The Swan Hotel is built on a tidal flat, and opposite it is a pier. After Lu Jiaxin had a hearty breakfast, she walked out and saw many wooden boats docked on the river. The pier opposite was even more crowded. There were people selling breakfast, fruits, seafood and vegetables, and it was very lively.

Gu Wenfeng looked at the old wooden boats on the river and the bustling dock on the opposite side, then looked back at the tall and majestic hotel, feeling very complicated.

Lu Jiaxin asked curiously, "Brother Gu, why don't these ships go out to sea but stay at the pier?"

Fishermen make a living by fishing. If they don’t go out to sea, they have no income. Without money, the whole family will most likely go hungry.

Gu Wenfeng said, "It seems that a typhoon has landed, and they dare not go out to sea. It is too dangerous. Miss Lu, are you going to the pier opposite?"

Lu Jiaxin shook her head and said, "I just ate too much, let me walk to help digest the food."

Gu Wenfeng was a little confused. The scenery here was much worse than the beautiful scenery in the hotel. He didn't know that in Lu Jiaxin's eyes, the blue sky and the green sea were incomparable to man-made scenery.

After walking for more than ten minutes, there were no more people around, so Lu Jiaxin asked, "Brother Gu, who are you going to find to be the middleman?"

Gu Wenfeng hesitated for a moment and then said, "Manager Chen of the hotel is the cousin of my comrade's brother-in-law. He was the one who told me the details of Comrade Nie Zhan."

Lu Jiaxin felt that he had a wide network of contacts, but it was a pity that he was unwilling to start a business, otherwise they could become partners: "Brother Gu, you owe me so many favors for my affairs, I don't know how to repay you."

Gu Wenfeng said very bluntly: "Miss Lu, I don't need you to repay me. I just hope that I can return to the city after selling the paintings."

Lu Jiaxin didn't say anything. Her silence was tantamount to rejection.

Gu Wenfeng knew that he couldn't change her mind with just a few words, so he changed the subject: "Manager Chen promised to pass on a message for us. If this secretary is not interested in our paintings, we have to change our target."

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "Don't worry, he will definitely be interested."

As Nie Zhan's secretary, I naturally have to share his worries. At the age of Mr. Nie, his family should celebrate his birthday. When an elder celebrates his birthday, the younger generation must show their appreciation. Mr. Nie is the head of the Nie family, and he must have racked his brains to prepare gifts to please him.

Gu Wenfeng didn't know why she was so confident: "I hope it's as you said."

After walking back, Manager Chen found Gu Wenfeng and whispered, "I told Secretary Wang about the painting. She is very interested and wants to make an appointment to talk with you."

Gu Wenfeng thinks any time is fine.

Manager Chen saw that Lu Jiaxin did not object, so he said, "Secretary Wang has gone out with President Nie. I'll ask her when she comes back."

After the discussion was completed, Lu Jiaxin went upstairs to get her bag and went out. Walking on the clean and tidy road, she looked at the old houses on the street and felt a little emotional. In a few years, these houses will disappear, replaced by high-rise buildings.

Gu Wenfeng followed for a while and asked in confusion: "Aren't you going to visit your aunt?"

Lu Jiaxin knew that according to people's current thinking, the grievances of the elders had nothing to do with the younger generation. The quarrel between Lu's mother and Lu's aunt was their own business, and the original body should still respect the aunt.

After thinking for a while, she briefly recounted what Aunt Lu had done: "If she doesn't take my mother seriously, then I don't have this aunt either."

Gu Wenfeng didn't expect that Aunt Lu would help Ding Jing to suppress her. He didn't know what was in her mind. No wonder this girl didn't even come to his house.

Gu Wenfeng didn't hide it from her on purpose, he just felt it was unnecessary, so he told her now that Lu Jiaxin mentioned it. He got married three years ago and had a baby last year, a pair of twin sons.

Lu Jiaxin looked at his serious expression, pursed her lips and smiled: "You are so fierce, and not gentle and considerate, what does sister-in-law like about you?"

Gu Wenfeng said earnestly, "Sweet words can't make you eat. The most important thing for a man is responsibility and commitment. Miss Lu, you have to find a partner like me in the future."

With a chuckle, Lu Jiaxin couldn't help laughing: "Brother Gu, I didn't realize you were so narcissistic!"

Gu Wenfeng feels that he is not narcissistic, but he thinks that responsibility and accountability are the most basic qualities for a man. Without these two qualities, he is not worthy of being a man.

After Lu Jiaxin smiled, she nodded and said, "Brother Gu, I think you are only half right. When looking for a partner, you must not only be responsible and accountable, but also be able to speak sweet words to make people happy, otherwise I won't marry you."

"By the way, from now on, just call me by my name. Don't call me Miss Lu. It sounds awkward."

The two chatted while walking around, and when they were hungry they just went into a roadside snack bar. Unexpectedly, the rice rolls in this shop were smooth and chewy.

Lu Jiaxin wiped her mouth and said, "Don't blame those gluttons for saying that the best ones are among the common people. I've eaten rice noodle rolls so many times, and this time I finally got to eat the most authentic one."

"Does Sijiucheng sell rice rolls?"

Lu Jiaxin reacted quickly and said, "I have stayed in Pengcheng three times before. I ate wonton noodles, rice rolls, bowl porridge and shrimp dumplings every day. Because of all the delicious food, I gained 6 kilograms in just half a month."

Gu Wenfeng looked at her thin body and said, "Then you should eat more in the future and try to gain 6 kilograms before you go back."

Lu Jiaxin knew that he was worried about her health: "After everything here is done, I will follow the doctor's advice when I return to Sijiu City. I will not travel far before my body is well."

"You said that yourself."

"A gentleman's word is as good as his bond."

Gu Wenfeng was concerned about what Manager Chen said and wanted to go back earlier, but Lu Jiaxin was not in a hurry at all: "The most important task for each department now is to attract investment. For a big investor like Nie Zhan, the relevant departments must entertain him well. It will probably be very late before they return to the hotel."

But Lu Jiaxin made a mistake in judgment this time, and Nie Zhan came back in the afternoon. Secretary Wang originally wanted to see the paintings in the afternoon, but unexpectedly the two of them went out, so he changed the meeting time to nine o'clock in the evening.

Manager Chen said, "Don't go out at night, otherwise Secretary Wang will think you have no credibility and will not buy your paintings anymore."

Gu Wenfeng immediately promised not to go anywhere and just stay in the room.

At 8:50, Lu Jiaxin took the painting to Gu Wenfeng's room, and at 8:59, Manager Chen brought Secretary Wang to the room. Lu Jiaxin was a little surprised to see the person coming. She thought it was a man from the name, but she didn't expect it to be a woman.

Secretary Wang was wearing a dark white suit, looking smart and capable. In her previous life, Lu Jiaxin read gossip in Hong Kong, saying that rich people in Hong Kong liked to hire beautiful secretaries. The secretary in front of her was not outstanding, with a few freckles on her face, but she had a hot body, with a very charming curve.

(End of this chapter)