Chapter 414 Expressing Sincerity
When Nie Yao heard Ji Minghuan's words, she couldn't help but look at him in surprise.
They had nothing to do with each other, so how could he have the audacity to pretend that they were close friends, and even shamelessly asked her to come and experience such an occasion?
Seeing that Nie Yao finally looked at him with surprise in her eyes, Ji Minghuan thought she was moved by his attitude and a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Nie Yao, no matter what misunderstandings we had before, the engagement went awry, I was severely criticized by many netizens online, and the engagement between our two families was cancelled, I hope we can start to get to know each other again and get along as friends..."
Ji Minghuan's tone was quite sincere, and he thought Nie Yao would nod in agreement. However, Nie Yao just smiled and shook her head, saying, "We have never been on the same path, so how can we be friends? Besides, a guild master like you wouldn't need a friend from me, right?"
The smile on Ji Minghuan's face was a little hard to maintain. He had finally calmed down his anger about the broken engagement and lowered his posture to make peace with Nie Yao. Unexpectedly, Nie Yao was so stubborn!
But he just took a deep breath and didn't get angry. He pretended to smile magnanimously and said, "I told you, we have deep misunderstandings about each other. If we don't get to know each other better, how can you be sure that we can't be friends?"
Without waiting for Nie Yao to answer, Ji Minghuan smiled and said, "By the way, I see you really like this painting. How about this? I'll buy it and give it to you as a token of my sincerity!"
"No thanks..." Nie Yao declined without hesitation, but Ji Minghuan didn't care. He nodded and smiled at a person in charge of an art gallery not far away, and the person in charge immediately came over.
"Master Ji, what are your instructions?"
Ji Minghuan pointed at the painting in front of Nie Yao and said to the person in charge of the art gallery exhibition with a smile, "My friend likes this painting very much. Please name a price!"
"Is this the painting?" The person in charge asked in surprise, pointing at the papyrus painting in front of Nie Yao.
"That's it!" Ji Minghuan nodded happily and said with a smile, "The price is up to you. I want it. You take it down first to prevent others from taking a fancy to it!
"I'm sorry, Master Ji..." The person in charge smiled bitterly, shook his head, and sighed softly, "I'm afraid I can't agree to your request!"
"What do you mean?" Ji Minghuan's face darkened, and he asked unhappily, "Isn't today's exhibition all about selling works by these emerging artists? Now my friend likes this one and wants to buy it, but you won't sell it to me?"
"It's not that we don't want to sell it!" The person in charge quickly waved his hands and explained in a gentle voice, "It's just that, as you can see, this painting is the only one on the market today, and its style is different from other paintings..."
Before the distressed gallery manager could finish, Ji Minghuan interrupted him and said coldly, "So what if it's a unique piece? Just ask for a high price. You can't even give me this face, right?"
"Master Ji, you really misunderstood. This has nothing to do with the price!" The person in charge spread his hands helplessly and whispered, "It's the owner of the painting. He has an eccentric personality. When he entrusted this painting to our gallery, he only made one request: answer his questions before you are eligible to purchase it!"
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