Chapter 456: My rich friend.

"Here we are, your husbands modern Beverly hills mansion with a view to die for." Ian said to her as they were allowed into the gated mansion by two security guards after Chi Lian’s identity was confirmed. As the cars meandered through the long driveway and finally stopped in the allocated parking lot were six fancy cars were sitting.

"Wow." Chi Lian gasped.

"I know, wow indeed, when this house was put on the market at least three actresses, two billionaires, one director and a Saudi prince made offers for it. This is one of the most expensive areas of Beverly hills and rarely do people sell properties here." Ian told her.

"How do you know this?" she asked him.

"My cousin owns a real estate company dealing in only luxury properties and they handled the sale. I came by back then but sadly I could not afford it." He pouted. "The race was between your husband, the Saudi prince and the two billionaires. I don’t know what your husband offered to the previous owner but whatever it was, it got him the deal. This mansion is built on eighteen thousand square foot, it has eight bedrooms and eleven bathrooms. There are two living rooms, two kitchens, two swimming pools, one on the roof and another another close to the Zen garden. The outside floors were constructed with Indian limestone, the glasses were imported from Europe and so were the oak floors. Everything in the house is automated, custom made and the house design and arrangement adopted a minimalist setting.

And when it comes to the views, it’s simply stunning." Ian stopped talking and he whistled. "It overlooks a cliff and you can see the ocean from above as you sunbathe from the roof. The back part of the house gives you views of the mountains and woods. If I could live here they would have to carry me out with a crane or something."

Chi Lian was not the only to stare in fascination, as her colleagues exited the cars they were thunder struck too.

Six maids lined up outside, three to one side and three to another. At the entrance of the house a butler was standing with his hands folded and waiting patiently for the guests to approach. The line up of maids was a norm that she was used to, it was a common occurrence in the Jun house so she was not bothered by it.

Chian Ximeng too was unbothered but the singers, models, photographer and make up artists were blown away. This was their entry into a brand new world, one they had never seen.

The butler at the door bowed politely when she approached, "Welcome home mistress." he said to her. His hand waved the way forward and the doors opened, granting Chi Lian entrance into the mansion which cost millions of dollars.

Ian was loitering around like a monkey from side to side, I told you everything here is unbelievable. Look at the walls, see the size of the television. Look at the painting on the wall, it’s an original Van Gogh and over there is art whose origin I don’t know but it’s Chinese I am sure."

She looked in that direction and went over to take a look.

"I don’t know whose it is but I am sure that it’s just as expensive." He added.

"Zhao Mengfu’s letters!" she gasped.

"Is it expensive?" Ian heard her say and he asked.

"Extremely valuable." she answered. She touched the glass which protected the letters with one hand while smiling with her other hand over her mouth. She had only ever heard about them in her last life but she did see a picture once before they were auctioned off to a private buyer. Who knew that in this life she would see the real thing? Heck she was married to Jun Muyang so she owned them in a way.

"Well there is another one here, I have no idea who painted it or where it came from. I pride myself on knowing valuable artwork but I am always stomped when it comes to Chinese art." Ian complained.

The painting he was referring to was of a five clawed golden dragon that was raining fire down on a mountain. A five clawed dragon in their culture was symbolic of an emperor or a prince. This one was drawn on brown paper which looked ancient. A small part of the painting appeared to be torn. No matter how much she thought about her little knowledge of art the painter of this picture could not come to mind.

"Do you recognize it T4?"

"I can scan the painting and search through all online records for traces of it but I cannot guarantee anything. Not all ancient history text is online." T4 told her.

"Take your time." she told him. "It’s not an emergency." Knowing who the painter was not going to serve her in anyway.

Chian Ximeng showed up and stood next to Chi Lian, "I always knew that your husband was wealthy outside of his family’s money but good God the man is wealthy!"

"I am also surprised." she answered.

"From now on we are friends, having a super rich friend never hurts anyone." Chian Ximeng declared.

Chi Lian laughed and rolled her eyes. "Superficial friendship is not something I welcome."

"Then call it friendship between two business women, you and I should work on building our relationship. There are not so many successful business women in our empire, we women need to stick together." Her fist was even folded to emphasize the together.

Chi Lian looked at Ximeng and she said, "You are actually serious about this."

"Yes." Ximeng replied bluntly.

"You realize that I too happen to be individually wealthy outside of my husband’s money."

"Sweetie take the win, you scored the best man in the empire. Don’t draw a clear line between your things from his or you could create a riff in your marriage. I did that once and I lost a good man." Ximeng looked Chi Lian in the eyes and she gave her an unexpected piece of advise.

She walked away after saying what she wanted and Chi Lian saw the butler stopping CindyxRella, Lou Ying and the others from taking pictures inside the house.

"Hey," Ximeng shouted at them sternly. "You are not here as guests, you are also not here to sightsee. You are here to work so eat some fruits and take some water then freshen up and get changed because the work which brought us is about to begin."

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