Chapter 122

On her first day arriving at Gu Lao's team, Shu Xia had just entered the building when she was taken by Assistant Xu, Gu Lao's assistant, to complete various onboarding procedures.

The onboarding procedures were not complicated and were finished very quickly.

Then, Assistant Xu took her to meet Gu Lao.

Gu Lao was in the middle of cleaning a piece of bronze ware, looking extremely focused.

He did not notice his assistant had brought someone in.

Assistant Xu signaled to Shu Xia not to speak.

Shu Xia understood that when one is focused on handling ancient artifacts, no mistakes can be tolerated and one must be fully concentrated; she just hadn't expected that, given Gu Lao's age and seniority, he would still be handling ancient artifacts with his own hands.

Her gaze rested on the inscriptions of the bronze ware.

It should be a piece of bronze ware from the Spring and Autumn period, and the script was Chengzhou Script.

She watched, somewhat mesmerized, as the past and present of this bronze ware appeared before her eyes—from its birth to the time it entered the tomb with its owner...

So it was a newly unearthed artifact.

She knew that Gu Lao's team would cooperate with the national archaeological team.

When Assistant Xu looked at Gu Lao, his eyes were full of admiration; in the industry, Gu Lao was his idol, and how many people were lining up to envy him for being able to be an idol's assistant! In the few years he had been by Gu Lao's side, he had learned quite a lot.

Gu Lao looked up and saw Shu Xia standing beside Assistant Xu.

He immediately put down the tools in his hands.

He walked over to Shu Xia with a chuckle, "Can you tell from which period this bronze ware is?"

"The early Spring and Autumn period," Shu Xia replied.

Gu Lao's eyes lit up, and he was once again amazed by Shu Xia, "You are right, girl. Can you tell me who your master is?"

"I don't have a master. I learned at home from a grandmother since I was little; she had quite a lot of things there." Shu Xia then remembered that Zhong Nainai had not taken her as a disciple, but had loved and taught her as if she were her own granddaughter.

Upon hearing this, Gu Lao did not ask further, "I don't know exactly what you are capable of yet, so I can't arrange work for you. I have a painting on hand that almost no one in the team dares to touch. Come and see if you can restore it."

Hearing this, Assistant Xu's eyes nearly popped out.

What was going on?

Why was Gu Lao giving the toughest nut to crack to Shu Xia?

Shu Xia had just joined the team and hadn't even been through any training yet; this job was too thorny, would it scare her away? It was not easy for a beautiful, eye-pleasing woman to join their team, so he hoped she wouldn't be scared off by Gu Lao's unusual actions.

"Alright, I'll try." Shu Xia did not hesitate at all, as if she had agreed to a very simple matter.

This left Assistant Xu dumbfounded.

Although he hadn't participated in Shu Xia's interview, he had learned from his colleagues that Shu Xia was very capable.

She was more capable than those of them who had been on Gu Lao's team for years.

Just now, when he saw the young and beautiful Shu Xia, he had momentarily forgotten his colleagues' descriptions of her.

His colleagues had said, never judge a book by its cover.

He had truly just judged her by her appearance.

Gu Lao nodded continuously in his heart; that kid Gu Cheng had finally done one thing right—his taste in women was truly not bad.

He had decided on this granddaughter-in-law.

Even if she didn't restore this painting well, he wouldn't mind; by staying in his team, she would come into contact with all kinds of ancient artifacts and work opportunities, and in a few years, she would be well-trained.

During the lunch break, Shu Xia went to the hospital.