untry!As for Zhao Hongyu's design studio, although it only had a dozen employees and could be considered a "mini company," it was still renowned within its circle and ranked among the top six architec...Chapter 302: Hao Ren Is a Big Rascal
The pale morning light stuck to the villa by the seaside, and Hao Ren took a deep breath as he slowly stood up. Consolidating the five newly opened acupoints within one night was no easy feat.
Upon reaching fifty acupoints, Hao Ren felt that his realm had advanced half a tier. With a casual wave of his hand, sword light flowed out from his fingertips.
The tips of his five fingers emitted different colors, which seemed rather profound and mysterious. Each beam of sword light carried the power to shake the heavens; compared to when he first started cultivation, there was a huge difference in progress! He felt refreshed but slightly hungry. Hao Ren put on some clothes and headed downstairs.
His grandma, who had the habit of morning walks, had just returned from her stroll and sat listening to opera broadcasts on the balcony in a rattan chair. Xie Yujia accompanied her by her side, chatting with his grandma while slicing an apple.
In the morning light, the grandmother and granddaughter looked as beautiful as characters from ancient paintings; one like the grandmother, the other like the granddaughter.
"Grandma!" Hao Ren pushed open the door to go out.
“Ah Ren, come here. Yujia has just sliced an apple for you,” his grandma handed him the apple that Xie Yujia had just cut.
“Grandma, this is for you to eat, not for him!” Xie Yujia said sweetly.
"Haha, why do you feel reluctant when it's for Ah Ren" His grandma put the apple into Hao Ren’s hands and requested, “Yujia, slice another one for me.”
Xie Yujia pouted her lips and tossed a long piece of unbroken apple peel into the nearby trash bin. She then picked up an apple and began to carefully slice it.
Watching Xie Yujia’s profile as she bent over to slice the apple, Hao Ren noticed that her entire body was shrouded in a mysterious aura that only he could see; every move she made was accompanied by graceful curves. He instantly thought of three words: Face-Stabilizing Pill.
The wonders of medicinal pills were indeed amazing. A tiny second-grade pill had transformed the newly initiated Xie Yujia into someone completely different!
When Hao Ren stared blankly at her, Xie Yujia looked up and met his gaze.
"Oh, Grandma, I need to go out today," Hao Ren said somewhat embarrassedly as he quickly avoided Xie Yujia’s eyes. He then addressed his grandma who was dozing off in the rattan chair.
“Where are you going” His grandma asked with her eyes opened.
"I’m heading to Zhao Yanzi's mother’s design work presentation and will help out with some tasks."
"Oh, it’s about Hongyu Then go ahead and lend a hand. Remember to come back for dinner tonight; they’re all coming over. Your parents should be back this afternoon," his grandma said.
Hao Ren looked at Xie Yujia and then at his grandma, asking, "Are the two of you okay here
"No problem!" Granny waved her hand generously, "You go ahead and do your work. Linlin and Lili will be here soon to keep things lively!"
Their coming too… Hou Ren thought to himself but didn’t voice it.
"Go on and do your thing; I’ll take care of Granny," Xie Yujia also said.
"Alright."
With Xie Yujia keeping company with Granny, Hou Ren felt much more at ease. He took a bite out of his apple and made his way to the garage.
The white Ford had already been taken by Wu Zhonghua; however, Zhao Hongyu’s old yellow Ferrari was still parked inside the garage. This time to go see Zhao Hongyu, he would use this car.
Driving a limited edition sports car along the seaside toward town was unbelievably cool and eye-catching. The road was lined with numerous girls and car enthusiasts who couldn’t help but stare at it.
The Yuzhou Design Studio located in "Yuzhuo 5 Art District" was one of China’s top six architectural design firms. If Zhao Hongyu hadn’t spent so much time on family matters, the studio, which only occupied a mere 2D square meters, would’ve easily ranked first among all Chinese architecture companies.
Students from top universities’ design departments would break their heads trying to intern here; yet, Hou Ren, an engineering student at Donghai University, was able to come and learn. If the so-called "school elites" knew about this, they’d almost bleed out of envy.
Hou Ren pushed open the door to enter the studio following a metal staircase. A few employees working overtime on Saturday were engrossed in their work.
Manager Zhao Hongyu hadn’t arrived yet; however, one of them spotted Hou Ren and recognized him as someone Zhao Yanzi had brought here before Zhao Rong’s arrival. He immediately greeted Hou Ren warmly.
Sipping on warm tea while perusing some design books, it took Hou Ren half an hour to finally see Zhao Hongyu walk in through the door. Standing beside her was Zhao Yanzi wearing a thin purple sweater. "Ren, you came so early" Zhao Hongyu put her keys into the dish by the door and greeted Hou Ren with a smile.
"Auntie," replied Hou Ren as he stood up straight.
Zhao Yanzi gave him a cold huff and shot an indifferent side-eye glare at him. "Xiao Zizi is here too" As soon as Zhao Yanzi appeared, the atmosphere in the studio suddenly became livelier. The older sisters and aunties surrounded her like stars around the moon.
"You’re getting prettier every day…" "I saw you on TV last time; your performance was truly amazing…"
Responding to these compliments, Zhao Yanzi raised her little face politely in turn. But Hou Ren thought to himself: ‘Now she acts all mature and understanding, but at home, she’s still as nasty as ever, typical of those who are nice outside their nests and vicious inside.
Seeing everyone gather around, Zhao Hongyu tugged on Hou Ren, bringing him over. "Everyone, this is Hou Ren. He will come here every weekend to help out from now on. If there’s anything he doesn’t understand, please teach him."
Who would dare resist the boss Especially since Zhao Hongyu was still unfamiliar with her coworkers, everyone naturally welcomed this newcomer.
Working even as a mere errand boy at this studio, which ranks among the top six nationally and is well-known in the world for its architectural designs, would allow one to learn an incredible amount.
This was why Zhao Hongyu held Wu Ren in such high regard; everyone understood what it meant. This young man might just be the future successor of 1on's work!
Moreover, judging from the closeness between Zhao Yanzi and Hao Ren during their last encounter, it was obvious that he must be a relative of Hongyu!
Hence, everyone who had been gathered around Zhao Yanzi shifted to surrounding Hao Ren instead. Whenever Hao Ren asked anyone for help with something entrusted to him by Hongyu, they all offered to assist him enthusiastically.
While Hao Ren was shuttling about in the office, Zhao Yanzi sat before an empty writing desk, drawing pictures one after another using a pen and paper.
The employees found this unusual. The old Zhao Yanzi would never be able to sit still; even when waiting for her mother to finish work at the studio, she would always run around nearby.
Each time she finished drawing a simple sketch, she would look up and search for Hao Ren in the office.
Aha... everyone suddenly understood. This Hao Ren must be Zhao Yanzi's sweetheart...
It was no wonder Hongyu姐 brought this naive new guy into the studio then... to think that their boss has such an open mind and progressive way of thinking...
"We'll have to settle for takeout today as we're busy. Everyone, shall we"
"Yes!" everyone chorused in unison.
Hongyu often treated them to fancy meals at nearby high-end restaurants during lunchtime, so nobody minded having a quick meal of takeout while they worked overtime.
Furthermore, apart from giving them tangible rewards, Hongyu also bestowed upon them something that no other place could offer: honor! Each large-scale project and magnificent building represented their success.
"I'll be meeting with clients this afternoon. If you have any issues, give me a call." With these words, Hongyu walked to the door and picked up her keys. "Ren, pick up Ah Zi around 4 pm and head back together."
The people in the studio looked at each other. Sure enough, Hao Ren must be the designated son-in-law that Zhao Hongyu had chosen... These so-called high-society families really were different!
Her daughter was only fifteen years old but her marriage prospects had already been settled! Who knew what sort of background this Hao Ren came from He probably was the only child of a bigwig like Tomorrow Group's chairman.
Hongyu walked off with her keys, leaving no trace behind.
Soon after, the takeout that Hongyu had ordered for them arrived at the studio. Zhao Yanzi brought over her meal and sat beside Hao Ren; she looked so pitiful it was like a stray kitten.
"What's wrong Why such a long face" Hao Ren asked as he ate his food.
“Hmph!”
Hao Ren thought that she would say something along the lines of ‘why does it matter to me where she stays’. But instead, she turned her head to look at him and pouted. “She’s not living with you every single day.”
The sour words almost made Hao Ren topple off his chair.
Hao Ren lowered his head and coughed twice as he tried his best to remain calm. He had no clue how to respond to her now that she said this much.
Lunch passed uneventfully. The studio colleagues who were working overtime continued their busy work. Zhao Hongyu's design proposal for the Beijing New Era Square project won the bid last month, which would keep them occupied for some time.
Hao Ren was looking at the design proposals from the other seven companies to compare with Zhao Hongyu's design. However, without a background in architecture, it was somewhat taxing on his brain.
Zhao Yanzi moved her chair next to Hao Ren and took out some notebooks from her bag to quietly do homework! Hao Ren didn't expect that Zhao Yanzi could be so well-behaved; he almost doubted if the person beside him was really Zhao Yanzi.
Time slowly passed, and a female colleague came over to remind Hao Ren, "Little Hao, it's already four o'clock!" "Oh!" Hao Ren was focused on noting down the pros and cons of the seven design proposals from other companies, so he didn't even notice.
Zhao Yanzi looked at her phone and noticed that she had been doing homework continuously for a few hours without any distractions. "Let's go then!" She saw Zhao Yanzi put away her homework in her bag, Hao Ren said. The female colleague smiled and waved at Hao Ren. He was very "cute", but since he was Zhao Hongyu’s son-in-law, who would dare to make a move on him
As she watched Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi leave, one tall and the other short, the female colleague carefully picked up the scraps of paper with Hao Ren's notes. She wondered what kind of evaluation this newcomer could give. Suddenly, her eyes widened.
The diameter of the fountain in the central area should be reduced by a few centimeters; the height difference between street shops and streets would make natural sunlight difficult to reach from Shop No. 7 to Shop No. 15 due to the building opposite... Such sharp and precise evaluations required what kind of spatial sense to imagine
She couldn't imagine that Hao Ren could easily control sword beams in completely different directions; if his mind were unstable or his spatial awareness weak, those sword beams would have already cut off his own head!
If the Zhen Er童子, who was skilled at arrays, were to understand these design proposals, based on Zhen Er's array level, he could even depict every brick and tile in this proposal!
Hao Ren had no idea that the female colleague admired his spatial reconstruction capability. At the moment, he was driving a Ferrari with Zhao Yanzi towards the seaside.
Zhao Yanzi didn't speak at first but finally couldn’t hold back and leaned halfway out of her seat to face Hao Ren, "Hey, are you happy now" "What am I happy about" Hao Ren was puzzled. “There were all beautiful sisters in the office,” Zhao Yanzi said with a pout.
Hao Ren could only smile bitterly. Indeed, there were many young and pretty white-collar ladies in Zhao Hongyu's studio, but he wasn't some big pervert who would say such things, right
Zhao Yanzi’s chest was full as she stretched her body in the Ferrari convertible. In truth, Hao Ren working at Zhao Hongyu's studio made her mother satisfied.
Hao Ren working at his mother's studio meant he was following his mother around, and clearly didn't have time to go out shopping with other girls. Blowing on warm air from the car, Zhao Yanzi leaned slightly towards Hao Ren who was driving.reen-grade martial arts can also be selected.""Green-grade martial arts would have greater神通 (Note: this should be translated as 'powers' or 'abilities'), but wouldn’t it be more troublesome to cultiv...