Chapter 344

There were only messages from other people on WeChat, and not a single message from Shu Xia to be seen.

This woman could call him husband in bed, but was cold and heartless once she got off.

Qiao Muting pursed his lips, stood up and walked to the window, looking down at the bustle of Jing City and the heavy traffic on the road, feeling an inexplicable sense of irritation in his heart.

He took out a cigarette.

Amidst the swirling smoke, a message came into his phone.

With the cigarette held between his fingers, he tapped open WeChat.

It was Shu Xia.

【Grandma said dinner will be sent to Laozhai tonight, are you coming back to eat?】

Qiao Muting did not notice his thin lips curling up slightly as he replied with the two characters: "Coming back."

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On Friday, Shu Xia finished the painting for Grandpa Ding.

When Grandpa Ding saw the Ancient Painting handed to him, restored as good as new, his eyes welled up with tears.

"Xia Xia's restoration technique is too amazing! It didn't take long at all, and she actually finished restoring it."

Gu Lao, standing to the side, was also full of surprise. He knew better than anyone how tattered this painting had been, so he was even more aware of Shu Xia's skill. She was truly worthy of being a disciple taught by Zhong Jiejie; it was really possible that one day, she might even surpass him.

No, her restoration skill was already better than his now.

When he saw this painting, he had even felt a bit daunted, having absolutely no confidence that he could restore it well.

"Shu Xia's technique is indeed extremely good; I'm afraid it would be hard to find a second person like her in Jing City," Gu Lao praised.

Grandpa Ding nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, it really is hard to find a second one. By the way, Xia Xia, I looked into the matter from last time, and it was someone who deliberately made my youngest son buy that qipao. It was indeed intended to harm Dingnainai. We have already handled this matter, and Dingnainai's health is also recovering."

Hearing that it had already been handled, Shu Xia smiled and said, "That's good, Dingnainai will recover her health soon."

But for some reason, she always had a foreboding feeling in her heart; whenever she thought of the affairs at Grandpa Ding's house, she would think of Grandpa Ding's youngest son.

Was he really just deceived by someone?

After the doubt circled in her heart for a moment, she smiled to herself. Since Grandpa Ding said it had already been investigated clearly, then it must have been investigated clearly.

After Grandpa Ding confirmed that there were no issues with the painting.

He transferred the remaining balance to the company account, and Gu Lao transferred her the payment according to what had been agreed upon previously.

She was especially happy to see the savings in her bank card increase again.

She was going home for the weekend tomorrow, so she would just go buy some clothes for her adoptive mother after work later.

Actually, Jiang Ye was very beautiful, but she had always taken care of the few of them as children and rarely spent money on herself. Her clothes had been worn for several years, and she rarely used skincare products, but Jiang Ye's skin was naturally beautiful; even just using simple baby cream, her skin remained fair.

There were also very few wrinkles on her face.

Her skin was even better than Chen Xiuyue's, who meticulously maintained her appearance every day.

After work, Shu Xia went to the shopping mall across the street, picked out two sets of skincare and cosmetic products, and also bought clothes and shoes according to Jiang Ye's height and weight.

After everything was matched, she bought some other things, and the trunk was packed full.

The next day, when she was about to go out, Qiao Muting cast a glance at her.

Seeing this, she asked him with a smile: "Do you want to go with me to meet my family? My mom's cooking is quite good, you know. It's several times better than the food I make."

Although she was asking, she was very clear that Qiao Muting would not go.

They had not reached that stage yet.

It should be said that the timing was not yet right.