Li Rui thought in his heart, the little beauty is still very good to herself, and she did not hesitate to borrow her father's seal to "decorate" the painting she bought, although it was to help herself save the emergency, and it was also to repay the favor that she was waiting for her to paint at the beginning, but this benevolence is still quite heavy, good guy, without that seal, the painting is only worth a thousand yuan, and with that seal, it becomes 40 million at once, so the little beauty will not be unclear about this, right?

He thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized that he should call his boss Song Chaoyang and report to him about today's harvest, which also put him at ease, and he was even more happy, but this call is not good to call him directly, but should be called to Secretary-General Du Minsheng, after all, Du Minsheng is also nervous about this matter, and after he knows, he will report to Song Chaoyang to know, which is more appropriate and more in line with the process.

So he called Du Minsheng, and after connecting, he reported to him today's process.

Du Minsheng was very happy after hearing this, and said: "This is really a happy event, and your party has also made great contributions! I just didn't expect that Ling Shuyao's performance would be so eye-catching, no wonder the secretary arranged for her to go with her, and she already knew her superiority." Tsk, in terms of knowing people, I'm not as good as a secretary! In the past, you were elected as a secretary, and now there is Ling Shuyao who is being promoted and reused, and the secretary is really discerning!"

Li Rui was secretly amused when he heard it, and secretly said in his heart, if I hadn't sent the painting first, I moved Chi Guohua, I'm afraid that he wouldn't have such a good temper to listen to Ling Shuyao's witty answers, so if I really want to talk about it, I also have a certain amount of credit, but I just said it to myself, and I would be laughed at if I said it outside, and said: "Principal Chi arranged a dinner party for us, and we may have to go back tomorrow morning." ”

Du Minsheng said with a smile: "Okay, then you can stay in peace and come back tomorrow morning, don't worry, I'll report to the secretary now, he must be very happy after hearing it." ”

Hanging up the phone, Li Rui thought of Ling Shuyao's performance, and he had to admire, this woman is usually low-key and hibernating, like a mediocre person, but when it comes to the critical moment, she stands out, and has the ability to turn the tide and fix the sea god's needle, most people can't do this, they have to learn more from her, at least learn from her meticulous and serious, and they can't let her compare.

The hour hand quickly pointed to six o'clock, and the dinner party also arrived, and the banquet was set up in the VIP hall of the restaurant on the first floor of the guest house. Li Rui and Ling Shuyao sat together.

When the food was served, a plate of small black monsters with dancing claws and tails suddenly came, Ling Shuyao's face changed greatly after seeing it, and she subconsciously sat back, as if she wanted to avoid it.

Chi Guohua noticed her reaction and said with a smile: "Director Ling, don't be nervous, this is a plate of fried scorpions, all the scorpions are already dead, they will not hurt people anymore, you can eat them with confidence." These scorpions are artificially bred from the breeding base of our Agricultural University, the Taihang Mountain rhubarb scorpion, with medicinal, edible dual value, high nutrition, good taste, and certain benefits for human health, such as dispelling wind, pain relief, etc., we generally use it to entertain VIPs, today I will invite all the VIPs from Qingyang to eat a fresh. ”

Of course, Ling Shuyao knew that the little monster was a scorpion, and if she didn't know, she wouldn't be so afraid, she didn't have any concept of scorpions before, but on the first night she and Li Rui went to Xiaolongwang Village, Longwangmiao Township, Hanshui County to help the poor, they were warmly and actively entertained by the local mountain scorpions. From that moment on, she developed a deep fear of scorpions, to what extent, and she would dream of scorpions at nightmares, mostly stinged by scorpions, and sometimes wake up from dreams, which she had never had before.

Because of this, Ling Shuyao now knows that the plates are all fried dead scorpions, but after seeing it, her scalp still involuntarily numbs, and she can't help but want to dodge, it seems that if she doesn't do this, those scorpions will come back to life, jump on her and sting her fiercely.

Most of the people at the banquet had never eaten fried scorpions, and when they heard Chi Guohua's introduction at this moment, they all stared at the past.

Li Rui sat next to Ling Shuyao, seeing her crooked face and slanting her eyes, trying not to look at the table, she couldn't help but laugh, and while others were not paying attention, he lowered his head and whispered to her: "I suddenly remembered to buy you scorpion wine again." ”

Ling Shuyao heard him mention his old troubles, his pretty face sank, and he was about to stretch out his hand to hit him, when he realized that there were still people watching around him, so he raised his leg and gave him a kick in a place that outsiders couldn't see, under the table.

She was afraid of the existence of outsiders, and she didn't dare to move too much, so the strength of this kick was very light, Li Rui didn't hurt at all, he smiled slightly, raised his hand and rubbed his buttocks, lowered his head and said: "Oops, why does it suddenly hurt like a pinprick, as if it was stung by a scorpion." ”

Ling Shuyao couldn't understand his movements, he was alluding to his embarrassment of being stung by a mountain scorpion that day, he was angry and ashamed, reached down, found the bottom of his thigh under the table, and twisted it heavily.

This time it was extremely painful, Li Rui almost didn't scream, bit his lower lip hard to endure it, and said in his heart that this woman was really ruthless, didn't she just laugh at her once, and she was guilty of revenge on herself so viciously? Hmph, don't let yourself find a chance tonight, otherwise you have to beat her ass and come back in retaliation.

After the banquet began, Chi Guohua, as the host, got up and said a few routine words, picked up the cup, and everyone got up one after another and touched each other with the glass. In the sound of clinking glasses, each of them killed the contents of the cup. Those who can drink alcohol drink it will drink it, and those who can't drink it will drink tea or drinks. After that, everyone staggered, talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was always warm and friendly.

Halfway through the banquet, Li Rui got up and poured tea for Chi Guohua, Li Jing and other superior leaders, took advantage of the round, returned to his seat, and saw that Ling Shuyao's teacup was empty, so he refilled it for her.

Ling Shuyao lowered her head to eat, and didn't look at him, as if she hadn't seen him refill the water at all, and as if it was natural for him to refill the water.

Li Rui looked at her arrogant little appearance, and couldn't help but recall the past of going to the countryside to help the poor last year, during that time, this cold and glamorous little woman was also the same as the current tsundere, she repeatedly pasted her hot face, but repeatedly ran into her cold ass, it can be said that she was defeated and defeated again and again, and in the end, she was conquered with a heart, and it can be regarded as going through thousands of difficulties and dangers, and now looking back, it is quite a sense of achievement.

Thinking of this, he stretched out his foot and kicked Ling Shuyao's shoes. Ling Shuyao didn't react on the surface, but under the table unceremoniously launched a counterattack, kicked him twice, and then felt that it was not enjoyable, so he simply stepped on his right foot.

Li Rui was not in a hurry, smiled and grabbed a fried scorpion, and said to himself: "How should this scorpion be eaten? Eat the head or the tail first?"

Ling Shuyao's eyelids only jumped with fright, how could she care about stepping on his feet, retracted her legs and feet, stretched out her hand to push him, and said, "Take it away, don't show me, do you like to eat or not, don't ask me." ”

A few people next to her couldn't help but laugh when they saw her frightened appearance.

After the dinner, the principal ordered the assistant to send Li Jing and the others back to the room.

Li Rui returned to the room and looked at the time, it was already half past seven, and there was no time to run out, so naturally it was too late to see Zixuan, Zixiao, Zhang Yiyan and other women, but he didn't want to waste this boring night, so he thought about whether to ask Ling Shuyao to come over and laugh and talk, and was just about to take his mobile phone to send her a text message, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door, and hurriedly opened the door.

When the door opened, the courteous face of the assistant principal appeared outside, with a kind smile on it.

"Didn't disturb Li's rest, did you?"

Li Rui shook his head and smiled: "No, no, I haven't rested yet." The assistant smiled: "Li Chu, I came to look for you because I was entrusted by someone to ask you something." Li Rui was stunned and said, "Okay, please come in and talk about it." ”

The assistant asked for exactly what he said, stepped into the house, closed the door with his backhand, and did not enter, but said in the door: "Li Chu, to tell you the truth, Professor Liu Shiqiliu, a good friend of the president and the dean of the School of Art of Shannan University, is very interested in the painting in your hand, and he heard that the principal rejected the painting and you want it to take back to Qingyang, so he entrusted me to ask you, would you like to sell this painting to him?"

Li Rui was taken aback and asked rhetorically, "Is the Professor Liu you are talking about the same one who rushed over to appraise this painting for him that President Chi mentioned before?"

The assistant nodded and said, "It's him, otherwise he wouldn't know about it, and he wouldn't have had a strong interest in this painting." How about it, do you think about his proposal?"

Of course, Li Rui would not consider it, but if this painting is to be taken back to Qingyang, how can it be sold to others if he wants to exchange another painting with that beautiful painter? Moreover, the reason why this painting can be favored by Liu Shiqi is because of Wen Xing's seal, and that seal was specially stamped by that beautiful woman for her own emergency, although the human affection contained in it is not too heavy, but it must not be sold for money, he is not short of money, so why make this kind of money? If he really earns this kind of money, then what kind of person will he become? I'm sorry, but I'm going to take this painting back and return it to the author, and then exchange it for another painting, so I can't sell it to anyone else. ”

The assistant was not surprised by his refusal, and said with a smile: "Li Chuhe, don't be in a hurry to refuse, I haven't said the price yet, if you listen to me about the price, maybe you won't refuse." Professor Liu said that if you are willing to sell the painting to him, he is willing to pay 5 million to buy it. Five million in cash, which will be given to you tomorrow morning. You live in a guest house, don't you, he can come and trade with you in person, how about it?"