Chapter 38: Wasted Thoughts

  The atmosphere in the house is still oppressive.

  Zhou Ming fell into thought, but ultimately let out a low sigh in his heart and gave up the idea of speaking up to help. It wasn't that he held grudges, but because he knew that even if he spoke up, the other person might not believe him anyway.

  The weight of the mountain is not simple, that's almost on the same level as Bi Lao, a big collector, who absolutely knows more about ceramic restoration than he does. He can repair broken ceramics to be perfect and flawless like before they were broken. If he really said it, the other party would probably think he was talking nonsense.

  Unexpectedly, Zhou Ming's hesitant appearance fell into someone else's eyes. Seeing his wanting to speak but stopping himself, that person flashed a hint of joy in their eyes.

  "Mr. Zhou, can you fix this Qinghua calabaza?" Surprised and delighted, the person opened his mouth with a hint of excitement, and his eyes were filled with hope, it was Ren Lijuan.

  At this time, Ren Lijuan was even more depressed and uncomfortable.

  It's entirely her doing that things have come to this point. If she hadn't listened to Zhang Zhonglin and bought that fake armchair, Ren Chongshan wouldn't have gotten so angry and lost his composure, almost falling over, and ultimately shattering the Qinghua vase.

  As soon as she thought of these things, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. Originally, she was also kind and had a filial heart, intending to give Ren Zhongshan a surprise, but now it has ruined the possibility of reconciliation between Ren Zhongshan and Fang Chuanjun, two old friends, and has also ruined the good atmosphere of the birthday banquet.

  If it can be redeemed, she is absolutely willing to pay any price to make up for it.

  Just now Ren Liheng's sentence of repair was undoubtedly like a lamp guiding the way, pointing out the best direction for her to make up for it, which is to find someone to repair this porcelain.

  Of course, the guide lamp was also snapped off in an instant, that's what Ren Zhongshan said, it seems to be difficult to find someone to repair it to its original state.

  After Ren Zhongshan's words, everyone else was solemn and seemed to have given up hope, but Ren Lijuan still held on to a glimmer of hope because she was an outsider who didn't understand the difficulty of restoration, so she hadn't completely abandoned her hopes with Ren Zhongshan's one sentence.

  She thought she was the culprit and even if there was only a slight possibility, she wanted to try her best to make Grandpa happy again.

  So when everyone else had a dejected and depressed look on their faces, but only Zhou Mingluo showed a hesitant and wanting-to-speak-but-stopping-himself expression, she was thoroughly excited. Did Zhou Mingluo have a way out?

  Although she didn't dare to be certain, but things had come this far and she still wanted to ask and try.

  "Huh?"

  As Ren Lijuan asked this, the others in the room turned their heads one after another, looking at Zhou Mingluo together. The expressions of the crowd were extremely complex. Those who were purely outsiders like Ren Lijuan looked over with a hint of hope, but those who really understood antiques had more suspicion and distrust in their eyes.

  "Mr. Zhou, I know it was my fault before, I was blind to the truth, please forgive me. This Qinghua calabaza is really too important for both me and my grandfather, I hope you can help us out this time." The suspicion in other people's eyes did not affect Ren Li Juan's thoughts, because at this moment she had already put all her mind on Zhou Ming Luo.

  If she is now like a drowning person who is about to die, then Zhou Ming Luo is undoubtedly the last life buoy in her line of sight.

  It was also with Ren Lijuan's pleading that Zhou Mingluo let out a sigh of resignation, he had already made up his mind not to intervene in this matter, but unexpectedly the other party noticed his expression and guessed it out, now he couldn't refuse anymore, after all, it was just a simple task for him, and he was also invited by the other party as a guest, seeing the host in trouble, if he still remained unmoved, it would be too inhumane.

  "I can try, but whether it can be successfully repaired or not, I also don't have absolute assurance."

  Ren Lijuan was overjoyed and ecstatic.

  He didn't have absolute control? That means he had some control, and the other party indeed had a way. However, in the midst of wild joy, Ren Zhongshan furrowed his brow and lightly coughed, saying, "Lijuan, don't be reckless, this calabaza is broken just like that, perhaps it's fate, let's just forget it and not bother Mr. Zhou."

  "Ah~"

  This sudden rebuke left Ren Li Juan stunned. What's going on? Zhou Ming Luo had already agreed to help, so why was Grandfather not allowing the other party to take action?

  In fact, she didn't know that Ren Zhongshan had already begun to look down on Zhou Mingluo and didn't think he could perfectly repair the Qinghua calabaza. This was common sense, after all, he wasn't an outsider like Ren Lijuan, and it was easy for others to believe what he said.

  Is there anyone or technology in the world that can really repair a broken porcelain to its original perfect condition, he doesn't know, after all, the world is so big, and there are many unknown things, but one thing he can be sure of is that in his 70 years of life experience, he has never heard of such a thing happening.

  Perhaps this world really has miracles, but he didn't think that the young man in front of him, who was only in his early twenties and even younger than his grandson, could achieve such a miracle.

  Isn't that nonsense!

  Ren Lijuan is even more absurd, isn't losing face enough today? Now she's still making such a common sense mistake, and it's even more embarrassing for the Ren family.

  Perhaps Ren Zhongshan knew that Zhou Mingluo had some skills in ceramic appreciation, after all, he wasn't blind. When he first came over, before opening his mouth to say whether the chair was genuine or fake, didn't that damned Zhang Zhonglin say someone had said this chair was fake? The other person looked at Zhou Mingluo when saying this, and with Ren Lijuan's words just now, he naturally guessed that Zhou Mingluo had already figured out the authenticity of the chair before he arrived.

  This can also illustrate some problems.

  But it was precisely because of this that Zhou Ming knew he had a certain level of appreciation ability, which made him even more disdainful of his opponent.

  You're not an amateur, and you even have some expertise, but now you're spouting nonsense with your eyes wide open. Isn't that just asking to be looked down on?

  Yes, Zhou Ming Luo said it was worth a try, without saying too much, but he believed that this young man knew what he meant by repair, which referred to perfect repair, leaving no flaws.

  After all, he had clearly stated his requirements for repair before. If it was a simple repair, where else would others need to take action, and he could easily handle it himself.

  Not to mention Ren Zhongshan, even He Lao and Ren Li Heng, at this time, all showed a slightly disbelieving expression. Emotionally, they naturally hoped that someone could really achieve perfect repair, but their rationality told them that it was basically impossible. Zhou Ming Luo's words now were just nonsense.

  "Grandfather, Mr. Zhou is an expert in antiques, and when I went to buy this Huanghuali armchair, he was there too. He told me that the chair was fake, lacking a certain charm... unfortunately, at the time, I didn't recognize its value." Seeing the skeptical look in Ren Zhongshan's eyes, Ren Lijuan finally understood why her grandfather said so, it seemed that this person also didn't believe in Zhou Mingluo just like she didn't back then.

  This suddenly made her very depressed, but she quickly explained it away.

  But before he could finish speaking, Ren Zhongshan waved his hand again and said in a very depressed tone, "No need to say any more, I already know all this."

  He stopped Li Jian, then looked at Zhou Ming and said, "Mr. Zhou, Li Jian doesn't understand much, please don't mind, there's no need for Mr. Zhou to take action on this matter."

  Should I give this blue flower gourd to Zhou Mingluo for repair? That's basically a pointless thing, he certainly doesn't want to waste his mind on it.