158: It's the right age to be coaxed

"Gift!"

Seeing the word [Gift], a flash of joy crossed Li Mengyao's face. Her hands flew as she typed a line back.

[The sun is rising in the west, huh? I actually lived to see the day you prepared a gift for me.]

[Ye Su: So, do you want it or not?]

[Ye Su: If you don't want it, I'll give it to someone else.]

[Ye Su: Don't say I didn't warn you, this is definitely a good item.]

Seeing Ye Su say he was going to give it to someone else, a clear look of urgency appeared on Li Mengyao's face. She immediately replied.

[Since you say it's so good, this young lady will give you a chance and reluctantly accept it.]

[What gift is it?]

[Ye Su: You'll know when you see it.]

"So mysterious."

Li Mengyao muttered, not realizing that from beginning to end, a smile had been hanging on her lips.

[I'm at the company today. Do you want to come find me, or should we find a place outside to chat?]

[Ye Su: The company works. I'll come over to find you.]

[OK]

Li Mengyao sent Ye Su the address of the office building.

[After you arrive, go to the front desk on the 19th floor and say you're looking for me.]

[Ye Su: Got it. I'll be there in an hour.]

"Hmph, hmph, hmph—"

After receiving Ye Su's reply, Li Mengyao swiped her phone casually, humming a happy little tune.

...

On the other side, after Ye Su finished breakfast, he returned to his rental apartment, grabbed the jade pendant and the design archive, and then drove to the office building where Poyun Group was located on the 19th floor.

"Hello, I'm looking for Ms. Li Mengyao."

The receptionist had clearly been notified in advance: "You must be Mr. Ye, right?"

"That's right."

"Please follow me."

Guided by the receptionist, Ye Su went up to the 21st floor.

Poyun Group certainly wasn't powerful enough to rent out an entire Grade A office building in Guangzhou as its headquarters.

Of the entire building, only the 19th, 20th, and 21st floors belonged to Poyun Group.

However, these three floors were bought by Li Shanhai years ago at a low price as an investment. Now, at over 20,000 per square meter, the three floors were worth over 100 million.

Knock, knock, knock—

"Who is it?"

"Director Li, Mr. Ye is here."

"Oh, come in."

After Ye Su entered, the receptionist closed the door. Still unable to suppress her gossip-loving heart, she took the opportunity to peek into the office a few times, wanting to know if the visitor was a client or a male friend of Director Li.

"Feel free to sit."

Li Mengyao didn't sit at her desk, but instead sat on the sofa in front of the coffee table. She greeted Ye Su while unintentionally glancing at the old tung oil paper in Ye Su's hand.

"Mm."

Ye Su sat on the side of the sofa, casually placing the tung oil paper on the table, then took out the storage box containing the jade pendant.

"Didn't you say you had a gift? Let me see."

Li Mengyao wasn't polite at all. After Ye Su sat down, she extended her right hand toward him, not beating around the bush.

"What's the rush?" Ye Su opened the storage box first and handed it over: "Let me show you something."

"the jade pendant?"

Taking the box and discovering it was a piece of jade pendant inside, Li Mengyao's large eyes were filled with even greater confusion:

"It's not a holiday or festival, why are you giving me a jade pendant?"

Amidst her confusion, Li Mengyao couldn't help but imagine a scene from a TV drama where the male lead gives his family heirloom jade pendant to the female lead.

"This isn't for you. I just brought it along to see if your company would buy it."

"You're here to sell me something again? I actually thought you had a change of heart and prepared something good for me!"

Thinking it was a gift, only to find out it was merchandise, a nameless fire ignited in Li Mengyao's heart. She gritted her teeth and glared at Ye Su.

"There really is a gift!"

Li Mengyao's attitude suddenly did a 180-degree turn. She was as fierce as a tiger, which really gave Ye Su a fright. He immediately raised the tung oil paper in his hand: "This is the actual gift."

At 27, she was at the perfect age to be coaxed.

"That's more like it."

Seeing that Ye Su had truly prepared another gift for her, Li Mengyao's anger instantly vanished. She got up, went to the cabinet by her desk, and found a flashlight to examine it.

Seeing Li Mengyao's emotions fluctuate so wildly, Ye Su couldn't help but mutter to himself:

Could it be that Miss Li is on her period? Why is she so irritable?

Did I come at a bad time today?

Li Mengyao didn't know what Ye Su was thinking. After a careful inspection, she finally concluded:

"The material of the jade pendant is indeed quite good."

"That's for sure. I wouldn't dare scam Miss Li, no matter who else I might scam."

Li Mengyao proudly puffed out her magnificent chest, clearly very pleased with Ye Su's flattery.

"How much do you plan to sell it for?"

"A friend price for you: 250,000."

"Deal."

Li Mengyao could certainly see that the jade pendant Ye Su brought was an old material from the past, which was very hard to find now. 250,000 was indeed a friend price.

"I'll have finance wire the money to you later."

"Sure."

With the transaction recording and the contract, and having sold the jade pendant to Poyun Group,

Ye Su believed that even if Jia Zhiqiang's family discovered the problem later, they wouldn't be able to get the item back.

Sitting back on the sofa and putting the jade pendant back in the box, Li Mengyao scrutinized Ye Su unreservedly. The meaning in her eyes was very obvious; she was just short of reaching out her hand to ask Ye Su for the gift.

"Here."

Ye Su hadn't expected the young lady to be like this, so he had to hand over the other item:

"I found a book for you."

"What do you mean!" Li Mengyao revealed two canine teeth: "You said you prepared a gift for me, but it turns out you're saying I need to read more books!"

"I'm innocent!"

Confirming that Li Mengyao's huge emotional fluctuations must mean she was on her period, Ye Su didn't dare to be cheeky at all:

"Your family is in the jewelry business, surely you've heard of the [Nine Great Silver Shops], right?"

"Who in this industry hasn't heard the name of the [Nine Great Silver Shops]? Why are you asking that?"

"This is the Fei Wen Yuan Silver Shop · Gold Diamond Emerald Jewelry Design Drawing from one of the [Nine Great Silver Shops], the [Fei Wenyuan Silver Shop]. It even has the Fei Wenyuan Silver Shop's seal on it. I verified it, and this archive is authentic."

"The Fei Wen Yuan Silver Shop · Gold Diamond Emerald Jewelry Design Drawing, and it's stamped too!"

Li Mengyao was shocked, then couldn't wait to unwrap the tung oil paper. She didn't pick up the archive but started flipping through it directly on the table.

"It really is the Fei Wen Yuan Silver Shop · Gold Diamond Emerald Jewelry Design Drawing!"

Flipping page by page through the various classical jewelry designs and annotations recorded in the archive, the more Li Mengyao looked, the happier she became.

This could be said to be the most special and memorable gift she had ever received in her life.

Li Mengyao only knew a little common knowledge about antiques, but she also knew that based on the level of preservation and the name of [Fei Wenyuan Silver Shop], the price of this archive was definitely not cheap.

Ye Su was so ingenious in preparing such a special gift for her; could it be that he had some other intentions?

But didn't he say he had a girlfriend?

Why would he spend so much effort preparing this gift for her?

"I checked, this archive should be a unique copy. I haven't heard of any other design archives from [Fei Wenyuan Silver Shop] circulating, and none of the jewelry inside has ever appeared on the market."