Opening an antique shop and getting rich through all the worlds

Chapter 103

Mrs. Gu stayed a while longer, settling the fabric sales channel matter with Shen Yu.

Seeing that Gu Shaoyu had actually put away his playful attitude and was doing such excellent work, she felt deeply gratified.

It was fortunate she hadn’t prevented their cooperation before.

When Gu Shaoyu escorted Mrs. Gu out, she was still instructing him to work hard.

In the afternoon, the exhibition continued.

Gu Shaoyu and Jiang He handled the reception while Shen Yu exchanged knowledge with Professor Li in the workshop about the techniques she had just learned from Great Qi. When she needed to make an appearance, she would go out.

Although Xu Jiayan studied ancient texts, he also had some understanding of gold and silver artifacts, so he joined them as well.

“Wait! Don’t hammer anymore. Let us do it!” Professor Li watched Shen Yu wearing the fire resistant cloth, wielding both flame gun and hammer, and his eyelids twitched, afraid she might accidentally damage the clothing.

Someone who had spent a lifetime in artifact restoration couldn’t bear to see such a priceless treasure suffer any damage.

Fu Xicheng and Hua Yun beside them nodded repeatedly.

Shen Yu understood, took off her outer garment, and put it in a waterproof bag.

The room had air conditioning, so it wouldn’t be cold.

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The exhibition’s closing time was listed as 6 PM, and by a little after 5 PM, Xi Garden had basically quieted down.

The rustling sound of autumn wind moving through leaves, combined with the antique-style workshop, created beautiful scenery at every glance.

Shen Yu glanced at the falling maple leaves. Wen Zhi hadn’t come yet, although he had said he would arrive.

For some reason, she felt somewhat melancholic.

Dinner had been arranged long ago. Since they didn’t drink alcohol that evening, the gathering was relatively simple. When they walked out of the restaurant, it wasn’t yet dark.

“You should all head back first. There are still some matters at the workshop that need handling.” Shen Yu said to Professor Li and the others.

“Is there anything I can help with?” Xu Jiayan quickly stepped forward, looking at Shen Yu with anticipation.

According to Gu Shaoyu, an invitation had been given to Xi Garden’s owner, who was also the workshop’s other partner who had never shown his face.

Gu Shaoyu had asked Shen Yu about it, and the other party should be coming today.

When they went out for dinner earlier, Shen Yu had specifically mentioned this to Uncle Song at the gatehouse.

He vaguely felt that Shen Yu seemed to care quite a bit about this person.

This spontaneous sense of loss made him feel as if this girl was drifting further and further away from him. Ever since discovering his family background, she had become much more polite.

This was also why he had never dared to express his feelings.

“These are all small matters. I can handle them myself.” Shen Yu looked up with a smile. “You should go back with teacher first.”

After a day of exhibition, those valuable items definitely needed to be personally supervised while being stored away properly. She couldn’t ask others to do such menial work.

The workshop had enough people.

“Alright then. We’ll come over again tomorrow morning.” Xu Jiayan said gently.

Getting into his car, he looked at the workshop quartet standing by the roadside and suddenly felt a bit envious of Gu Shaoyu.

Watching Xu Jiayan’s car drive away, Shen Yu said quietly to Gu Shaoyu, “I’ve already arranged with Fu Xicheng and Hua Yun to let them enjoy Jiang City for a couple more days. The hotel expenses will be charged to the workshop account. Tomorrow they should be with Xu Jiayan.”

“Don’t worry, I’ve already spoken with the hotel manager.” Gu Shaoyu waved his phone. “Jiang He’s accommodation is all arranged too.”

Shen Yu nodded and walked toward the workshop. She had brought change of clothes and would sleep at the hotel tonight.

This way, she wouldn’t have to rush over early tomorrow morning.

The first day of the exhibition had truly shocked the entire Jiang City collecting circle, and the workshop’s reputation had soared as a result.

Shen Yu had already received feedback in the collectors’ association group chat.

Some who had originally received invitations but thought such an unknown small workshop couldn’t have anything worth seeing now heard that fire resistant cloth was being exhibited and that industry big shots had all attended.

They all regretted not arranging time to visit earlier and decided that tomorrow, no matter what, they would make time.

Even those in other cities bought plane tickets to rush back, and some even flew back overnight in private helicopters.

There were also other collectors who had received the news and were looking for connections to contact Shen Yu, asking if they could add another spot to view the exhibition.

That was fire resistant cloth! If they missed this opportunity, who knew when they would see it again!

Shen Yu had been working non-stop all day and was only now catching her breath.

“I’m craving bubble tea. Should we order delivery?” She looked at everyone with bright eyes.

When she was tired from work, she loved drinking something sweet to ease the fatigue.

After drinking bubble tea and storing everything securely in the safe, if that person still didn’t come, she would return to the hotel to rest!

“Great!” Yu Xiaosu was the first to respond.

Having been there for some time, everyone had become familiar with each other, and she and Cheng Liang were no longer as reserved as when they first arrived.

“You all order first.” Shen Yu first handed her phone to the two assistants.

When Gu Shaoyu finished ordering and was about to hand it to her, a notification popped up on the screen.

“There’s a message coming in.” Gu Shaoyu reminded her.

He wasn’t intentionally trying to look, but he happened to catch the words “I’m almost there” before immediately handing the phone to Shen Yu.

Was it that partner?

Gu Shaoyu suddenly looked toward the entrance with some anticipation. For such a long time, none of them had seen the other party show their face.

Shen Yu switched to WeChat and smiled as she typed: “If you come any later, there won’t be anyone left at the workshop.”

Then she ordered an extra bubble tea.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, everyone was somewhat curious about this partner. When Shen Yu’s phone rang, they all perked up their ears.

Only for it to turn out to be the delivery.

Cheng Liang volunteered to go to the entrance to pick it up.

The delivery person was quite surprised to see someone come out from such an ancient building structure and glanced inside curiously.

“Bro? You live here?”

Following the GPS to this location and confirming it was Xi Garden, he had been stunned for two seconds.

Would people really live in this kind of place? If it weren’t still early, he wouldn’t have dared to deliver this order.

“No, I work here.” Cheng Liang took the bubble tea.

The delivery person suddenly understood, smiled at him, and said, “Please give me a good review.”

After speaking, he turned around and left.

The light from the electric scooter’s headlamp illuminated an area where a tall, slender figure appeared, seemingly walking somewhat urgently.

Cheng Liang had just reached Uncle Song at the gatehouse to give him a cup of brown sugar pearl fresh milk when he heard the sound of fingerprint input and the door unlocking behind him.

“Mr. Wen has arrived.” Uncle Song smiled in greeting. “Miss Shen was thinking of you when she went to dinner. You’ve come quite late.”

Hearing this, Wen Zhi’s lips curved upward in a high arc. “Really?”

“Of course it’s true.” Uncle Song nodded with certainty.

Miss Shen had indeed come to tell him before going out that if Mr. Wen arrived, they should say they had gone to dinner but would return soon.

Cheng Liang turned his head in confusion, quietly asking Uncle Song, “This is…?”

“Miss Shen’s business partner, and also the owner of this residence.” Uncle Song replied.

Hearing footsteps and thinking the bubble tea had arrived, she turned around, but instead of seeing that, she first saw Wen Zhi wearing a loose black suit.

Shen Yu walked over with delight. When Wen Zhi lowered his eyes to hide his unnatural expression, he saw her walk past him to grab the bubble tea and immediately take a large sip.

Wen Zhi: …???

So she wasn’t happy to see him, but happy to see the bubble tea, or the guy carrying the bubble tea?