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Chapter 7 A sudden turn of events
"Sister Gui'er, are you alright?" Qian Xin opened the door, her heart pounding in her throat.

In the bright living room, Jiang Guier was squatting in front of the sofa, curled up, her hair down, her muddy cheongsam clinging to her body, and her bare feet revealing her fair, jade-like feet, looking just like a delicate rag doll that had been dirtied and discarded by its owner.

The crouching figure shifted, and Jiang Guier raised her head, her wisps of hair sticking to her face.

"Didn't my mom tell you all to leave? Why did you come back?" Her voice was weak and listless.

Qian Xin's nose stung with tears. She hadn't been with Jiang Guier for long, only six months. In those six months, she had seen Jiang Guier maintain a smile even after being splashed with hot oil during filming, seen him radiant after working through the night to complete a perfect film, and seen him haggling with brands at the negotiating table. But she had never seen him like this—

It was as if his spine had been broken, like a loser.

"Sister Gui'er, you're our boss, how could we abandon you?" Qian Xin squatted down and hugged Jiang Gui'er's shoulders. "Why don't you go take a shower first? You smell of dirt all over you. Our beautiful Sister Gui'er should smell nice!"

Jiang Guier lowered her head and spoke in a muffled voice, "Given my mother's style of doing things, she might freeze my cards, and then I won't have money to pay your salaries."

Qian Xin tilted her head and looked at Jiang Guier for a while, then asked in confusion, "Sister Guier, even if your mother freezes your card, it's still your private bank card. What does it have to do with the company? Unless she reports you for tax evasion or your card is at risk of money laundering, why would she freeze it?"

Jiang Guier looked up, her eyes lighting up instantly, "That's right!"

The person who was just dejected now seemed to have been given a shot of adrenaline, "Hahaha, I'm not the same as I was when I was a child anymore, I'm a business owner, a legitimate legal representative of a company, hahaha!"

She took a deep sniff, and a pungent, sour smell hit her, making her feel nauseous. "I...I'll go take a shower first."

She rushed into the bathroom barefoot. Qian Xin looked at the obvious footprints on the waxed wooden floor, resignedly went to the entrance to get Jiang Guier's exclusive pink Hello Kitty slippers, and followed her to the bathroom, saying, "I left the slippers at the door for you."

After coming out, I went to the balcony and got a mop to clean up the series of footprints.

When Jiang Guier came out of the bathroom looking refreshed, Qian Xin had already thoughtfully prepared hot ginger tea for her.

"Just now, when I was helping you with your laundry, I took the business card that Mr. Shen gave me from the pocket of your cheongsam and called the restoration artist."

"How so?" Jiang Guier was drying her half-dry hair with a towel.

"They refused very decisively," Qian Xin sighed. "I've already asked Xiao Chen and the others to inquire."

Jiang Guier bit her lip, picked up her phone, took a few photos of the torn letter, quickly edited her WeChat Moments, and blocked her family when she posted it. She put her hands together and wrote, "I hope my vast WeChat Moments can provide some connections and resources."

"By the way, Xiao Chen sent the film."

Qian Xin handed over the iPad that she had prepared beforehand. While Jiang Guier was looking at it, she informed her of some new requirements from the brand. Jiang Guier and Qian Xin worked together for nearly two hours to finish some of the reshot shots and small details before sending them over.

"Finally done." Jiang Guier stretched before remembering to pick up her phone.

She noticed that many people had replied to her previous posts on WeChat Moments. She scrolled through them and saw that most were just there for the spectacle, with very few offering any real help.

She pursed her lips and was about to exit when she saw a message pop up in the comments section, and her eyes lit up.

She quickly switched to the chat window and, as requested, took several photos of the letter and sent them. Almost instantly, the phone's chat window flashed rapidly, as if the message had been edited beforehand and was now being sent.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Jiang, we cannot repair this level of damage."

"The handwriting is so blurred that it is illegible, and even with spectral analysis, it is difficult to restore its original appearance."

"I suggest you give up."

Jiang Guier stared at her phone screen, her fingertips hovering above the chat box, trembling slightly. She sent a smiley face and replied sarcastically, "We suggest that you only contact us when you are at least 30% sure, otherwise it will make you seem extremely unprofessional."

"What's wrong, Sister Gui'er?" Qian Xin noticed that something was wrong with her.

"I ran into an idiot." She turned her phone screen to show Qian Xin.

Qian Xin handed over a cup of hot tea, her voice tinged with regret, "It's a pity we should have left Mr. Shen's contact information earlier. The person he recommended rejected us. If he had contacted the other party himself, there would definitely have been no problem. Now that the letter is in this state, he is 50% responsible."

"Hmph! Unreliable!" Jiang Guier snorted, about to complain, when her phone suddenly rang. She answered it.

"Lin Xiaowan, I'm not in the mood to talk to you right now," she said as soon as she answered the phone.

"Ah, ah, really! I'm sorry, Miss Lin, it was my fault. My attitude was bad. Okay, okay, whatever you say, we'll go there." Jiang Guier's expression changed 360 degrees in a minute.

After hanging up the phone, she grabbed Qian Xin's hand and said excitedly, "Lin Wan said she knows a very capable person who can help. The other person gave a clear answer, saying that it can be repaired, but the extent of the repair depends on the specific operation. She has already arranged to meet me tomorrow."

"That's great, then you should go and get some rest. You've been to the hospital, fallen into the water, and went to the police station today. You must be exhausted." Qian Xin's eyes were full of concern. Her good boss, you must hang in there.

Jiang Guier, who was about to say that she was fine and could stay up all night, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "You're right, I'll go rest and you should go home early."

After seeing off Qian Xin, who looked suspicious and wanted to stay and sleep with the customer service representative, she turned on her computer. She was meeting the repair technician the next day, and she couldn't appear to be a complete novice. She needed to know at least a little bit to leave a good impression, so she started searching on Baidu.

"Mulberry paper..."

"Deacidification..."

"Repair detection..."

(End of this chapter)