After eating, arranging the itinerary for the next morning, several old painters went home separately. And Shu Tao, Yue Ran and Li Tian were also preparing to go back to the hotel.

"Shutao, why don't we go to Houhai for a walk? It's rare to come to Beijing, we shouldn't have gone back to the hotel so early to lie down. Yue Ran said this while sitting in the car.

"But I'm not in the mood for a nighttime tryst with you. Moreover, I was very upset, because this exhibition, maybe my birthday party was going to be ruined, I didn't have time to make this party, and now I think about it, it's just disheartening. Shutao sighed.

"Otherwise, leave your birthday party to me! Where do you want to do it? ”

"My family's private farmstead. But I don't even know who to invite, and now I'm only thinking about getting the exhibition done, and I don't have the heart to think about anything else. ”

Yue Ran seemed to understand Shu Tao's thoughts, he picked up the phone and sent a text message, he would prepare a lively birthday party for Shu Tao within one day, no need for Shu Tao to think about it, as he said before, he would give Shu Tao a life without problems.

"Then let's go to Houhai for a drink."

Shu Tao actually knew that she was destined to be sleepless tonight, so she had to make Yue Ran's proposal: "Li Tian, you can go back to the hotel first in a while, and Yue Ran and I will go out for a walk." ”

At night, Houhai is very charming, with weeping willows on both sides of the river, and the shadow of gorgeous lights reflected on the lake, making the whole Houhai colorful and moving.

Hundreds of themed bars along the lake can be a bit confusing for newcomers, whether they are quaint, vibrant, literary, poetic, or mysterious......

Yue Ran said to Shutao, "Do you know? Some people say that Houhai has never lacked wind and moon, just waiting for you to come. If you don't want to go to the bar, we can walk all the way along Houhai, from the north bank of the Silver Ingot Bridge, you can go all the way to the bar street, the former residence of Song Qingling, Jiumen snacks, Liuyin Street, Prince Gong's Mansion, Guo Moruo's former residence, Beihai Park, Di'anmen. We can also rent bikes here and I can take you. ”

Shutao smiled: "You can also ride a bicycle?" I don't think you can look at cycling except for luxury cars and private jets. ”

"Shutao, do you know why I went to work as a police officer before? I want to experience life, I'm not so incompetent as you think, maybe I live a much more folk life than Ma Jun. ”

"You brought me to this place to prove that you are also a down-to-earth person? You know, I don't like this place in Houhai at all, it's dirty and messy, and you see, the people in the imperial capital feel a little dirty. ”

Yue Ran said with a smile: "Shanghainese people mock the people of Beijing, Beijingers look down on Shanghainese philistines, about it, Beijing is this place, it is chaotic and chaotic, but this is Beijing's own life, just like such a bunch of chaotic Houhai, there are mansions and alleys, there are beautiful scenery and chaos, there are night fishing and practice stalls, there is history and life, this is Beijing." ”

When Shu Tao heard Yue Ran say this, she instantly felt that this man didn't seem to be as empty as she thought, but compared to Ma Jun, he couldn't make Shu Tao feel his heart beat faster and his blood boiled.

Compared with Ma Jun, he made Shu Tao feel more comfortable and safe, but Shu Tao knew that this was not love.

"Do you think we're really fit together?" Shu Tao suddenly asked this sentence.

"Yes." Yue Ran said with certainty, "We know each other well, we know each other, and sometimes we save a lot of unnecessary trouble." ”

Troublesome. He was right, Ma Jun has indeed become her biggest trouble now, no matter whether she opens her eyes or closes her eyes, she can't get rid of Ma Jun's shadow. Shu Tao sighed: "Actually, I didn't like Ma Jun at first, but later, he did make me very happy." ”

"Happy?" Yue Ran asked suspiciously, they stopped, found a bench on the side of the road and sat down, "Shu Tao, in fact, there are two kinds of happiness and sadness. ”

"How?"

"As far as happiness is concerned, there is the happiness of not fighting for a long time, and the pride of owning someone, something, or something after being driven by desire. The former is small but lasts for a long time, and anyone who can experience it can taste the sweetness. The latter, while giving you a noticeable sense of well-being, comes and goes quickly, and its by-product comes at a large or small cost. Yue Ran looked at Shu Tao after speaking, hoping that she could understand these words.

"You seem to mean that you will bring me a stream of happiness, and Ma Jun is just a vigorous storm?"

Yue Ran smiled and nodded, he sighed and looked into the distance.

Shu Tao saw that he was silent at the moment, so he continued to ask, "What about sadness?" ”

Yue Ran cleared his throat and continued pretending to be excited: "There are also two kinds of sadness, dissatisfaction with life at this stage, and sudden loss. The pain of the former seems to those who have not experienced the latter to be the burden of life that cannot be changed, while those who have experienced the latter feel that the former is just something that must be experienced in life, although it cannot be changed but it cannot be fatal! ”

"You mean, although I don't have the burden of life as the former said, I have suffered the grief of sudden loss?"

"Actually, I can see that Ma Jun loves you, but he can't give you a happy and complete life. If he could, would he wait until I proposed to you? He fought me hard, but he was just afraid of losing you, and he wasn't ready to have you. And I'm different, I've been waiting for you for a few years, and I'm not going to give up. ”

Yue Ran was right, not at all!

Thinking of this, Shutao's eyes began to moisten, and his cheeks were soaked with a light raindrop.

"It's raining!" Yue Ran said, let's go back quickly.

"Oh." Shu Tao came back to his senses at this time.

Yue Ran called a car, and as soon as they got into the car, it rained heavily.

When the taxi was approaching Zizhuyuan Road, it suddenly broke down, and the driver turned around and said, "I'm sorry, there is something wrong with my car, I may have to wait for a while." ”

"How long will it take?" Yue Ran asked.

"More than an hour."

When Shu Tao heard this, she was speechless for a moment, she looked at the heavy rain outside the window, and didn't know what to do.

At this time, Yue Ran spoke: "Shutao, this place is not far from the hotel, why don't we get out of the car and run?" ”

"Are you crazy? Now it's so heavy rain, and my shoes. ”

Yue Ran looked at Shu Tao's shoes, the heels were too high. But waiting for an hour to be stuck here is not a solution, he said, "Get out of the car, I'll run on your back." ”

Shu Tao looked surprised: "Can you?" ”

"I used to be a police officer! And when I was in the police academy, training in the rain was also a common thing, so I will carry you as a sandbag, isn't it over? ”

"You're the punching bag."

Yue Ran ignored whether Shu Tao agreed or not, and opened the car door: "Get out of the car, I can only wronged you." ”

Shu Tao had no choice, so he could only follow him to get out of the car, Yue Ran bent down, set up Shu Tao, and ran towards the Shangri-La Hotel.

The heavy rain had already soaked them all, and Shu Tao put his arm around his neck, and the natural fragrance of his neck emanated from the rain, refreshing and pleasant.

After a while, they arrived at the hotel lobby, and the doorman saw that they were in a mess, and quickly brought a towel to wipe away the dripping rain from their bodies.

"Go to the Pavilion."

"Come with me."

The lobby greeter took them to the Jingge Presidential Suite, and Shu Tao was just about to go to her room, but when she dug into her bag, she found that the door was stuck with Li Tian. She said, "Shit! My door card is in Li Tianna, I'll call him now. ”

After speaking, Shu Tao took out the phone, but the phone was out of power and turned off: "The phone is out of battery." ”

"Do you remember his phone call? Take my fight. ”

"I don't remember." Shu Tao said weakly.

"Then why don't you come first and take a hot shower first, otherwise you'll catch a cold if you wait like this." Once inside, you charge your phone and call again. ”

Because the room where Li Tian lived was far away from Shu Tao and them, it was inconvenient to knock on the door now, and Shu Tao was already embarrassed at this time, so he could only take a shower here with Yue Ran for the time being and wait.

Shutao nodded, and they opened the door and entered the room.

The entrance hall opens to an elegantly decorated and spacious living room, while the Presidential Suite also features a lavishly decorated separate dining area and kitchenette, with a wall-mounted wardrobe with gold and bronze panels and cursive calligraphy.

As soon as Yue Ran entered the door, he called the housekeeper service and asked them to bring some ginger tea.

"Go take a hot bath, dry yourself when you're done, and drink some ginger tea to keep you cold. I'll help you charge your phone now. ”

"What about you?" Shu Tao saw that Yue Ran was also soaked, and looked at his appearance at this time, and couldn't bear it, "Why don't you go wash it first." ”

"I'm fine, you go first! Come on. Although Yue Ran spoke in a commanding tone, his eyes were full of concern for Shutao.

Shumo listened to him and walked to the bathroom.

In just a few minutes, Shu Tao had already come out in a nightgown, and the hot bath just now made Shu Tao's cheeks flush with a hint of redness, and Chu Chujiao was shy and moving.

Yue Ran glanced at her embarrassedly, then smiled and handed over the ginger tea. Shutao said, "Why don't you hurry up and wash it." ”

Yue Ran nodded, didn't speak, and entered the bathroom like an obedient little boy.

Shu Tao picked up her mobile phone and looked at it, it was already turned on, and she dialed Li Tian's phone: "Now you can ask the hotel room service to send my key card over." ”

"Okay, Master Qu, by the way, I have already sent these painters the itinerary for tomorrow morning, and we will leave here on time at eight o'clock tomorrow morning and take off at ten o'clock."

"OK, see you tomorrow." After speaking, Shutao hung up the phone. She leaned back on the couch feebly, turned on the TV, and waited for room service to come and deliver the keycard.

The TV broadcast was Dragon TV's evening news: "Shanghai has recently comprehensively investigated small industrial enterprises with low equipment and poor environmental protection facilities, and by the end of this year, all small papermaking, tanning, printing and dyeing, dyeing, coking and other production projects that do not conform to the national industrial policy that seriously pollute the water environment will be banned." Before the end of this year, industrial agglomeration areas should be built centralized sewage treatment facilities, and the installation of automatic online monitoring devices, overdue completion, will be suspended approval and approval of its construction projects to increase the discharge of water pollutants......"

Shu Tao took a sip of ginger tea, and at this time the room service had already delivered the key card. Shu Tao got up and was about to go out, but thinking that Yue Ran was still taking a bath, she should go and say hello, she walked to the bathroom door: "Yue Ran!" I got the key card, and I went first. ”

There was no response in the bathroom.

Shu Tao shouted twice: "Yue Ran! Yue Ran! What are you doing, why don't you say anything! ”

At this time, Shu Tao was a little worried, she slowly pushed open the bathroom door, Yue Ran was lying naked in the bathtub, his eyes were closed, Shu Tao shook him in the past, and he actually fainted.