Chapter 38 They've even started poaching him!
For the rest of the time, Gu Huai completely gave up looking at the paintings and became a human surveillance camera, focusing all his attention on Ruan Yao and Ruan Sheng.
He saw his "love rival" giving his younger brother and sister-in-law some snacks, speaking gently.
He saw his younger brother and sister-in-law playfully punch their "love rival," their movements charming and endearing.
He saw his "love rival" whisper something in his younger brother's sister-in-law's ear, making her blush.
Gu Huai was heartbroken.
Young Master San! So competitive and ruthless! His methods are truly remarkable!
How can Huo Yanzhi compare to others?
His brother's iron tree hadn't even blossomed yet, and someone was already taking it away, pot and all.
Gu Huai felt a pang of heartache for his brother.
By the end of the art exhibition, he had sneered countless times.
Ruan Yao seemed to have received a phone call, and got up and walked towards the restroom.
Gu Huai took the opportunity to get up, his eyes fixed on his "number one rival in love".
He walked towards Ruan Sheng with seemingly casual steps.
In the instant they brushed past each other, Gu Huai leaned to one side, his body "inadvertently" bumping into Ruan Sheng's shoulder.
Ruan Sheng was knocked off balance and stumbled, turning around inexplicably.
A man in a flashy pink suit was looking at him with a gaze full of disdain and warning.
Gu Huai twitched the corner of his mouth, lowered his voice, and uttered a few words.
"Don't be too cheap."
After saying that, he turned and left without looking back, exuding the aura of a victor.
Ruan Sheng was left standing there, completely bewildered.
"……Neuropathy?"
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Ruan Sheng's work efficiency is astonishing.
In just one week, he made dozens of phone calls and mobilized all his cronies in the southern part of the city, managing to find the Song Dynasty edition of "Dongshan Ji," which even Ruan Yao herself thought had little hope of finding.
In the morning, Ruan Sheng drove his flashy sports car, and on the passenger seat was a wooden box wrapped tightly in brocade.
“Look, your brother here is worth two of you.” Ruan Sheng handed the wooden box to Ruan Yao, his face beaming with praise. “It’s returned to its rightful owner. I’ve also had an expert examine the seal on the title page. It’s undoubtedly genuine.”
Ruan Yao took it with delight, carefully opened it, and found the pages were an old yellow, with a calm fragrance of ink wafting out.
She turned to the title page, and sure enough, the small "Ink Fanatic" seal lay there quietly.
"Brother, you're amazing!" Ruan Yao was genuinely impressed, hugging the box with her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter.
Feeling flattered by his sister's praise, Ruan Sheng started the car and casually remarked, "This book cost me a lot of favors, so you should at least show some appreciation, right?"
"Tell me what you want to eat. It's my treat this weekend." Ruan Yao was in a great mood.
"Fine." Ruan Sheng pouted, then suddenly let out a long sigh, his tone turning resentful. "Speaking of which, I've been having a really bad run of luck lately. Do you think I forgot to check the almanac before going out? I keep running into lunatics."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Yao looked up from her book. "What's wrong?"
“That crazy peacock guy from the last art exhibition,” Ruan Sheng said, getting angry as he spoke, his grip on the steering wheel tightening. “Later, I ran into him again when I was negotiating a project. That bastard deliberately tried to trip me up by raising the price, and he even gave me a fake smile. I really don’t know what I did to offend him.”
Ruan Yao listened, completely stunned.
Did you offend someone?
"I offended him?" Ruan Sheng scoffed. "I don't even know him! I think he's just plain crazy, a show-off in a pink suit, he doesn't look respectable at all."
Ruan Yao didn't take it to heart after hearing it, just thinking it was a troublesome thing for her brother in business, and patted him on the shoulder comfortingly.
"Okay, okay, don't be angry. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding. I'm going to work now. What do you want to eat tonight? It's on me."
"That's more like it." Ruan Sheng's mood improved a bit. "Go on."
Watching Ruan Yao walk into the company building, Ruan Sheng started the car and prepared to leave.
The sports car had only gone a short distance when, as it passed the Huo Group building not far away, Ruan Sheng glanced at it casually and suddenly stepped on the brakes.
He saw two people walking out of the revolving doors of the Huo Building.
One of them was Huo Yanzhi.
And another one...
Ruan Sheng narrowed his eyes.
That eye-catching pink suit—who else could it be but that madman?
How could this lunatic be with Huo Yanzhi?
A strong sense of unease welled up in Ruan Sheng's heart. Almost instinctively, he pulled the car over to the side of the road, turned off the engine, and got out of the car.
He watched as Huo Yanzhi and the man in the pink suit walked side by side into a coffee shop on the street corner, and, as if possessed, he followed them.
The coffee shop was brightly lit and played soothing music.
Gu Huai was leading Huo Yanzhi toward a booth by the window, where a young girl who looked to be in her early twenties was already sitting. She had exquisite makeup and a gentle temperament.
"Come on, Yanzhi, let me introduce you. This is my old classmate, Zhang Meng. Xiaomeng, this is President Huo of the Huo Group." Gu Huai introduced them enthusiastically.
Huo Yanzhi is currently working to tighten the encirclement of the Shen family's businesses and needs a new partner to fill the market gap.
As his closest friend, Gu Huai naturally offered his full support, helping to connect them with one of the Shen family's biggest competitors, the "Fengrui" Group.
Zhang Meng, the project manager sent by the other company, happens to be Gu Huai's old classmate.
Gu Huai took on the role of middleman without hesitation and strongly recommended it.
"Yanzhi, don't worry. Xiaomeng and I are as close as sisters. She's a very talented woman. I know her company well; the brand is young and the corporate image is excellent. Cooperating with the Huo family is definitely a win-win situation!"
He then turned to Zhang Meng and said, "Don't let Mr. Huo's serious demeanor fool you, he's a very nice person. If you ever need anything, just come to me."
A few tables away, Ruan Sheng found a corner seat and sat down, using the menu to cover his face, but his ears were perked up.
He couldn't hear the whole conversation, only catching bits and pieces of keywords.
"My younger sister..."
"Young...good image..."
"Win-win..."
These words, coupled with Gu Huai's overly enthusiastic manner, as if he were selling his own cabbages, and then looking at the quiet and pretty girl, and Huo Yanzhi's emotionless face...
In an instant, Ruan Sheng's mind was filled with lightning and thunder, and all the scattered clues were connected in a flash!
Blind date!
This is just a blind date!
He understood completely!
This flamboyant madman wasn't targeting him for no reason at all!
He's going to introduce his sister to Huo Yanzhi!
No wonder he was hostile towards me from the moment we met and kept making things difficult for me in business!
This is treating the Ruan family as a hypothetical enemy, and regarding him, the brother-in-law, as their number one thorn in their side!
Good heavens, they've poached him right under his nose!
His sister went to great lengths to find Song Dynasty editions of ancient books in order to pursue Huo Yanzhi, but here she is, someone is directly arranging a blind date for her, trying to overtake him by taking a shortcut!
Ruan Sheng grew angrier the more he thought about it, his handsome face turning as black as ink.
He looked at the three people enjoying themselves in the booth in the distance, especially the one with the pink peacock face and the enthusiastic smile on her face. In his eyes, it was a silent provocation from a petty person who had gotten his way!
no!
He's determined to handle this!
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