Chapter 98 Irritability

The old man took a look at the candlestick in her hand, took out the cigarette pot from his waist, struck a match to light it, and took two puffs: "There are all kinds of them, some made of iron, some made of cans and bottles. Candlesticks like these are all from Hexi Village. I don't know who threw them away, but every household has picked up a lot of them. They haven't been used in the past few years, so they are all sold as junk."

Du Ruo was nervous: "Where are the candlesticks that were collected?"

The old man squatted on the ground and took out the cloth bag from his waist, and put some more dry tobacco into the mouth of the pipe: "The collection station will deal with it. They will take it all to be refined."

Du Ruo sighed in his heart. What a wonderful thing, a candlestick from the Han Dynasty, it had been through thousands of years of wind and rain, and now it ended up like this.

Du Ruo smiled and said, "Master, I think this little man is pretty good-looking and looks pretty realistic. Will you sell it to me?"

The old man squatted on the ground smoking and said casually, "Girl, take it if you like it. You look so neatly dressed, you don't mind it being dirty."

Du Ruo smiled awkwardly and asked, "Master, how much do you sell this candlestick for?"

The old man said, "What's the value of this thing? I charge one dollar for it, so just give me one dollar."

The old man had a good impression of Du Ruo. He was dressed fashionably and looked wealthy, but he did not have the arrogance of rich people. He treated this old man who collected rags in a friendly manner, so the old man was easy to talk to.

Du Ruo was afraid of complications, so she took out ten yuan and said, "How can I do that? Master, it's not easy for you either, you don't need to give me the change."

Du Ruo stuffed the money into the old man's hand, took the things and left. The old man shouted from behind: "Hey, little girl, what's so good about you? And you gave me so much money."

Without looking back, Du Ruo took the candlestick to the farmers' market to buy some fruit, asked for a convenient bag to put the candlestick in, and carried it all the way to the county guesthouse.

She was thinking to herself, she was worried about not having a clear goal, why not go to Hexi Village and take a look. Since so many people could pick up bronze candlesticks, maybe they could have picked up other things as well?

As soon as she walked into the lobby of the County Party Committee Guesthouse, a waiter called her and said, "Hey, female comrade, Secretary Li just came. This is the fruit he left for you. He left because he saw you were not here."

Du Ruo took the plastic bag from the waiter, walked to the door of the room, took out the key, opened the door and went in.

She took out her cell phone from her bag and called Li Anze. The phone rang many times but no one answered. It seemed that Li Anze did not return home.

Just as Du Ruo was about to sit down, there was a knock on the door. She opened the door and saw a waiter coming in with two or three thermoses in his hands. He put one of them on her table.

The waiter smiled and said to Du Ruo, "There is a hot water room downstairs. If you don't have enough hot water, go get some. It's in the room at the corner of the lobby."

After seeing the waiter off, Du Ruo fell asleep. In a daze, she heard her cell phone ringing. She thought it was Li Anze. She couldn't help but smile and said, "I received the fruit. I was just about to call you to thank you, but no one answered. Did you just get off work?"

The man on the phone was breathing heavily. Du Ruo looked at the phone in her hand in confusion. The mobile phone did not have caller ID, so she couldn't figure out who was on the other end of the phone. But she could be sure that it was not Li Anze.

Du Ruo was getting a little impatient. Just as she was about to hang up the phone, Yuan Tingchuan's ethereal voice came from the other end: "Ruoruo..." The voice was lazily due to drinking, and a little frivolous.

Du Ruo's heart skipped a beat. Yuan Tingchuan was the variable in her life. She admitted that she felt a little nervous unconsciously when facing Yuan Tingchuan.

This is different from facing Ling Yun and Li Anze. These two people were her good friends in her previous life. Whether it was their personality, temperament or living habits, Du Ruo was sure to control the rhythm, except for Yuan Tingchuan.

Yuan Tingchuan's voice on the phone was tired and sighing: "Stay away from Li Anze, or stay away from the Li family. The Li family has lofty ambitions, so don't get too close."

Du Ruo remained silent. Li Anze's elder brother, Li Anrui, did have great ambitions. This was also the reason why she and Li Anze did not get together. Neither of them made it clear, but she understood that this was Li Anze's love for her.

But she didn't want to discuss this matter with Yuan Tingchuan. She couldn't say it and couldn't explain it clearly.

Yuan Tingchuan on the other end of the phone stretched out his hand and pinched his brows. He had been a bit troubled recently. Elder Zhong had an accident in Myanmar. Although the Zhong family had blocked the news before, this matter could be hidden from others but not from Yuan Tingchuan. It can be said that he was the one who caused Elder Zhong's accident.

Recently, Yuan Tingchuan has been eating away at the Zhong family's business bit by bit, preparing intensively for the final push.

Yuan Tingchuan was also planning the affairs of the Qu Group. He was so busy that he had no time. Even at his busiest, he only slept three or four hours a day and even had work meals.

Today's banquet was an elder's birthday party, so he had to give him face. While in the car, he took the time to look through the photos sent by the mainland bodyguard.

The moment he saw the photo, Yuan Tingchuan's heart was like magma in the crater, boiling violently.

He knew the man in the photo. He was Li Anze, the second son of the famous Li family in H City. They had had tea together before. He couldn't say that he knew him very well, but he knew a lot about him.

Li Anze is not a sentimental person. He is very capable in handling affairs. Under the appearance of being elegant and humble, he is decisive and good at strategy. Everyone who has worked with him is wary of him.

In the photo, the two people walking side by side have a harmonious atmosphere, just like they are old friends. Their every move reveals tacit understanding and trust. It is hard to believe that these two people have only known each other for less than half a month.

This made Yuan Tingchuan feel extremely frustrated, and he had to admit that some people were born with compatible auras.

He was unhappy today and unconsciously drank a little too much. He couldn't control himself and wanted to hear Du Ruo's voice, but she didn't say anything. Yuan Tingchuan knew that it was because of his harsh tone last time that made Du Ruo unhappy.

Yuan Tingchuan felt a little regretful. He threw down the phone and impatiently pulled at his cufflinks. His patience seemed to have run out. He pulled hard and the ruby ​​cufflinks flew out, rolling on the clean floor with a crisp sound.

He reached out and picked up the phone again, his tone threatening: "Don't mess with me! You can't afford the consequences, just be a good boy..."

There was a blank tone on the other end of the phone, and the other party decisively hung up the phone. Yuan Tingchuan gritted his teeth, waved his hand, and slammed the phone against the wall...

Du Ruo hung up the phone with Yuan Tingchuan, thinking that he had to speed up his pace. At least he had to be able to protect himself. Who knows when and why the boss will go crazy? Yuan Tingchuan is different from Li Anze. This one is really bold and everyone will have a headache when he goes crazy.