My CEO Husband Has Some Issues

Chapter 1368: Chapter 1369: The Person Who Looks Like Rong Yan

Rong Yan had never heard of a household splitting their living room into two: one for receiving guests from outside, another one for family relatives.

Though she found it strange, she knew the basics of politeness when in someone else’s home, so she followed Jiang Chenyue, keeping her words and questions to a minimum.

“This painting is a work of Mr. Kai, inspired by the poem ‘Spring River Flower Moon Night’. It is a piece from Mr. Kai’s pinnacle period of artistic creation, and it has never been publicized. Few people know that this painting even exists. I happened upon it by chance and bought it. Do you like it? I’ll gift it to you!”

Her purchase of the painting was purely by chance. The Chu family’s business dealings were a mixed bag, with more underground transactions. Once she heard a subordinate mention that someone who betrayed information about the Chu family had been caught. To save his own life, that person gave a painting to one of the underbosses, claiming it was a work by Mr. Kai, and even claimed to be Mr. Kai’s grandson. At the time, she just happened to be interested in collecting traditional Chinese paintings, so she had the painting brought over and authenticated by experts. Once its authenticity was confirmed, she hung it up here.

Her offering the painting to Rong Yan wasn’t an impulse but a sudden remembrance that the old matriarch of the Lin Family seemed to be an admirer of Mr. Kai.

Her interest in traditional Chinese paintings had passed, and having this painting wasn’t particularly meaningful to her—it was just a painting. However, Rong Yan could use it to present as a gift. Hence, she proposed to give it to Rong Yan.

After admiring the master’s delicate brushwork, Rong Yan, though fond of it, did not hesitate to shake her head and declined the offer, “This is too precious, I cannot accept it.”

“It is just a painting, it only has value if you like it. I’ll have it packed up for you shortly,” Jiang Chenyue said, indifferent, determined to give her the gift.

Rong Yan reached out to stop her kind offer, pulling on her with a helpless look, half-joking, half-serious, “Mrs. Jiang~! If you keep this up, I’ll be hesitant to come over to your place in the future. The gift is really too valuable, I cannot accept it. If I took it home, I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.”

They had only met a few times and were still practically strangers; how could she dare to accept such an exorbitantly expensive gift out of the blue?

Even if they were as close as she was with Gu Linxi, she couldn’t just accept such an expensive item for no reason.

“I sincerely want to gift it to you…” Seeing Rong Yan’s determination, she sighed and didn’t push further, “Never mind, there will be another opportunity to gift it to you. Let’s take a tour of the house today instead.”

She didn’t bring up the matter of the painting again, led the way, and Rong Yan quietly breathed a sigh of relief as she followed behind.

Jiang Chenyue, warm and patient, then took Rong Yan upstairs from outside and from the second floor toured the inner garden, making a thorough visit around Chu Garden…

…

Chu Xi heard some noise outside her room, opened the door, and walked out.

She casually stopped a cleaning servant to inquire, “Do we have a visitor at home? I thought I heard the lady of the house come back.”

The servant looked upstairs, then bowed their head and replied softly, “Yes. The lady brought a distinguished guest to visit the Chu Garden.”

Chu Xi hadn’t seen Rong Yan come in and asked in surprise, “A distinguished guest? What kind of distinguished guest?”

The servant kept their head down, cautiously responding, “I don’t know her, it’s a young lady. She looks a lot like that internet celebrity Rong Yan, and the lady calls her Yanyan.”

Yanyan?

Chu Xi’s expression darkened as if she’d been slapped across the face, and she grabbed the servant’s shoulder, “Are you sure you saw clearly, that person looks like the internet celebrity Rong Yan?”