Chapter 306 Give Her Paint
She directly pointed out to them that they were both like icebergs before they met, and no one expected that the collision of two icebergs would turn into a big stove.
Qi Huaijing said calmly, "You're talking nonsense again. I've always been so friendly and kind. How could I not smile?"
Qi Luoyan almost rolled her eyes. Should her uncle look in the mirror and see what he was talking about?
She has never seen her uncle smile since she was conscious.
"The meeting ended in the evening, but I left early."
He missed his wife so much that he couldn't sit still when he saw the news, fearing that if he was any later, his wife would be abducted.
After thinking about it, he decided to come back and watch. After all, she was under his nose, and he wanted to see who dared to touch his wife.
Zhou Shuang was surprised and worried because she saw on the news that he was the president of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce.
"Is it okay to leave early? Will it have any impact?"
Qi Huaijing chuckled. If Qi Luoyan, the short-sighted guy, hadn't been in the way, he would have hugged his wife and kissed her long ago.
"Of course not."
The two of them looked at each other. Qi Luoyan wanted to say something but found that she had no right to speak at all.
"Forget it, little uncle, I see you and little aunt haven't been together for a long time, so I won't disturb you."
She'd better leave wisely. The glares between the two of them were almost tearing. Zhou Shuang was about to speak to keep her, but Qi Huaijing got there first.
"Okay, I'll let Wang Yu take you back."
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Qi Luoyan glanced at her uncle with resentment. The best friend she had finally hooked up with was snatched away by him, leaving her with only one person.
Qi Huaijing directly picked up Zhou Shuang and carried her sideways upstairs, without any unnecessary worry that Qi Luoyan might think something wrong.
Qi Luoyan simply took her bag and walked out.
Walking and getting angry.
Both of them are guys who care about women but forget their friends.
Can you please consider her feelings as a single person?
Zhou Shuang and Qi Huaijing spent the whole night together. When Zhou Shuang woke up the next day, Qi Huaijing was alone.
She was a little dissatisfied and didn't like being alone after sleeping with him.
But her eyes accidentally caught sight of the wall clock. It was almost eleven o'clock in the morning. She was startled and sat up immediately.
There was a message from Qi Huaijing on the phone.
"How do you feel? I hope I didn't hurt you..."
The first sentence Zhou Shuang saw made her blush. Moving on, Qi Huaijing said that he had asked Wang Yu to go to the Human Resources Department to ask for leave for her, and let her take a day off today and not have to go to work.
Zhou Shuang was very embarrassed. Who would ask for leave for such a thing? When she lifted the quilt and got out of bed, she almost rolled on the carpet because her legs were weak.
Well, now she had to admire Qi Huaijing, she really needed to take leave for this kind of thing.
She quickly washed up and put on some light makeup, making her face look clear and beautiful. She let her waist-length hair down and skipped downstairs to have breakfast.
The housekeeper saw Zhou Shuang's lively appearance, not like a lady from a wealthy family at all, but more like a girl next door. His brows tightened involuntarily. Can a woman like this really be with the master for the rest of his life?
But he said nothing, just asked the servants to set the table and went to do other things.
After breakfast, Zhou Shuang was bored. Qi Luoyan's messages stopped ringing on her phone. She briefly asked about what happened last night, but Zhou Shuang was too embarrassed to tell her anything. She just said a few perfunctory words and went to feed the fish in the koi pond in the yard.
She found that Chinese-style buildings pay great attention to feng shui layout. The koi raised by Qi Huaijing are delicate and fat, and they shuttle slowly among the rockery and green plants. The few she raised before are almost becoming "koi pigs", and the new ones are very beautiful and very ornamental.
She stood by the pond feeding the fish, the winter sun shining warmly on her body, her black hair stained with tiny floating lights, her long eyelashes trembling slightly with her breathing and movements, her profile still stunning.
The servants sweeping the yard couldn't help but exclaim in their hearts when they saw the new wife, "The master has really found a beauty."
Seeing that she was having a good time, the housekeeper had some snacks delivered to the yard. Qi Huaijing's yard was mostly decorated with evergreen plants, which made people feel a vibrant scene even in winter.
After admiring the scenery for a while, Zhou Shuang went to the study to get the easel and paints, especially the lapis lazuli that had been white that day, which she had had turned into ultramarine.
Qi Huaijing bought a lot of precious raw materials for her. She used to think it was a pity to use them up, but now she feels it would be a real pity not to use them.
After setting up the easel, she hid in the shade of a tree and carefully painted the picture in her mind.
The servants had never seen anyone painting before, and seeing how focused she was, some of them would occasionally sneak a peek and then leave in surprise.
Zhou Shuang brought the vitality of the courtyard to life on paper, and the painting was so vivid that the servants were amazed that the new lady was not only beautiful but also talented.
Two hours later, the painting was eighty percent complete. Zhou Shuang felt a little dizzy, so she drank some tea and picked out some of her favorite snacks to eat.
When she first arrived in the yard, she saw the housekeeper asking the servant to bring her tea. After such a long time, the tea was still hot. She found that there was a black rock slab underneath as a tea tray. The rock could heat anything placed on it, but not overheat it.
So much so that after such a long time, the tea still maintains its proper temperature and even the taste has not changed.
She has seen a lot of good things, so she is not surprised by anything.
After feeding the fish in the pond and stretching his muscles, Zhou Shuang took the cinnabar jelly and began to carve a seal.
When she came to Rongcheng, she didn't bring many things with her. She just thought this city was suitable for living and relaxing. She didn't think much about it, just took some simple luggage and left.
In addition, her first job was very busy and she had no time to pick up her brush and live a leisurely life. She also used the busyness to numb her sensitive nerves and forget the pain that often lingered in her heart at that time.
Only by doing these things that can calm her mind can she forget everything.
She lowered her head, revealing her delicate neck and glowing white skin.
The wood and stone in Zhou Shuang's hands seemed to have magic. After another hour and a half, she carved it into the shape she wanted.
I still remember seeing many ancient seals at my great-grandfather's house when I was a child. My great-grandfather gave them to her to play with because he saw that she liked them. Later, I learned how to carve seals myself and became more and more interested in those ancient things.
When I went to my great-grandfather's house to ask him for something, the old man started to mumble, saying that he had a bad memory and didn't know where he put it.
She suspected that her great-grandfather hid the things because he was afraid that she would take them away.
However, she was able to carve exquisite patterns based on her memory. By the time she finished carving a seal, it was already past lunch time. Because she had breakfast late, the housekeeper did not come to call her.
It was not until Qi Huaijing came back and didn't find her that he went to the yard and realized that she had been there for half the morning and half the afternoon.
"Have you eaten yet?"
Qi Huaijing brought the fire-baked bread and pig blood paste he brought with him to Zhou Shuang. The tempting aroma immediately aroused Zhou Shuang's appetite.
She showed off three times before she realized that she was really hungry. Because she skipped lunch and hadn't eaten for almost five hours since breakfast, she also used her mental and physical energy frequently.
After all, carving a seal requires strength.
"You don't want to eat?"
Zhou Shuang noticed that Qi Huaijing was looking at her with a smile in his eyes, and she awkwardly handed the fire in her hand to him.
She was really hungry, so she took a big sip of the pig blood paste, which made the roasted bread taste even more delicious.
"No, I bought it especially for you."
Zhou Shuang was not polite. Qi Huaijing bought six and she ate five. She couldn't finish the other one, so Qi Huaijing accompanied her to finish the last one.
After finishing the pig blood porridge, Zhou Shuang sat contentedly on the lounge chair in the yard. After eating and drinking his fill and basking in the warm sunshine, he really didn't want to be the emperor anymore.
Seeing Zhou Shuang's satisfied look, Qi Huaijing felt inexplicably happy.
He took out an exquisite box and handed it to her like a magic trick. Zhou Shuang took it suspiciously, opened it and asked.
"What is it, jewelry?"
"no."
Zhou Shuang opened it and saw Holbein's paint. She was stunned for a moment and looked up at him.
"You bought it for me?"
"Well, I asked someone to find some for you last week. Check to see if the colors are all there. If not, I'll ask someone to buy more."
Zhou Shuang felt warm in her heart. If Qi Huaijing had given her some jewelry again, she would definitely not be so surprised and moved. The Zhou family had no shortage of these. From childhood to adulthood, she could get whatever she wanted just by asking for it.
Although she could buy the paint, what she lacked was Qi Huaijing's heart.
In the few relationships they had, Qian Ning didn't think of her as a lady from a wealthy family. He would occasionally give her some small gifts, but she didn't like them. Of course, she didn't say anything, and almost all of them were returned after they broke up.
How could it be incomplete? He was so attentive and careful to her. When she saw lapis lazuli at the auction house, she almost fainted with excitement. It was ultramarine, the oldest and brightest blue pigment raw material, which was five times more expensive than gold. How many painters had lost their fortunes for it.
Some paintings ended in regret because the painters lacked ultramarine. How many people who study art dream of using this luxurious color to color their own paintings.
"That's enough."
It’s really enough.
Zhou Shuang was so happy that she didn't notice Qi Huaijing's arms quietly wrapped around her and pulled her into his embrace.
"Do you like it?"
The man's warm voice blew on the soft flesh beside her ear, causing Zhou Shuang to feel numb and her body to tremble uncontrollably.
"I like it."
Zhou Shuang was almost unable to stand due to his superb skills. Qi Huaijing was not going to let her go yet and continued to whisper in an almost magical voice.
"Do you like Holbein or me?"
One sentence easily made Zhou Shuang fall into the trap. Her eyes became clear in an instant, and then she fell into his warm and irresistible desire.
Seeing how loving their masters were, the servants wisely stayed away and tried not to disturb them. Qi Huaijing kissed Zhou Shuang deeply for a long time before reluctantly letting her go.
"Go upstairs, huh?"
His meaning was very clear. Zhou Shuang's mind was in a mess, intertwined with the scenes of the two of them last night.
"Will you come again?"
Zhou Shuangguang, who was dizzy from his kiss, felt exhausted just thinking about it. She was exhausted. It is said that men are no longer viable after the age of 25. How come this man is more energetic than young people?
It was clearly him who worked the hardest yesterday, yet it was he who was exhausted and collapsed. If he hadn't asked for leave for himself, Zhou Shuang would have fainted at his workstation.
"Well, you don't want to?"
I want to, but I don’t want to.
"Are you tired?"
He kissed her forehead tenderly.
Feeling his tenderness, Zhou Shuang's heart softened.
"Just wait until I move."
This sentence made Zhou Shuang bury her head in his arms. Even though she knew that no one would hear her, or that the servants would pretend not to hear her if they heard her, she still wished she could find a hole to dig and crawl into.
Besides, it was still daytime, and she was too embarrassed to say such things.
Qi Huaijing stared at the shy look of the woman in his arms, and laughed so hard that his whole body trembled slightly.
From Zhou Shuang's perspective, she could clearly see Qi Huaijing's Adam's apple, and above that was the curve of his jaw, his slightly drooping eyelids, his high nose, and his sexy thin lips.
She pressed her head against his chest, the regular beat of his heart like a metronome, and she could feel his heartbeat quickening as they got closer to the upstairs room.
Zhou Shuang also became nervous and shy.
Qi Huaijing gently placed her on the bed, and Zhou Shuang rolled inside, wrapping herself tightly in the quilt.
Soon, she heard the sound of water in the bathroom. Thinking that Qi Huaijing had gone to take a shower, she poked her head out from under the quilt, but unexpectedly, she met his deep eyes.
His inky black eyes were as unfathomable as an ancient poem. Zhou Shuang was startled by the surprise and began to stutter.
"You, you didn't—"
She wants to say, didn't you take a shower?
Qi Huaijing dug her out from under the quilt: "Together."
Qi Huaijingdao was not so tireless today, and he also noticed that Zhou Shuang seemed a little exhausted.
After coming twice in three hours, Qi Huaijing stopped touching her, but would hold her in his arms and admire her sleeping face carefully.
Qi Huaijing has never been in love, and has never even had a crush on anyone.
The changes in his family made his life, before he met Zhou Shuang, focus on nothing else but reviving the Qi family.
This should have been the eldest brother's mission, but his eldest brother was interested in everything except business. He was forced to take charge of this mess when he was a teenager. After all these years of blood and rain, the Qi family finally regained their foothold in Rongcheng.
The fact of fate is really incredible. After Qi Huaijing put the Qi family back on track, his first target was the Zhou family. He felt that he would be unwilling to give up if he did not avenge this in this life.
Who would have known that one day the woman he fell in love with at first sight would be the daughter of the man who almost destroyed their Qi family, and all this originated from a completely unrelated misunderstanding.
Qi Huaijing looked at Zhou Shuang's face with mixed emotions.
He gently tucked the quilt in for her, then got up and went to the balcony.
After all this, the lights in the yard began to light up, and the last ray of sunset in the sky also lost its brilliance and slowly faded.
The surroundings gradually darkened. Qi Huaijing took out a cigarette from the cigarette box and held it in the corner of his mouth. A bit of scarlet light flickered in the night wind.
If one day, Zhou Shuang knew everything he was going to do, would she hate him and never see him again in this life?
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