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"Girl, you have good eyesight." At this time, the man's unhurried, low and charming voice came.

The new shop Wanbaozhai opened in Jing'an City. It was planned and promoted from scratch by Jin Xuehong. To be cautious, he also personally took charge of the business.

He is the only son of Jin Changdong, a wealthy man in Huaicheng. He is twenty-five years old. He studied business since he was a child. At the age of sixteen, he was able to stand alone and start new business.

The saying "God is fair" is not true at all when it comes to him. Not only does he have a good family background and high knowledge, he also has a tall and strong body and a handsome face. He is perfect both internally and externally.

He stood behind the curtain and watched everything in the store. Suddenly he saw a little commotion at the counter that Kang Ning was in charge of. He saw a girl about seventeen or eighteen years old checking the porcelain bottles brought by the customers to pawn.

Her eyes were bright, and she rubbed the center of her eyebrows with her index finger while she was thinking. That action shocked him slightly, because this strange action reminded him of someone, his fiancée Lu Shiyan, who had been engaged since childhood.

After a while, the little girl was full of confidence and pointed out the details of the discrepancy in the age of the porcelain vase one by one, so that Corning would not misjudge the object.

Seeing that she was so knowledgeable about antiques at such a young age, Jin Xuehong was amazed, and a distant but familiar little figure also appeared in his mind.

In the seventeen years since their engagement, he had only met Lu Shiyan once, when she was seven years old.

When he was fourteen that year, his father took him to visit the Lu family in Anyang and gave him a rare Panlong heart-turning vase as a gift. When Lu Shiyan saw the Panlong heart-turning vase, her eyes were shining and she stared at it. She held it in her hand and played with it over and over again, unwilling to put it down.

Her father said that she has been fond of antiques since she was a child. She is interested in, loves and wants to study everything.

Jin Xuehong thought she was a very strange but interesting little girl, especially her bright eyes that attracted his attention.

But that day, the Panlong Heart-turning Vase was "destroyed" in her hands.

Due to a moment of carelessness, she accidentally broke the revolving bottle. She was so shocked that she couldn't help crying. She lost her balance and fell to her knees, causing the sharp fragments to cut her knees.

When he went to help her up, she cried and said to him——

"The heart-turning bottle is broken, broken..."

He looked at her in surprise, because she was not crying because of the injury to her knee, but because of the irreparable reversal.

When they visited the Lu family that year, the father and son lived in the Lu family for a few days. He was with her every day. She brought many of the Lu family's and her own treasures to him as if they were treasures, and explained them to him. However, he did not see her again for the next ten years.

Even so, he heard a lot about her.

It is said that she is very fond of antiques, and she has studied them carefully. In the past ten years, her ability to detect antique objects has improved to a higher level. Not only that, she also searched everywhere personally.

Their wedding was approaching, and he had already planned to let her come to Wanbaozhai to show off her talents after they got married...

Chapter 1(2)

After regaining his composure, Jin Xuehong walked out and praised without hesitation: "Young girl is so knowledgeable."

Lu Shiyan looked at him doubtfully at first, and then her eyes widened, as if she had seen some rare antique. She had never seen a man as handsome as him.

He has a handsome face, regular facial features, and a pair of calm black eyes. His eyes are full of wisdom, but they don't make people feel deep. Instead, they reveal a fascinating focus and gentleness.

For some reason, she felt a sense of déjà vu towards him, as if she had seen these eyes before.

"Young master..." Kang Ning saw Jin Xuehong coming over, with a hint of guilt in his eyes. He thought that Jin Xuehong should have seen what happened just now.

"Thank you for your correction, miss, so that our store will not suffer losses." Jin Xuehong said.

Lu Shiyan paused slightly and said modestly, "It's not worth mentioning."

"Young lady seems to specialize in the inspection and identification of antiques. I wonder who she studied under?"

"I just like to study, and I don't have any apprenticeship."

"That's self-taught." He smiled."The girl is so talented."

"Excellent."

"By the way..." He remembered that he had not revealed his identity to her, and immediately said, "Jin Xuehong, what do you call this girl?"

Hearing this name, Lu Shiyan couldn't help but widen her eyes again. He was actually her fiancé?It turns out that Wanbaozhai was opened by the Jin family, and it turns out that he looks like this now...

No wonder she felt that he seemed familiar. After all, she had met him when she was seven years old. Although that was ten years ago, she had no definite impression of him, but she remembered that he had a pair of focused and gentle eyes.

Ten years have passed, and she thought they would meet in the wedding night, but unexpectedly... her heart tightened, her nose was sore, and she felt like crying.

He probably doesn't know about her yet, right?How would he feel about her accidental death if the news reached him?Is he sad?Does he regret it?Or... he doesn't actually have any major mood swings?

Seeing that she didn't speak, but looked at him with straight eyes, Jin Xuehong called out in confusion, "Girl?"

She quickly came to her senses, straightened out her chaotic emotions, and replied: "Xiang...Xiang Liping."

He was slightly startled."Xiang Liping?"

"Jin Shaodong's family," Butler Fei stepped forward and said, "My lady is the only daughter of Xiang's antique shop. I believe Jin Shaodong's family must have heard about Xiang's family, right?"

Jin Xuehong paused slightly and nodded slightly.

In order to prepare for Wanbaozhai, he has been staying in Jing'an City for more than half a year. Of course, he doesn't know about the Xiang family.

"Today, my lady brought some items that I would like Guibao to estimate the price for. Please help me." Butler Fei seemed a little humble when asking for help.

"That's it." When Jin Xuehong heard this, he immediately called the chief shopkeeper Kang Baiming, who was the father of trainee Chaofeng Kangning."Shopkeeper Kang, please give me an estimate of the items you want to bring to Miss Xiang. The price should be looser."

Kang Baiming responded, "Understood." Then he led the people out and moved the things from the car into the store one by one.

Lu Shiyan looked at Jin Xuehong gratefully."Thank you, Master, for your help. My little lady is very grateful."

"The ups and downs in life are ordinary things." Jin Xuehong raised his lips slightly."I believe that the Xiang family will eventually make a comeback."

"Thank you, young master, for your kind words."

"Speak seriously to the girl." Jin Xuehong said sincerely, "If there is anything that Jin or Wanbaozhai can do in the future, please don't be polite to the girl and just speak up."

"My little lady, I would like to thank my young master in advance." Lu Shiyan looked at him, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

Her fiancé was such an upright and generous person. She couldn't tell how happy she was in her heart, but at the same time she couldn't help but lament that no matter how good he was, she and he were destined to die.

After leaving Wanbaozhai, Lu Shiyan sat in the car with a lonely expression, constantly thinking about Jin Xuehong.

Butler Fei looked at her and asked doubtfully: "Why is the lady so unhappy? We sold it at a good price!"

She forced out a smile."Yeah."

"Speaking of which, that young master is really a good person." Butler Fei was full of praise when he mentioned Jin Xuehong.

"Well, he is a good person." Lu Shiyan responded without any emotion.

Butler Fei couldn't hide his joy."Thanks to Miss, if Miss had not been sharp-eyed and discovered that the porcelain vase was of the wrong age, Jin Shaodong's family would not have sold us this great favor." Suddenly, he remembered something and scratched his head in confusion."But speaking of that person, I always feel like I've seen him somewhere, but I just can't remember..."

She glanced at him, "Who?"

"That's the guy who took the porcelain vase to sell," he said.

Lu Shiyan was only thinking about Jin Xuehong's affairs, and had no intention of caring about anything else. She just replied lightly: "These are the only people coming and going in the city. Maybe I have seen them somewhere."

Butler Fei frowned and thought for a while, but still had no clue, so he gave up."Maybe so."

After returning home, Butler Fei couldn't wait to report the good news to Mr. Xiang.

After learning that Wanbaozhai had accepted the Xiang family's items at a higher price than the market price, and also asked them to bring back cash, Mr. Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, sat down with satisfaction, and took a sip of tea."It's so good, so good."

"Master, this is all thanks to Miss." Butler Fei added.