When Zhou Qingmo's father got out of the car, he saw his daughter and a boy walking happily arm in arm. This made him stunned, and suddenly he realized that the person he wanted to see was Li Jin, even though he had heard this from his wife a long time ago. , had been mentally prepared for a long time, but when he saw his daughter singing and laughing with others, deprived of the coquettishness that originally belonged to him, he couldn't help but feel sad, and the urgency to see Li Jin disappeared.
No one could understand the frustrated father's mood. He stood there for a while, and suddenly someone next to him said: "It's Lao Zhou, your daughter just went shopping for groceries, and she brought her boyfriend with her. He's a nice guy. "
Father Zhou held it in for a while, then forced a smile and said, "Yes, my name is Li Jin."
The man waved and left, leaving Zhou's father thinking: "Why should I tell my neighbor my name? Do I already admit in my heart that Li Jin is my daughter's boyfriend?"
Just when Zhou's father was hesitating, Zhou Qingmo had already seen his father standing on the side of the road. He immediately threw away Li Jin's arm, ran and jumped into his father's arms and shouted: "Dad, you are back so soon." .¡±
Father Zhou was always so calm in front of his daughter. He smiled and said, "Well, come on, Dad will help you carry it. That one must be Li Jin." Seeing his daughter throwing away the boyfriend immediately when she saw him, he felt much better. , quite proudly thinking that he still has a high status, and poor father Zhou has already compared himself with an outsider.
Li Jin came over carrying the dishes and politely shouted: "Uncle Zhou."
Father Zhou had the upper hand, and he thought about the map again, and asked quickly: "Li Jin, tell me quickly, where did the map come from? Is it true?"
Li Jin¡¯s mind was racing, what should he say?
Zhou Qingmo started asking his father about the map when he saw him on the street, and said deliberately angrily: "Dad, let's talk about it when we get home. You have to let everyone know."
Zhou¡¯s father said quickly: ¡°Yeah, let¡¯s go, let¡¯s go home and say, let¡¯s go quickly.¡± After saying that, he walked out first.
When we got home, Qiao Ai had already finished taking a bath, and her face was radiant and beautiful. Unfortunately, Zhou's father didn't understand the amorous feelings. After kissing his wife, he hurriedly called Li Jin to come into the study.
Zhou Qingmo smiled and ran to cook. Qiao Ai also sighed and started to blow her hair like a resentful woman. Zhou Qingmo's father didn't see the charming look, but it attracted Li Jin's eyes.
It's said to be a study, but it actually doesn't have anything. After all, this is the house I bought later, and Zhou's father's good things are hidden in another house. But as an archaeologist, there are also many good things here. Of course, in Zhou's father's In his eyes, they were considered ordinary things, but even these things were worth hundreds of millions. However, Father Zhou only saw the value of cultural relics and did not consider how much this thing was worth.
Over the years, Dad Zhou went to flea markets and other places for walks. With his archaeological knowledge, he also picked up many treasures, but he contributed them to the museum. These were all that he thought were not worthy of entering the museum, so he put them away. at home. Of course, things that he thinks have no cultural relic value can be worth countless times in the eyes of those who deal with antiques.
Father Zhou casually swept these cultural relics worth tens of millions aside, pulled up a stool and said: "Li Jin, right? Come and sit down, tell me, I think your map is a little inaccurate, you see See if this is what it is here.¡±
He took the map out of his pocket, placed it on the desk and began to speak.
Li Jin took a look, and sure enough, the painting was crooked. When he first painted it, he thought that the corners and corners were not important, so the random painting was naturally not standard.
Seeing Li Jin nod, Zhou¡¯s father looked like he was really like this. He picked up the pen and started copying a map again on another piece of white paper. Every time he drew a place, he asked Li Jin a question.
Li Jin has a good eye but a weak hand and is not good at drawing, but he remembers every place clearly, so he accompanied Zhou¡¯s father to recreate an ancient topographic map bit by bit.
Zhou Qingmo and Qiao Ai both visited several times in the meantime, and even called the two of them to eat when the food was ready. Unfortunately, Zhou's father was so focused that he turned a deaf ear, and Li Jin had no choice but to continue to accompany him with a grimace.
It took most of the day to paint this painting. Finally, when everything was done, lunch was served together with dinner. Fortunately, Zhou Qingmo made several dishes into stews. The more they stewed, the more fragrant they were, so the four of them had a delicious meal together. .
Qiao Ai still disliked Li Jin, but Zhou's father already regarded Li Jin as a brother. He put his arm around Li Jin's shoulders and insisted on having a drink with Li Jin.
Asked where Li Jin was looking for the map, Li Jin had already thought of an answer. He said he saw it in a cave in the mountains when he was a child. However, the cave was later blown up by people quarrying in the mountains, and it was long gone anyway.
?This made Zhou's father very sorry. He lamented the ignorance of these people and said that there might be more precious antiques in the cave. Li Jin could only nod in agreement.
However, Qiao Ai on the side sneered and stared at Li Jin fiercely. She didn't believe what Li Jin said at all. Thinking that the birthplace written on her ID card was Beijing, but she lied that she was a migrant worker. This behavior proved that Li Jin was a migrant worker. Jin couldn't be trusted. As for the caves in the mountains in his hometown that he was talking about, they were naturally false. As for the map, since her husband said it was true, she naturally believed in her husband's vision. As for the map, it must have been discovered by Li Jin through sheer luck.
Li Jin felt Qiao Ai's sneer and couldn't help but shudder. He knew how shrewd this charming aunt was.
After dinner, Qiao Ai originally planned to ask Li Jin to find a hotel to stay in, but Zhou's father had already said: "Li Jin, you can sleep here tonight, Qing Mo, you can find a new quilt and spread it on the sofa." , Li Jin, can you sleep on the sofa? Let¡¯s have more study sessions tonight."
Before Li Jin could say anything, Zhou Qingmo happily went to move the quilt. As for Qiao Ai, she was bulging with anger and secretly lamented that her husband was such a big fool. Wasn't this inviting a wolf into the house?
She quickly smiled and said: "It's uncomfortable to sleep on the sofa, but it's more comfortable to sleep on the bed, right, Li Jin." She looked at Li Jin threateningly.
It's a pity that Li Jin said: "That's not good. I'd better sleep on the sofa. I'll sleep on the bed, and someone else can sleep on the sofa. That's good." As he said this, he couldn't help but glance at the direction of Qiao Ai's bedroom. I still remember What about the aroma in the house?
These words almost made Qiao Ai confused. Her pretty face was red and white. This damn boy, is he taking advantage of me or Qing Mo?
Qiao Ai didn't sleep well the second night. She was always afraid that Li Jin would come into her daughter's room in the middle of the night. The look in her silly daughter's eyes that looked like Li Jin already told her that if that really happened, her daughter would Her daughter would definitely not scream, let alone resist, so when Qiao Ai saw the two dark circles under her eyes in the mirror the next day, she finally decided that no matter what everyone said, she would definitely let Li Jin go out and live there!
So after breakfast, Qiao Ai announced that she would bring Li Jin into the company and let Li Jin officially go to work. As for her previous promise of taking a day off before going, she was afraid that if Li Jin slept here one more night, she would be in vain. A few layers of wrinkles appear.
Father Zhou was very happy because he finally got the right to use this map from Li Jin, which meant that he could use this map to conduct research and deduce the remains of the lost dynasties thousands of years ago.
Zhou Qingmo was unhappy. Originally, she planned to go shopping with her brother Jin for a day, just in time to buy clothes for Li Jin, but she didn't expect to be rejected by her mother, so she pouted and muttered angrily: "He is just a fascist!"
Qiao Ai heard it, but she was very proud. She finally regained control of the situation, of course she was happy.
With Li Jin in hand, Qiao Ai went downstairs with satisfaction and got into her Mercedes-Benz. Just as Li Jin was about to open the door and get in, Qiao Ai glared: "Go to the back."
Li Jin ran behind like a good baby, but he complained in his heart that she was really beautiful, but she was a bit menopausal and had a bad temper.
It was strange that Qiao Ai was in a good mood. She had to apply a lot of extra primer to cover up the dark circles under her eyes.
The car started smoothly. Qiao Ai deliberately ignored Li Jin. Li Jin didn't care. He sat in the back and secretly glanced at Qiao Ai's neck. It was fair and tender, which was very pleasing to the eye.
The new hotel of Qiao Ai's company is not far away. It takes more than ten minutes to drive. The hotel has a total investment of nearly 100 million. It is considered the fruit of Qiao Ai's years of operation. Of course, most of it is a loan. This loan is still made possible by Because the people she knows in her husband¡¯s family can talk to her behind the scenes, when doing business in China, even when there is nothing to take care of, it¡¯s hard to move forward without knowing anyone, not to mention that she needs a loan. Fortunately, the husband¡¯s family can talk to Tai¡¯an officials. Well, this is also the reason why Qiao Ai's business goes smoothly.
However, Qiao Ai has been very worried these days. As the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with. Qiao Ai originally thought that everything was going well. The officials up and down were all in the right place, and there were family members who helped to talk. Originally, this hotel should be extremely good. It went well, but I encountered troubles in the past few days. A group of local gangsters appeared from nowhere and hung around the hotel all day long, threatening to ask Qiao Ai's company to show their respect. Qiao Ai had never encountered this before, so she went straight to the hotel that day. I called the police and called the director I knew. As soon as the police car arrived, the gangsters dispersed and disappeared without a trace. But as soon as the police car left, the gangsters appeared again and caused normal harm. The dinner guests did not dare to come in. Qiao Ai was so angry that she asked the chief to send two policemen to station here. The gangsters disappeared, but Qiao Ai was uneasy and did not believe that those people would end like this.
Sure enough, in the next two days, the gangsters did not come, but a group of people came, wearing suits, entered the hotel, everyone occupied a seat, ordered a bottle of beer and a dish, and once they ate, they stayed there all day.
At first, the waiter tried to persuade me tactfully, but he was scolded by the group of people, causing a scene in the hotel. Then the lobby manager went to tell me that his head was broken by a beer bottle from someone who still came over, and he went directly to the hospital. The lobby manager resigned, and the person holding the bottle was not caught.
Just yesterday, that group of people came again. There was no lobby manager to deal with it, and all the waiters were trembling with fear. If it weren't for the high salary in the hotel, they might have quit their jobs. This incident gave Qiao Ai a headache, but she is so strong. Unwilling to give in, just unwilling to give this so-called filial piety, she decided to come down personally to resolve the matter today.