Lu Qi gulped down the water in his glass in one go, soothing his parched throat. He looked at Lu Chuanbai with a heart full of bitterness.
Just now, Lu Chuanbai had seen him being berated mercilessly by a group of customers. Instead of showing concern for him, he was asking why Xu Qingqing had to work overtime again!
Were they even family?
Did he not hold the slightest bit of importance in Lu Chuanbai's heart?
Lu Qi let out a cold snort and picked up his glass to refill it with water.
"You're getting more and more smitten with your girl and neglecting your friends. You don't even care about how I'm doing."
Lu Chuanbai raised an eyebrow, his phoenix eyes narrowing slightly. He put down the teacup in his hand and wore a faint smile on his face.
"Haven't I already taken care of them?"
What else did Lu Qi expect him to do?
Lu Qi complained discontentedly, "Can money soothe my wounded soul?"
Seeing Lu Qi wearing an aggrieved expression like a jilted woman, Lu Chuanbai felt a bit disgusted and shifted his gaze away. He went along with Lu Qi's words.
"Fine... What happened in your shop?"
Lu Qi was like a floodgate that had been opened. Completely oblivious to Lu Chuanbai's resistant and uninterested expression, he poured out his grievances.
"I don't know which bastard broke the antique that had already been restored!
"The customers couldn't get their treasures, so of course they came to quarrel with me. I've never felt so humiliated in my life!"
"Do you need my help to investigate?"
"No need. I've already sent someone to look into it." Lu Qi pretended to wipe away non - existent tears from his face.
"Okay."
Lu Chuanbai nodded perfunctorily and continued to ask the question he hadn't gotten an answer to earlier.
"Then why does Xu Qingqing have to work overtime again?"
Lu Qi: "..."
"Didn't I just say! The vases were all broken, and I don't know how to restore them. Of course, I had to borrow your Xu Qingqing to help me restore them." Lu Qi said with a beaming smile.
Lu Chuanbai gave Lu Qi a sidelong glance and pondered in his heart.
Maybe he should open an independent shop for Xu Qingqing so that she wouldn't be dragged down by this unreliable boss.
Clatter.
The door was pushed open again. Lu Qi looked up and sighed inwardly.
This was definitely the busiest day in his shop.
The person who came in was Li Jiani. His gaze fell on Lu Chuanbai, who was handsome and exuded an air of nobility.
After a casual glance, Li Jiani recognized him as Lu Chuanbai, the president of the Lu family.
Li Jiani's grandfather was always nagging in his ear.
Using Lu Chuanbai as an example, he told Li Jiani how great it was to be a successful businessman.
Li Jiani's gaze shifted from Lu Chuanbai to Lu Qi. He asked with a smile,
"Has Qingqing finished restoring my vase?"
Hearing the man call Xu Qingqing by her nickname in such an intimate tone, Lu Chuanbai leaned against the back of the sofa. He took a cursory look at Li Jiani.
Wasn't this the son of the Li family?
His father had talked about Li Jiani for a long time, saying how outstanding he was.
In Lu Chuanbai's eyes, he wasn't all that.
Lu Chuanbai's gaze fell on Lu Qi, who was still drinking water. He gave him a threatening look.
Explain! Why was this man so familiar with Xu Qingqing!
Lu Qi put down his glass. Receiving Lu Chuanbai's message, his heart skipped a beat.
Given Lu Chuanbai's jealous nature, Li Jiani calling Xu Qingqing by her nickname was like touching a raw nerve.
Alas, it was really annoying.
Li Jiani used to call Xu Qingqing by her full name. Why did he suddenly decide to use her nickname today?
It was just causing him trouble!
"You wait here. I'll go and call her."
Seeing that the situation was getting out of hand, Lu Qi turned around and slipped away.
Li Jiani took a long stride and sat down beside Lu Chuanbai. He said in a calm tone,
"I've long heard of President Lu's great name. Seeing you today, you truly live up to your reputation."
"Yeah, same for you."
Lu Chuanbai nodded perfunctorily. His fingertips gently tapped on the armrest of the sofa.
His eyes followed the ticking hands of the clock.
Lu Chuanbai was thinking about when he could take Xu Qingqing home.
Li Jiani didn't seem to mind Lu Chuanbai's attitude and continued to find topics to talk about.
"Did President Lu also come to get his treasure restored?"
"No, I'm here to wait for my treasure. Qingqing, my wife."
Lu Chuanbai turned to look at Li Jiani. He raised an eyebrow and smiled, his eyes filled with a sense of showing off and asserting his sovereignty.
Li Jiani was stunned. The hand hanging on his thigh clenched into a fist and then relaxed. He said in a natural tone,
"I didn't know that President Lu was already married. Congratulations."
Since Xu Qingqing was already married, why did his grandfather still want him to pursue her!
Originally, he thought that Xu Qingqing was very passionate about antiques and had excellent restoration skills. They would have a lot to talk about and would be a good match.
But things didn't turn out as he wished.
Lu Qi knocked on the door of Xu Qingqing's office. He waited outside for a while before Xu Qingqing came to open the door.
"What is it?"
Xu Qingqing patted the dust off her work clothes as she stepped aside to let Lu Qi in.
"Mr. Li is here to pick up his antique, and Chuanbai is here to pick you up."
Lu Qi shrugged.
"I've already finished restoring it."
Xu Qingqing picked up the vase in the red box and handed it to Lu Qi.
"Take it to him."
"Okay."
Lu Qi nodded and lingered in Xu Qingqing's office, reluctant to leave.
What if those two were still at odds with each other? What if he got caught in the crossfire when he went over there?
Lu Qi looked at the three restored vases on the table. His eyes widened as he speculated in his heart.
These couldn't be the vases that Xu Qingqing had just restored, right?
It was absolutely impossible for her to be that fast... Maybe they were just left here before.
Xu Qingqing was human, not a god. How could she restore them so quickly!
But the patterns on these three vases looked more and more familiar.
They were the ones he had personally put into the storage room yesterday. How could he forget?
"Do you still have something to say?"
Xu Qingqing was taking off her work clothes to change. She tilted her head and saw that Lu Qi still hadn't left.
Lu Qi swallowed hard. His fingers trembled slightly as he pointed at the three vases on the table.
"Qingqing... Don't tell me you just restored these three vases?"
Xu Qingqing took off her work - clothes jacket and hung it on the hanger. She changed into her own clothes.
Seeing Lu Qi's face slightly distorted in surprise and his mouth agape, Xu Qingqing let out a soft laugh.
"It's not that exaggerated. It's just three vases."
Not that exaggerated?
Just three vases?
Lu Qi had never truly admired anyone in his first half of life, but this time he felt like kneeling in front of Xu Qingqing.
In just a few hours, she had restored three vases of hell - level difficulty.
And then she casually told him it was just three vases!
Great god, could you not be so nonchalant?
Otherwise, it would make him feel like he could do it too!
Seeing Lu Qi's surprised expression, a twinge of guilt welled up in Xu Qingqing's heart. She felt like she had deceived Lu Qi.
Although she had restored these vases, she had first used the system to do a 3D reconstruction and then pieced the fragments together like a jigsaw puzzle.
In the past, she would have manually polished the missing small fragments.
This time, worried that she didn't have enough time, she took a shortcut.
She directly input the values into the system and let the system polish them. Then she just glued them together.