Chapter 361: The Qin Family’s Warm Hospitality
"You also understand painting?" Qin Chaotian asked in surprise.
"I know a little bit. When I was in college, our homeroom teacher really liked these paintings and kept telling us about them." Chu Xi curled her lips and smiled. "I've only seen pirated copies of this painting online. I didn't expect to see the original at my brother-in-law's house."
Qin Chaotian's attitude towards Chu Xi improved slightly. He glanced at the painting on the wall and chuckled, "Honestly, I don't even know if anything in my collection is real or fake. We even went to the artist's place to investigate for this painting, and they told me the original was painted on wool, while mine is on paper. There are so many different stories circulating, it's hard to tell which is real! But I've only seen this once at an auction so far. I bought it without hesitation."
“The original is on paper.”
Chu Xi stood up and walked slowly towards the painting with her tall figure: "Do you mind removing the frame?"
"Of course." Qin Chaotian snapped his fingers and called the servant to remove the picture frame. The painting, which was half a person's height, was neatly spread out on the desk for Chu Xi to see.
Chu Xi didn't really understand any of this, but she had heard her teacher say that the original work was the easiest to identify. Just use a little water to smudge the signature in the lower right corner for a while and the author's name will appear... The name will also appear after half an hour, and then disappear after the water stain has completely dried.
No one knows what principle the painter used, so many people think that this painting is the most difficult mystery in the world.
Chu Xi poured water on it with a try-it attitude, and soon, a miracle really happened... A few words faintly appeared on the corner of the clothes worn by the little boy in the picture.
Luo Tianqi.
That's the painter's name.
Qin Chaotian looked at the painting in amazement, then looked at Chu Xi, his expression showing uncontrollable excitement: "It seems that I am lucky. I just bought an original painting."
"Yes, the current market value of this painting is probably several billion."
"Billions?" Chu Siran, who was standing aside, already seemed out of tune with the two people at this moment... She didn't understand what they were talking about, so she could only sit on the sofa and watch and wait stupidly.
Only when Chu Xi told her the market value of the painting did she stand up and go over to take a look.
She had never seen a painting worth billions in her life. Chu Siran walked over and took a look at the painting but couldn't see anything different... It was just an ordinary painting.
In the picture, a little boy squats on the street in winter, wearing tattered clothes, and strikes a match tremblingly.
Except for half of the little boy's face, the rest of the color is mainly black, which looks very strange and a bit weird.
Chu Siran thought about the horror movies he had seen. They all had one thing in common! The older the things, the more evil they were, not to mention something this priceless.
She breathed a sigh of relief and patted Qin Chaotian's shoulder heavily: "You'd better stay away from this painting. If you can't calm down such a precious thing, it will make you upset."
Qin Chaotian and Chu Xi: "..."
"Sister, what nonsense are you talking about?" Chu Xi deliberately said to Chu Siran, and then her eyes moved carefully to Qin Chaotian: "I'm sorry, my sister is like this, too straightforward. She must have said it without meaning it, don't take it to heart."
"This is good. It's not tiring to contact you. I don't care at all." Qin Chaotian didn't buy it at all. Instead, he looked at Chu Siran with eyes full of her jealous love.
Even if the love is not much... and is hard to detect, it is something that Chu Xi has never had before.
Chu Xi gritted her teeth in anger. It was clearly she who started Qin Chaotian's conversation! What right did she, Chu Siran, have? Looking at Chu Siran's lack of emotional intelligence, what could she do?
She and Qin Chaotian are not a good match at all! Only she and Qin Chaotian are a good match.
"No, Qin Chaotian, I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart!" Chu Siran explained seriously, "Have you read the book 'Dumb House'? Every story in it is about antiques. Antiques themselves don't have spirituality. It's through the years and the stories told to them by their owners that they acquire spirituality. This thing is so valuable, it must have spirituality. So if you feel something is wrong, you must deal with this painting immediately."
Qin Chaotian really didn't want to ruin Chu Siran's seriousness. Looking at the sincerity in her eyes, he didn't think it was stupid for Chu Siran to say such words at this time. Instead, when he looked at her, he actually had an illusion.
Her figure...is constantly overlapping with Lan Mo's figure.
Lan Mo reached out and embraced him, telling him: "Qin Chaotian, you must live. Never give up hope of living. Live with my hope..."
It seemed that there was the same light in Lan Mo's eyes as in hers.
Qin Chaotian's eyes were shattered by tenderness, and he pulled Chu Siran into his arms, holding her tightly in his arms, tightening more and more, for fear that the illusion he had would disappear as he let go.
Chu Siran and Chu Xi were both stunned... Chu Xi didn't even understand why he was hugging Chu Siran.
The sight of two people hugging each other in front of her was undoubtedly a fatal blow to Chu Xi. She immediately turned around and stopped looking at them. Chu Siran originally wanted to push Qin Chaotian away, but seeing Chu Xi's panic, she simply let Qin Chaotian hold her.
She didn't push him away and just enjoyed his embrace.
Qin's mother prepared the dessert in the kitchen and brought it out. When she saw the scene in front of her, she stopped in her tracks... In all these years, she had never seen her son treat any girl like this.
Chu Siran seemed to be the first one.
"Ah, Auntie." Chu Xi turned her gaze and fixed it on the kitchen: "Auntie, do you need help?"
Chu Siran pushed Qin Chaotian away when she heard that Qin's mother was coming. Qin Chaotian stared at Chu Siran obsessively, with tears in his eyes dotted with deep affection: "Lan Mo." He called softly.
In the blink of an eye... the "Lan Mo" in the sight turned back into Chu Siran.
It has always been Chu Siran, where is Lan Mo?
Qin Chaotian swallowed, sorted out his thoughts, and forced a gentle smile to face Chu Siran and Chu Xi. The smile on his lips was as perfunctory as it could be.
Chu Siran felt very distressed when looking at Qin Chaotian...his heart suddenly sank in his chest.
Mother Qin was very adaptable and greeted the two sisters enthusiastically: "Come on, it's time for dessert."
"good."
"Wow, is this my aunt's cooking? It looks delicious." Chu Siran said, and put a piece into his mouth without hesitation.
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