[It’s nothing, it’s just a watch. If you don’t like it, I’ll buy another one for you.]
[Oh, no need.] Xuan Ruoxi recovered very quickly this time. Huo Jiyun raised the corner of his mouth, quite satisfied.
After a while, Xuan Ruoxi thought about it and decided to accept it first, as it would be hard to return it to others after such a long time. In addition to being secretly annoyed, she also warned herself to remember to open it in person when receiving gifts in the future.
[Master Huo, I will send the return gift tomorrow. When is it convenient for you?] She remembered to make an appointment.
[Come over tomorrow afternoon and I will ask the front desk to give you the elevator card.]
【Okay, then I'll come over at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Good night.】
Huo Jiyun looked at the time, it was ten o'clock in the evening.
[Good night] After sending the message, he glanced at the computer. It seemed that he was not in the mood to work. He should go to bed early tonight.
Lying on the bed, Xuan Ruoxi was still thinking about the message between her and Mr. Huo just now. She was thinking about what to give tomorrow. She just said it was a gift tomorrow out of sheer urgency, and once she said it, it was difficult to follow up. But what gift to choose?
?Compared to what others gave her, she couldn’t be too shabby.
After thinking about it for a long time, I finally decided on the direction of the gift. Sleepiness invaded me and I gradually fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Xuan Ruoxi went to the warehouse and rummaged through the cabinets for a while, and finally found the materials she wanted to use in the sealed box. Hiding in her room, she spent three hours in the morning to complete the finished product to be given to Huo Jiyun.
one's gift.
Thinking that he should be a person who lacks everything in life, she couldn't find anyone better. She could only use her skills that she hadn't used for a long time. It was just that she hadn't written for a long time, and she spent several pieces of rice paper at the beginning.
Looking at the ink painting on the table, Xuan Ruoxi nodded with satisfaction. Would it be too abrupt to just draw a portrait of him suddenly?
But she couldn't think of a better way to give the gift. Forget it, let's fool around for a while. Take a deep breath, put the portrait in a sunny place, wait for the wind to dry, and then put it away.
"Xiao Ding, I have to go out for a while in the afternoon, and I will ask you to look after me at the orphanage!"
"Okay, Sister Ruoxi, where are you going?" Xiao Ding was very curious. He hadn't seen her all morning. She just showed up and she was going out again in the afternoon.
"I'm going to the Huo Group to deliver something." Xuan Ruoxi didn't hide anything, and Xiao Ding saw the scroll in her hand.
She asked in surprise: "Sister Ruoxi, is this a painting?" She had seen similar shapes in the teacher's office.
"Well, yes, I want to send it to Mr. Huo."
"Wow, sister Ruoxi, has this been what you've been doing all morning?"
"Yeah." Xuan Ruoxi was a little embarrassed.
"Oh my god, I didn't expect you to do this, Sister Ruoxi? I really want it too!"
"Then I'll draw it for you next time."
"Okay, it's settled, I'll wait."
"It's a deal."
When there was still half an hour before the agreed time, Xuan Ruoxi took a taxi to Huo's Building in advance.
When I came to the front desk, it was the same little girl from last time.
"Hello, I have an appointment with Mr. Huo." The little girl looked up at her, looked up and down, and found that she looked familiar. However, she did not refuse directly this time, but said in a business-like tone: "Name!"
"Xuan Ruoxi! Director of the welfare home." I don't know how Mr. Huo explained it, so Xuan Ruoxi gave him two titles.
The little girl pursed her lips and took out an elevator card.
"Master Huo told me that if a young lady named Xuan Ruoxi comes, give her the elevator card and go directly to the president's office." Taking the elevator card, Xuan Ruoxi said, "Thank you!" and turned around and walked towards the elevator entrance.
The little girl looked at her slender back, pouted, and murmured jealously: "Why are you so good-looking? It's unreasonable for you to have such a good figure."
Taking the elevator directly to the 18th floor, Xuan Ruoxi saw a smiling face as soon as she stepped out of the elevator.
"dense!"
"Sister Ruoxi, Mr. Huo asked me to wait here."
"That's right! Thank you for your hard work." Xuan Ruoxi nodded sheepishly.
"What is this? Can I get it for you?"
"It's okay, it's not serious. I'll be fine." They said and came to the door of Huo Jiyun's office one after another. Sensen opened the door for her and Xuan Ruoxi went in. Huo Jiyun sat in his seat and slowly raised his head when he saw her coming.
He put down the pen in his hand, stood up and walked to her with a smile.
"You're here. Please sit down." Xuan Ruoxi pursed her lips and smiled, then sat down gracefully. Huo Jiyun's eyes fell on the scroll in her hand.
Xuan Ruoxi handed the scroll to Huo Jiyun embarrassedly.
"Master Huo, this is the gift I prepared. I don't know if you like it?" The door was opened, and Sensen came in with juice and coffee.
"Miss Ruoxi, drink some juice, Mr. Huo, your coffee."
"Thank you Sensen." Xuan Ruoxi smiled and thanked him, but Sensen was curious about what Huo Jiyun was holding. Huo Jiyun raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, and Sensen immediately touched his nose and left.
The scroll was slowly unfolded, and what appeared in front of Huo Jiyun's eyes was a portrait. The person in the portrait was wearing a suit, tall and tall, and his hair was meticulously taken care of. There was a righteousness between the eyebrows, wise eyes, and the facial features were eighty similar.
"I know Mr. Huo is not lacking in everything, but I don't know what you like specifically. I found the base image of this portrait from the Internet. Apart from filtering, I have also seen you in person. So, I drew this based on my memory.
!It’s not really an expensive gift. It’s really embarrassing.”
"You said you painted this?" She still has such a skill? She was surprised, but also delighted and admired!
Xuan Ruoxi nodded sheepishly.
"Thank you, I like it very much. You draw very well. This is also the first time I have received such a special gift." This was beyond his imagination. He was originally curious about what she would give him? He also guessed that it might be something.
Desserts made by oneself, greeting cards made by oneself, or random men's products bought, but I didn't expect that she would be so attentive!
"How long have you been painting?" You can paint so well, and your skills are extraordinary.
"About three hours in the morning." In three hours, you can draw such a lifelike portrait. If he hadn't understood her situation, Huo Jiyun would have really doubted whether she had hired a master to ghostwrite her?
"Thank you for your hard work. I received the gift. To express my gratitude, I treat you to dinner."
"No, Mr. Huo, I still have things to do and I may not have time at night." Seeing her refusal, he did not insist.
"Okay, I'll treat you next time. I'll ask Sensen to take you back." He stood up, still holding the portrait in his hand.
"No--"
"Don't always reject me. Also, I agreed to call my name Ji Yun." Her condescending eyes were bottomless. Xuan Ruoxi quickly stood up and said her thanks in a panic: "Then thank you - Ji Yun."
After making him unhappy, Xuan Ruoxi changed her tune abruptly.
"Don't always say thank you! It's too polite and seems unfamiliar." We have already exchanged gifts, so there is no need to be so unfamiliar.
Xuan Ruoxi almost ran away from Huo Jiyun's office. After getting in the car, she was still flustered. The look in Huo Jiyun's eyes just now made her too nervous.
In the office, Huo Jiyun took the portrait and looked at it again and again, with a smile on his face.
"I should take it back and show it to grandpa." After saying that, he slowly rolled up the painting.
"Miss Ruoxi, what did you give Mr. Huo just now?" Sensen was extremely curious.
He always felt that Mr. Huo was serious this time.
"It's a portrait!" Xuan Ruoxi was still wondering if she was taking it too seriously? If she had known it was so embarrassing, she should have just bought something or made a cake or something. Could Huo Jiyun have misunderstood?
"Portrait? My sister, you actually gave us a portrait of Mr. Huo?" Isn't this too unusual?
"Uh, what's wrong?" Xuan Ruoxi became even more panicked when Sensen said that.
"It's not impossible, it just feels a bit special." Seeing that she was nervous, Sensen couldn't say anything else. If he frightened her, it would be hard for him to explain.
"Master Huo said he likes it."
"Oh, that's no problem." Since he likes it, what else can he say?
"However, I think Sister Ruoxi, you are really different." They talked and laughed along the way. Through Sensen, Xuan Ruoxi learned some things about Huo Jiyun. For example, what he didn't like and what he liked.
"All in all, Mr. Huo is a very self-disciplined and good young man with a very decent behavior. Although he has a noble status, he never puts on airs in front of ordinary people. In addition to being meticulous at work, he is also very careful in his private life.
There has never been any gossip, and I have never even talked about a girlfriend." Never talked about a girlfriend? This surprised her. For such an outstanding man like him, there should be countless suitors around him.
"Sister Ruoxi, you must keep what I say to you today a secret and not let Mr. Huo know about it. Otherwise, I will be in trouble!"
"I know, don't worry." Naturally, she wouldn't say it out loud.
Regarding Huo Jiyun's deeds, she took a look at some while looking for pictures on the Internet. The outside world was full of praise for the Huo family heir, both in terms of his character and business acumen. Seeing is believing, get along with him.
After several times, she also felt that Huo Jiyun was a gentleman. After listening to the accounts of people around him, she was even more sure that he was inseparable.
In the evening, Huo Jiyun returned to the villa, holding the scroll in his hand.
"Hey, are you coming back so early today?" The old man was drinking ginger soup. When he saw his grandson Qi Yu coming in grandly, a smile immediately appeared on his face.
"Because I have something to show grandpa, so I wanted to come back early."
"Oh, what is it?" The old man's keen eyes fell on Huo Jiyun's hand.
"This! The gift your grandson received." Huo Jiyun opened the scroll with great energy, and a lifelike portrait was displayed in front of Mr. Huo.
"This is - you!" The old man pointed at the portrait in surprise.
"Of course! Does it look like it?"
"It looks like it! Otherwise I wouldn't recognize it at a glance. Who gave it to me?" The old man looked at the portrait carefully. The painting is really good, and it can be compared with the ancient paintings in his collection.
"Your default granddaughter-in-law!"
"Ruoxi!" The old man was shocked again.
"Guaranteed replacement if fake."
"Did she draw it by herself?"
"uh-huh!"
"——Hahaha!" Suddenly, the old man burst into laughter. He said that his vision was not wrong, it was really a treasure!
"I'm telling you, get me married as soon as possible. It doesn't take three months, just one month."
"That's not okay, Grandpa! You don't know what she thinks. Women like to fall in love first and then get married." Huo Jiyun warned the old man in a tone like he had never eaten pork and should have seen pigs run away.
"I'm your grandfather, and it was the same when I pursued your grandma. She was a conservative and rigid person. When I first started pursuing her, she was unwilling to talk to me. Later, if I hadn't gone to meet her parents,
She wouldn't marry me so quickly if her parents ordered her to do so. I saw that Ruoxi looks a bit like your grandma, and I felt that she was a good match for you from the first time I met her." This was not the first time Huo Jiyun heard this.
Grandpa said that in the past, he was still young when grandma passed away. Later, he relied on grandpa's memories to learn more about her.
"Grandpa, how did you and grandma first meet?" This was the first time Huo Jiyun asked.
"Haha! Then it's a long story." The past is just a story, and it should be told slowly and recalled slowly.