"Xiao Chiang is back?" Upon seeing Chiang Xiao, Xue Liujin immediately waved at her, "Your grandpa has been worried all day, afraid that you’d get lost. I told him, someone as clever and quick-witted as you, how could you possibly lose your way, right?"
Chiang Xiao laughed, "That’s right. Grandpa Xue, you’re absolutely correct. A person as smart and alert as me could not only never get lost but also wouldn’t be bullied by villains."
Her words caused Xue Liujin to laugh heartily.
Madam Xue and Madam Zheng, together with Xue Ping, felt a surge of emotion at the sound of his laughter.
"My dad really is getting better. Mom, it’s been so long since we’ve heard him laugh so joyfully."
"Isn’t that so? This time we really have to thank the Chiang family." Madam Xue dabbed at her tears.
While Chiang Xiao was chatting with Xue Liujin, it wasn’t long before Chairman Zheng arrived with Zheng Ruhua, though Chairman Zheng’s expression didn’t look too good.
"Chiang Xiao!" Zheng Ruhua was delighted to see Chiang Xiao and walked over to her with a hint of reproach, "Why didn’t you ask me to join you when you went out to have fun today?"
Chiang Xiao gave her a smile.
Big sister, how could I possibly invite you when I finally got a chance to be on my own?
She wasn’t very familiar with Zheng Ruhua anyway.
Right now, her mind was occupied with ideas on how to make money.
After greeting the elderly, Zheng Yucheng waved to Chiang Xiao. "Xiao Chiang, come here, I’ve got something to tell you."
Chiang Xiao walked over, but Zheng Yucheng led her to the side and said, "There’s a couple of things, I went to the gallery today and bumped into He Jin, I heard he knows you?"
He Jin came to the provincial city?
Chiang Xiao’s eyes lit up when she heard this news; she had been looking for him! She hadn’t expected him to actually come to the provincial city.
"Yes, we’ve met once."
Zheng Yucheng nodded, "He was with an old man, a Mr. Lee."
"Uncle Lee came to the provincial city too?" Chiang Xiao paused, then asked, "Were they looking for me?"
"Yes, today we announced that you’ve officially joined the Painters Association. They found me and asked if I could get in touch with you. Both Uncle Lee and He Jin had wanted to buy the painting you won the award with, but upon learning it was already sold, they wanted to talk to you."
He handed her a piece of paper, "Here are their address and contact number."
Chiang Xiao unfolded it and saw an address and a phone number written on it, and, "Ruxi Hotel?"
Uh, she seemed to have heard of this Ruxi Hotel in her previous life; it appeared to be a chain hotel. She had heard it was always called Ruxi Hotel and later changed to Ruxi National Chain Hotels. The reputation seemed pretty good.
However, she didn’t know that Ruxi Hotel had already been established this year.
"Uncle Lee’s family owns this hotel; it’s not open yet. They’ve invited me to attend their opening ribbon-cutting ceremony in three days," said Zheng Yucheng.
Chiang Xiao was stunned for a moment. So Ruxi Hotel was Uncle Lee’s family business?
Turns out they were moving from the county to the provincial city, and later on, they were planning to expand nationwide.
Back in the county, the atmosphere in Uncle Lee’s guesthouse was somewhat oppressive. Afterwards, she sold him a Welcoming Pine painting for a thousand yuan. Now he wanted to see her; could it be there was an issue with that painting?
Chiang Xiao decided that she would go directly to Ruxi Hotel to find them after dinner.
Dinner was still at the Xue family’s home. Midway through the meal, Zheng Yucheng could hardly hold back and asked Madam Xue, "Mom, did you run into Aunt Wu when you went out to buy groceries today?"