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This reason made Yan Zonglang somewhat unexpected.

He signaled Alpha to stop barking, then let go of Shu Qingmo and said, "I'll buy the paint for you."

Shu Qingmo said, "Mineral pigments are not cheap, they are much more expensive than ordinary chemical pigments."

Yan Zonglang asked: "How expensive can it be?"

"Several hundred." Shu Qingmo said, "Maybe thousands more."

The painting of the Four Heavenly Kings is a religious theme painting, which belongs to the type of heavy color, and the picture is very large, which consumes a lot of paint.If you use chemical pigments, you can buy a kilogram for a few dollars, but if you use mineral pigments, you can spend several dollars for just one gram.

Correspondingly, mineral pigments have bright colors and are not easy to fade. Dunhuang murals are fine brushwork and heavy-color paintings painted with pure natural mineral pigments. Many colors have been preserved to this day.

For Shu Qingmo, the price of hundreds to thousands is undoubtedly a huge sum of money.But he forgot that Yan Zonglang lived at the top of the pyramid, and the price he quoted was a drop in the bucket in Yan Zonglang's eyes.

"Is it expensive?" Yan Zonglang narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression seemed to say, do you look down on me.

Shu Qingmo brought the topic back with a guilty conscience, and said in a low voice, "Then I can't draw it in a week."

Yan Zonglang didn't continue to exert pressure. The reason why he proposed a week was just a common trick in bargaining. First, he lowered the price to the lowest level to test the other party's bottom line, and then made adjustments.

Since it's not enough for a week, then he should give it a little more grace.

When Yan Zonglang was hesitating whether to continue teasing Shu Qingmo, he received a call from Fang Wanrou.He looked at the phone screen, and said to Shu Qingmo: "I'm going to answer the phone, just wait for me for a while."

Yan Zonglang came to the sunken garden below from the stairs in the corner of the living room.There are many ornamental flowers planted in the garden. In addition, there are bar counters, billiards, swimming pools and other entertainment facilities.

He opened the fence and came to Alpha, and while stroking its chin, he called Fang Wanrou.

"Mrs. Fang, the purpose of my marriage is not to find a partner. I know Miss Shu's conditions are very good, but it's not suitable for me."

——Put it before Shu Guohua's death, maybe it's suitable.

Fang Wanju said: "Are you really not thinking about it anymore? I know that you need Lao Shu's contacts to start an auction house, and I can also introduce you to people in the circle."

"I've read Mrs. Fang's book, and it's wonderful." After appreciating it, Yan Zonglang changed the topic, "But I'm afraid Mrs. Fang can't introduce me to the person I want to know."

Fang Wanrou is a writer with good artistic accomplishment.She will regularly hold tea tasting parties in Shu's house, and is quite famous in the circle of rich wives in the art world.

As Shu Guohua's wife, she has naturally accumulated a certain amount of contacts, but she can only talk in the circle of wives, and if she really wants to talk about career matters, others may not take her seriously.

Fang Wanju said: "Even if I can't help you directly like Lao Shu, I can still bring you some benefits, right?"

"I never refuse a win-win situation." Yan Zonglang said, "When others bring me benefits, I will also repay them with benefits. But the premise is that they are of equal value."

Yan Zonglang's words are very clear, he can make a deal with Fang Wanrou, but Fang Wanrou's chips are not enough for him to marry Shu Mengfu.

Originally, when Shu Guohua was still alive, Yan Zonglang could use Shu Guohua to catch up with the leading figures in the field of appraising and collecting, so that he could hire a group of convincing appraisal experts when he opened an auction house. After all, in the business of antiques, nothing is more important than reputation. .

However, Shu Guohua passed away suddenly, and Yan Zonglang's goal was cut off before Yan Zonglang's goal was achieved.

Without Shu Guohua's help, he would have to invest more money and energy in expanding his contacts, so Shu Guohua's death made him feel extremely irritated.

Let's talk about Fang Wanrou's side.The Shu family is a family of artists, once Shu Guohua died, none of the juniors in the family could do anything, the decline of the Shu family was just a matter of time.

When Shu Guohua was ill in bed, Fang Wanrou was preparing to build an art gallery, in order to transform from a writer into an art practitioner, so that at least she could maintain the reputation of the Shu family's art family and occupy a place in the collection circle.

Therefore, for the current Shu family, if they could have a son-in-law like Yan Zonglang, it would be a huge bargain.

But obviously, Yan Zonglang didn't intend to continue this deal.

As early as when he declined to attend Shu Guohua's will, Fang Wanrou had expected such a result.

Fang Wanju said: "Lao Shu just passed away, so it's not appropriate to announce the cancellation of the engagement right away..."

"How about Qiqi?" Yan Zonglang said, "I will do enough to be polite before the 49-day deadline."

"Okay." Fang Wanrou had no choice but to compromise, "Thank you for taking care of the Shu family's face."

"By the way, Mrs. Fang." Yan Zonglang suddenly thought of the child who was staying at his home, "I heard that the Shu family has a young son..."

"It's just a useless person." Fang Wanju said, "What's wrong with him?"

"It's okay." Yan Zonglang smiled, chatted politely, and hung up the phone.

Shu Qingmo waited for a long time, Yan Zonglang finally came up from the sunken garden.

He received a call from Ye Xiaoxuan just now, and the police found out that the person who spread the video was a senior boy who majored in mural painting next door, that is, the owner of the dating group. Other than that, no one else reposted the video on a large scale.

Since the circumstances were not serious, the boy was detained for three days and fined [-] yuan.

On the bright side, Ye Xiaoxuan's video did not cause any major problems, so she can feel at ease.But from a bad point of view, the perpetrator Shu Yichen was not punished.

Ye Xiaoxuan was hit hard by this result, Shu Qingmo wanted to go home to comfort her, but Yan Zonglang was busy and he couldn't leave without permission, so he had to inform Luo Zihang upstairs to let him go down to accompany Ye Xiaoxuan for a while.

In the end, Yan Zonglang extended the deadline for handing in the painting to one month, and Shu Qingmo finally escaped from the penthouse without any danger.

When he returned home, Luo Zihang had roughly understood what had happened, but he didn't know how he comforted her. Ye Xiaoxuan cried even more sadly than in the morning.

"What did you say?" Shu Qingmo pulled Luo Zihang aside and asked in a low voice.

"I said she will be a hero after graduation." Luo Zihang said.

"..."

Shu Qingmo sat down beside Ye Xiaoxuan, and patted her on the shoulder: "He's just a straight man, don't listen to his nonsense."

"Shu Shu, ask yourself," Ye Xiaoxuan looked at Shu Qingmo weeping, "Are you willing to marry a girl like me? Tell the truth."

"Why don't you want to?" Shu Qingmo said, "If you can't get married in the future, come to me."

"Hello." Luo Zihang frowned and pulled La Shu Qingmo's arm, looking unhappy.

Shu Qingmo glared at Luo Zihang, motioning him to shut up.

In fact, Shu Qingmo's sexual orientation is male, and it is impossible for her to marry a girl, Ye Xiaoxuan already knew this.

She asked this question only for psychological comfort, and of course Shu Qingmo would not make her sad.

"What about you?" Ye Xiaoxuan looked at Luo Zihang sadly, "If it was you, would you marry me?"

Luo Zihang pursed his lips, but didn't answer with a complicated expression.

Shu Qingmo stepped on Luo Zihang's instep, and warned him with his eyes not to spoil the scenery at this time.

"...I'm fine too." Luo Zihang said reluctantly, "You are a good girl and deserve to be cared for."

It is really not easy to say such words from Luo Zihang's dog mouth.Whether it's true or not, it seems to be more effective than what Shu Qingmo said.

After coaxing Ye Xiaoxuan to sleep, Shu Qingmo followed Luo Zihang upstairs.

When his mother just passed away in the early years, Shu Qingmo slept with Luo Zihang every day because of fear, and he was already familiar with their family.

Now the economic conditions of Luo Zihang's family are much better than before, but this old house is full of memories, so they never moved out.

Luo Zihang's mother, Luo Jiahui, was painting, and after saying hello, she ignored them.

The two washed up one after another, and then squeezed onto the 1.2-meter-wide small bed in Luo Zihang's bedroom.

"Was this bed so small before?" Shu Qingmo nudged Luo Zihang with his elbow, "Come over, my side is very crowded."

"I'm going to fall if I go over there." Luo Zihang turned over and faced Shu Qingmo, "By the way, is what you just said true?"

"What?" Shu Qingmo asked.

"You said that if Ye Xiaoxuan can't get married, you can marry her." Luo Zihang said.

"She won't be unable to get married." Shu Qingmo said, "She is so beautiful, as long as she is not picky, there are a lot of men who are willing to marry her."

"Then why didn't you say it just now?" Luo Zihang muttered dissatisfied.

"She doesn't need you to reason with her now." Shu Qingmo knew that Luo Zihang's character was informal, and he couldn't understand the girl's thoughts at all, "When she is sad, you just try to follow her words and let her The most important thing is to be happy."

"So you won't actually marry her?" Luo Zihang's tone suddenly became lighter.

"She knows that I won't marry her." Shu Qingmo said, "She is injured now, it's normal for her to think wildly, just wait for her to get through this period."

It's not that Shu Qingmo doesn't feel pain in his back when he stands and talks, the injuries he suffered in the past were a hundred times more terrifying than what Ye Xiaoxuan is suffering now, but he still gritted his teeth and survived.

When he stopped sleeping at Luo Zihang's house, it was the turning point of all his emotions.

Before that, he had become extremely gloomy, unwilling to face anything related to traditional Chinese painting.

But Luo Zihang's mother is a traditional Chinese painting painter. He either overcomes the fear of sleeping alone, or overcomes the resistance when facing traditional Chinese painting. As a result, he overcomes both, and returns to the empty room alone to practice Chinese painting from scratch. .

He once tore up the drawing paper because he couldn't draw smooth lines with his left hand. Fortunately, he had his master Wu Yunmo beside him to enlighten him and teach him to draw patiently.

Wu Yunmo is a very Buddhist person, and he takes many things lightly.Under his influence, Shu Qingmo's mentality gradually returned to calm.

"It's fine if you don't marry her." Luo Zihang said cheerfully, "Good brothers just want to be single together."

Shu Qingmo was too lazy to talk about brotherhood with Luo Zihang, he turned his back and looked at the wall worrying.

Recalling the scene of Yan Zonglang stroking Alpha in the garden, that vicious big dog would actually lie on the ground and act coquettishly in front of Yan Zonglang, which made Shu Qingmo deeply realize the fact that Yan Zonglang was even scarier than that Tibetan mastiff.

One month's time is very tight, but I can only draw hard...

I will not write Luo Zihang as cannon fodder

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