspect who was under surveillance in a special ward woke up.
Shui Yiyao strangled him unconscious and hit him too hard, so he didn't wake up until midnight.
When he woke up and saw the police, he confessed everything honestly.
He was hired by someone and just wanted to scare Shui Yiyao. He used the knife to scare her, but he didn't intend to really do anything.
"If I had known this job was so difficult, I wouldn't have taken it! My employer even made me learn a small mountain accent! What a loss!"
"I'm just a debt collector. We do this in a civilized manner and won't hurt anyone!"
"I also brought my employee's sister along because she doesn't want to see blood, so she can take care of the child."
"I'm just trying to scare people! Kids are the best place to scare people."
"I did hurt that girl, but I was acting in self-defense! She choked me and I almost died!"
Shui Yiyao heard the criminal's exact words from Officer Chen.
Officer Chen later tracked down the criminals' employer based on clues provided by the gangsters. Because the case wasn't technically difficult, the case was solved very quickly.
Employer, Zhang Huanwen.
He runs a jade carving shop called Jiu Zhang Ji.
After hearing this, Shui Yiyao basically understood what was going on.
She reported Jiu Zhangji, and out of resentment, Jiu Zhangji hired people to threaten her and retaliate against her.
No wonder he came to me so quickly yesterday, it turns out he had been paying attention to it for a long time.
In order to escape suspicion, he even had someone learn the accent of Xiaoshan Country. He was having a lot of fun framing people up.
I guess he didn't really want to chop off her hand, he just wanted to threaten and intimidate her.
Unfortunately, she wasn't the type to be threatened, so she made a big deal out of it that night.
There was no room for Jiu Zhangji to turn around.
Ao Li also knew about it. After hearing what Officer Chen said, he said he was aware of it.
"We will sue and pursue the matter to the end."
Ao Li hung up the phone and looked at Shui Yiyao.
The two of them sat in the living room of the bedroom.
After Ao Li instructed his men to place the new jade carving machine in the small side hall of the female master bedroom, he returned to the reception room and looked at Shui Yiyao: "You can go and get ready. We'll leave this afternoon. I can handle this matter."
"You're injured now. He's suspected of hiring someone to injure you, which is a crime of intentional injury. The most severe consequence is a three-year prison sentence."
She was confident in Ao Li's work.
She does have more important things to do right now and can't take care of it for the time being.
Ao Li: "Get ready, I'll take you away later."
Shui Yiyao sat on the small sofa, watching the jade carving machine being carried into the side hall. It seemed as if she was going to live here permanently, as she had even purchased the jade carving machine.
After hearing what Ao Li said, she turned around and looked at Ao Li: "Shall we set off directly later?"
"right."
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Ao Li's direct departure was by private plane.
Private planes also need to apply for routes before they can take off, but Nanyang is a city that Ao Li often visits for business, and he had already applied for it in advance before the New Year.
We originally expected the journey to take at least three hours, but we arrived in Nanyang in less than two hours.
After arriving in Nanyang, Shui Yiyao called the elder.
She had already agreed on the meeting time and place with the elder the day before, and now she arrived early.
It was near Mr. Sun Jiyun's home. Zhao Mingjue had already made an appointment, so they would go directly to visit him when the time came.
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