Old Mrs. Chen had her fair share of flattery in her days. Meaning, if her granddaughter could see a phoenix, so could she. In fact, the more she looked at it, the more she thought it resembled a phoenix!
“Excellent. So there was more to it. The way this phoenix was flying straight up, so thriving and spirited. It also signifies rising into the sky at the same time….”
Immediately, Old Mrs. Chen was full of smiles and pleasantly surprised.
To her, the value of the item was of no importance. She didn’t lack any jewellery or gems. When it came to gems or paintings, it was all about appreciation for the next level of esthetics.
To put it bluntly, it was all about the pet peeve of a collector – she had what others didn’t!
Being able to receive such a lucky white gem with a phoenix-like pattern on her birthday brought a huge smile onto her face.
“Ah, Miss Gu is young, pretty, and also has good taste. Very exceptional. Keke, you should spend more time with Miss Gu and learn from her.”
Her one sentence made those attending the event change colors!
The Chen’s was a big family in this city.
They were arguably ranked #2 after the Huo’s.
Many families attending the birthday celebration needed to build and maintain good relationships with the Chen’s. All the wives and misses would do anything within their means to maintain their relationships with the women of the Chen’s.
Gu Shishi, the object of their pranks today, received the approval of Old Mrs. Chen just like that?
What that meant was nobody could try to pull any more pranks on her during the birthday banquet today.
Otherwise, they’d be going against Old Mrs. Chen!
Gu Shishi, on the other hand, smiled normally and shook her hand. “Grandma Chen, I am glad you like it. It was all meant to be. I didn’t spend too much time picking it out. I found it almost right away.”
“Hahaha, fate. Awesome!”
Old Mrs. Chen smiled so much that she couldn’t even keep her mouth closed.
Gu Shishi’s flattery really nailed it. She was saying that Old Mrs. Chen was the phoenix in the crowd.
All of a sudden, the way the others looked at Gu Shishi had become complicated and peculiar.
Even with a hint of envious and fear!
“Oh right, Keke, why don’t you take out the ‘Four Sons Offering Up Mythical Peaches’ painting? Your Grandma Zhao and the others said they want to see it.”
Old Mrs. Chen remembered her painting. Smiling, she patted her granddaughter on her hand.
“I left it in the resting area.”
Chen Kexin shuddered. She couldn’t help but look over at Gu Shishi.
Her grandmother couldn’t hide the pride of having just gotten a great treasure.
“Let me tell you, that artist has some amazing skills and is most certainly some grand master but your Grandma Zhao won’t believe me!
“Hurry up and get it. I want to show the others!”
Grand master… amazing skills….
Pingting, Wushuang, I am not sure I will be of much help.
The enemy is just too mighty!
“Ugh, o… okay.”
Chen Kexin forced herself to respond to her grandmother’s request.
She returned before long.
The painting had been mounted into a scroll.
She had originally wanted to put it inside a glass frame as an ink painting was easy to mold and be damaged when exposed to open air but she was stopped by her grandmother after she had seen the painting. She insisted on having it mounted as a scroll. Chen Kexin did understand the reasoning behind it at the time. But now she got it.
Her grandmother wanted to show off!
A scroll was easy to carry around with for the purpose of showing off!
Her grandmother had taken the painting two days ago, insisted that she wanted her birthday gift ahead of time and refused to give it back to her.
It was hung up in the house, and nobody was allowed to touch it.
But today… her grandmother had brought it with her to the club purposefully, obviously to show it to everyone!
Chen Kexin’s mouth twitched.
“Open it up, Keke,“ smiled Old Mrs. Chen proudly.
Resigned to her fate, Chen Kexin gritted her teeth and slowly unrolled the painting.
