"My master has said that he won't sell it for any price. You should go back. "The guard's tone was obviously impatient.
"Two hundred thousand, two hundred thousand taels!"
The guard widened his eyes. He waved his hand and a pitch-black round ball appeared in his palm, "My master has said that if he can't be sent away, I'll give him this."
The servant's face turned ghastly pale when he saw the pitch-black round ball. He almost rolled and crawled as he retreated. He only shouted in fear after he retreated more than ten meters away, "Five hundred thousand! Five hundred thousand taels is not enough … "
The guard was infuriated. He raised his hand and made a throwing motion. The servant immediately ran away like a rabbit and disappeared without a trace.
The guard put Lei Zhenzi back into his pouch proudly. After a brief silence, he cursed ferociously, "Motherf * cker, five hundred thousand taels to buy a painting … If I had known this earlier, I would have learned how to paint back then."
Five hundred thousand taels was enough for an ordinary family to live comfortably for ten lifetimes.
While he was lamenting, he did not notice that a white shadow had jumped over the wall a dozen meters away from him. Even if he had happened to look in that direction earlier, he would have only seen a white shadow flash before his eyes. At most, he would have thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him.
Hua Shuirou's temperament was weak and docile. Her heart was as pure as water. She was even more conservative. She scrupulously abided by all the standards that a woman should have. As a daughter, she was filial and dependent towards her parents. As a mother, she was compassionate and doting towards her children. As a wife, she was obedient to her husband and never had to worry that her husband would betray her. A woman like this was the perfect candidate for a wife.
Because of this, even if her heart had already developed feelings for Ye Wuchen, she would suppress it forcefully. She would even blame herself for making a huge mistake. This was because she could not betray the future husband that her father had chosen for her.
What Ye Wuchen wanted to do was to force her to make a decision. The most direct method was naturally to force her to fall. Once she fell in the hands of a man, with her temperament, she would never think about another man for the rest of her life.
With a sweep of his telegnosis ability, he could clearly sense the location of half of the Hua family members. Just as he expected, the Hua family did not even have a few decent guards. However, he also knew that those seemingly ordinary servants and manservants were all trained to use firearms. Whoever dared to barge in would be sent away by Lei Zhenzi.
Hua Shuirou sat in her room. She couldn't help but take out the "Twin Lotus Flowers" that she had seen countless times and gently unfolded it.
Whether it was the tender and beautiful lotus, or the dark green pond water and the reflection in the water, they were all so lifelike, as if they were real. Although the wondrous scene of the lotus blooming could no longer be recreated, this painting was still an amazing work of art. It was so perfect that no flaws could be found.
After looking at it so many times, she vaguely knew that what she was looking at was not the painting, but the meaning of the painting that made her heart beat faster, as well as the figure that appeared in her mind when she looked at the painting. His gaze and the faint smile that seemed to always hang at the corner of his mouth were always entangled in her heart, and she could not get rid of them.
The heart of a young girl who had her first awakening of love should be confused and bashful, but other than these, she felt more bitterness and a sense of guilt that grew deeper and deeper.
She had always known that her future husband had already decided six years ago that he would never allow himself to be moved by another person. Although she had never had the subtle feeling towards Lin Xiao that she had towards Ye Wuchen, she could not even remember his appearance clearly.
She should not have accepted this painting, and she should not have passed her jade flute into his hands. She had wanted to ask the maidservant to take this painting away, throw it away or burn it. However, every time she wanted to say those words, she would forcefully retract them. Because every time she passed this painting into the maidservant's hands, her heart would suddenly feel empty, as if she had lost something extremely important. There was even an inexplicable fear in the emptiness. Hence, she suddenly snatched the painting back and asked the maidservant to leave.
If not for this painting, Hua Shuirou, who only had a slight feeling towards Ye Wuchen, might have deliberately tried to forget him and slowly forgotten him. And Ye Wuchen had used this painting to tug at the young girl's heart. Unless she really threw this painting away, it would be like a nightmare, constantly reminding her of him until she could not forget him.
"Does it look good?"
A voice floated into her ears, as familiar as a dream. The absent-minded Hua Shuirou softly responded, then suddenly woke up. She turned around in a panic, almost colliding with a person's face. She stumbled back a few steps and finally saw him clearly. For a moment, she could not believe her eyes, "It's … It's you!"
"It's me, are you surprised?" Ye Wuchen's face revealed the smile that had appeared in Hua Shuirou's mind countless times.
Hua Shuirou's mind was in a mess, and she asked in a panic, "You … How did you come in?"
"Because I wanted to see you, so I came. Aren't you also thinking of me? My Little Rourou. "Ye Wuchen said with a smile, at the same time admiring her stunning and panicked expression.
Ye Wuchen's intimate way of addressing her made her face blush, and her heartbeat sped up a lot. She hurriedly hid the painting behind her, and anxiously said, "Who … Who's thinking of you. Hurry up and leave … Otherwise, I'll call for help. My father is very powerful. "
She had never been in the same room with a man other than her father before, and this was a room that no man had ever stepped into before.
"Your father isn't at home right now. From your voice, it seems like you're worried for me, right? Don't worry, your father won't blame me. "Ye Wuchen sat on the couch that belonged to Hua Shuirou, and lightly sniffed the delightful fragrance.
"Hurry up and leave, or else I'll really call for help." Hua Shuirou took another small step back, and her panicked state was very pitiful.
The smile on Ye Wuchen's face disappeared, and he faintly sighed, and softly said with some loneliness, "Do you hate me?"
His expression made Hua Shuirou inexplicably more panicked, and almost subconsciously, she shook her head and said, "No …"
"Then why do you keep chasing me away?"
"Because … This is my room, and no one else can come in."
"Not even your future husband?" Ye Wuchen looked at her, and said seriously.
Hua Shuirou's crystal-like eyes widened, and she didn't know what to do with this sudden statement.
"As long as you're willing, you'll belong to me, Ye Wuchen, forever. No one can stop it." He chuckled softly, but every word he said was so clear, so resolute, so unquestionable.
Her heartbeat sped up again, so fast that it seemed like it would jump out at any time. This feeling wasn't fear, and she didn't even understand why her heart was suddenly beating so fast. But immediately, she thought of the engagement between the Hua family and the Lin family.
She shook her head forcefully, "No, we can't do this … You, if you don't leave, I'll really call for help."
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