The night is as cool as water!

Cooler than the night and the water is Lin Chuyi's heart.

The body collapsed in the soft brown leather sofa, the faint yellow light reflected half of the body as if it had inlaid her with a layer of golden light, the red wine in the goblet and the air contact for too long will become sour and indifferent, holding the information in his hand, silent for a long time.

Name: Jiang Lai

Gender: Male

Age: 27 years old

Date of birth: September 10th

Zodiac sign: Virgo

Marriage: Unmarried

Origin: Dunhuang, Gansu

These are all basic information, and they are similar to what Lin Chuyi expected before. At least, he didn't deceive himself with a fake name.

However, the next information shocked Lin Chuyi.

Lin Chuyi raised his head, looked at the beautiful woman in a black shirt and leather pants and completely Gothic makeup on the other side, and said, "He turned out to be the son of Jiang Ghost Hand?"

"Yes. Gong Jin held a glass of whiskey in his hand, gently shaking the large ice balls, hoping to make them melt quickly, mix with the strong peaty liquor, and then drink it in one gulp, ice and fire explode and burn in your mouth, making you die in an instant, and then resurrect in an instant. She loves the thrill. According to reliable sources, Jiang Lai's father is Jiang Xingzhou, who is known as "Jiang Ghost Hand". After Jiang Xingzhou died seventeen years ago, Jiang Lai mysteriously disappeared. Unexpectedly, seventeen years later, he appeared in the blue sea again. ”

"The report says that Jiang Xingzhou's death has something to do with my father?"

"Not bad. Gong Jin adjusted his sitting posture, leaned his body more comfortably on the sofa, and said loudly: "Back then, your father rushed to Dunhuang to ask Jiang Guishou to help make a "fake", and Jiang Guishou nodded and agreed in order to treat his wife. I don't know for what reason, after Jiang Guishou finished the things, he didn't get the 17,000 yuan, and Jiang Guishou's wife died because of the lack of timely treatment. Jiang Ghost survived for more than a year and died. ”

Lin Chuyi frowned and said, "So, the son of Jiang Ghost Hand ----- Jiang, he didn't come to repair the bottle for me, but came to avenge me?"

"I'm only responsible for gathering information and intelligence, and nothing else concerns me. Gong Jin glanced at Lin Chuyi, who was deep in thought, and said softly: "I don't speculate on others, and I don't add my own annotations at will. It's unprofessional. ”

Lin Chuyi sighed softly, threw the information in his hand on the table, took a sip of the red wine in front of him, and said, "You, you always see the outside like this." We have been working together for so many years, not just partners, but also friends. Sometimes, I want you to put yourself in the shoes of a friend and give me some advice and advice. ”

"Then you can ask me about things that have nothing to do with our business, and I will give you serious advice and opinions. For example, do you look good in your clothes today? ”

"Then do my clothes look good today?" Lin Chuyi asked.

"Good looking. Gong Jin replied. After a pause, he added: "Princess Shangmei, who is famous in the blue sea, and the uniform goblin who harvests countless eyeballs every day, any title can make those men willingly prostrate on the ground to worship your demeanor." ”

"You too. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, Lin Chu raised the red wine glass in his hand to invite wine, and Gong Jin picked up the whiskey to signal, but it didn't enter his throat.

The ice was not fully melted and had not yet reached the taste she wanted.

"I thought it was a cup of plum wine to quench my thirst, but I didn't expect it to be a pot of deadly Heding Red. Lin Chuyi's face was full of anxiety and said, "Time is pressing." If I don't use this river, I'll have to find someone else to repair it, and for a while, where can I find a master who repairs a boy's water bottle for me?"

Lin Chuyi squinted his eyes, looked at Gong Jin with a smile, and said, "Sister, you have a wide range of contacts in the circle, do you have any good candidates on your side?"

"Nope. Gong Jin replied simply.

"Don't think about it anymore?"

"I'm sure you'll be able to make the best choice. Gong Jin said. The last mass of ice slag melted and merged with the golden liquid, and Gong Jin drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, his throat as if he had swallowed a large mouthful of ice first, and then a large fire was stuffed into it.

Ice and fire are intertwined, flowing down the river and spreading throughout the body.

Gong Jin lay on the sofa with his eyes closed, and after a long time, he slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity after extreme comfort.

"Same as before. Feeling the dizziness caused by the alcohol, he got up and walked outside, saying, "I still have something to do, go first." ”

"I'll get in touch with you. ”

Lin Chuyi didn't get up to send him off, picked up the investigation information in front of him again, muttered to himself, and said, "Jiang Lai, Jiang Lai, what do you want me to do with you?"

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Doing everything to the best is an art.

In Gong Jin's eyes, Jiang Lai, who was concentrating on holding a knife at this time, was an artist.

As the middle finger of his left hand kept clicking and rotating the center of gravity, the knife in his right hand silently cut through its orange skin, revealing the crimson flesh embryo inside. Moist and shiny, full of fragrance.

Jiang Lai handed over the peeled blood orange and said, "Eat an orange." ”

Gong Jin took the orange, and also took the peel with uniform thickness and width from Jiang Lai's hand, looked at it for a moment, and said, "The knife skills are getting more and more sophisticated." ”

In the past, in order to exercise their children's knife skills and skill, parents would let the children learn to peel apples and oranges, and whoever had the thinnest peel and the longest peel would be the winner of the competition.

In the barren Gobi desert where materials are scarce and entertainment is barren, this is one of the few pleasures for the children in the compound.

Not for the first place in the competition, but because today I finally had fruit to eat.

Jiang Lai can eat double portions every time because he is the one with the best grades every time.

"Why are you here?" Jiang Lai carefully wiped the fruit knife, then put it in the fruit bowl, sat opposite Gong Jin, looked into her eyes, and asked out loud.

"Lin Chuyi called me and asked me to investigate your information. Gong Jin said out loud. Concise and straightforward, straight to the point, no need for greetings, and no cover-up.

With her relationship with Jiang Lai, there is no need to hide anything from this kind of thing.

"You gave it to her?" Jiang Lai's face was calm, and his voice was as cold as ever.

"A partner for many years, I have no reason to refuse. Gong Jin said: "I don't accept it, she will also find someone else to do this." The money she gave me as a partner was real, and the information I gave her was real. However, as a friend, I want to rush over to tell you that Lin Chuyi already knows your true identity, and you have to be careful. ”

Jiang Lai nodded and said, "I know." ”

"You don't even bother to change your name, and you don't have any information to hide, I think, you don't mind the fact that she knows that you are the son of Jiang Ghost Hand?"

"Some people fight to hide their wounds or the fact that they have been injured. I showed them the wound first, so that I would be more determined and courageous. Jiang Lai's voice was flat, as if he was saying something that had nothing to do with him. "But as you say, you can't hide that kind of thing at all. Although I learned my restoration and identification techniques mainly from my brother, my brother's skills were learned from my father. As soon as I make a move, it is inevitable that I will be branded as "icing on the cake" and "ghost hand". Lin Chu couldn't see it, and the group of old foxes behind her couldn't see it?"

"So, when she asked me about my origins, I deliberately avoided answering in order to let her find someone to find out on her own...... Only the news found out by herself can make her convinced. I took the initiative to tell her everything, but it made people feel guilty. Why bother?"

"Don't you think it's too risky for you to do this?" Gong Jin frowned and said, "The moment you appeared in front of Lin Chuyi, the Lin family knew about the fact that the son of Jiang Ghost Hand had come to take revenge. In this way, they are wary of you in every way, how can you find what you want in their hands? Besides, the Lin family is very powerful, if you are strictly guarded against you, and if you are ruthless at the slightest danger, how can you protect yourself? Thinking about what happened to your father back then, do you want to follow in his footsteps?"

"I can't just hide abroad and do nothing because I'm afraid. ”

After a pause, Jiang Lai added: "They need me." ”

"What?"

"The only thing that can perfectly repair the children's water bottle in such a short period of time is our Jiang family's "icing on the cake repair method". ”

"So, you mean to say that they are afraid of you and still want to use you?"

"Not bad. With the first cooperation, there will be a second and third time, and who would abandon a restorer like me? Restorers are not valuable, but those antiques that have been successfully restored are worth a lot of money. How could the Lin family give up such a big piece of interest?"

"You're not sure, you're just gambling. ”

"I hit a pair of aces, and it depends on whether they are willing to blow up. A touch of coldness appeared at the corner of Jiang Lai's mouth, and he said: "Omit the useless foreplay in front of us, we will win or lose this game."

"Acting with each other knowing each other's identities? Gong Jin looked at Jiang Lai's deep eyes and said sincerely, "What can I help you?"

"Help me take the garbage out when I leave. ”

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Bang dang!

The iron door of the villa slowly closed to both sides, Lin Chu parked the car, and when he walked into the living room with the key, his father was sitting on a small stool pinching his mother's feet, and his mother was lying comfortably on the sofa with a mask on her face, holding an iPad in both hands, watching idol dramas.

"Ouch, it's sour, it's sour. Lin Chuyi sat beside his mother one by one, squeezed his eyebrows and said: "It's all old husbands and wives, and they still go to the court to show their affection, is it sour or not? Lemon fruit on the lemon tree, why is there only me under the lemon tree? What about Lin Qiu? No, no, let Lin Qiu come out, I want him to be sour with me." ”

Lin Yu snorted coldly and said, "What else can he do besides painting those strange things in the room every day?"

Lin Chuyi sighed softly and said, "Dad, don't always say that about Lin Qiu. Cartoonists are also a good profession, and many young people nowadays like to do this. ”

"Yes. Lin Qiu, who was ****** with a chicken nest, walked downstairs and said: "Those cartoonists who have become famous have an income of tens of millions every year, and their fans are all over the world. My favorite manga artists, Akira Toriyama, Yoshihiro Tomiyasu, and Yuhiko Inoue, are all big names who want to make their names in the history of manga. ”

"Only those who draw famous are called cartoonists, and those who are not famous can only be called drawing comics at home. Can you compare with them?" Lin Yu scoffed at his son's defense.

"Too lazy to talk to you. Lin Qiu is also very unimpressed with his domineering father, anyway, since he was a child, he felt that he was very unpopular, which can be seen from his sister's name Lin Chuyi and his own name Lin Qiu. My father clearly remembered my sister's date of birth, but he only knew that he was born in autumn------ and his father's "preference for women" attitude could be seen from the name of the child.

Of course, Lin Qiu did not be hostile to his sister because his father was a "spoiled girl", on the contrary, the relationship between the sister and brother was very close.

Lin Qiu ran to Lin Chuyi and said with a smile: "Sister, when I heard the sound of the car horn, I knew that you were back." ”

"Didn't go out today?" Lin Chuyi reached out to help Lin Qiu grab his hair to make them look softer, but after finding that it was useless, he gave up and said, "It's not okay to stay at home." Even if you want to be a great manga artist like your idol Yuhiko Inoue, you have to go out and see the surroundings and communicate with people, right? The characters and stories in "Slam Dunk" are apocryphal, but the customs and cityscapes in it are real, and the flowers and trees, the buildings, and the beach are places where people can find their roots. ”

"I'm going out too. Lin Qiu said with a serious face: "I'm going to participate in the comic book exhibition tomorrow." ”

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Lin Chuyi sighed softly. It's no wonder that my father scolds my younger brother all day long, he is so old, and he is obsessed with this illusory world all day long, and it is indeed not a solution.

"Listen, is this what people say?" Lin Yu said angrily.

Lin Chuyi didn't want his younger brother to be scolded, so he changed the topic and said, "Dad, I have something I want to discuss with you." ”

"Done. You go to the study and wait for me, I'll take off the mask on your mother's face first. When it dries and absorbs water, the mask is made in vain. ”

"Okay. Lin Chuyi said out loud that she was happy to see the picture of her parents' affection, which was also the love she longed for.

Lin Chuyi gave Lin Qiu a look, and Lin Qiu immediately said, "I'm going to paint." ”

After saying that, he quickly ran upstairs, like a frightened rabbit.

Lin Yu sighed softly and said to his wife Li Lin: "If he can have one-tenth of his sister's ability, I can rest assured that Shangmei Group will be handed over to him." ”

"Isn't the daughter doing a good job, and the son does whatever he likes. ”

"yes. Lin Yu immediately showed a sweet and happy smile on his face, and said, "Fortunately, you gave birth to a good daughter for me." ”

When Lin Yu walked into the study, Lin Chuyi was holding "Tao Ya" by Lonely Garden, Lin Yu picked up the hot tea that his daughter had made for herself in advance, sat on the sofa opposite Lin Chuyi, and asked, "Are you going to tell me about the cracking of the Southern Song Dynasty boy's bottle?"

"The matter of the rupture of the Southern Song Dynasty boy bottle has been solved, and it is the person who repaired the Southern Song Dynasty boy bottle who has a problem. ”

"Huh?" Lin Yu looked at Lin Chuyi suspiciously, this daughter has been smart and studious since she was a child, and is as obsessed with antique collection and research as he is, when she was just an adult, he began to consciously take her to work by her side, several years of training, now she has been able to stand alone, not only successfully planned several exhibitions with international influence, but also is now the general manager of Shangmei Auction House, responsible for the operation and management of the entire auction house.

Lin Chuyi is tenacious and proud, and she will not easily open up to herself when she asks for a problem, if she comes to it in person, it proves that she has encountered a problem that is difficult to decide.

"Dad, do you remember Ghost Jiang's hand?" Lin Chuyi looked at his father's expression and asked out loud.

Lin Yu's eyes were slightly cold, and he instantly returned to his original state, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and said, "Why did you talk about him? The person you found to repair the bottle has something to do with him?"

"Jiang Lai, the son of Jiang Ghost Hand. Lin Chuyi said in a deep voice.

Lin Yu thought for a while and asked, "You're not sure if you can use this person, are you?"

"Yes, although I don't know what kind of grievances and festivals have been between my father and Jiang Ghost Hand, it is a fact that Jiang came to the door with bad intentions this time. I'm afraid that if he deliberately destroys it in the name of repairing the children's water bottle for us, how can I explain it to the Ueno Museum?"

"Are you sure he can fix it?"

"I've seen the exquisite porcelain he repaired, the craftsmanship is more complicated, the damage is more serious, and he has repaired it as before, and it is almost impossible to detect that the exquisite porcelain has been broken. ”

"In a short period of time, will you be able to find a better restorer than him?" Lin Yu continued.

Lin Chuyi thought about it and replied truthfully: "It's difficult. ”

"Then use him. ”

"But ------"

"If you sign a contract, if it is broken, you will be responsible. Lin Yu said in a deep voice: "The contract can't bind him, the reputation of their Jiang family that has accumulated over the centuries in the industry is gone, and the glorious glory of the brocade flower restoration method is gone? ”

Lin Chu's eyes flashed, nodded and said, "I know what to do." ”