The solo exhibition was held at the Guanchao Art Museum, one of the most famous private art museums in the country, known for its avant-garde architecture and strong professionalism, and is quite famous in the industry.

When Luo Xi and Si Junxian arrived, the congratulatory flower baskets alone filled the path leading to the museum's interior.

Jiang Mengxi was dressed in white and had beautiful makeup, standing on the side of the sign-in area inside the door and talking eagerly with the guests.

Luo Xi recognized that many of the people here were well-known critics and artists in China, as well as media people, and it seemed that today's scene was big enough.

She took Si Junxian's arm and came to the sign-in area.

Jiang Mengxi was still chatting, but he had already caught a glimpse of Luo Xi and the others with his spare eyes.

Luo Xi glanced at Si Junxian's right hand and took the initiative to say, "I'll sign it for you, right?"

Si Junxian's eyes were bright, and he nodded and said, "Okay."

Because there are a lot of people who sign in, the pen is a bit insufficient.

At this time, Si Junxian took out a signature pen from the pocket of his suit jacket.

"Use it. ”

Luo Xi took a look, wasn't this the one he gave him last night?

"Good. She took it and pulled out the cap.

She thought that Si Junxian would not use it, but she didn't expect it...... But when I think about it, why would I be happy because of such a thing?

Maybe he just happened to have it with him.

Luo Xi quickly signed the names of the two and put the cap back on.

She was about to return it to Si Junxian when Jiang Mengxi came over.

Jiang Mengxi's gaze first swept over Luo Xi's signature, and then saw the pen in Luo Xi's hand.

"Welcome, both of you, thank you so much for coming. She generously expressed her gracies.

Si Junxian bowed slightly, and Luo Xi also smiled: "Miss Jiang is polite." ”

Jiang Mengxi smiled and said to Si Junxian: "Junxian, thank you for not disliking the gift I gave." ”

There was a glimmer in Si Jun's envy eyes, and his gaze immediately swept towards the signature pen.

Luo Xi was kept in the dark, not knowing what Jiang Mengxi was referring to.

She hadn't had time to return the pen yet.

"I haven't opened it yet, so why dislike it?" Si Junxian said softly.

Jiang Mengxi was stunned for a moment, and looked at Luo Xi's hand, "This is not ......"

"This is a Christmas gift from Xiaoxi. While Si Junxian spoke, he glanced at Luo Xi with tenderness in his eyes.

Luo Xi was almost captured by that look, but she also understood what the gift Jiang Mengxi was talking about.

"Brother Jiu, I remember that the counter lady said that there are only two in this pen shop, and they have been bought before me. I really didn't expect it to be so coincidental. "Luo Xi really thinks it's incredible.

She will not forget that when she met Jiang Mengxi for the first time, she was also a little unhappy because of a piece of clothing.

"I see. But I really haven't opened the gift yet, and I don't know it's the same pen. Si Junxian said to Luo Xi with a light smile.

This kind of words didn't sound simple to Jiang Mengxi.

Isn't this obviously explaining to Luo Xi that he didn't open other people's gifts, but only Luo Xi's?

Thinking back to the dinner at Si's house last night, Si Junxian's conversation and laughter at the dinner table, as well as Si's mother's care and greetings to herself and her mother, she almost thought that things had taken a turn for the better.

Last night, no one mentioned that Si Junxian already had a girlfriend, but the two elders and juniors chatted and ate together, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

At that time, Jiang Mengxi even felt in a trance that they had become a family and were having a warm dinner.

After dinner, Si Mu and Jiang Mu went to drink tea and chat alone, leaving Si Junxian and Jiang Mengxi to stay in the living room, and said that there are common topics among young people, and they have old people's topics.

Jiang Mengxi deliberately picked the content she thought Si Junxian would be interested in, and Si Junxian's response was quite positive.

After that, Bai Qianqian called Jiang Mengxi to invite her to the party, and Jiang Mengxi wanted to make a move to get rid of her, so she agreed.

She said to Si Junxian embarrassedly: "Junxian, I'm sorry, my friend asked me to go to the Christmas party tonight, and I have to leave in a while." ”

There is nothing wrong with a girl being reserved, Jiang Mengxi doesn't want Si Junxian to feel that she is very active.

She knew that Si Junxian had Luo Xi's girlfriend, and she had expressed her position in front of Si Junxian before, of course, she wanted to make her character as perfect as possible.

Men always like the new and hate the old, and she can wait.

Because this man is good enough, it doesn't matter how long it takes.

Who thought that Si Junxian didn't stay because she was leaving, but just said, "Okay, Merry Christmas." ”

"Thank you, and so are you. Oh yes, in addition to the gift for Aunt Yun, I also prepared one for you, but I wasn't embarrassed to take it out in front of the elders just now. It's just a holiday greeting between friends, I hope you can take it. Jiang Mengxi's gaze looked very simple, and his words were not revealed.

"Thank you. Si Junxian accepted it happily and said softly: "However, I didn't prepare a holiday gift for you. ”

"Well, you give me a piece of chocolate. Is it okay?" Jiang Mengxi said, picking up a piece of praline chocolate from the candy box on the coffee table, and then took Si Junxian's hand and put the round chocolate into his palm.

After this series of actions were completed, Jiang Mengxi's face was already flushed.

She really likes Si Junxian very much, and this kind of presumptuous is enough to make her heart pound with nervousness.

She lowered her eyebrows, not daring to look at Si Junxian's expression, like a child who had done something wrong.

Si Junxian looked at the chocolate in his palm, and then looked at the restrained girl in front of him, and a scene in his memory slipped out quietly.

*

"Brother Jiu, here you go. The little girl in dirty clothes stuffed a candy into the boy who was two heads taller than her.

The candy was of inferior quality, not even the size of a peanut.

But because it is wrapped in transparent cellophane, it glows in a colorful light color in the sunlight.

"I don't eat it. The boy put it back in the little girl's hand.

"Then you can keep it, how beautiful it is, like a rainbow. The little girl stuffed it back into the palm of the other's hand.

They were all dressed in tatters and their faces were dirty, but that didn't stop everyone from seeing that they were two very beautiful children.

They are unfortunate that they were abducted and trafficked by traffickers for various reasons at a young age, but because of this appearance, they received an extra "care".

The boy squatted down, looked at the little girl with gentle eyes, and wiped the dust on her face with his sleeve, making her look much cleaner.

"Little Eleven. He called her softly, and they didn't have names, only numeric codenames.

"Huh?" the little girl's eyes widened, and there seemed to be a pool of spring water in her dark pupils.

The boy saw himself in her eyes, it was dirty.

"It's okay, go back quickly, don't stay outside for too long. He swallowed what he had wanted to say.

"Hmm!" the little girl nodded vigorously, she didn't want to be beaten, she quickly slipped away, returned to her place, knelt on the ground and continued to beg.

*

Jiang Mengxi waited for a long time without waiting for Si Junxian's reaction, stirred his fingers uneasily, and raised his eyes timidly to look at the other party.

Unexpectedly, he found that Si Junxian was looking at himself like a distracted person.

She immediately bit her lower lip, unable to tell whether she was excited or nervous, in short, her heart had already jumped to her throat.

Si Junxian's eyes can melt a woman's heart.

Jiang Mengxi didn't want to break this tranquility and romance, she also stared straight at Si Junxian, more and more as if she was dragged into the inky swamp.

At this time, Si Mu and Jiang Mu came out of the study, and saw the two young people staring at each other from a distance through the Bogu frame, so they smiled and glanced at each other, and then turned back to the study.

The two old ladies were very satisfied, and the worries they had just chatted with were tacitly dissolved in an instant.

"I'll just say, give them some time. Si Mu did not confess to Jiang Mu the fact that Si Junxian was married, and at this time, she comforted the other party with confidence.

Jiang's mother nodded, and the sadness between her eyebrows finally dissipated: "Alas, how can you, who gave birth to a son, understand the heart of the person who gave birth to my daughter!"

"It's all the same, it's all the same. Who doesn't think about the life-long events of their children?" said Si Mu considerately.

"My family dreams, usually chat with boys will not exceed a few words, every time I come back after meeting, I never say good or bad, but all of them are gone, and my vision is really quite high. For the sake of her daughter, Jiang's mother carefully thought about how to express herself without losing the identity of the Jiang family, "After she met Junxian last time, I saw her differently than before. You see how speculative the two of them were talking at the dinner table just now? What is it if it's not like-minded?"

"Yes, yes, I can see that. Si Mu echoed. She hopes to marry the Jiang family even more!

But Jiang's mother changed her words, "After all, although Mengmeng likes it, if Jun Xian doesn't take it seriously, Lao Jiang and I won't let it." You know that we are such a precious daughter, no matter who she marries in the end, what she gets is the entire net worth of me and Lao Jiang. Either we don't marry, or if we do, we must marry a man who treats her as a baby. ”

"Of course, of course, with you and Lao Jiang as the backing, who would dare to bully Mengmeng?" Si Mu smiled so much that her eyes were crooked, "Then you have to be spoiled like a princess." ”

Only then did Jiang's mother completely let go of her worries, and she drank kung fu tea with Si Mu again.

This oolong was completely because the three people, except for Si Junxian, didn't know that although he was looking at Jiang Mengxi at that time, his thoughts had already flown out of the clouds.

When Si Junxian withdrew from his memories, he didn't realize that Jiang Mengxi had been watching him for a while.

"Sorry, I got distracted. He subconsciously shook the chocolate in his palm.

"Let's go, distracted?" Jiang Mengxi was embarrassed at that time.

It turned out that he had just wandered, and he wasn't looking at himself?

Jiang Mengxi's cheeks, which were originally hot because of shame, suddenly seemed to be pasted with ice, and the heat dropped instantly.

"If you don't mind, then take my Christmas present. Si Junxian naturally couldn't see Jiang Mengxi's complicated inner activities, and he had some good feelings because of the other party's slightly childish behavior just now.

Jiang Mengxi was like being on a roller coaster, and his mood fluctuated with Si Junxian's every move.

She took the chocolate and said, "Don't mind." ”

The flame that had just burned out seemed to have a little red glow again.

"Where are you going? Why don't I send you? I happen to be going to the company's Christmas party. Si Junxian felt that he was really rude just now, and he just saw the time, and he should leave, so he invited Jiang Mengxi.

The small flame in Jiang Mengxi's heart rekindled again.

Si Junxian actually offered to send her! Doesn't this mean anything?! Maybe his distraction just now was also because of himself?!

She immediately replied: "I don't know if it's going well or not, my friend said it was at the Sea Palace." Well, it seems like that's the name, and I haven't been there either. ”

When Si Junxian heard this, he smiled: "Coincidentally, I'm going there too." ”

"Really, that's great!" Jiang Mengxi clapped his hands happily.

"Then go say hi and we'll go. ”

"Good. ”

The two came to the study together and told Si Mu and Jiang Mu that they were going out to a friend's Christmas party.

None of them went into details, so the two elders mistakenly thought that the two of them were going to a party together.

Of course, it couldn't be better!

Si Mu and Jiang Mu looked at each other and smiled, took out an attitude of "we don't care about young people's affairs", waved their hands and said, "Okay, pay attention to safety on the road." ”

Even the usual "go home early" is gone.

In this way, Si Junxian and Jiang Mengxi arrived at the Sea Palace together, and then parted ways.

When Jiang Mengxi got out of the car, he deliberately put the Christmas gift given to Si Junxian on the co-pilot's seat.

With such an obvious position, I am not afraid that Si Junxian will forget it.

But now, Si Junxian said that he didn't even dismantle it, and he came with Luo Xi, if he drove the car, Luo Xi would definitely sit in the passenger seat, so where did her Christmas gift go?

Jiang Mengxi's brain was thinking quickly, Si Junxian's performance last night seemed to give her too many illusions, and she actually began to imagine, could it be that Si Junxian deliberately behaved like this in front of Luo Xi?

After all, Luo Xi is his real girlfriend, and in front of Luo Xi, he can't get too close to other women.

Thinking like this, Jiang Mengxi suddenly became enlightened.

She raised her lips, showed a sweet smile, and said to Si Junxian and Luo Xi: "It's okay, it's the same model anyway, I'll treat it as the one I sent." Speaking of which, I seem to have more fate with Miss Luo. Not only do you have the same clothes, but you also have the same idea of choosing a gift. ”

The harmless expression of the human and animal made Luo Xi not think about what to guard against at all.

She smiled noncommittally and said casually, "Yes." ”

But she thought silently in her heart, it really wasn't quite. As for the clothes, it is Si Junxian's eyes. And the idea of sending a fountain pen is leafy.

But when she said it, it seemed that she was raising the bar, and it would make Si Junxian feel that he was insincere in giving this gift, right?

So she simply complied.

"I don't have many friends in Longcheng, I hope Miss Luo won't dislike me for having one more friend. Jiang Mengxi suddenly said to Luo Xi.

Luo Xi had no reason to refuse, but she was not a self-acquainted character, so she said: "Miss Jiang is too polite, I am a rather boring person, please don't mind that I am slow and cold." ”

"Of course not, people with this kind of personality are the most affectionate. Jiang Mengxi commented firmly, as if he knew this kind of person very well.

"Are you sure you want to continue chatting here?" Si Junxian stood bored next to him, and he motioned to Jiang Mengxi to look at the guests who came from behind.

When Luo Xi heard this, he also felt that he had delayed the host too much, and said apologetically: "Let's go to the exhibition first, you can entertain the guests quickly." ”

"Well, okay, thanks again for coming. Jiang Mengxi nodded, and hurriedly went to greet the guests who had been waiting next to him for a while.

Si Junxian and Luo Xi walked along the order of the exhibition and enjoyed it.

"Ms. Jiang's work is very profound. Luo Xi saw half of it and stopped in front of a work.

"Tell me about it. Si Junxian stood still, hugging his arms and listening.

Luo Xi glanced back at the exhibition hall and said, "Although she paints all beautiful girls, with bright and bright colors, the girls in the paintings are unhappy." Even if there is a smile, the eyes are empty. Did you find out?"

Although she can't see the colors, she can infer the primary colors of the work from the shade and saturation.

This is what she has done after four years of forcing herself to memorize and analyze, repeatedly comparing and contrasting the most subtle differences.

Si Junxian nodded, "Hmm." ”

Luo Xi continued: "Some of them are holding designer bags, some are holding men's arms, some are living in luxurious villas, and some are dressed brightly...... But they were not happy. Isn't it trying to express women's loss in the modern materialistic world? Filling desires with material things can not get inner peace and lose the simplest happiness. ”

Indeed, it means so. Si Junxian agreed with Luo Xi's analysis, "Keep watching." ”

"Hmm. Luo Xi followed Si Junxian, bypassed the white partition, and walked to the other half of the exhibition area.

Unlike before, the color of the painting has gradually faded, and it is no longer so strong, but more comfortable.

The girl in the painting is still dressed neatly and exquisitely, but there is no trace of luxury, and the place of activity tends to be daily, and even the library, office and other places have appeared.

There is no doubt that the environment in which they live has become a place where they can embody or find their own values.

For example, dancers in the practice room, students in the library, doctors on the operating table......

Their eyes began to shine, and their expressions became richer.

When the two parts of the painting are compared, it is easy for the viewer to feel the impact.

Even those who have not undergone a professional art education can feel a hint of feminism in their works.

All the way to the end, both Si Junxian and Luo Xi were frozen in the last picture.

Unlike the previous joy, the painting is in black and white.

In the picture, the boy and girl are wearing shabby clothes, their hair looks like they haven't been washed for a long time, and their faces are dirty.

The bustling city and well-dressed pedestrians seem to be another worldly scene.

They stood on the side of the bustling street, and the pedestrians coming and going were blurred.

The girl's palm was spread out in front of the boy, and inside was a chocolate.

This red wrapped chocolate is the only bit of color in the whole piece.

But it was extremely shocking.

The girl looked up at the boy who was a head taller than her, and smiled as if she could melt the world.

Everyone who saw this work unconsciously pulled the corners of their mouth when they faced the girl's smile, and smiled with that smile.

After laughing, it was sad.

That kind of sadness is somewhat similar to the way a boy looks at a girl.

Luo Xi was no exception, she even felt that her eyes were hot.

Si Junxian stood for a long time, and pasted the red round sticker with the number in his hand in the "deposit area" next to the painting.

This means that he is interested in buying the work.

When Luo Xi saw this, he felt that Si Junxian should also think that this work was good.

Indeed, there is a power that touches people's hearts.

Jiang Mengxi's basic skills are very solid and very thoughtful.

But Luo Xi also wanted to buy it......

She was just about to discuss with Si Junxian to see if he was willing to transfer, when she heard a commotion from the front hall.