Li Sheng raised his eyebrows and shrugged pretending to be relaxed: "This is the treasure of an auction house. Unfortunately, the boss was not careful when he traded with your sister. Afterwards, a knowledgeable and wealthy businessman took a fancy to this necklace and bought it. Come down..."
Li Sheng picked up the coffee next to him and took a sip and said: "Someone bought it for his wife. Her wife asked someone to identify it and found the signature. However, the name was so small that you had to use a microscope to see it. It just hurt the wealthy businessman. His wife is still getting divorced because of this, hahaha..."
Cao Kouwen grabbed the documents on the table and threw them to the ground: "Shut up! I asked how I got it into your hands!"
Li Sheng's smile faded and he curled his lips: "His wife and I are colleagues."
Cao Kouwen's pupils suddenly tightened, he slammed the computer in front of him, and walked out angrily with the necklace in hand.
Li Sheng touched his nose, stood up, and followed out.
Cao Kouwen walked outside the building, got in the car, and sped off.
He completely forgot that he had a difficult aunt at home. He didn't come home so late just to avoid her.
When Li Sheng chased him out of the company gate, he had already driven away.
This guy has a really bad temper!
I just hope that Cao Aiqian will be blessed this time.
He remembered that he had been cursing for many years because he accidentally dropped the watch given by Cao Kouwen.
Li Sheng was helpless, shook his head and sighed, and drove back home.
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It's late at night and neon lights are flashing on the streets.
Cao Kouwen drove to a villa area in the city center.
"Bangdang..."
"Cheng Yun?" Cao Kouwen opened the door and walked into the living room of the villa when he heard a coquettish female voice.
"Uncle~!"
Zhang Chengyun threw herself into Cao Kouwen's arms, acting like a baby.
Cao Kouwen was inexplicably stunned. He thought that his aunt's family should leave because he was not at home. He stretched out his hand and pulled Zhang Chengyun away impatiently.
At a glance, he saw his aunt sitting on the sofa in the hall eating snacks and fruits. She had a headache and wanted to turn around and leave, but Zhang Chengyun grabbed her by the corner of her clothes.
Aunt Liu quietly came over and whispered in his ear: "I have already given her some money as instructed, and also gave her most of the gifts you bought last time you went shopping with Ai Qian, but still..."
Aunt Liu did not dare to continue.
Cao Kouwen frowned, with a displeased look on his face. He walked forward, bent down and pretended to smile and asked, "Auntie, long time no see."
The aunt's face was full of smiles, and she held his arm affectionately: "Oh, why did Kou Wen just get off work? Auntie misses you."
Cao Kouwen stiffened his body and forced out a smile: "I've been busy lately, and now that you've seen me, I think you've lessened the pain of lovesickness. Please come back tomorrow..."
"Are you trying to drive us away? Remember what your mother told you when she passed away..." Li Chengfang pretended to cry sadly after she finished speaking.
Zhang Chengyun quickly ran to her mother's side and held her shoulders, looking puzzled.
Cao Aiqian remembered the two things her mother told her before she died. The first was to treat Cao Aiqian well, and the second was to help her, her biological sister.
In the beginning, Cao Kouwen did not reject Li Chengfang's family and often provided a large amount of financial assistance. He even bought Li Chengfang's mother and daughter a villa worth tens of millions.
But later, Li Chengfang intensified his efforts and squandered money. He naturally enjoyed the wealthy life provided by Cao Kouwen, overdrawing Cao Kouwen's reputation and raising a pretty boy outside.
"Don't you just want money?" Cao Kowen said after a moment of silence.
Li Chengfang nodded quickly: "Hehe, our family is not seeing each other, but besides money, I have something else to ask for your help with this time..."
As she spoke, she pushed Zhang Chengyun in front of him and let her speak for herself.
"Uncle, I want you to help me get into Sengkang University."
Zhang Chengyun lowered his head, his cheeks flushed.
Cao Kouwen raised his eyebrows, looking puzzled.
"I'm not afraid of making you laugh, but Yoona likes a boy. Not only is that boy good at reading, but his family is also very rich..." Li Chengfang explained quickly.
"You can only get into a junior college with your college entrance examination results this time. Do you want to get into the best university in the country for nothing? I can't do that." Cao Kouwen refused directly.
Zhang Chengyun's face suddenly turned ugly. He gritted his teeth and started to cry.
"Wow...Mom...wuwu...uncle...I...wuwu..."
Cao Kouwen frowned even more, and became even more irritated when he saw Zhang Chengyun's pear blossoms in the rain, and reprimanded loudly: "Shut up!"
Li Chengfang was so frightened that her face turned green. She quickly comforted Zhang Chengyun, and then tried to persuade Cao Kouwen and whispered: "When Yun'er marries a rich family, will she still be looked down upon if she asks for money from your family?"
Zhang Chengyun raised his head and saw his uncle's face became more gloomy, and quickly wiped away his tears.
Cao Kouwen snorted and glanced at her mother and daughter with disdain.
"You should ask someone else to help you with this matter. I can't help you."
He dropped these words and turned to leave.
Li Chengfang froze on the spot and didn't react for a long time.
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Cao Kouwen walked up to the second floor and returned to his room, slamming the door shut.
He sat on the sofa with his hands in his pockets, looking tired.
Feeling a foreign object in his suit pocket, he took out the jewelry box and placed it on the table.
I was so anxious to argue with the Li family's mother and daughter that I got dizzy and forgot about the main business.
He went back to the bathroom to take a shower, stood up from the bathtub, wrapped his lower body in a bath towel, took the hair dryer and started drying his hair.
His hair was wet, and droplets of water flowed down his solid chest muscles, sliding towards his flat and tight abdomen, and finally a strong abdominal muscle was faintly visible.
A coolness spread from his chest throughout his body. Cao Kouwen shuddered and quickly turned off the hair dryer.
He walked to the bed, picked up his clothes, put them on, picked up the jewelry box on the table, looked at it for a few seconds, and then walked out of the bedroom door.
The Li family's mother and daughter were probably confused, so they checked into the guest room under Aunt Liu's arrangement.
Cao Kouwen had not seen Cao Aiqian since he first entered the house. He only heard Aunt Liu say that he should go back to his room to rest early.
The entire villa was very quiet. There were a bouquet of lilies, a bouquet of tulips, and several bottles of wine placed in the middle of the private living room on the second floor.
Cao Kouwen walked over, poured a glass of brandy, and drank it down.
"Crack!"
The wine flowed down his throat and into his stomach, instantly becoming hot and causing him to frown.
She didn't understand why Cao Aiqian wanted to sell the necklace. Was it just a lack of money?
But he remembered that since the last time he brought her home from school, there seemed to be no shortage of her pocket money.
She wanted to invest in Aba Company, and he fulfilled her wish. What she didn't even know was that this time the investor still wrote her name.
So why does she still do these unnecessary things?
The more Cao Zuowen thought about it, the more doubtful he became, and he couldn't help but shake the wine glass in his hand.
A drop of red wine splashed on the back of his hand, it was biting cold and he woke up suddenly.
Thinking about her recent behavior, she was once such a spendthrift and unreasonable person, but now she seems to be too frugal.
He stood up and walked to the door of Cao Aiqian's bedroom. He hesitated for a moment and unlocked the door with his fingerprint.
He quietly walked into the room and looked around. A weak desk lamp gave off a dim light, and the room was filled with a faint fragrance, which seemed to be some kind of incense.
She curled up in the quilt, curled up her arms tightly into a ball while sleeping, buried her face in the pillow, breathed evenly, and her long eyelashes occasionally trembled.
Cao Zuowen looked at her for a while, feeling relieved for no apparent reason. He forgot about questioning her about selling the necklace. He walked over gently, lifted a corner of the quilt and sat on the edge of the bed, looking down at the girl's peaceful face. , couldn't help but reach out and stroke her soft black hair a few times.
"Well...."
Cao Aiqian, who was sleeping soundly, felt a little itchy on his forehead. He groaned a few times in discomfort, turned over and continued to sleep.
A smile appeared at the corner of Cao Zuowen's mouth, and Cao Kouwen was trembling with a hint of cool breeze.
He lifted the quilt up for her and turned his head to look at the balcony window, which was still open. The curtains were fluttering in the winter wind and the moon was bright and clear today.
Cao Kouwen stood up and was about to walk to the balcony and close the window. He stumbled and almost fell into Cao Aiqian's arms.
He rubbed his head and sat on the edge of the bed again, thinking: What is going on? He was clearly not drunk just now!
He shook his head and stood up again, walked to the balcony and closed the window.
There are many painting tools of Cao Aiqian placed on the balcony. She always likes to paint city scenes, snow scenes in winter, noise in summer, recovery in spring, and busyness in autumn.
But these paintings are always different from the current world, but they also seem to be the same, because there are always many things that do not exist in this world in her paintings.
He was about to lift his feet and leave when his eyes suddenly fell on a painting on the wall and he paused.
He turned on his phone's flashlight under the moonlight.
The painting looks like a couple. The two of them look very intimate, but the girl only has a nice blurred back.
Cao Kouwen couldn't help but frowned.
He looked at the painting carefully for two seconds, and suddenly felt a bit familiar.
Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes and saw that the boy in the painting was eighty-nine times similar to himself in reality!
What if you just want to draw Cao Kouwen? Why add a girl to him?
