After the dinner
Ji Miao and Gu Jueye walked out of the restaurant side by side, while Bai Qianmo stayed close to Gu Jueye.
"Miss Bai, Qingqing was quite offensive with her words today. Just consider her young and ignorant, and don't take it to heart."
Bai Qianmo snorted inwardly. How could Ji Miao, as a father, not know what Ji Qingqing was thinking at the dinner table today?
I'm afraid he was also trying to create an opportunity for his daughter to get close to Gu Jueye!
He hadn't expected his official girlfriend to suddenly appear, and coupled with Gu Jueye's cold attitude towards Ji Qingqing, he had to send Ji Qingqing away in time to save face.
To put it bluntly, he was more cunning than Ji Qingqing. He wanted to protect the reputation and face of the Ji family, but he also wanted his daughter to become a mistress and interfere in other people's relationships.
"Professor Ji, how old is Miss Ji this year?"
Ji Miao was taken aback by Bai Qianmo's question and looked at her with some confusion: "Qingqing just turned 21 this year. She has been spoiled by her mother since she was a child. She speaks and acts like a child."
When Ji Miao defended Ji Qingqing, Bai Qianmo pursed her lips and said with a half-smile, "I'm not 20 yet."
Ji Miao: "..."
In short, this completely shut down Jimu's explanation.
She's not even 20 years old yet, and she knows what she should and shouldn't do. Your daughter is 21 years old, doesn't she understand that interfering in other people's relationships is immoral?
Ji Miao immediately understood Bai Qianmo's sarcasm. His old face flushed red and then turned pale. He nodded repeatedly, but didn't know what to say.
Gu Jueye, standing to the side, smiled faintly and remained silent, letting Bai Qianmo say whatever she wanted. He wanted the little girl to vent her anger and also to let Lao Ji know that in his heart, no one could easily shake the little girl's position.
At this moment, Rong Yi slowly drove to a stop outside the restaurant.
Bai Qianmo naturally took Gu Jueye's hand: "Let's go, the car to pick you up is here."
"Why are your hands still so cold? I heard from Jiangnan that the old Chinese medicine doctor made you go there twice a week?"
"He just said that, and I didn't pay much attention to it."
"Be a good girl, and I'll go with you next time."
Bai Qianmo felt a warmth in her heart, and the slight anger she had felt vanished.
Ji Miao was shocked to hear Gu Jueye speak to Bai Qianmo in such a tender and affectionate manner.
Bai Qianmo is no ordinary woman; she can make a man fall head over heels in love with her.
"Professor Ji, we'll be leaving now." Gu Jueye helped Bai Qianmo tidy her long hair, and only then did he seem to remember the huge light bulb standing beside him.
"Oh... okay, be careful on the road." Ji Miao snapped out of his daze and waved to Gu Jueye.
After watching the two get into the car, Ji Miao let out a long sigh of relief.
He couldn't help but laugh.
The students behind him looked at him, puzzled: "Teacher, what are you laughing at?"
"I've brought this meal here on my own accord. Let's go, I've had a drink, you drive me home."
"Okay, I'll go get the car."
This way
After Bai Qianmo and Gu Jueye got into the car, Gu Jueye reached out and pulled the little girl into his arms, patting her head.
"Why did you suddenly come over here?"
"I missed you." Could it be that they're here to cause trouble?
She's not that bad, really!!
"By the way, what's the deal with that parchment scroll? Why does the pattern on it look so similar to the Space Administration's logo?"
Gu Jueye reached out and grasped Bai Qianmo's hand, rubbing her delicate and slender fingers: "A few days ago, an ancient tomb was unearthed in Pei County. This sheepskin scroll was found in that ancient tomb, along with a piece of black jade, shaped like a black leaf."
"Black leaves?"
Gu Jueye nodded, took out his phone, opened the photo Ji Miao had sent him, and handed it to Bai Qianmo.
Bai Qianmo looked at the phone screen. The black jade had undergone special treatment, revealing its full appearance. The entire jade was jet black and translucent, without a trace of impurity. Its shape resembled a camphor tree leaf, with the leaf stem clearly visible.
The shape of the leaf is nothing special, but black jade is relatively rare, and it is quite unusual that the carver used such a large piece of black jade to carve only one leaf.
Is there anything special about this piece of black jade?
Gu Jueye put away his phone: "The Qin family received a black leaf this year. At first, I thought it was left by Zhao Guofeng, but later I found that things were not so simple. Analyzing the molecular structure of the leaf, its entire structure is different from all plants on Earth. Moreover, according to photosynthesis, the main component of chloroplasts in plant cells is chlorophyll, and the main function of chlorophyll is to capture light, so most leaves are mainly green. However, after we decomposed the cells of this black leaf, we found that there was no chlorophyll in this leaf, which does not conform to the laws of nature."
"If this black leaf is not a product of Earth, is it an invasive species?"
Gu Jueye nodded: "That possibility cannot be ruled out. The most crucial thing right now is to be able to decipher the text on the parchment scroll."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go find Old Tang now."
Gu Jueye smiled and reached out to hook Bai Qianmo's nose.
"That's exactly what I was thinking too."
*
Tang Residence
Old Tang was engrossed in his workshop, fiddling with a newly acquired jade piece, when his son, Tang De, knocked on the door.
"Dad, someone is looking for you."
Old Tang held a magnifying glass in his hand, carefully examining the jade artifact.
"It's so late and you still won't let me have some peace and quiet. I'm not seeing you."
Tang De walked up to the old man and said, "It's Lord Jue who's here, and he's brought a young lady surnamed Bai with him. He says you know her."
Old Tang paused, then his dim old eyes suddenly lit up: "That kid from the Gu family?"
"Yes."
"What does the girl accompanying him look like? How old is she?"
"That girl is very pretty, and she looks to be only in her early twenties."
"Hey, what brings these two people here today?"
Tang De noticed that the old man had perked up and asked with a smile, "So, are you going to see him or not?"
Old Tang put down his magnifying glass and waved his hand: "Please invite them in."
"Alright, I'll go and fetch someone right away."
In a short while
Bai Qianmo and Gu Jueye followed Tang De to Tang Lao's workshop.
Bai Qianmo quickly glanced around. The huge workshop was filled with all kinds of antiques and calligraphy. In the center was a row of large display cases, and the items on them looked to be the latest objects, probably handicrafts carved by the old man himself.
Mr. Tang is a highly respected figure in the antique world. Any one of his works can easily fetch a starting price of 500,000 yuan. Last year, a pair of glass cups that he spent three months making were auctioned off for a high price of 7 million yuan.
A shelf was filled with them. Bai Qianmo did a rough calculation and realized that if they were all sold, it would be an astronomical figure.
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