Pure jade and gold

Five p.m.

When Lu Zhaoan returned to the parking lot after finishing his work, he found a familiar figure beside the car.

Yuan Rui lowered his head and tapped the toe of his shoe on the ground from time to time. He just stood there silently, and he didn't know how long he had been waiting on the spot.

Lu Zhaoan quickened his pace and approached, "Xiao Rui?"

Yuan Rui raised his head when he heard the sound, and pretended to be calm, he had nothing to say, "You helped Shi Yunnan deal with it? That guy is really lucky, he will meet a black shop the first time he comes back to the market."

In the afternoon, because of the arrival of Master Wang and Zhong Xiu, Yuan Rui slipped out of his store in a fit of anger.

He originally wanted to wander around Linglong Market to pass the time, and calm down his irritated emotions by the way, but he didn't expect to hear the sound of arguing from the street just a few steps away.

When he got closer, he found that a store called 'Yuxuan Pavilion' was full of people outside.

Yuan Rui leaned closer with a bit of a spectator spirit, only to realize that it was "the unscrupulous store is cheating Xiaobai", and threatened to ask the buyer to pay 30 yuan for the jade carving.

The Yuan family owns shares in Linglong Market, so it is considered half of the manager.

Yuan Rui, who was already angry, immediately jumped out to help when he heard about this black-hearted trap.

It turned out well--

The little white victim he thought was 'simple and deceitful' turned out to be Shi Yunnan who he just met at the nightclub last night, it's not like friends don't get together.

However, the two still maintained the same attitude in dealing with the unscrupulous merchants. Not only did they not pay attention to the scams of the merchants, but they also defeated each other steadily.

In the end, it was Lu Zhao'an who heard the news and came forward to call the police, turning this farce over.

As one of the witnesses, Yuan Rui accompanied Shi Yunnan to the Wanwan Police Station to record and file the case, and Lu Zhaoan was also with him.

After dealing with the follow-up matters, it was almost time for the market to close.

"Well, after leaving the police station, I chose a jade vase in our store for Mr. Shi." Lu Zhaoan replied, and unlocked the car door, "How long have you been waiting? Why didn't you call me?"

"Who was waiting for you? I, I was just dropping in." Yuan Rui said duplicity.

After finishing his confession at the police station at four o'clock, Yuan Rui saw Lu Zhao'an waiting on the spot.

For some reason, he recalled the Zhong Xiu whom he had never met before but who was "calling each senior brother one by one", and the gloom in his heart didn't go anywhere, so he left Lu Zhao'an and Shi Yunnan behind.

Yuan Rui, who ran out of the police station, originally wanted to find his friend Xie Keyue Juju, but the other party seemed to be very busy recently, and he didn't even answer three or four calls, and he didn't even reply to the WeChat he sent.

Yuan Rui, who had nothing to do, could only wander around the market. His temper was originally hot for 3 minutes, but after such a toss, he calmed down a lot.

Yuan Rui recalled what Yuan Puguang told him to 'come back for dinner' before he got up early and went out, and also said to 'buy him duck with soy sauce', and unconsciously moved to the parking lot.

Then, after waiting for less than 10 minutes, he met Lu Zhao'an.

Seeing Yuan Rui's arrogant and awkward look as usual, Lu Zhao'an rarely laughed at him, "Did you stop by my car?"

"..."

Yuan Rui puffed up his cheeks, "I want to give you a ride home, can't I? Or do you want to change places and continue to learn from the junior brother you just met?"

The second half of the sentence came out without going through the brain.

Yuan Rui paused, and quickly tried to make amends for himself, "Okay, I'll tell my dad when I get back, your apprentice has two hearts to betray the master, I..."

Lu Zhao'an interrupted him helplessly, "Have you still not calmed down?"

"..."

Yuan Rui got stuck.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Zhao'an got closer, and he naturally reached out to straighten Yuan Rui's wind-blown hair.

"It was Zhong Xiu who suddenly called my senior brother, and I didn't ask him to call him. Besides, as soon as you left, I told him about it seriously."

The fingertips with thick calluses lightly rubbed across the forehead, causing bursts of numbness.

When the wind blows, Yuan Rui's heart trembles, and he responds without thinking, "...what did you say?"

"I told you that I, Lu Zhao'an, have only one junior brother in my life, and only one person can call me senior brother."

Lu Zhao'an recalled what Yuan Rui had called him these years, and smiled helplessly, "You don't want to call me senior brother anymore, and you get angry when others call you, why are you so..."

The word "jealousy" circled and circled in the mouth, and finally changed the vocabulary, "Overbearing?"

Yuan Rui felt that his cheeks were burning hot, but fortunately, he was covered by a mask, "Hey, if people want to yell, just yell, what's the matter with me?"

Yuan Rui turned around and walked to the door of the car in three steps.

The irritability of wandering around inexplicably all afternoon completely disappeared at this moment, he grinned unconsciously, even ignoring the little tearing pain.

"Lu Zhao'an, hurry up! I'm hungry and I want to go home for dinner!"

After speaking, he slammed the car door shut.

Lu Zhaoan loosened his usual calm and self-sufficient expression, smiled lowly and sighed, "It's so coaxing."

...

Half a month later, Yuan's Jade Factory.

As the "old owner" of Linglong Market, the Yuan family took full advantage of the geographical advantage when the market expanded, and directly built its own large jade factory and warehouse directly behind the market for convenience.

If the store's business is slow, Lu Zhao'an, as the manager, will stay in a separate workshop in the jade factory to create sculptures.

The noon sun is a bit poisonous.

Yuan Rui quickly ran into the jade factory with a bottle of Coca-Cola in his hand. He looked around and consciously walked towards the air-conditioned Lu Zhaoan's office.

As soon as he approached the door, Yuan Rui heard the sound of arguing from inside.

"Zhao'an, listen to my uncle's advice, Yushi's design will not work! The market has already been taken by Lingyu and the others, and you still want to get a share of the pie, isn't it obvious that you are asking for trouble?"

"That's right, Zhao'an, don't be confused! The investment cost of this jade design is not a joke. The designer needs money, the raw material purchase needs money, and the later operation and sales need money. When the time comes, you will lose money. What are you going to do?"

"Leave a good jade carving and don't make it. Aren't you ruining your master and our careful cultivation? No matter how our Yuan family goes downhill, we can't let you, a disciple with a foreign surname, mess around!"

The second half of the sentence is a bit serious.

"..."

Yuan Rui clenched the Coke bottle in his hand, his eyes showed a bit of worry.

About a week ago, Lu Zhao'an suddenly proposed to open up Yuan's market territory in 'Jade Design'. Undoubtedly, this proposal aroused opposition from many people.

The objections in this office are obviously related to this matter.

"Three uncles, I have already obtained Master's approval, and I have also arranged the initial expenses for this matter. I promise not to let the Yuan family suffer any losses in this regard. Once any losses are caused, I am willing to bear all subsequent responsibilities and compensation."

This is also very clear--

If he wins, everyone will share, and if he loses, he will bear it himself.

The three uncles inside heard this and saw that Lu Zhao'an brought out 'Yuan Puguang', so they had to give up.

Yuan Rui quietly waited at the door for half an hour, until the coke cans were empty, and the calm and harmonious conversation in the office finally ended.

The three uncles came out, and they all saw Yuan Rui who was guarding the door.

Apart from Yuan Puguang, these cousins ​​and uncles are also jade carving masters. Yuan Rui was most afraid of this kind of "meeting the elders" when he was a child, for fear that if he was not careful, he would not be able to do it well.

"Hello, cousin."

"Yuan Rui." One of them patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Stop being playful, and help your dad take care of the Yuan family."

"……I see."

Yuan Rui responded honestly, and after watching the other three leave, he stepped into the office cautiously.

Lu Zhao'an seemed to have fought a tough battle. He was sitting quietly on a chair and rubbing his temples, showing a rare tired look.He noticed a slight movement at the door, and immediately looked back.

The two met face to face, Yuan Rui approached and asked, "Are you okay?"

Lu Zhaoan restrained his expression, "It's okay, you just heard it outside?"

Yuan Rui walked to the desk, "I heard a little bit, you really decided to let our Yuan family develop in the direction of jade design?"

"It's better to try it out than to go downhill the same way."

Lu Zhaoan is very good at emotional management, and he hid all his pressure in his heart in a few words, "You just graduated, don't worry about these things."

"..."

Yuan Rui didn't answer.

The swing page of the air conditioner swung down, opening two pages of the bound documents on the table.

Yuan Rui noticed this scene, picked it up and asked for consent, "What is this? Can I watch it?"

Lu Zhaoan raised his lips slightly, "Yes, it's rare that you are interested."

Yuan Rui picked up the documents, only to find that there were capital documents of some designers and a preliminary design cooperation agreement, "Have you already found a designer?"

"Not only have the first batch of designers been found, but even the design studio has been found. It's near our market. I'll take you to see it when I have a chance."

The two words that are understated are actually the result of his efforts in the past few days.

Lu Zhaoan got up and got down to business, "I have an appointment with someone to visit our design studio and jade factory. It's almost time. You sit down first. I'll be back in half an hour."

"Go ahead and leave me alone."

Lu Zhaoan smiled slightly and left the office.

Yuan Rui, who stayed alone in the office, looked around, and leaned against the edge of the table silently, his mind was full of the conversation between Lu Zhaoan and his elder uncle just now.

It is said that every other line is like a mountain.

Even jade carving and jade design are separated by many doors.

Lu Zhao'an didn't know how much pressure he was putting on to push things forward, it would be great if he could help.

...

Time flies by.

As soon as Yuan Rui walked out of the office, he saw Lu Zhaoan stepping into the jade factory carrying a familiar figure.

"Shi Yunnan, what are you doing here?"

"Xiaorui, Mr. Shi is a partner of our jade studio." Lu Zhaoan took the initiative to speak out, "Design needs, I will take him to visit the jade factory."

Yuan Rui obviously didn't expect that Lu Zhao'an and Shi Yunnan would communicate in private, "Do you still know about jade design?"

He doesn't seem to be on the list?Why did it suddenly appear?

Shi Yunnan asked back, "I know a little bit about superficiality, so does the young master Yuan's expression mean that he doesn't believe me?"

Lu Zhao'an recalled the previous communication between the two, and continued to explain to Yuan Rui, "Mr. Shi has always been involved in jewelry-related designs, and Lou's Cosmetics, which exploded in the past two months, was designed by him behind the scenes, so I Mr. Shi was invited..."

Yuan Rui looked at Lu Zhao'an's unabashed admiration for Shi Yunnan, feeling inexplicably empty in his heart.

This kind of loss does not come from the so-called 'jealousy', but from the 'knowledge' that I can only watch and can't help.

"Oh, I know."

Lu Zhao'an sensed Yuan Rui's slightly low tone, thinking that he was unhappy because he asked Shi Yunnan to cooperate, so he whispered in his ear.

"Xiao Rui, I know that you and Mr. Shi had a bad time before, but cooperation is a matter of publicity, I hope..."

Yuan Rui also interrupted softly, "I know, one size counts for one size, I won't throw a child's temper."

He knew that Lu Zhao'an's path was not easy. Since Shi Yunnan could become a co-designer of the design studio, he would be an excellent designer with great working ability.

Yuan Rui just thought about it for a long time in the office, and only felt that he had some superficial skills in jade raw materials, and he might not be able to help Shang Lu Zhao'an.

If he was unhappy, then he hated himself.

He has no skills, how can he bother to trouble someone with skills?

During the brief silence, Lu Zhaoan's cell phone rang suddenly, and only after he got connected did he realize that there was a problem with the jade carving business in Lin Province, and he had to rush there immediately to solve it.

Lu Zhao'an looked at Shi Yunnan, and was about to apologize, "Mr. Shi, maybe another day..."

"What's another day? It's already here. You don't have time to accompany me. Why don't you introduce someone else to Shi Yunnan?" Yuan Rui interrupted.

Shi Yunnan heard the overtones, and asked with a smile, "Master Yuan is going to introduce me?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhaoan immediately turned his gaze to Yuan Rui.

Yuan Rui looked away, feeling embarrassed to be seen through.

He originally wanted to do a favor, but he didn't know whether the other party would trust him or not, and whether he would give him this chance.

Lu Zhao'an's answer came quickly, "Mr. Shi, let Yuan Rui do it for you. He knows all about jade and is very professional."

Shi Yunnan agreed upon hearing this.

When Yuan Rui heard the two people's answers, the corners of his mouth curled up briefly, feeling a little more excited about being recognized.

After all, he was born in a jade family, and Yuan Rui is rarely reliable in this respect.

After Lu Zhao'an left due to urgent matters, he took Shi Yunnan to introduce him seriously, and even bringing the latter changed his opinion of him a lot.

As the two walked and chatted, the past disputes and conflicts were invisible.

Yuan Rui even felt that with a few more contacts, he might be able to become friends with Shi Yunnan.

Near six o'clock, the harmonious atmosphere in the warehouse was broken by the sudden arrival of Xie Keyue.

Shi Yunnan and Xie Keyue can be regarded as half-brothers, and they have always been incompatible existences. Some time ago, Xie Keyue had a big setback in business, and I heard that the 'instigator' was Shi Yunnan.

Nowadays, Xie Keyue, who had not been seen for a long time, suddenly appeared in his own jade factory, and even met Shi Yunnan unexpectedly. Isn't this the atmosphere of the imminent war?

Yuan Rui's 'bad impression' of Shi Yunnan was all due to Xie Keyue's introduction. After he got to know Shi Yunnan deeply, he felt that Shi Yunnan was not as bad as his friend described.

The most important thing is that he only agreed to Guo Lu Zhao'an not long ago, and he would never make Shi Yunnan unhappy again.

If these two quarrel, should he help his friend Xie Keyue?Or should he speak for Shi Yunnan?

Yuan Rui struggled secretly in his heart, seeing that he had almost introduced the jade in the warehouse, he turned his head quickly, and pulled his friend Xie Ke further and further away with the excuse of 'please eat'.

It wasn't until he completely left the factory that Yuan Rui breathed a sigh of relief.

Very risky.

If it was a little later, the two of them would probably choke.

Xie Ke at the side saw through his emotions, and his tone was slightly displeased, "Yuan Rui, when did you get so close to Shi Yunnan?"

"..."

Facing his friend's question, Yuan Rui suddenly felt guilty.

Speaking of which, Xie Keyue should be the one who understands him best among all his friends.

Yuan Rui was often denied by Yuan Puguang when he was at home. When the friends nearby found out, they would just casually comfort him or even laugh and let it go. Only Xie Keyu gave him affirmation and encouragement with all his heart.

Yuan Rui is serious about making friends, and likes to exchange sincerity for sincerity. In his opinion, friends like Xie Keyue should be treated with sincerity.

Yuan Rui took a deep breath, "Ke Yue, I didn't deliberately meet Shi Yunnan without telling you, let alone not telling you, it was purely accidental, really...don't be unhappy..."

The more Xie Ke remembered the purpose of coming to find Yuan Rui today, he accepted it as soon as he found it, "I'm just joking with you, the grievances between me and Shi Yunnan are nothing to you, making friends is your freedom, you don't have to worry about it my feeling."

Yuan Ruixin thought it was true, and hooked Xie Keyue's shoulder heartlessly, "May I treat you to dinner? I can't contact you during this period of time. I have held back a lot of things and plan to talk to you."

"What's the matter?" Xie Keyue asked casually, and started the topic, "I heard that the Yuan family plans to develop jade design? Is this true?"

"Your news is too well-informed, aren't you?" Yuan Rui was surprised, and then he felt powerless and worried, "To be honest, I'm worried about this."

Xie Ke asked more skillfully, "What are you worried about? Not enough investment in jade?"

"Investment is only one aspect, the main reason is to worry about my senior brother..." Yuan Rui suddenly paused, coughed twice and then changed his words embarrassingly, "I'm worried that Lu Zhao'an will be under too much pressure, and he will mess things up and lose money. A member of the family is unable to help."

"Yuan Rui, don't you know much about jade raw materials? In the future, you can help Lu Zhao'an purchase design materials." Xie Keyue said, "You are capable, don't belittle yourself."

Yuan Rui actually had this unformed idea in his heart, but he didn't mention it because he was afraid of being rejected by Lu Zhao'an and Yuan Puguang.

He didn't expect his friend to guess it tacitly, and he was overjoyed, "Ke Yue, do you think I can do it?"

"Why not?"

A gleam of calculation flashed across Xie Keyue's eyes, and he seized the opportunity to point out his real purpose for coming this time, "Yuan Rui, if the Yuan family lacks investment, I can pay for this project."

When Yuan Rui heard this, he refused without thinking, "No."

Xie Keyue's face changed, and he quickly suppressed, "What's wrong?"

"But Yue, there are many companies that focus on jade design. Our Yuan family started late in this area, and we may not necessarily make money. You are one of the few good friends I have. I can't cheat you."

"Yuan Rui, I appreciate your kindness."

Xie Keyue didn't immediately stop this topic, and revealed the truth, "Actually, I came to you today for this matter. It is difficult to have a 100% profit rate in investment. If I lose money later, I am willing to accept it."

"This……"

Yuan Rui hesitated.

I secretly said in my heart that it would be a good thing if I could accidentally make an extra investment, but if Xie Keyue became one of the shareholders in power, maybe he would share the right to speak with Zuo Zhaoan.

The balance in Yuan Rui's heart was slightly tilted, and he was afraid of making his friend unhappy, so he dared not speak.

"To be honest, I'm afraid that you won't agree. After all, I'm working in the Shi Corporation now, so I can't do two things at once. Even if I invest, I can only be a shopkeeper."

"However, I just heard that you have the idea of ​​helping with management, how about you replacing me?" Xie Ke further proposed——

"You took my investment to find Lu Zhaoan to work with. Firstly, you added an investment to the Yuan family. Second, you helped me and I can trust you. Thirdly, you still have the right to speak in various decisions. It's up to you."

Yuan Rui frowned, "Ke Yue, if you lose money, it's not fair to you."

"What's fair and unfair? I just have a little spare money on hand, and I'm willing to invest it. The profit and loss are still affordable." Xie Keyue paused, thinking about advancing as retreating, "If you don't want to, I will Naturally, it is not forced."

"However, it seems that I guessed wrong?"

Yuan Rui was puzzled, "What did you guess wrong?"

Xie Ke Yue subtly curled his lips, probing deliberately, "I thought you always wanted to be side by side with Lu Zhao'an."

Yuan Rui remained silent, but a secret place in his heart was stabbed hard by these words.

His eyes flickered a bit unconfident at first, and then slowly became firm——

Side by side with Lu Zhaoan?

Yes, he thought.

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The author has something to say:

#Actually, our little crying bag really has no bad intentions, it’s awkward and arrogant in the mouth, but it’s all seniors, seniors and seniors in its heart~

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#Note: The content of the following timeline corresponds to "Flash Marriage" 42-43, which will be mentioned a little in the next chapter, and the new timeline will be reached soon, please be patient and follow the article~

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【感谢在2021-10-0215:46:04~2021-10-0318:30:32期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~】

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