Red Dust and Sand Sculpture

Li Xiangfu didn't know how to explain that he wasn't miserable, at least not to the point where he was a performer to support himself.

Rejecting Aunt Zhang's enthusiasm repeatedly, he withdrew from the kitchen, closed his eyes and shook his head to Li Shasha who was waiting for dessert.

Seeing this, Li Shasha let out a long sigh.

But he quickly found a new entry point: "The money to buy a robot is almost enough."

"If you are not in charge of the family, you don't know how expensive it is." Li Xiangfu sat on the sofa, perfunctorily popularizing some major principles: "It is not advisable to spend money lavishly."

Li Shasha: "No matter how hard it is, I can't..."

Li Xiangfu has long been tired of hearing this sentence, and said earnestly: "You don't know the hard work of making money, and when the balance is used up, we can't even eat meat."

Hearing that Li Shasha didn't make any noise, she quietly sat cross-legged on the carpet and stretched out her hand: "Dad, lend me your cell phone."

Li Xiangfu threw it to him.

Li Shasha took the mobile phone, and quickly returned it after operating it.

"I have participated in many lottery activities," he proactively stated in an overly monotonous tone: "From chat software to social platforms, they are all carefully selected to ensure authenticity and expensive prizes."

"Can you hit it?"

Li Shasha maintained the cross-legged posture and prayed earnestly for a few seconds.

"There is a chance, and the overall winning rate can be maintained at about [-] out of [-]."

Li Xiangfu nodded calmly: "I wish you all the best."

As soon as he took a step forward, he encountered resistance in moving forward. Looking down, Li Shasha hugged his calf with one hand expressionlessly, and uttered his heart word by word: "I want a robot."

Immediately afterwards, she looked at him pitifully with puppy-like eyes.

Li Xiangfu couldn't bear to look directly at him, and pressed his eyebrows: "I'll think of a way."

At one o'clock in the morning, without the blessing of the slightest distress, Li Xiangfu gave up going to sleep, tied up his hair and leaned against the head of the bed, slowly searching for ways to make money for him.

It seems that there is only one way left for him to be a performer.Before renunciation was about to be announced, several keywords marked in red jumped into view.

'Qin Jin', 'Dinner'... The title is too long to be complete, so I clicked it and found it was a post.The host directly forwarded a piece of news, saying that if he can win the chance to have dinner with Qin Jin, and then be enlightened, it will take off sooner or later.

Under the water hahaha.

It's not a new thing for rich people to auction the places for eating together, but Qin Jin is an anniversary event organized by the company, and there is no need to bid, and there is a chance to be drawn if you retweet it.

During the day, Li Shasha also reposted two Weibo posts, because the new account represented the identity of the masked man, and he carefully switched to the account that Li Xiangfu used before.

Li Xiangfu accidentally discovered that he still has a dozen or so fans. In the past few years, he posted some daily news about studying abroad intermittently. He never thought that someone would really follow and like it.

The lottery will end in about ten hours, and the retweets have reached more than 20. With the mentality of joining in the fun, he retweeted one.

Wake up by the biological clock on time the next day.

Li Xiangfu came to the courtyard with the guqin in his arms, and with a light flick of his fingers, the melodious music flowed out easily, as if it could purify people's hearts.

At the end of the song, Li Xiangfu raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Shasha: "Listening to the piano pays attention to the state of mind, son, your heart... is not quiet."

Li Shasha: "Stillness and movement are not absolute. I used to look up at the starry sky, but now I find that the scenery on the ground is more attractive to me."

"for example?"

Looking at each other, Li Shasha said slowly: "For example, my father who can buy me a robot."

Adjectives and nouns are used very well, and go hand in hand, and the lack of one is not what attracts him.

"You've lost your face." Li Xiangfu sighed softly, "You've deviated from the essence."

A beautiful figure not far away near the door stared silently, then turned and went back to the house.

……

Inside the house, Aunt Zhang brought the last dish to the table.

Li Xichun pulled back his chair and took a sip of soy milk.

Mr. Li frowned: "Didn't you ask them to eat?"

Li Xichun should move his chopsticks, eat and eat, and said unmoved: "Father and son are discussing the Tao."

When he said the last two words, his tone was slightly weird, but he quickly continued to drink soy milk.

Mr. Li's eyelids twitched when he heard this, and no one at the table spoke anymore.

When Li Xiangfu came back holding the piano, the living room was empty. Mr. Li didn’t have to go to work, but he had an appointment for fishing, and even Aunt Zhang had to go out: “The supermarket has a special price today, I’m going to buy something. I have two copies in the kitchen. Just heat up the food."

Thinking about the dessert that I didn't eat yesterday, Li Shasha seized the opportunity to increase the price: "I want to eat pot buns and puffs."

Li Xiangfu: "You can only choose one."

Li Shasha pondered for a while, as if making a major decision, and said after a while: "The pot is wrapped in meat."

Li Xiangfu nodded and walked into the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves and carefully added water to mix the starch: "Help me watch the time, the meat needs to be marinated for a while."

Li Shasha picked up the phone on tiptoe, but saw a notification pop up in the message box: "There is a private message."

Li Xiangfu nodded slightly, motioning for him to click in and have a look.

Li Shasha read it directly: "Congratulations on winning the [dinner appointment] spot, please contact me as soon as possible..."

Li Xiangfu was stunned for a moment, wiped the flour off his hands, thought it was a liar, and clicked on the company's official account, but the winner announced on Weibo was not him, only @another account.

He reminded the other party that he had sent the wrong private message.

The official blog replied quickly, explaining that they temporarily added two lucky places, but did not announce it on Weibo. Li Xiangfu was one of them, and a form was attached, requiring him to complete the information.The attachment also provides three time periods, and you can freely choose your preferred dinner time.

Li Shasha raised her delicate eyebrows: "Lucky?"

Li Xiangfu didn't answer, sat down and clicked into the homepages of several fans who followed him, most of them were not very active accounts.

"Qin Jin followed you quietly and temporarily increased the quota?" Li Shasha saw his suspicion.

"Otherwise, there would be such a coincidence." Li Xiangfu put down his phone and said in deep thought, "Normal lottery draws must be announced, and the temporary increase in the number of places is only announced through private messages, which is more like an individual's instruction."

Li Shasha was not surprised. He had already concluded at the wedding banquet: "Qin Jin has a crush on you."

Li Xiangfu got up and continued cooking the food, he didn't take this sentence to heart, thinking that it had other meanings.

But Li Shasha said eloquently from behind: "That person doesn't understand romance at first glance. If he pursues it, the most intuitive expression is to spend money for you. You can go to the scene to verify it."

"In the eyes of outsiders, I am the rich second generation." Li Xiangfu reminded lightly.

"Which rich second generation will spin on the stage like a top?"

"..."

Escaping is not the way to solve the matter, Li Xiangfu finally decided to go to the appointment, he directly checked the nearest time slot, and it was scheduled for tomorrow night.

As a lesson learned from the past, when he went out the next day, Mr. Li immediately showed a vigilant look: "Recording a show?"

Li Xiangfu: "See friends."

Mr. Li gave up asking questions. It seemed that as long as he didn't go to the show for a spin, he would accept it even if he fooled around outside for a night.

There are many well-known five-star hotels in this city, and the place to eat is one of them.

Compared with other star hotels, the decoration of this hotel is quite satisfactory, but the security is well done. It is a very good place for negotiation for customers who pay attention to privacy.

The bodyguards stood at the door of the box, proving that Qin Jin had arrived earlier.

Li Xiangfu pushed open the door and instantly felt the coolness brought by the air conditioner.

Qin Jin was also wearing a shirt with the neckline open and the sleeves rolled up in an unruly manner. Li Xiangfu looked like an old pedant in comparison.

"Hello, Mr. Qin." He offered to extend his hand.

"you are very welcome."

Qin Jin's hands felt slightly cold.

The waiter quickly put all the dishes together, and Qin Jin signaled that there was no need to keep anyone inside.As soon as the door of the box was closed, only the two of them were left.

"Eat something first." Qin Jin turned his fingertips casually on the table, and happened to stop in front of Li Xiangfu's favorite dish.

Having lived in an extremely depressing era, Li Xiangfu's table manners are perfect, eating slowly without wasting too much time, he simply took two bites, put down his chopsticks, and looked up at Qin Jin.

This is a signal that they can officially cut into the topic.

"According to the original purpose of the event, you should be the one who asked me." Qin Jin sat back a little while speaking: "If you have any investment confusion, maybe I can answer one or two."

Li Xiangfu thought for a while, and said his true appeal: "I want to be a rich second generation, but my family doesn't approve."

What could be more sympathetic than being born into a wealthy family but not being able to grow old?

Qin Jin laughed when he heard it, and the gloom in his body dissipated a little: "So you want to start your own business?"

Li Xiangfu is frank: "Recently, I am going to participate in a gathering event, and the recording of the show is also to stir up popularity."

"Actually, there are two more convenient ways." Without a smile, the corners of Qin Jin's mouth drooped slightly, and he returned to the appearance that no strangers should enter: "First, give the painting to Li Xichun, she is a smart person; or yes……"

He paused: "Sell it to me."

Li Xiangfu thought for a while, her sister was currently wrestling with the capital because the painter she admired was replaced by another person to hold an art exhibition, and there was no need for him to intervene.

Seemingly seeing that he had ruled out the first option, Qin Jin leaned on his chair and said, "I will provide you with a sum of money every month, and accordingly, you will give me a painting every six months."

Li Xiangfu is very confident in his works, and he didn't put them up for auction because the water is too deep. After all, sometimes it all depends on the experts' mouths. He was moved by this proposal for a moment, and finally shook his head: "I'll think about it again."

In fact, it means to refuse.

He has always been very cautious when it comes to money transactions, in order to prevent being used as a fuss in the future.

Furthermore, Qin Jin was too harmless in front of him, so harmless that Li Xiangfu had to raise even higher vigilance.

"Are you guarding against me?" Qin Jin broke his mind.

Li Xiangfu lowered his eyes, wanted to deny it, but heard the other party say: "It's very good, you can be defensive."

There was a taste of reminiscence between the lines, and he kept pondering the deep meaning, so that when he moved his chopsticks again, he felt quite tasteless in the face of the rich dishes.

When we were about to finish eating, the secretary came in and took a photo.

"Take a photo of the event." Qin Jin seemed to be a little more patient with him, and explained.

Li Xiangfu didn't say much, and went to the bathroom, while Qin Jin went directly to the hotel entrance to wait for someone.

"Do you want to upload it to the top of the official blog?" The secretary asked for advice in a low voice.

Thinking that this is the real bloodless killing, the Li family will definitely be very anxious when they see the photos.

"Need not."

"Okay... huh?" The secretary responded directly subconsciously, looked up in surprise, met the boss's unfathomable gaze, and quickly withdrew his inner doubts.

Li Xiangfu went back in Qin Jin's special car, just as he got out of the car, a familiar black car happened to stop behind him.

Li Huaichen had just finished working overtime from the company, and when he saw Li Xiangfu, he frowned, and was about to speak, when he caught a glimpse of Qin Jin's profile from the corner of the half-open car window, his eyes narrowed immediately.

Qin Jin didn't look at him at all, and asked the secretary to drive away without squinting.

Li Huaichen withdrew his gaze and didn't ask until he was about to enter the door: "Why did you come back in his car?"

Li Xiangfu and Li Shasha have long been used to throwing pot at each other, and they changed it a little to tell the truth: "Shasha reposted the Weibo lucky draw about the dinner appointment, and it just happened to win."

Noticing a drop of red wine stain on his cuff accidentally, Li Huaichen pursed his thin lips: "Go upstairs and change your clothes, and I have something to talk to you when I come down later."

At this point, Mr. Li had already fallen asleep. Li Xichun was sitting alone in the living room eating potato chips, squinting over: "The expression is so serious, is there something wrong with the company?"

Following Li Huaichen's few words, Li Xichun put down the potato chips, and the softness in his expression disappeared.

Upstairs, when Li Xiangfu was changing clothes, he suddenly received a message from Qin Jin: [Go to bed early. ]

After making sure that he read it correctly, he couldn't help but have a complex expression, thinking that Li Shasha might have really hit the mark.Create an opportunity for dinner, offer to buy a painting, say good night at a fixed time... all seem to be faintly sending out signals of pursuit.

When he went downstairs, he felt a little heavy, seeing Li Huaichen still sitting there waiting, Li Xiangfu walked a few steps quickly.

Li Xichun was also sitting at the dining table, and at first glance he seemed nervous about a tripartite meeting.

"Xiangfu," she raised her chin, hesitated before she spoke, "I have to tell you something, Qin Jin..."

"He's unusual to me."

After contemplating the words for a long time, Li Xichun was taken aback when he was answered suddenly: "You know?"

Li Xiangfu nodded: "A big entrepreneur will not approach people for no reason." After a moment of silence, he asked: "Will my words and deeds affect the family business?"

Li Xichun stopped breathing, and finally rubbed his hair with his hands: "A businessman is after profit, he has a brain and a career, so he won't die with us."

After getting a clear answer, Li Xiangfu breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and stared at his hands: "You tell me, how should I refuse Mr. Qin's pursuit, so as to minimize the damage?"

Li Xichun's arm froze in mid-air.

On the other side, Li Xiangfu was still immersed in a touch of sadness, looking up eager for an answer.

Taking a deep breath, Li Xichun slowly turned his neck, which became stiff at some point, and looked sideways at Li Huaichen.

"..." I don't know how to answer this question, you come here.

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Li Xiangfu: This is the sadness of being born in a big family, everything is beyond your control.

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