“I prepared this gift for you.” Mason unrolled the painting in his hands carefully.
“Huh? This painting looks familiar… Is it an authentic piece from Master Nato?” Old Madam Lowry’s eyes were glued on the landscape painting in front of her.
The whole painting had an almost ethereal beauty to it—and the old lady was clearly lost in the painting. “It must have been difficult to request Master Nato to draw again!” she commented happily.
She loved calligraphy painting, so she knew that many people within the industry had heard a lot about Master Nato. As a result, she knew that Master Nato had stopped drawing for the longest time. Therefore, Mason must have had to exercise a lot of effort to procure the artpiece.
He smiled slightly. “She merely asked for 20 million.”
“20 million? Mason, how could you be so stingy?” Old Madam Lowry looked angry and indignant.
He cocked an eyebrow while appearing helpless. “She said that as long as the Lowry Family owes her one.”
She nodded with a start. “Ah, I see.”
Henry, who was nearby, blurted, “Old Madam Lowry, what’s exceptional about Master Nato’s painting? From what I’ve heard, Young Master Mason has claimed that Miss Janet’s paintings are even better!”
Upon hearing that, Old Madam Lowry turned to Janet in excitement. “Janet, do you paint too?”
“Yes, but only with some basic methods!” Janet nodded without giving anything away.
Old Madam Lowry smiled happily while looking at Mason. “Mason, you are so lucky! Miss Janet is well-versed in everything!” she commented while chuckling happily.
Janet was just about to deny that when she heard Old Madam Lowry’s comment, but she recalled that it was the old madam’s farewell. Hence, she decided that the old madam’s happiness was the priority that night.
When they were about to finish dinner, she took out an intricate box from her bag to hand it to Old Madam Lowry. “Old Madam Lowry, this is the Crystal Jade that I’d like to give you.”
“Oh, my, Miss Janet. I’m already delighted that you’re here. You didn’t need to buy anything for me! You must have spent a lot!”
“This isn’t expensive. Open the box and have a look.”
Old Madam Lowry looked delighted and content. Miss Janet is such a wonderful girl. The Lowry Family is truly lucky!
Old Madam Lowry opened the packaging meticulously, noticing that there was an almost translucent jade piece in the box. According to Miss Janet, this should be a Crystal Jade.
She picked it up, suddenly feeling a cooling sensation spreading across her chest and visceral parts of her body. Old Madam Lowry exclaimed, “Miss Janet, why… does the jade have some sort of cooling effect? It feels almost comforting. What is happening here?”
Janet smiled lightly while explaining, “Rumors have it that Crystal Jades have healing effects and that they are able to treat illness. However, nobody could tell if it’s true.”
“That’s wonderful.” Old Madam Lowry stroked the jade piece continuously and wasn’t willing to part with it as she wore it as a necklace. “I truly like it. Thank you, Miss Janet.”
Mason observed as Janet and Old Madam Lowry happily chatted, making him exhilarated. It felt that three of them were a family and in between their conversation, he picked up a braised meat to place in the young lady’s bowl.
Janet saw it from the corner of her eyes and frowned. “I don’t like fatty meat.” Upon saying that, she placed the braised meat into his bowl with her chopsticks.
He narrowed his eyes slightly when she did that, but he persisted. He placed some braised eggplant into her bowl while commenting affectionately, “Take a bit. I’d like to know if my cooking is better.”
At the table, Old Madam Lowry was comforted by the scene with Mason and Janet bickering with each other. Mason must have worked hard. Did he cook braised eggplant for Miss Janet? I believe the Lowry Family’s lineage will continue. For the past few years, I was worried that the Lowry Family’s bloodline would end with Mason.
After sending Old Madam Lowry off yesterday, Janet felt down and lost for the first time in her life. It was most probably because the old madam was the first elderly to have treated her well.
At Star High School, it was Monday yet again.
Due to her discipleship ceremony, Emily became the laughing stock in school.
“Have you guys heard?”
“Didn’t Emily claim that she wants to learn from the famous artist, Steven Collins?”
“Hasn’t the matter involving Emily now spread all over school? She was still quite happy last week.”
“Haha, that’s because you didn’t know that the picture she handed to Mr. Steven was actually a stolen piece from Janet.”
“What? Did Emily steal Janet’s painting? In that case, does it mean that Janet can paint?”
“It’s not that she can. In fact, she’s awesome at it.”
