"Shao Ting, will everything really be okay?"
Back at the Huo residence, Rong Dai still felt uneasy in her heart. Those three people went too far, but she was worried seeing them beaten like that.
Huo Shao Ting held her hand gently, "Everything will be fine, if I can’t even handle this little thing, how can I protect you?"
Rong Dai's heart thumped wildly, her cheeks flushed, and she quickly pulled her hand back, "I, I'll go down first."
Huo Shao Ting looked at her fleeing figure with a deep smile, not saying anything. He sat in the car and called Assistant Zhang to handle the matter, then also got out of the car and entered the house.
"Aren't you going to the company?" Rong Dai was puzzled when she saw him come in as well, and asked.
"I'll take a shower and change my clothes. I can’t go to meetings smelling like hot pot." He stepped forward and touched her cheek gently, his voice as gentle as if he was coaxing a child.
"Oh my god! Big brother and sister-in-law, can you spare me? My teeth are going to fall out from the sweetness today! Know some restraint!"
Huo Mei Shu had just entered and saw the intimate couple. She leaned against the door frame with one hand on her forehead, eyes rolling as if they were twitching.
"Go on now." Rong Dai was startled and her face turned red. She hurriedly dodged his hand and urged him.
Huo Shao Ting was very satisfied as he went upstairs to take a shower and change clothes. Just to spite Huo Mei Shu, he stole a kiss in front of her before leaving. Huo Mei Shu was so angry she wanted to bite someone!
If she had known her big brother was like this, she wouldn't have meddled. Now she had made herself feel bitter!
Rong Dai also didn't expect Huo Shao Ting to be like this. Although he was gentle and considerate, he was clingy enough.
But she didn't feel reluctant in her heart at all. Her heart felt like it had fallen into a honey jar, sweet and warm.
Probably because in her previous life, the Emperor had no so-called love for her. His love was only for the Imperial Concubine, he had only used her. Of course he would not devote himself to her wholeheartedly like Huo Shao Ting.
She no longer thought about divorcing or not divorcing now. This year, she would live well with Huo Shao Ting.
"Sister-in-law, can you please not have that dreamy look on your face? You two make me feel so sad, have some consideration for me."
Huo Mei Shu sat on the sofa, deliberately revealing a plaintive look at her from the bottom of her eyes.
Although Rong Dai was still not used to Huo Mei Shu's open personality, she was gradually accepting it. She immediately smiled, "Then you should hurry up and find a boyfriend to make us feel bitter too."
"Don't mention it. The fallen flower is sentimental, while the flowing water is merciless..." As she said this, Huo Mei Shu looked even more plaintive, sighing as she gazed at the ceiling.
Rong Dai's eyes lit up. From her tone, the young aunt seemed to have someone she was interested in?
"Mei Shu, Mei Shu... Big brother isn't home right? And sister-in-law you're here too."
The sisters-in-law were talking when Huo Shao Jie poked his head in the door stealthily, asking the two of them in a lowered voice.
Huo Mei Shu laughed unrestrainedly on the spot. Huo Shao Jie's face immediately turned gloomy. It looked like big brother was not home.
"Shao Jie."
Thinking of this young uncle's drunken state, Rong Dai was at a loss for words. But as the eldest sister-in-law, she could not speak of such improper behavior, she just calmly greeted him.
"It's good that you're here sister-in-law. I've been waiting for you these past few days, I'm about to go crazy!" Huo Shao Jie also complained like a resentful woman, seizing the chance to pour out his troubles to her.
Rong Dai was rendered speechless by the two siblings. Her face remained tranquil as she asked him, "Is there some issue with the script?"
Huo Shao Jie shook his head, "There's nothing wrong with the script. I'll have someone send over all your parts in the script tomorrow. There are still some miscellaneous things that need to be sorted out. We need to get these costumes made quickly based on your sketches. This is the contract, it's already been discussed with the crew."
"This is the copyright contract, take a look first. If you think it's not enough, I'll try to negotiate more with the investors."
Huo Shao Jie had really suffered these past few days. He had never been beaten since he was little, yet he got whipped by his mother when he was almost thirty. If this got out, he would lose all face.
He had been avoiding his big brother these past few days, wanting to seize any chance to get the contract signed.
Rong Dai nodded and carefully looked over the contract, also getting Huo Mei Shu to help her review it.
"Although I don't really understand the market rate, and sister-in-law doesn't have much fame, this price still seems fair. If you raise it further, I'm afraid your investors won't be too happy."
Huo Mei Shu said very equitably.
Hearing this, Rong Dai nodded and briskly asked him for a pen to sign.
Luckily in her previous life at Shangyuan Palace, there were some small foreign objects that had been brought in. Those feather pens used for dipping ink to write were one of those things.
The writing method was similar to this modern world's, otherwise she really would have had to find a brush to sign with.
Seeing Rong Dai sign the contract briskly, Huo Shao Jie felt a huge weight lift off his shoulders. After taking the sketches, he fled the Huo residence like a thief, asking Rong Dai to keep in touch with him.
After Huo Shao Jie left, Rong Dai went upstairs to watch the dramas that Jiang Ling had told her to look at. Huo Mei Shu was busy preparing for her private music concert.
Huo Mei Shu sat at the desk, looking at the guest list she had prepared earlier. One person's name had been crossed out and rewritten, and after thinking about it, she added the name back again.
It would be great if he really could come...
At the Huo Group headquarters, in Huo Shao Ting's office.
The expert who had been left waiting for an afternoon immediately stood up when Huo Shao Ting entered.
"Boss, this is Mr. Huang, an expert in archaeology and jade appraisal, with great authority and experience."
Assistant Zhang quickly introduced him.
Huo Shao Ting nodded, very gentlemanly giving a slight nod, "Then I'll have to trouble Mr. Huang."
"It's my duty." Although Mr. Huang felt a little annoyed that Huo Shao Ting had left him waiting for an afternoon, he knew very clearly what kind of figure Huo Shao Ting was in Shengjing. How could he possibly still be angry after seeing him show up in person? If anything, he was overjoyed.
Assistant Zhang immediately brought over the ink jade pendant. Huo Shao Ting sat to the side watching without speaking.
Mr. Huang was very professional, bringing along a bunch of professional testing equipment. He first connected to his laptop, then put on gloves before taking out the jade pendant from the box to examine it carefully.
He input data into the computer, typing for almost half an hour. His eyes revealed an extremely surprised look.
"This ink jade...is very rare."
Mr. Huang glanced at him, then carefully placed the jade back into the box. With slightly knitted brows, he asked Huo Shao Ting, "I wonder if Mr. Huo believes in the idea of parallel spatial dimensions?"
Huo Shao Ting frowned. He had asked someone to appraise the jade, not lecture him on physics.
"According to some data tests, the space we live in is parallel with multiple spaces. In some special circumstances, holes can appear in this parallelism, allowing things from another space-time to fall into our space."
"Mr. Huo, please look, there are words carved on this pendant. This is not oracle bone script or bronze script, but looks similar to Qin seal script. I have been studying this - if these two characters are translated into simplified script, they are Rong Dai."
Mr. Huang fiddled with the computer as he explained earnestly.
