Chapter 1 Aurora's Intention_2

"Ah?" Xuan Shi's surprise became even more evident as he asked aloud, "Today?"

"What's with that face? What about today? Are you constipated today? Or is today not suitable for your brother Guangyi to win an award?"

"Neither..." Xuan Shi shook his head.

"What's the matter, why are you hemming and hawing?" Nie Guangyi said impatiently, "Spit it out if you have something to say!"

"There's no hemming and hawing, I'm organizing my thoughts."

"Organizing what thoughts? Are you thinking about how to congratulate your Brother Guangyi?" Nie Guangyi waved his hand, assuming an air of expecting to be indulged, "No need for formalities, just treat me a meal, that will be fine."

"It's not about the meal..." Xuan Shi continued to organize.

"How is it not? Do you know what 'whatever' means? How tasty it is, is important, but what's more important than tasty is expensive," Nie Guangyi expressed himself quite easily, "Of course, if Brother Xuan Shi buys all the ingredients for Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and cooks it for me personally, that's also acceptable."

Xuan Shi didn't take the bait and asked seriously, "Guangyi, when did you come up with this idea?"

Nie Guangyi was thrown off by Xuan Shi's expression. After a pause, he asked, "Are you talking about the concept design's prototype?"

"Right." Xuan Shi nodded.

"The time it appeared in my mind?"

"Right."

"I had the idea about a year ago," Nie Guangyi added, "It took half a year to materialize the idea."

"You mean, you only started modeling six months ago, right?" Xuan Shi confirmed with Nie Guangyi.

"Uh-huh! Aren't you amazed by your Brother Guangyi's talent?"

Nie Guangyi has always been extremely confident in his designs, and it's not the kind of blind self-assurance.

He studied architecture professionally and worked in architectural design.

He attended the architecture department at Tongji University for his undergraduate degree.

His academic achievements were outstanding.

He had been an exchange student in Italy, France, and the United States.

Now, he is a rising new star in the Italian architecture design world.

He has won various awards until his hands were full.

He has made his own mark in both architectural design and product design.

In building layout, architectural technology, and urban planning, he also has his specialties.

Nie Guangyi thought that Xuan Shi might tease him by deliberately saying, "If I were to be captivated, it would be by your pomegranate dress."

If that were the case, he would make Xuan Shi buy him a pomegranate dress.

Anyway, it would be Xuan Shi's eyes that got the spice, if he wore it.

As for himself,

As long as he didn't look in the mirror, out of sight, out of mind.

Turning a deaf ear is a skill Nie Guangyi was born with, deeply rooted in the depths of his soul.

"No."

Xuan Shi's response was completely different from what Nie Guangyi had imagined.

There was no admiration, and with utmost seriousness, he said, "Guangyi, there's a problem with your design."

"Hey! What kind of problem could there be?" Nie Guangyi said with clear annoyance, "Little Shizi, don't act as if you know more about conceptual architecture than your brother."

Nie Guangyi was truly a little angry at this point.

Anything else would've been fine.

But here was Xuan Shi, a liberal arts student who knew nothing about architecture,

meddling in his area of expertise, utterly unreasonable.

His first choice, of course, would be to take Xuan Shi's arm off.

But as he was not as skilled, he had to swallow his pride.

If they weren't really close, facing such groundless accusations from an outsider, with Nie Guangyi's temperament, he would have already turned around and left.

"No, Guangyi, this isn't conceptual architecture; I've already seen the real version, how could it still be a concept?" Xuan Shi showed no sign of joking.

"Built already?" Nie Guangyi did a confident and seductive gesture, waggling his two index fingers, and declared confidently, "That's not possible!"

Xuan Shi opened his laptop and pulled up the three photos Cheng Nuo had just sent to his phone.

After enlarging them, he turned the computer screen toward Nie Guangyi.

Xuan Shi lightly tapped his feet on the ground, sat back in his chair, and made room.

"Come and take a look for yourself," Xuan Shi gestured invitingly.

With a mix of three parts mockery and seven parts disbelief, Nie Guangyi faced Xuan Shi's computer screen.

As he watched, Nie Guangyi's expression froze; his mouth hung open, and he couldn't utter a word for a long moment.

"Looks almost identical, doesn't it?"

Xuan Shi pointed at the building in the image and said, "The five-story building constructed over the water, box-like, stacking up layer by layer, each floor turned at an angle to ensure maximum lighting for every room."

Nie Guangyi did not respond but clicked on the mouse and began to look at the enlarged second picture.

Xuan Shi continued, pointing to the second photo, "Look here, the second and fourth floors rotate at the same angle, the third and fifth floors face the same direction, and then the first floor is at a unique angle. Isn't that also consistent with your model?"