"What is this?" Bai Nuo's entire family was stunned by the sketchbook in Hu Mingmei's hand. Everyone was very curious about what treasure this sketchbook contained that made it so tattered to be given as a gift.
Bai Nuo originally wanted to refuse Hu Mingmei, but Hu Mingmei's words were quite skillful. He said, "You might need it!"
This shows that Bai Nuo can't even be polite to Hu Mingmei anymore—the other person said you might need it, and you said you didn't need it without even looking at it, which is a bit unreasonable.
So Bai Nuo had no choice but to take the picture book. It was an old picture book, and it felt very light when she held it in her hands. The pages were yellowed and a corner was missing. Bai Nuo was even more afraid to use force, fearing that she would crush the book in one go.
"What is this?" Bai Nuo was stunned when she opened it. The cover of the picture book was blank, there was nothing there, but as soon as she opened it, Bai Nuo was immediately terrified by the second page!
—A Modern Jewelry Guide!
A Modern Jewelry Guide!
modern!!!
These are such sensitive words! How could modern things appear here? Are there still modern people here?
Bai Nuo could no longer control her emotions. She was clutching the modern jewelry catalog tightly, her lips trembling involuntarily. She looked at Hu Mingmei and asked in a hoarse voice, "Where did you get this? Where did you take it?"
Everyone was taken aback by Bai Nuo's performance!
"Nono! What's wrong?"
"sister!"
The repeated calls brought Bai Nuo back to her senses. After calming herself down, Bai Nuo realized that Hu Mingmei was also looking at her suspiciously.
"Oh, it's nothing. I was just surprised by Young Master Hu's gift. What do these words mean? Is it a jewelry catalog? What dynasty is it in?" Bai Nuo tried to explain. Although she appeared calm on the surface, she was still very shocked inside. Questions kept coming. A modern jewelry catalog! Even though she hadn't opened the catalog yet, she could tell what was inside just from these words.
She had many questions she wanted to ask Hu Mingmei, but she couldn't ask them!
She's already been foolish once. If she says something that the old lady and the others can't understand, they might think she's gone mad again. How could they bear that?
"That's right!" The old lady didn't have much of a problem with Hu Mingmei giving her granddaughter gifts, because Hu Mingmei was giving them openly and honestly, without being secretive. They could simply return the favor with a gift later.
But what puzzled her was what this gift was.
"What is this 'Modern Jewelry Catalog'?" the old woman asked Hu Mingmei with a puzzled look. "Which dynasty is 'modern'? I've never even heard of it before!"
“That’s right!” Bai Nuo looked intently at Hu Mingmei. “Where did you get this jewelry catalog?” As Bai Nuo spoke, she flipped through the catalog in her hand. Although the paper was yellowed and the handwriting was blurred, she could still clearly see everything drawn on it—the jewelry prototypes and illustrations.
It seems the owner of this catalog is either a jewelry seller or a jewelry designer.
Where did she go?
Is he still alive?
Bai Nuo really wanted to find this master and ask her how she got here and if there was any way to go back.
She missed her parents terribly and desperately wanted to know: now that her soul was here, what had become of her physical body? Was she in a vegetative state, or was she already dead? Either way, it would be a huge blow to her parents. They only had her as their child; how could they possibly accept that she had suddenly become like this?
Hu Mingmei turned her gaze away from Bai Nuo's face, shook her head with a smile, and said, "I don't know which dynasty this modern era is. This album originally belonged to the former empress of my dynasty, and I only obtained it by chance."
"Is the Empress still alive?" Bai Nuo asked nervously, as she was very concerned about this question.
Hu Mingmei shook his head. "The Empress was in very poor health and has been gone for many years. Otherwise, her album would not have ended up in my hands. Every annotation and every portrait in this album was drawn by the former Empress herself."
"Then!" Bai Nuo was very disappointed. She had a clue, but suddenly it was gone. "Can I have this picture book? Or can I borrow it to copy some pictures for a few days?"
Hu Mingmei smiled and said, "Why should I lend it? I originally wanted to give you this album as a gift to thank everyone for taking care of me these past few days. Apart from being an authentic work by the former empress, this album doesn't really have much value. I hope you won't find it offensive!"
Bai Nuo shook her head, her eyes glued to the picture book, never looking away. "How could that be? This picture book is very precious!"
She must carefully study every jewelry design depicted and every word written in this book; perhaps she can find some clues.
Even if she can't find any clues, she is determined to make this picture book a success!
"I'm glad you don't mind!" Hu Mingmei turned her head to look at Bai Nuo, who was still looking down at the picture book in her hand. Hu Mingmei could only see her profile and long eyelashes.
This picture book seems to be very important to her. What kind of person is she? It seems that she has a big secret. She can make things that others don't know or have never seen before, and she does it with great ease, as if she has been doing it for a long time.
Who exactly is she?
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