Silver Leaf Whale Chapter 49

Contradiction

Chapter 49·Contradiction

The weather is getting warmer, and the spring in the north is particularly bright. The sun sweeps over the treetops that have just sprouted, and there is a faint warmth on people’s bodies. Qi Zhixuan – sweeping the catkins in this beautiful early morning light…

“Sneeze -” The catkins got into his nose, and he couldn’t help but sneeze. The willow catkins in Beijing went crazy as soon as the season came. It was like someone pulled out all the cotton quilts and used them as fireworks. They were flying like a spring snow, falling on everyone’s shoulders, lingering.

“Oh my God, bah bah bah!” Chen Runsong complained as he swept. As soon as he opened his mouth, catkins flew into his mouth. “I’m really convinced. Now I have to use a vacuum cleaner to vacuum myself before making cakes before I dare to enter the decorating room.”

He and Qi Zhixuan were cleaning the street in front of the door side by side. This was endless, and the sanitation sanitation team had just started cleaning in the morning, but they couldn’t wait for them to come back at noon.

“We are lucky not to be allergic. People with allergies are the most uncomfortable.” Qi Zhixuan smiled and twisted the wadding that fell on the flower stand. On the shelf were flowers and plants he had just raised. The flower bones were wrapped in a layer of fluffy white, like a layer of gauze.

“That’s right.” Chen Runsong splashed some water to wet the ground and swept faster. It didn’t take long for him to clear his area, and he came over to help with the broom, “I’ve finished my work here, I’ll help you with it for a while.”

“No need.” Qi Zhixuan pushed him back with a smile, “Aren’t you going to deliver afternoon tea to Boss Jiang today? Go about your business quickly, I’m not in a hurry here, just take your time to clean up.”

“Okay, okay.” Chen Runsong really had a lot to do, so he didn’t shirk it. He picked up his things and went back to work on his own.

Qi Zhixuan looked at his back and smiled. He turned around and picked up a watering can and gently sprayed water on the flower stand. He then used a small brush to brush off the catkins on the petals. In the green scenery of spring, it is best to be patient.

Not far away, a figure stood quietly, his eyes firmly locked on the busy person.

The man held the gold frame of his glasses with his thumb and middle finger and pushed them up, his eyes brightening a bit.

“Little painter.” Liang Yuansheng slowly read out the words on the signboard, and raised the corners of his mouth imperceptibly. Sure enough, he found the right place, Qi Zhixuan was really here.

In his eyes, Qi Zhixuan has been a rare and beautiful plant since many years ago. Although he has been coddled in the greenhouse, he is so beautiful that everyone will be attracted to him and stop. Liang Yuansheng is no exception.

But the flowers and plants grown in a constant temperature and humidity environment will never understand the hardships of weeds, and they will only pale in comparison when they are with him. Later, when he lost his shelter, Liang Yuansheng didn’t pay much attention to the process, but seeing him twice gave him a different feeling. This rare plant seemed to have changed. It was no longer as innocent and simple as before, and its eyes were even colder than he had ever seen before.

He didn’t hate it, he even liked it. That look in his eyes gave him a kind of broken and reorganized beauty, as if a god descended to earth and finally saw the indifference of the ugliness in the world, as if no one was superior between them.

Looking past the flying catkins, Liang Yuansheng looked at the figure standing in front of the flower stand.He was much thinner than before. When a gust of wind came, his clothes floated up empty, but his back was not bent at all. The willow catkins flying in the sky seemed to have become a soft light filter for him, making his whole person hazy, like a painting.

Liang Yuansheng’s breathing was trembling. He didn’t expect that after so many years, this person would still be so attractive to him.

“Hello, what do you need?”

Sister Rong, the new long-term worker recruited by the little painter, was wiping dust in front of the counter. Her eyes couldn’t help but fall on the customer who had just walked in. The man was wearing a crisp suit and carrying an exquisite gift box in his hand. After entering, he didn’t rush to look at the products. He just stood there and slowly scanned the furnishings in the store with a strange look on his face.

“Thank you, I’ll take a look for myself.” Liang Yuan responded politely with a smile and walked a few steps inside.

The store is not big, but it is neatly organized, with neatly arranged shelves and a rich variety of Chinese and Western painting materials.

In fact, Liang Yuansheng never thought that Qi Zhixuan would open an art supplies store. They broke up that year. He was busy going abroad and deliberately avoided everything about Qi Zhixuan. He only heard sporadic news that Zimmer passed away unexpectedly in a car accident and that Qi Zhixuan had dropped out of school. He thought that with the resources of the Qi family, Qi Zhixuan would soon go back to school to graduate and have a decent job. Unexpectedly, he ended up opening a small shop in such a far away place.

He walked inside, and the toes of his shiny leather shoes stopped in front of the door of the framing room. Qi Zhixuan was concentrating on sketching a freehand picture of wisteria, which was the acupuncture thank you gift he promised to Doctor Yu.

For a four-foot vertical print, Qi Zhixuan made one stroke without hesitation, and a vine appeared completely natural. He added a few more strokes, which seemed to be winding and intertwined, but without losing the order. Then he dipped his brush and ink, and the petals of the purple wisteria hung down on the paper.

“There is no order for vine flowers, and thousands of them bloom at once.” Liang Yuansheng stood in front of the door, looked at it for a moment, and couldn’t help but praise it in a low voice.

Qi Zhixuan raised his eyes after hearing the sound, and the moment he saw the person outside the door clearly, his pupils tightened for a moment, and even the hand holding the pen tensed unconsciously.

“Be careful when drawing.” Liang Yuansheng reminded him repeatedly when he saw that the pen in his hand was dripping with ink.

Qi Zhixuan finally came to his senses and put down the pen in a hurry. It seemed that he was not in the mood to paint anymore today. He carefully spread the wet painting to a ventilated place.

“Xiao Xuan, your painting skills are still so good.” Qi Zhixuan washed his hands aside, and Liang Yuansheng followed him, his tone as familiar as if the past had never happened.

Qi Zhixuan had a headache. He really couldn’t figure out how Liang Yuansheng found this place and what he wanted to do.

“What’s the matter?” Qi Zhixuan wiped his hands, walked past him and walked out of the framing room.

Qi Zhixuan went to the cashier and sat down to make tea. Liang Yuansheng followed him and handed over what he had been carrying as if he remembered something.

“I went back to Japan two days ago. Thinking that you love sweets, I brought wagashi for you to try.” He wanted to find a place to sit, but Qi Zhixuan’s expression was indifferent and he didn’t seem to have this intention.

“No need.” There was no fluctuation in Qi Zhixuan’s tone.

Liang Yuansheng didn’t care. He put the things on the table and said with a smile, “Xiao Xuan, you should blame me for what happened back then. It’s just that after so many years, why should you always be brooding about it? Isn’t it good to be friends?”

Be friends?

Qi Zhixuan finally raised his eyes to look at him. Liang Yuansheng’s smile was still gentle. When he heard this ridiculous argument, he thought he would be angry, but there was no fluctuation in his heart, not even the desire to refute.

“Are you done?” Qi Zhixuan picked up the freshly brewed tea and took a sip, his tone still cold, “Then let’s go.”

Liang Yuansheng’s face was a little frozen, but his smile returned immediately.

“Xiao Xuan, we met as soon as we returned to China, which shows that you and I are destined to be together, and your good friend Mr. Jiang has already turned into friendship with me. We are all friends, and resources are shared. If you are willing to recognize me as a friend, I will naturally not be in trouble with senior sister Zhu, you see…”

Hearing Zhu Mingyue’s name, Qi Zhixuan’s action of pouring tea was delayed for a moment. Was he embarrassed?What does this mean…

“I don’t want to be friends with you. I wonder if you can’t understand human language!” Before Qi Zhixuan could ask, Chen Runsong’s voice came from the door.

It turned out that Sister Rong saw that this guest in a suit and leather tie had an unknown purpose, but Qi Zhixuan, who had always been nice to everyone, had no good feelings towards this person. She was worried that there would be some conflict and it was difficult for an outsider to intervene, so she went next door to call the boss’s friend, Boss Chen, over.

As soon as Chen Runsong finished speaking, he hurriedly entered the checkout counter and pushed Liang Yuansheng out from inside with both hands: “Hurry up and don’t be an eyesore here.”

“You…” Liang Yuansheng didn’t expect to be pushed out, so he didn’t react for a moment.

“What are you doing? Get out of here.” Chen Runsong slammed the store door and glared at him through the glass.

Liang Yuansheng stood outside the door, patting the flour fingerprints on his suit with a livid face. His eyes fell on the blurry figure of Qi Zhixuan inside, and his eyes became cold.

“Hey, stop.” Chen Runsong came out of the little painter again and called Liang Yuansheng.

“Give it back to you.” He handed the cake he just left back to his hand.

He pointed at the fluffy signboard with his thumb and said arrogantly, “Did you see, I’m the cake maker next door. I’ve made all Qi Zhixuan’s snacks. I can make everything from Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean and American. Don’t send me any disgusting snacks in the future!”

After saying that, he rolled his eyes at Liang Yuansheng, turned around and left, muttering and cursing: “Those who want to deliver things to Xiao Xuan are waiting in line, and they don’t even look at how much they weigh, whatever.”

“Xiao Xuan, he’s gone.” Chen Runsong patted the remaining flour on his hands. He was just sifting the flour when Sister Rong ran over to find him. He guessed it was Liang Yuansheng, a bitch. Qi Zhixuan briefly told him about his past with Liang Yuansheng before. Apart from this person, he couldn’t imagine anyone else Qi Zhixuan would have a bad look at. When he came over to take a look, it turned out to be this stinky and shameless thing!

Qi Zhixuan didn’t really listen, his brows were furrowed, and his mind was filled with what Liang Yuansheng had just said.Zhu Mingyue…did something happen?Why doesn’t he know any news?

Chen Runsong also remembered what he had just heard, and also mentioned Jiang Xianfan. He knew clearly that Qi Zhixuan and the shameless person would not deal with him, but he didn’t know why Jiang Xianfan still helped outsiders!”Xiao Xuan, don’t worry, I’ll call Jiang Xianfan for you right now to find out what’s going on!”

“Eh…” Qi Zhixuan saw Chen Runsong’s angry look and pulled him back.

“Don’t ask Songsong. It’s a personal grudge between him and me. Boss Jiang and his friends are at work. His decision must have his own considerations. This matter itself has no impact on me. You’d better go and do your work. I’m fine here.” He smiled and patted Chen Runsong’s arm, then took out a piece of tangerine peel candy given by Sister Rong’s son from the drawer and stuffed it into his mouth, and then coaxed him away.

Qi Zhixuan thought for a long time and knew that if he asked Zhu Mingyue directly, he would definitely not tell him, so he thought of the assistant Xiao Wang who left him a phone number last time. He called and did not ask directly. Instead, he pretended to already know the general outline and went around in circles to finally figure out the ins and outs of the matter.

It turns out that Liang Yuansheng has been competing with Mingyue Gui during this period. They both do design. Liang Yuansheng specializes in AI design and post-production fine-tuning, while Zhu Mingyue always insists on all original hand-drawing.Today’s customer groups don’t really care about visual design when it comes to advertising and packaging. Some just want a picture or a video. Of course, it’s cheap and fast. Liang Yuansheng seized this point and picked out the orders that Ming Yuegui had already negotiated. He used AI’s low-price advantage to grab several businesses.

But this is nothing, just a few small orders. Although there is a loss, the impact is not big, it is just a bit disgusting.

The most worrying thing is that Mingyuegui recently had a bidding project that had been planned for several months. The competition was for a large-scale online game art design outsourcing by Junjun Group. Mingyuegui had cooperated with Junjun Group before, and both parties felt very good. Originally, it was bound to win this time, but Liang Yuansheng stepped in again and successfully passed the qualification review. This made Mingyuegui very nervous. Passing the qualification of the AI ​​company proved that Junjun’s acceptance of AI is still very high. This is a fatal blow to hand-drawn design.

Qi Zhixuan knew the inside story and felt confident, so he immediately called Zhu Mingyue.

“Hello? What are you doing? Xuan, sister is busy. Can I get back to you later?” Zhu Mingyue didn’t know what she was doing over there, it sounded very noisy.

“Sister, let me help you with game design.” Qi Zhixuan said.

“What?”