"It's the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, and my grandpa wants to have dinner with you."
At this moment, Shu Qiaoqiao finally remembered the purpose of her visit to the Huo family's ancestral home, "I went to your office to find you were not there. Ergou said you were at home, so I came."
As she said that, she pointed at Qin Luoying angrily, "Who knew she was blocking the door and not letting me in? Sister Ye, you came just in time. I told you that the last time I came to Haimingyue to find Brother Chen, she was the one who told me …”
"Cough cough cough..."
Suddenly, a violent cough interrupted Shu Qiaoqiao's words. Qin Luoying was seen covering her mouth, coughing so hard that her body was shaking.
"Are you OK?"
It didn't look like he was pretending. Ye Mingqian took a step forward and saw a dazzling red color on the palm of Qin Luoying's mouth.
"Send her to the hospital."
She made a quick decision.
"Ask the butler to drive over."
Chi Yanchen picked up Qin Luoying and strode towards the door.
"Call the hospital and ask them to clear out the consultation room. Professor Hu and others will also come over."
"Okay, Master, the car has already arrived."
There was a chaos of war, and Ye Mingqian and Shu Qiaoqiao, who were left behind, watched the man get into the car with Qin Luoying in his arms.
"She, will she be okay?" Shu Qiaoqiao was frightened. "I haven't said anything yet. Qin Luoying's vomiting blood has nothing to do with me. Sister Ye, please bear witness for me."
"Um."
Ye Mingqian nodded casually.
Qin Luoying has been living in the ancestral house of the Huo family. The servants here are all old people of the Huo family. They obey her words. He originally thought that even if he came here, he would have to spend a lot of time to get rid of her. Chi Yan Chen took her away just in time, saving a lot of trouble.
She turned around and was about to walk towards Huo Jili's study when she bumped into someone, Shu Qiaoqiao.
"Chi Yanchen has gone to the hospital, why don't you follow him?"
"I won't go. Later, brother Chen will blame me for provoking Qin Luoying and causing her to vomit blood." Shu Qiaoqiao frowned.
Ye Mingqian asked her again, "Then what did you want to tell me just now?"
"Nothing, I'm leaving first, Sister Ye."
Shu Qiaoqiao left Huo's house listlessly.
There were no bad people in front of him. Ye Mingqian walked through the atrium and came to Huo Jili's study. As expected, there were two bodyguards guarding the door as expected.
The scene in the hospital at that time came to mind.
"The temples of the glasses are deformed, and they are not loose enough on both sides of the bridge of the nose."
Huo Jili, who has been bedridden for a long time, spends his daily life reading newspapers and magazines. Glasses are an indispensable thing for him, but the pair in his hand broke and he was not used to using them.
His glasses are all customized according to the lines of his facial features, and it would take several months to get a new pair. He is not a settler. When Ye Mingqian went to the hospital to check on him, he had heard him mention it more than once. Broken glasses are not easy to use.
“If you don’t use the tool well, it will affect your mood.”
It was Assistant Zhu who reminded her that there was a spare one in the study, so Huo Jili asked her to go back to Huo's house to get it.
At that time, Huo Jili put his glasses in her palm and said to her in a voice that could only be heard by two people: "I have asked someone to temporarily close the other verification of the study door, and set the password to a verification code at any time. When you arrive, Call me and I’ll tell you the numbers.”
"Wouldn't it be nice to enter your study before I've even entered the door?"
"It doesn't matter. If you want to marry me in the future, can't you still enter my study?"
Huo Jili patted her hand gently and asked her to relax, "Just put it on the desk. There is a wooden box on the left side of the brush holder, which is the glasses. Please help me get them."
"Okay." She pursed her lips and agreed.
Give me a pillow if you feel sleepy. Is this what Chi Yanchen said he had planned?
Ye Mingqian came to his senses and continued to move forward with a smile.
"Please stay."
As soon as she stepped onto the steps of the verandah, the bodyguard alertly raised his hand and made a motion to prohibit passage.
"Mr. Huo's glasses are broken. I need to send the pair in the study to the hospital."
Ye Mingqian retracted his legs and straightened his body.
The two bodyguards looked at each other and kept looking at her. After confirming that she was wearing simple clothes and could not hide any dangerous items, one of them picked up his mobile phone and made a call.
"Hey, Assistant Zhu, please pick up the phone, Mr. Huo."
Ten seconds later, the bodyguard who made the call put his phone on speakerphone, and Huo Jili's voice came from it.
"Let her in."
"OK."
The bodyguard seized Ye Mingqian's cell phone and handed her the walkie-talkie in his hand.
"It's my duty, Miss Ye, I'm sorry, no network communication equipment is allowed in the forbidden area of the study."
"I see."
Ye Mingqian took the walkie-talkie and said to the phone screen: "Mr. Huo, I'm here."
"Huo Yiquan 78696."
Pressing the number on Huo Ji's notice, there was a click of the door lock.
"alright."
The bodyguard hung up the phone, returned to his original position and stared straight ahead.
Ye Mingqian pushed open the heavy stainless steel door and walked into the study, which was rumored to incorporate the world's top anti-theft technology.
Huo Jili's study room is large, but not empty. The sky ceiling is a European-style relief of the Last Supper. Each of the four walls is equipped with four floors of bookshelves, filled with books. Each floor has stairs and a place to stay. It is spacious and can accommodate two people to exchange positions at any time.
This can no longer be called a study, it should be called a library.
The collection of this size is larger than any library. She has only seen this type of stepped study room in century-old castles in movies and TV shows.
In addition to the collection of books, there were also many antiques placed on the Duobaoge on the ground. Ye Mingqian was not proficient in this, so he just glanced at them hastily.
Considering that there were surveillance cameras everywhere, she glanced around and saw the desk in the center.
Ye Mingqian came to the table, which was filled with various documents and neatly stacked together. The top document caught her attention.
Unlike other closed documents, it was spread out alone in the corner of the table, with only a thin piece of paper and traces of being pinched hard at the bottom corner.
Ye Mingqian walked around the corner of the table, pretending to look for the wooden box Huo Jili mentioned, and quickly scanned the documents with the corner of his eye.
The big words of the porcelain purchase contract came into view and her pupils shrank.
There are eleven pieces in total including pastel amphora, worth US$1.32 billion.
The buyer's signature is Hongtai Porcelain Overseas Branch.
However, there was only a dot of pen and ink under the seller's signature. Combined with the crease in the lower right corner, Ye Mingqian guessed that Huo Jili fell ill and was sent to the hospital when he was answering the contract.
But if the contract is not signed, why will the goods be sent away?
Ye Mingqian opened a folder next to the brush stand and found the wooden box containing the glasses. She picked it up calmly and walked out of the study calmly.
