The main material for clay sculptures was clay. The two of them felt it was fantastic as a vivid sculpture slowly ford in front of them as the old man slowly kneaded the mud and colored it.
It was eleven o’clock when the clay sculpture was finally finished. It had taken more than three hours.
“The sculpture is done.” After he finished, the old man put it in a box, tied it shut, and handed it to Zi Yan.
“Thank you, Master Liu.” Zi Yan accepted it happily.
“How much is it?” Zhou Fei asked while holding her bag.
“That’s up to you,” The old man smiled and said.
He was not short on money and making clay sculpture was just one of his hobbies.
“Erm...” Zhou Fei was a little confused as she did not know the market price for clay sculptures.
Seeing Zhou Fei’s expression, the old man chuckled and said, “Just leave 200 yuan.”
“200 yuan?” Zhou Fei paused. Although she was unaware of the normal price, she knew that such a delicate clay sculpture was valued at far more than two hundred yuan. 200 yuan probably wasn’t even enough for him to knead one of brother-in-law’s arms.
“Feifei, leave all our cash,” Zi Yan said all of a sudden.
Hearing her words, Zhou Fei directly took out more than two stacks of notes from her bag and put them on the small table.
“Master Liu, the clay sculpture you have made is of great significance to . I regard it as a work of art which is impossible to asure. I just want to express my appreciation. Thank you, Master Liu. Now I have to leave.” Zi Yan smiled, gently nodded her head and turned to leave with Zhou Fei.
After hearing what she said, the old man shook his head slightly.
“What a beautiful sculpture.” Zhou Fei repeatedly sighed with emotion after she walked out of the store, “It’s really kind of that taxi driver. Master Liu, however, at such an old age, seems really lonely since his children and wife aren’t around him.”
“Maybe...” Zi Yan looked back at the store and said softly, “This is sothing every old man has to go through.”
At this mont, Zi Yan sowhat missed her parents. The last contact seed to have been a month ago? And they had not t each other since a year ago. At that ti, they also had had so white hair.
In the anti, Zi Yan felt sowhat helpless. As the child of a great family, she could buy whatever she wanted and live a carefree life, but there were skeletons in every family’s closet. Zi Yan was a little envious of the slow-paced rural life.
“Elder Sister Yan, shall we go for lunch first? I’m so hungry.” As Zhou Fei was speaking, her stomach growled.
“We can find a restaurant nearby for lunch...” As soon as Zi Yan answered, Zhou Fei’s cell phone rang.
She picked up the phone and put it down after saying a few words. Then she put her lips to Zi Yan’s ear and said in a low voice,
“It’s Elder Brother Jia. He has sothing to discuss with us and is inviting us to have lunch with him. Just the three of us. Do you agree?”
After thinking for a while, Zi Yan nodded her head gently. With her permission, Zhou Fei picked up the phone to respond to him and hung up it after settling on the place to et.
“I don’t know what he wants to discuss with us,” Zhou Fei murmured as she reached out her arm to stop a taxi.
After they got into the taxi, the driver drove them to the Yasi Restaurant, which was five hundred ters away from their hotel.
“Welco. A table for two?” Upon seeing the guests enter, the front desk manager greeted them with a smile.
“Jia Dong has booked a room,” answered Zhou Fei.
“You’re Mr. Jia’s guests. This way please. Xiaohua, guide them to room 888,” the manager said to a waitress.
The waitress led Zi Yan and Zhou Fei to the room.
Although it was only an ordinary room, the style of decoration was both fresh and unique. There was a small round table with six chairs surrounding it, with so flowerpots and furnishings. Jia Dong was sitting on one of the chairs, playing with his telephone. Upon seeing the two of them, he nodded his head with a smile and said,
“There you are. Please co sit down.”
Then he said to the waitress, “You can bring the food in.”
“Okay.” The waitress smiled and nodded.
About five minutes later, all the dishes that Jia Dong had ordered were served. Although they were only three people at the table, Jia Dong ordered eight specialty dishes and a bottle of Remy Martin.
Jia Dong personally poured both Zi Yan and Zhou Fei so wine. After finishing the first sip, Zi Yan said,
“Why do you want to et us, Childe Jia?”
“Oh, here’s the thing.” When it ca to business, Jia Dong beca serious. He smiled and replied,
“There’s a program called My Voice which is being recorded the day after tomorrow. The guest star for the next episode was Yuan Shuangshuang, but she called the program division this morning and said that she had to go back because one of her relatives was seriously ill. So, the program division needs to find a new guest star to take her place. After I heard the news, I rembered you and thought that this episode would be more interesting if you took part. Can you spare the ti, Zi Yan?”
Whoosh!
Zhou Fei’s eyes lit up in an instant.
My Voice was a very popular program, which combined music with a ga. Using the superb performances of the six contestants on the show and the random opinions from the host, the guests needed to figure out who was the real singer and sing with them. It really was an interesting program.
Zhou Fei knew that this program would be beneficial and help Zi Yan beco more popular. Furthermore, since Zi Yan and Jiang Yuan TV Station were still attracting people’s attention, the publicity would be more effective now.
“Elder Sister Yan!” Realizing that Zi Yan was undecided, Zhou Fei beca anxious and couldn’t help reminding her.
Zhou Fei was stunned by the sudden chance. Zi Yan, however, gave considerable thought to this matter.
She had already promised that she would go back tonight and had no idea whether ngng would be unhappy.
Did Jia Dong offer her this opportunity with the best of intentions? Was there another purpose? Would this be related to Childe Liu and Childe Lin?
At this mont, Zi Yan is sowhat hesitant because the news ca as a total surprise.
However... she was aware of her condition, and this program would help her out a lot.
After a pause, Zi Yan eventually nodded and agreed,
“Thank you, Childe Jia.”
“You’re welco.” Jia Dong laughed loudly. With a gleam in his eyes, he tentatively said, “Elder Brother Lin chatted with after you left yesterday. He really appreciates you, so I paid attention to the current programs. I never expected that I would find this show.”
“Thanks, Child Lin. Thank you for your kindness,” Zi Yan responded.
“It’s no bother.” Jia Dong shook his head and said, “I recomnded you mainly because of your good temperant and attractiveness. I heard that several dia outlets and so paparazzi are keeping an eye on you.”
“Oh...”
Jia Dong did not talk about the work anymore. Instead, he chatted with Zi Yan and Zhou Fei about so interesting things in the Entertainnt Circle.
About half past one, the lunch ended. Jia Dong drove the two of them back to the hotel in person.
But unexpectedly, when they were just about to reach the door, several reporters rushed out.
They dashed up and asked hastily,
“Hello, Zi Yan. What do you think about the incident involving the Jiang Yuan TV Station?”
“I heard that you will appear in a large-scale movie. Is this news true?”
“...”
“Excuse . We’re not holding a press conference now, please stand aside!” Zhou Fei imdiately protected Zi Yan and hurried into the hotel with Zi Yan.
Once they saw them enter the hotel, those reporters stopped asking, then shook their heads and left with regret.
As for Jia Dong, who was standing by the car, he slightly shook his head and sighed.
These people were also arranged by him. Their only purpose was to help Zi Yan recapture the feeling of being a popular star. With that, she would be more eager for success, which would pave the way for Childe Lin’s plan. However, what just happened was only the beginning. As long as Zi Yan went out, a large number of reporters would appear.
“Beautiful flowers are quickly picked. I don’t know whether Zi Yan is lucky or not.”
Jia Dong sighed with emotion, then got in the can and left.
After Zi Yan and Zhou Fei returned to the room, Zhou Fei snorted and bantered,
“Elder Sister Yan, perhaps you should take so bodyguards with you when you go out!”
“It’s not as exaggerated as you said. I’m not that popular yet.” Zi Yan gave her a bland response, but her eyes were filled with joy.
Being followed by paparazzi and reporters indirectly ant that she was sowhat popular, but it was annoying to have her privacy intruded on. Zi Yan had not expected her trip to the mainland to go so smoothly.
Although the incident at Jiang Yuan TV Station had not started out well, it beca a special type of hype because of Hanyang’s assistance.
“I really didn’t expect Childe Jia to be so kind and invite Elder Sister Yan to My Voice,” Zhou Fei said with curiosity.
“This is probably also related to Lin Jie.” While speaking, Zi Yan beca emotionless. After thinking for a while, she said, “Regardless of whether he’s involved or not, let’s believe that Childe Jia did it for benevolent purposes. We’ll return to Hong Kong the day after we finish recording.”
“Okay.” Zhou Fei nodded her head.
“I’ll call Zhang Han first. I don’t know how upset ngng will be since I can’t go back today.” Zi Yan walked into the bedroom with her mobile phone and dialed Zhang Han’s number.
“Zhang Han.”
“Mmm.”
“I...” Zi Yan pursed her lips and said, “I can’t go back today.”
“Is sothing wrong?” Zhang Han asked.
“Yes, a program nad My Voice invited to be a guest since the original one can’t make it. I should be able to go back the night after tomorrow or three days from now.”
“Oh.” Zhang Han’s eyes narrowed and there was a dead silence.
Ten seconds later, Zi Yan was inexplicably a little stunned. She twisted her lips and said, “Why don’t you say sothing?”
“I...” Zhang Han pondered for a mont, then said, “Who arranged this program for you?”
“The son of the chief operator of the TV station, whose na is Jia Dong.” After a pause, Zi Yan answered truthfully.
“Do you know Lin Jie?” Zhang Han asked.
“Erm...” Zi Yan hesitated for a mont and then said, “Jia Dong invited us to dinner last night, and we t Lin Jie there. When I was talking to you, he was not far from , and he even borrowed my mobile phone later.”
After thinking for a while, Zi Yan still did not tell Zhang Han that they insulted him at the table because she thought that would put Zhang Han in a bad mood.
But she did not know that Zhang Han always ignored unimportant people.
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