Lin Jue quickly found out the information on the cardboard box full of fingernails that was sent to them. This express logistics came from a remote town in the southwest. After three days of transportation, it was finally taken by Shen Yiqiong. The sender on the package was empty, and there was only one landline phone number. Lin Jue called and got through, but no one answered.
If it was an ordinary package, Lin Jue would probably just throw it away and it would be over, but she always felt that it wasn't that easy, so she asked the guard to pay more attention to the phone number and address.
At this time, the most difficult summer has passed, and the hot breath begins to slowly subside. Shen Yiqiong's birthday is in the latter half of the year. It is said that his family has prepared a grand coming-of-age ceremony.
Several other people were also preparing birthday gifts for Shen Yiqiong. Zhou Jiayu thought about it, but he really couldn't think of what he wanted to give Shen Yiqiong. In the end, Lin Zhushui gave him an idea: "The paper you folded Isn't the crane already able to fly? Just stack a few and give it to him."
"Can I just send paper cranes?" Zhou Jiayu hesitated.
"Well." Lin Zhushui said, "That's not an ordinary paper crane. It can save lives at a critical moment. With your current strength, it is estimated that you can fold one in half a month." He said, and took out from the drawer. Out of a box, "It will be faster with this paper."
Zhou Jiayu took it and thanked Lin Zhushui.
In mid-August, Shen Yiqiong disappeared for a few days. It is said that he went home to order clothes.
Zhou Jiayu asked where Shen Yiqiong's home was. Shen Yiqiong mentioned a city, and Zhou Jiayu heard it: "Then your home is quite far from here."
Shen Yiqiong said, "Yes, it's quite far, but I will send a special plane over on my birthday to pick you up directly. Don't worry about it."
Zhou Jiayu said, "Sir, are you going too?"
Shen Yiqiong scratched his head: "I asked Mr., and Mr. said go." At the end of August, the weather was actually a little hot, but this time it was Shen Yiqiong's eighteen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, and Lin Zhushui probably made an exception.
Zhou Jiayu sighed.
After all, he is the most favored brat in the family, and Shen Yiqiong received a lot of gifts on his birthday. Zhou Jiayu also handed a box of Qianzhihe to Shen Yiqiong. The outside of the box was transparent, and Shen Yiqiong was taken aback when he saw Zhihe inside: "Can, you, are you treating me..."
Zhou Jiayu: "...don't think too much about opening it first."
Shen Yiqiong swallowed, stretched out his hand and opened the box. As soon as the box was opened, seven or eight paper cranes spread their wings and flew around Shen Yiqiong. He excitedly said, "The jar, is this what you folded?"
Zhou Jiayu nodded.
"I also learned from my husband, but I can't learn this." Shen Yiqiang scratched his head. He was good in Feng Shui, but he had no talent in metaphysics, and things like drawing talismans and catching ghosts could only barely get started. , so every time I encounter dirty things with Zhou Jiayu, I can only run away with Zhou Jiayu.
"It's for you." Zhou Jiayu smiled with crooked eyes, "Mr. said that this paper crane will keep you safe."
Shen Yiqiong thanked him happily, it seemed that he really liked this gift.
Soon, Shen Yiqiong's birthday came. He went home a few days early, while Zhou Jiayu and Lin Jue passed by on a special plane two days ago.
"There seems to be an auction at their house tonight." Lin Jue nibbled on melon seeds on the plane, "I'll take you there to see what's new."
Zhou Jiayu participated in the auction for the first time and asked curiously, "What are the general auctions?"
"There are a lot of things to auction." Lin Jue said, "Jade jewelry, talisman paintings, I heard that there is a finale tonight that came out of your husband's hands."
When Zhou Jiayu heard this, he glanced at Lin Zhushui who was sitting next to him.
Lin Zhushui's expression remained unchanged, as if he hadn't heard Lin Jue's words.
After getting off the plane, Shen Yiqian sent a special person to pick them up directly. In fact, Zhou Jiayu didn't have a clear understanding of Shen Yiqiong's family before he saw Shen Yiqiong's family. It was not until he saw the magnificent building in front of him and the luxury cars parked around him that he really felt that Shen Yiqiong's family. A poor family is indeed not a small rich family.
"Mr. Lin, please come here." The person who received them was Shen Yiqiong's elder brother, who was not Shen, but Wang, and his full name was Wang Feixu. He said, "I have prepared a box for you, you can be on the second floor. Rest well, the dinner and auction time is at eight o'clock."
Lin Jue nodded slightly: "You're welcome."
"This is not polite." Wang Feixu smiled, "If the reception is not good, my father will definitely blame me. Besides, the younger brother's birthday, Mr. Lin, Miss Lin and everyone are willing to show respect, which has already given us the Wang family's great face. ."
Everything in the private room was complete. Zhou Jiayu was a little hungry and sat on the sofa and nibbled an apple.
"Tan'er, the dinner party will start later. Be casual. If you don't want to deal with people, just follow Chao San." Lin Jue was afraid that Zhou Jiayu was inexperienced, so he instructed him carefully, "No one bothers him normally."
Zhou Jiayu nodded. In fact, he was a little curious. It's just that Lin Jue has a good temper. How could anyone dare to bother Lin Zhushui
As a result, after the dinner began, Zhou Jiayu had a deep understanding of the annoying word in Lin Jue's mouth.
In Lin Zhushui's current capacity, most people would not dare to approach him, but Shen Yiqiong was the most beloved son of the Wang family, and at the coming-of-age ceremony, he would naturally entertain the giants of Feng Shui, so Zhou Jiayu watched helplessly. The old man in his seventies and eighties surrounded Lin Zhushui.
Under normal circumstances, Lin Zhushui could still be indifferent and ignore it. However, the people around him at this time were all old elders. Although his expression did not change, he still had to deal with it a little bit. .
Lin Jue was no exception. The people around her were no less than those around Lin Zhushui. Zhou Jiayu looked around and found that he and Shen Chaosan were actually the least busy. No one knew him. Shen Chaosan was mighty and didn't like to talk. He sat there silently, exuding the breath of strangers.
Zhou Jiayu got close to him and started to eat.
Although none of the people who came here came here for the sake of eating, the food at the banquet did not have to be picked at all. Everything was exquisite and delicious, and Zhou Jiayu was satisfied.
Shen Chaosan glanced at him, didn't say anything, and continued to remain silent. The two of them were quite quiet.
After a while, the birthday star Shen Yiqiong also came down from the upstairs, and there were small noisy sounds from the crowd, and Zhou Jiayu could hear them vaguely talking about Shen Yiqiong.
Some people whispered that this is the youngest of the Wang family, the most favored one, and is now following Lin Zhushui. Others said that this child should be talented, otherwise, how could he have gained the attention of the Lin family.
Shen Yiqiong was wearing a light gray suit, and his face was still a little immature, but he was less casual than when he was with Zhou Jiayu, and there was a very formal smile on the corner of his mouth. It can be seen that he is very used to such occasions.
"Are you full?" Shen Chaosan asked suddenly.
Zhou Jiayu said, "Ah? No..."
Shen Chao suddenly smiled and said, "You really came here to eat."
Zhou Jiayu said, "Otherwise?" He didn't know anyone.
"Then you can eat for a while. After you finish eating, accompany me to the balcony to smoke a cigarette." Shen Chaosan was a little bored.
Zhou Jiayu said, "Are you ignoring them?" Although Shen Chaosan looked fierce, there were still people who tried to talk to him, but most of them were stared back by him. There was a girl who was more daring and bit the bullet and said a few words to Shen Chaosan, but she was dismissed by Shen Chaosan saying I want to eat... No wonder Lin Jue wanted him to follow Shen Chaosan.
Zhou Jiayu ate another piece of steak before going to the balcony with Shen Chaosan. Shen Chaosan handed him a cigarette, the two of them didn't speak, they just smoked tacitly.
The smell of this cigarette is very mellow. Zhou Jiayu looked at the brand and found that he had never seen it before, so he asked casually.
"Small brand." Shen Chaosan said, "I made it myself to play with."
Zhou Jiayu: "..." Well, Lin Zhushui's apprentices are really crouching tigers, hidden dragons.
"Why is that person looking at you all the time?" Shen Chao said suddenly.
"Who?" Zhou Jiayu didn't understand what Shen Chaosan meant.
"Nah." Shen Chaosan raised his chin towards the bottom of the balcony.
Below the balcony is a huge blue swimming pool, with all kinds of beautiful green plants planted beside it, and most people are talking while sitting and standing.
Zhou Jiayu looked in the direction of Shen Zhao's three fingers, but noticed that a man in a white suit was looking in his direction. The man looked very handsome, and there was a woman in a red dress standing next to him. The two seemed to be in a relationship, and their expressions were very intimate during the conversation. But the man took time to look in Zhou Jiayu's direction several times.
"Know?" Shen Chaosan asked.
Zhou Jiayu shook his head conditionedly, but after shaking his head, he remembered something. He did not know this person, but the original owner of the body might know him. After all, the memory that Jiba passed on to him was not complete.
"I can't remember, maybe I've seen it before." Zhou Jiayu looked back.
Shen Chaosan snorted and said, "Just tell me if you have something to do." He was never good at words, and after a while of silence, he added, "You are a good person, everyone likes you."
Zhou Jiayu was still a little moved.
Although Shen Chaosan has always disliked socializing, an acquaintance still came to the door. After half smoking a cigarette, he was forcibly dragged in by a young man. This man seemed to be a friend of Shen Chaosan. Helplessly, he told Zhou Jiayu to come over before eight o'clock, don't drink too much alcohol, and come directly to him if there is something that can't be solved.
Zhou Jiayu waved at him and saw that Shen Chaosan was also buried by the crowd.
This time he was the only one left alone. Zhou Jiayu held his chin and was thinking about whether he should go in and have something to eat, but noticed that people around him were looking at him, and some people began to try to lean over.
Without the Buddha Shen Chaosan standing in front of him, Zhou Jiayu had a very close look, and even took the name of Lin Zhushui's apprentice, so it was no wonder that the people around him were eager to move.
After Zhou Jiayu found out about this situation, he immediately stood up and planned to change his place. Who knew that he was stopped just two steps away. The one who stopped him was a young girl who looked quite cute. She said, "Your name is Zhou Jiayu, right? I've heard of you, Mr. Lin's close disciple?"
Zhou Jiayu said: "Well... I'm sorry, I want to go to the toilet."
The girl opened her mouth, her face was not thick enough to say the words "I'm with you", so she could only turn around and leave angrily.
Zhou Jiayu breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly trotted all the way to the toilet, and then planned to go out to the second floor instead of going to the first floor to find a corner to squat.
Zhou Jiayu was thinking, but there was a sound of footsteps coming from the door. Then he put his hands on his shoulders, and the man said, "Zhou Jiayu, why are you here!"
Zhou Jiayu was startled by this man, turned his head to look, and found that it was the man in the white suit who had been arguing and looking over here on the first floor. Looking at Zhou Jiayu's expression, he frowned and looked a little disgusted: "Didn't everyone say that you are dead?"
Zhou Jiayu: "..." I really met my former colleagues.
"I thought you were dead too." The man looked at Zhou Jiayu up and down, his eyes were quite bad, "but you seem to be doing well."
Zhou Jiayu licked his lips and said softly, "I'm sorry, you seem to have identified the wrong person."
The man said, "Acknowledge the wrong person? Even if you turn into ashes, I won't admit it."
Zhou Jiayu looked at him blankly.
The man was looked at by Zhou Jiayu like this, but smiled: "Don't look at me like that, am I wrong? Who are you following now?"
Zhou Jiayu didn't say a word, turned around and planned to go out, but was grabbed by the arm of the man, the man said: "Yo, so shameless?"
Zhou Jiayu turned back: "let go, what do you want?"
The man said, "What do you want to do? There are good resources to share with you." He laughed, and the smile was not ugly, but it was a pity that the evil in his eyes was very contrived, "I made a girlfriend, you Do you know what her last name is?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "I don't care what her surname is."
The man said, "Hey, you're really hopeless. Let me tell you, her surname is Lin!"
Zhou Jiayu: "..." He suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Since you can sneak into this circle, you should have heard of the name Lin Zhushui, right?" The man was triumphant, "My girlfriend is his niece! It's also the Lin family!"
Zhou Jiayu suddenly didn't know what to say. He only remembered that Lin Zhushui had a lot of nephews and nieces...
"What about you? Who did you come in with?" the man asked again, "I just saw you and a man smoking on the balcony, shouldn't you..." He laughed, "You found a boyfriend?"
Zhou Jiayu thought to himself that I wanted to find a boyfriend, but unfortunately they didn't want me. He was a little annoying and didn't want to continue entanglement with this person, and said, "It's none of your business who I came in with? Also, I Tell you, you'd better not hit that girl, or you'll be careful with me."
The man didn't expect that Zhou Jiayu would dare to threaten him righteously, and immediately became angry: "You still dare to threaten me, if those things you did in the past were known—"
"I'm afraid of being known for what I did in the past, but you are not afraid of being known for what you did in the past?" Zhou Jiayu retorted with a sneer, this man really thought he was made of mud and had no temper, "If you If you really dare to do anything, I promise you will regret it."
The man was slightly taken aback by what Zhou Jiayu said, and his confidence was also reduced by three points, but he was still stubborn: "You... Do you really think they will believe you if you tear it apart?"
"Then you can give it a try." Zhou Jiayu washed his hands, took out a tissue and wiped it, then squinted.
The man was silent.
Zhou Jiayu sneered and turned away.
Jiba came out and praised: "Wow, Can'er, you have such a big temper, I thought you would be bullied."
Zhou Jiayu sighed and said, "I can't do anything about the dirty things. People like this also want to bully me." He remembered the picture of the man and the niece before, and decided to leave it to him. Lin Jue said, lest the little girl really be deceived. But having said that, this person dared to lie to Lin Zhushui's side, and he was very courageous and skilled, which made him inexplicably think of the Zhou Jiayu at the beginning...
At eight o'clock, the climax of the birthday banquet was reached. Shen Yiqiong came to the stage to make polite remarks and poured the champagne tower. Then Shen Yiqiong's father also said something, in which he specially thanked Lin Zhushui, and his earnest attitude towards Lin Zhushui was beyond words.
"Can." Lin Jue touched Zhou Jiayu's side at some point, "Are you used to it?"
Zhou Jiayu said honestly: "I'm not used to it, there are too many people." He didn't like such occasions very much.
"If you don't like it, you won't come next time." Lin Jue smiled, "A poor one is the last one to grow up anyway. How long is your birthday?"
Zhou Jiayu said casually: "It's over, it looks like May."
Lin Jue said, "What is the date of May?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "Twelve..." After he finished speaking, he realized that he seemed to have said the wrong date of his birthday. The original owner's birthday seemed to be in the summer, but fortunately, there was nothing unusual on Lin Jue's face, oh well.
Zhou Jiayu breathed a sigh of relief.
The lights dimmed, and a huge six-tier cake was pushed into the center of the living room, with candles lit with eighteen written on it. A happy birthday song sang among the guests. Start dividing the cake.
Zhou Jiayu also got a piece. Lin Jue went to get it for him. Zhou Jiayu asked Lin Jue, "Aren't you going to eat it?"
Lin Jue shook his head: "The heat is too high."
Zhou Jiayu took a sip and rolled his eyes: "It's delicious."
Lin Jue looked at him with a smile, as if looking at an interesting child.
After the cake, the main event was the auction. There were not so many participants in this auction. Only a few people received invitations. Naturally, Lin Zhushui would not be left behind.
The second floor is an already arranged auction room. When Zhou Jiayu followed Lin Jue upstairs, Lin Zhushui was already seated. Zhou Jiayu sat next to Lin Zhushui and found that there was a half-drinking glass of champagne on Lin Zhushui's right hand, and he actually drank too...
Seemingly noticing Zhou Jiayu's gaze, Lin Jue cheered beside him and said, "Your husband is not a god, what's wrong with drinking? He still smokes."
Zhou Jiayu was shocked: "Sir still smoking?"
"Yeah." Lin Zhushui replied calmly.
"I just said, he's not that ignorant of the world." Lin Jue said, "Yo, the things they filmed today are quite interesting."
Only then did Zhou Jiayu look forward, and found that a row of small red characters appeared on the display on the right at some point, saying today's auction. Zhou Jiayu's attention was all focused on the last auction item, which was a painting by Lin Zhushui called Ten Ghosts Night Banquet.
Zhou Jiayu said, "The name of this painting is so strange."
Lin Jue smiled and said, "If you look at the painting, it will be even more strange."
The two were chatting, and the birthday star Shen Yiqiong also came over. He was dressed very delicately today, wearing big pants on weekdays and Zhou Jiayu squatting at the door with noodles. Next to the fish, he muttered and complained that he was going to starve to death.
Zhou Jiayu handed him the fruit plate on the table, and he started to nibble while holding it.
"There are a lot of good things today." Shen Yiqiong said, "Look, tell me what you like."
Zhou Jiayu was about to admire Shen Yiqiong's arrogance when he heard the bastard say, "I'll let you take a look."
Zhou Jiayu: "..." You're afraid you're going to be beaten again.
The lights were turned to a mild pale yellow, and the host, holding a small wooden hammer, announced the start of the auction.
At first, some jade, porcelain and some jewelry were auctioned. Zhou Jiayu was not very interested until a beautiful glazed lamp was carefully placed on the auction table.
For the previous object, the host clearly has to introduce the purpose and origin, but this thing, the host's words are very concise: "The glass lamp, starting at 50 million."
This glazed lantern is very beautiful. It is in the shape of a lotus flower. The petals and stamens are fully visible. The lamp has a light blue color, and there is a pattern of flowing water on the base. above the shallow waves.
"This lamp and Jiayu are a good match." Lin Jue said with a smile.
What does this light do? Is it just decorations? Zhou Jiayu thought about it, and when he saw a room full of people, no one raised their placards, and seemed to be hesitating.
"One poor." Lin Zhushui, who was sitting next to him, said softly, "You help me take a picture."
Shen Yiqiong was working as his melon eater, so he was not surprised when he heard Lin Zhushui's words: "Okay." He was also quite clever, he held up the sign when it was about to pass, and said happily. : "This lamp is very beautiful, it's a pity that it flows."
So this lamp was photographed by Shen Yiqiong at a low price, although the low price is not too low.
"I got it." Shen Yiqiong smiled, "Complete the mission successfully."
"Not bad." Lin Jue sighed, "The most unsuitable place for your husband in this life is the auction."
Zhou Jiayu looked curious, and his doubts were answered in the next exhibit.
The next exhibit was a small jade bracelet. Lin Zhushui raised a card at random, and the people around made a noise. Then the price of the bracelet exploded. Zhou Jiayu found that these people didn't want money. They were crazy. It seems to have started to raise placards.
"Look." Lin Jue spread his hands, "Last time, your husband tried to make it convenient and didn't bother others, but the price of a piece of jade that you wanted to shoot has just doubled."
Zhou Jiayu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Lin Zhushui seemed to be used to it. He took a sip from the teacup and let the people around him bid frantically, as if the person who caused the commotion was not himself at all.
In the end, this jade bracelet was photographed for a price of more than 80 million yuan, which made Zhou Jiayu slapped her tongue. Lin Jue said: "This bracelet is worth 20 million... Whoever buys it will be mentally handicapped." It's a pity that there are quite a lot of mentally handicapped people present.
The auction items were bought one by one, and soon came to the finale - Lin Zhushui's Ten Ghosts Night Banquet.
The painting was taken up in a roll, but before it was opened, Zhou Jiayu felt the distinctive aura on it.
The scroll unfolded slowly, and Zhou Jiayu could see clearly what was in the painting. It was ten ghosts with their teeth and claws, sitting on top of the mountain to raise a glass and drink together. The overall color of the picture is dark, but the ghosts in the painting are vivid, as if they will jump out of the painting in the next moment. But this was not what surprised Zhou Jiayu the most. What surprised him the most was that the background of this scroll seemed to be alive, the clouds were floating, the stars were twinkling, and the leaves on the treetops seemed to follow the breeze. Flicking, but if you look carefully, you will find that the movement just now is just your own illusion...
The audience fell silent. Everyone's eyes were on the scroll and they couldn't move away for a moment. Zhou Jiayu was also stunned. He even had the illusion that he was about to be sucked in. In the end, Lin Jue patted him. A slap woke him up.
Lin Jue smiled, but said, "Although this painting is beautiful, don't get mesmerized."
Zhou Jiayu just woke up like a dream.