Cao Yingying walked around the city a few more times, and it was very late before she returned to her residence. （ . . m）

Li Xiaoxue was still sitting on the sofa in the living room, waiting anxiously.

From the sound of Cao Yingying opening the door, Li Xiaoxue felt Cao Yingying's physical and mental exhaustion, and then saw Cao Yingying really enter the door listlessly, and greeted her in a few steps, and was about to ask why she came back, and she called several times, but she didn't answer, and found that Cao Yingying's eyes were red, obviously, she was crying: "Yingying, what's wrong with you?" ”

Especially the word "again", Cao Yingying was just upset, lazy, and said "nothing", then bypassed Li Xiaoxue's body, went to the sofa, casually, threw the bag in her hand to the side, and lay down on the sofa on her back.

Li Xiaoxue turned around and asked Cao Yingying again, "Have you had dinner?" ”

Cao Yingying didn't eat, and she didn't have the appetite to eat, so she replied simply: "I did." ”

"What did you eat?" Li Xiaoxue seemed to be trying her best to make Cao Yingying's mood better.

Cao Yingying was a little impatient, and only sighed.

Li Xiaoxue's heart, which was originally very heavy, drooped down again: "Do you want to take a bath?" Shall I help you put the water in place? ”

Cao Yingying just shook her head and didn't say anything.

"Then, let's go back to the house and sleep." Li Xiaoxue persuaded again.

Cao Yingying didn't react at all this time, as if she was in deep thought and didn't hear Li Xiaoxue's words at all.

Li Xiaoxue stood in the ground for a while, feeling bored, lowered her head, and walked slowly to the inner room alone.

Without waiting for Li Xiaoxue to enter the back room, Cao Yingying finally sat up a little straighter, listlessly, and opened her mouth: "Xiaoxue, do you have anything to say to me?" ”

Li Xiaoxue stood down, didn't turn around, lowered her head, and said, "Director Feng called me again." ”

Cao Yingying secretly said "I see" in her heart, and understood Xiao Zijun's moves a little more, and Li Xiaoxue still asked, "What did Director Feng say?" ”

Li Xiaoxue's voice was a little lower: "Let me raise some more funds for the exhibition." ”

Cao Yingying was more like a judgment for herself, nodded, and asked Li Xiaoxue again: "How much?" ”

"Five hundred thousand." Li Xiaoxue said weakly.

"It's the lion opening his mouth again." Cao Yingying said in her heart, and only asked Li Xiaoxue, "What are you going to do?" ”

"I," Li Xiaoxue's voice was so soft that only she seemed to be able to hear her, "I think it's better to give up this exhibition." ”

Although Cao Yingying also listened to Li Xiaoxue's words, she still asked again: "What did you say?" ”

Li Xiaoxue raised her head a little, and tried her best to make her tone more solemn: "I want to give up this exhibition." ”

Although Cao Yingying is not very sure whether Li Xiaoxue's words are sincere, she still feels that Xiao Zijun has tightened this string, and if she can't get it right, she will only break the string and give up all her previous efforts.

"What about the money you handed over to Curator Feng before?" Cao Yingying is actually deliberately making some reminders.

Li Xiaoxue's voice lowered again: "I didn't ask Director Feng about the money, it should be, there is not much left." ”

"Could it be that all that money has been wasted like this?" Cao Yingying seems to have such a consciousness, for Li Xiaoxue, Xiao Zijun's despicability, there is also some unhappiness.

Li Xiaoxue bowed her head and was silent.

"You and Curator Feng said the same thing?" Cao Yingying asked again.

"Said," Li Xiaoxue's voice brought out a bit of helplessness, "It's ......"

"What?" Cao Yingying was a little anxious.

Li Xiaoxue seemed to be muttering to herself: "Director Feng, he told me, let me think about it again." ”

"If there are another 500,000, surely there will be no problem?" Cao Yingying knew it, but she still asked again.

Li Xiaoxue shook her head slowly: "Who knows?" ”

"Xiaoxue," Cao Yingying stood up from the sofa and walked to Li Xiaoxue's side, "allow me to say something that might break your heart." Because, although these words make you sad, they will do you more good than harm. I know that the 500,000 yuan is very stressful on you, especially because your children are gone, and your heart is not good for the art exhibition, but, after weighing it, I still hope that you will not give up this art exhibition so easily. If nothing else, stick to it, if he paints well, you can put the money into it or you can get it back. And at this time, I just gave up, really, the loss is not small......"

Li Xiaoxue especially heard from Cao Yingying's mouth that she had lost her child, it was true, and she was sad again, and Cao Yingying talked about the trade-off of pros and cons, and talked about her possible losses.

"Yingying! Do you think there's something wrong with this? Li Xiaoxue looked flustered.

"What?" Cao Yingying looked into Li Xiaoxue's eyes and asked, her heart beating faster, "What do you think happened?" ”

"I also suddenly thought so," Li Xiaoxue's eyes were full of horror, "Yingying, you say, did we deceive others?" ”

"What do you mean, Curator Feng is a liar?" Cao Yingying was also contagious to Li Xiaoxue's eyes, frightened.

- Cao Yingying's panic is more because of Li Xiaoxue's sudden awakening.

Li Xiaoxue didn't dare, and she didn't seem to be willing to affirm it like this: "I can't say it well." But, I really had a bad feeling. I seem to have been deceived. ”

Cao Yingying dodged her eyes to the side a little, and her voice sounded, with a lot less confidence: "It should be, no, it won't, right?" ”

Li Xiaoxue still wanted to continue to express her current feelings with Cao Yingying, and suddenly thought that the matter of the art exhibition was still the idea that Cao Yingying gave her and helped her pull the thread, so she talked too much, which would inevitably embarrass Cao Yingying, so she had to swallow such concerns like a fly and swallowed it: "Maybe, Yingying, I think too much." ”

Cao Yingying also tried her best to calm down and said: "You have such scruples, it's not without a little reason, but there are really people who have done such art exhibitions, and the effect is also very good." Director Feng is also a public servant after all, so he shouldn't do such an over-the-top thing. ”

Li Xiaoxue analyzed it by Cao Yingying again, and she had some bottom in her heart: "It should be, like what you said." ”

"That said, we should be cautious." Cao Yingying said this, and asked Li Xiaoxue again, "Xiaoxue, did Director Feng explain to you what exactly the 500,000 yuan will be used for?" ”

Li Xiaoxue's voice gradually lowered again: "Director Feng said that the venue is basically ready now, and the extra 500,000 is mainly the appearance fee of those experts." ”

"Appearance fee? Isn't it all included in the previous money? Cao Yingying deliberately surprised herself, "Why do you want so much?" However, it's just a scene, and this money is too light for them to save, right? ”

Li Xiaoxue saw that Cao Yingying was angry, but explained to Director Feng again: "Director Feng also said that there was no need for this, but a friend who ran these favors for him suddenly passed away last week, so it is not easy to invite these experts." Actually, Yingying, to be fair, this money is not much. Haven't you heard that there is an economic person who only needs 300,000 yuan for a meal with him. ”

Cao Yingying nodded slowly: "When you say this, I think of it, the colleague who introduced our art exhibition did attend a funeral last week. said that he was a very dignified person, and many people with heads and faces were present. ”

Li Xiaoxue sighed again about her poor fate: "In this way, this is really the case." Speaking of which, it's all because I don't have the money on hand. ”

"Xiaoxue," Cao Yingying carefully gave Li Xiaoxue an idea, "You really can't take out any of the money you put on your aunt's side?" ”

Li Xiaoxue shook her head: "It's difficult." ”

"It's hard, so you might as well try. You only said that you need money, and with the 200,000 yuan, you can find a way to do the rest. I can also ...... at my mother's" Cao Yingying wanted to say that she would help pick out some from Cao's mother, but when she mentioned Cao's mother, her heart seemed to fall into something and sank.

Of course, Li Xiaoxue also saw Cao Yingying's thoughts: "Yingying, I will handle the money myself." ”

Cao Yingying looked at Li Xiaoxue seriously again and asked, "Do you really think so again?" Are you determined to continue the exhibition again? ”

Li Xiaoxue was stunned for a moment, and then sighed again and said, "What you just told me, Director Feng also told me on the phone today. Sincerely, I don't want to do it anymore, but I also think of the investment in the early stage, which is indeed a little unwilling. In particular, a lot of it was borrowed from Jiajia, and the exhibition was opened in this way, and I really don't know when I will be able to pay Jiajia's money back. 500,000 yuan, I don't dare to say that I will definitely be able to raise it, but if I think of a way, it is not impossible to do so. I'm worried that after I have these 500,000, there will be something else. If anything else goes wrong, I'm afraid that I really won't be able to pay for it anymore. At that point, the losses will be even greater. For this, I was really conflicted, and I even used a coin toss to make my final decision. What I thought about was throwing out the face, and I would do it, and throwing out the back, and I would let go. Yingying, guess what I threw out? ”

Cao Yingying had been looking at Li Xiaoxue seriously, and when she heard Li Xiaoxue's question, she couldn't help but shake her head again.

Li Xiaoxue smiled bitterly: "What I threw out was a ...... on my back"

Cao Yingying asked a little nervously: "So, when you started, you would talk about giving up?" ”

Li Xiaoxue continued her story: "But I was still unwilling, so I decided to throw it twice. Yingying, guess what? ”

Cao Yingying gave Li Xiaoxue such a "test question", and couldn't help it, so she only asked: "Won't it be all backs, right?" ”

Li Xiaoxue smiled lightly again: "It's really all." ”

Cao Yingying didn't know how to say it, but she thought of whether she and Han Haitao's matter could also be made in this way.

"In this world, the hardest thing may really be to let go." Li Xiaoxue sighed with emotion and continued, "Although God has given me clear instructions, I still can't let go. Because I can't let go of what I've already paid. It's wrong, it seems, and I'm just willing to continue to be wrong. ”

Cao Yingying's heart knocked on Li Xiaoxue's words again and again, and what she thought of was all her own emotions.

Li Xiaoxue saw that Cao Yingying was just silent, and asked again: "What about you?" Yingying, will you be like me, against the will of God? ”

Cao Yingying shook her head a few more times and said, "It's just a coin toss, where can you be so serious?" In my opinion, it's just a game. ”

"Games?" Li Xiaoxue seemed to have suddenly found a word that could better summarize all of herself, "Perhaps, what I'm doing now is a big game with a different face." Since we've come to this point, let's grit our teeth again. ”

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