Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 1920: Chapter 1856: You Can’t Afford It

Chiang Xiao glanced at her while eating.

Even now, she still found Du Jinruo very beautiful.

But why was this girl so stubborn?

Even though it seemed she might have fallen for another man, seeing her like this, she was still in the stage of trying to get closer to the other person, without a hint of sweetness.

With Chiang Xiao’s intuition, she felt that the man Du Jinruo liked this time was probably not suitable either.

She sighed and shook her head, ”Du Jinruo, I actually don’t have much against you.”

After all, she had long known that Meng Xinian wouldn’t have any feelings for Du Jinruo.

”But the painting, there’s none. Not these days, not ever.”

”Why not? You were able to paint such a picture for Old Bai, doesn’t that mean you can paint it? Name your price, I’ll buy it.” At the last two words, Du Jinruo bit her lip.

A few tens of thousands of yuan was definitely not a small sum for her.

It was already a lot of money; she hadn’t saved even thirty thousand yuan over the years, and she would still have to figure out a way to get some money, maybe sell some jewelry?

Chiang Xiao raised an eyebrow.

Looking at Du Jinruo, she could tell that the price of her painting was indeed not a trivial amount for Du Jinruo, but she still decided to buy it.

What kind of man could make Du Jinruo so willing to bleed money?

”Chiang Xiao, how about it? Will you agree? How much do you want for the painting? Twenty-five thousand, is that okay?”

Du Jinruo pressed on.

Even though she really wanted the painting, Chiang Xiao would not agree.

”You can’t afford it,” she said bluntly.

Hearing this from Chiang Xiao, Du Jinruo’s face turned a bit sour. At first, she really thought Chiang Xiao was just a kid from a poor village. She couldn’t figure out what on earth a village girl from a poor mountain village had to win Meng Xinian’s love and devotion?

But now this village girl had transformed into a famous young painter, speaking to her with such certainty that she couldn’t afford her painting.

It was simply absurd and laughable.

Yet it was the truth.

”How much are you asking?”

”I want to ask, Du Jinruo, what kind of man is worth you doing this?”

”Is there any need for me to tell you that?”

”Well, true enough.” Chiang Xiao nodded, ”However, if that person really wants to buy my painting, I think he’ll come to me himself sooner or later.”

”You...”

Du Jinruo really didn’t want that man to see Chiang Xiao.

Not only because she didn’t want him to see Chiang Xiao’s beauty, but also because she didn’t want him to ask Chiang Xiao for a painting.

Why should she?

”Can’t you just sell it to me?”

”I don’t paint any such thing as a ’medicine painting.’” Chiang Xiao said, wiping her mouth with a napkin, then stood up, ”Thank you for the meal today, goodbye.”

With that, she walked out.

”Chiang Xiao!”

Seeing her walk away without looking back, Du Jinruo bit her lower lip.

She suddenly wondered if she’d actually messed things up this time.

If Chiang Xiao was really harboring resentment toward her and unwilling to paint the picture, then having her come here, when that person finds Chiang Xiao himself later, will she refuse too?

If this hadn’t happened, maybe Chiang Xiao wouldn’t refuse that person, right?

But in the end, could she paint it or not?

Could a painting truly sell for a price she couldn’t afford?

If that person really was willing to spend so much money on Chiang Xiao’s painting, she would feel a bit unwilling.