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Bai Xi's Pov:
The weekend seemed to pass by without any major hitches. I completed my gallery work and overseen all the other works for the upcoming week as I am going back to school and I won't be able to get back before the next weekend.
So on saturday I had an early morning start and I worked till noon. My assistant Mei ping came to help me up, to finish up for the coming week's exhibition.
"Good Morning Xixi. How is your work coming along?" Mei ping asked in here sweet cheery voice, her enthusiasm high in the morning.
I threw her a smile and greeted back, "Morning Mei ping. Yeah it's almost done, just some finishing touches left on this one. In the meantime, you can start with the rest. They are ready to be packed."I told her so she can start packing the rest, as they are ready to be packed.
"Oh okay! I would be needing your specific instructions though. Do you have any special requirements for the packing?"She asked before she started wrapping them up. Not all of them will be showcased in this gallery alone, there are few which will be transported to other galleries, some outside of A city as well.
"No our regular ones will do. Only the one I am currently working on will be wrapped differently. The Acrylic ones will be double wrapped and secure the edges in them. Rest will do with the regular packing." I informed her.
"Okay I'll get on with it. But before I get started with the work, would you like something to drink or eat. you are at this one since morning." Mei ping said as she glanced at her wrist watch.
"No, thank you. I am almost done with this one. I have to go meet Feng jun after this, so I'll grab something on my way back."
"Okay then I'll pack these first."she said and went off to pack.
I nodded at her and she went to do her work. she is a sweet girl, hard working and obedient.
She is just sixteen this year, gifted in the art of painting and also currently my apprentice.'
She was was orphaned at a young age and have been painting as a side hustle. She is naturally talented and an easy learner so I took her under my wing and sponsered her education. During Summers she assists me with my work at the gallery. I met her when I was visiting an art gallery in Florida and since then I offered her a place in my studio. Later she became my apprentice and has been releasing her own works which mostly sells off with adequacy.
I finished with my work and helped Mei ping pack all the paintings carefully. Half of them will be moved to the auction hall which is not far, but still the paintings cannot be displayed before then and so the need to pack them.
We finished packing all the paintings for this week's exhibition and then I bid goodbye to her before going to the main building to Feng Jun's office.
He is the current head of the city hall, reaching his sixty soon. He oversees all the work here.
I knocked on his door before entering when a come in sounded.
He looked up from the pile of work on his table and a small smile appeared on his aged face which still manages to make me feel calm and worthy, just like so many years ago when he first met me and believed in me, when I myself was lost somewhere in grapples of my reality. He pulled me out of it and gave me a reason to live again.
He nodded at me and motioned for me to sit , saying, "Bai Xi, come have a seat."
I greeted him back with a small smile and sat in the chair opposite to him.
He asked, "So are you finished with the paintings?"
"yeah almost."
"Great"
I continued after a pause, "Jun I want to ask you about the thing I mentioned to you? Do you have any word regarding them?"
He threw an uncertain look at me, before removing his eyes glassess and said in a solemn tone, "About the thing you mentioned, I had asked someone to look into it."
He continued after a breath, "I have put someone to monitor the meetings held in the Hao headquarters. Though there wasn't much I could find as they are being very secretive about it but I think they are upto something. Something big, some type of a turnover.
And things don't look good. Hao Jing, himself is involved in it. All in all things doesn't seem to be any good." he explained his deduction .
I sat back and contemplated on everything that he said.
After a while , I told him to continue with his monitoring as far as he can.
After discussing few other things I left feng jun's office, not before him warning me to stay aware of hao family.
I was thinking about all that he said. Well it seems my hunch was right, they are after Si family but I still don't know why they are trying to draw themselves in the Si family.
Maybe due to the family's rich Aristocratic lineage, as that is the best option they could ever have, due to it's rich legacy and entitlement s. But as much as this is the best option, it is as dangerous as well.
Si family cannot be taken lightly with its age old historical reign over the economy of the country, which actually encompasses almost all sectors. It's claws are deep sunken in every sector of economy and hao family's audacity to actually try to break in here seems like there is definitely something more at work.
I need to look into it more. I am feeling uneasy with hao family's involvement. I
And if there is really something shady going then I need to warn Si Yihan.
I realised that I am taken too much by him these days that it's barely been a few days off knowing him and I am already thinking about his well being.
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