A few days later, the art exhibition closed, and I really received an invitation to attend the closing ceremony as one of the winners of the exhibition, and I fed the invitation directly to the trash can. I also received a sum of money in the account, but I couldn't see the other party's account, so I couldn't return it, so I had to forget it.

Then one day, someone sent a huge thing to my house, and when I opened the package, I saw that it was actually the "Sunrise" painted by Ji Xingyun at the exhibition that day. At that time, my father and Chen Qian were also nearby, and Chen Qian admired the painting for a long time, saying that she would hang it on the wall of the living room. My dad resolutely objected, pouted after looking at it for a while, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's so immoral, you better hang it in your own room." After a pause, he gossiped and asked, "Who drew this for you?" Where are you at this stage? ”

I didn't know how to answer, so I had to sneak back to my room. Later, I had the painting hung on the wall of my house, and I remembered that I forgot to call Ji Xingyun when I interrupted that day. After thinking about it, I thought it might be embarrassing to call him directly, so I sent him a text message thanking him for painting this picture for me and giving it to me.

After a while, he replied and said that I should thank him, and that he didn't sell the painting at a very high price. During this time he went back to Spain to visit his grandfather and grandmother, and when he came back and asked me to invite him to dinner, of course I agreed.

I thought the whole thing would be over here, but later, I heard about something incredible.

It was the end of the month, and the former college classmates held a class reunion, which was actually the fifth anniversary party organized by the seniors, but there were not too many students in the painting department, so we were also called together by a few years of junior students. Originally, I didn't really like to participate in such group activities, but since I feel that my days in this world are counted backwards, I don't seem to be averse to the noisy and lively fireworks.

That night, I sat in the crowd and listened to the seniors chatting about who was the best of the people they graduated from that year. Some people say that Zhou Moumou opened his own art gallery and has a good business, and some people say that Sun Moumou's works are often published in overseas art magazines, I listened to it for a long time, and then someone finally mentioned Ji Xingyun. As soon as he talked about his female compatriots, they were very excited to dig up his gossip, but there were not many people who knew him well, so they heard a boy who was in the same bedroom with him say: "He came back for a while last month, and I met him by chance." After all, people became famous at a young age, and of course their worth is very high, and every spring and autumn auction is more than seven figures, and it is enough to paint two or three paintings every year. ”

There was a voice of envy in the crowd, and at this time, I heard another person say: "But how did I hear that he seems to have something going on recently, as if a company wants to sue him for breach of contract and demand huge compensation." ”

I was stunned when I heard this, and before I could open my mouth, someone next to me had already helped me ask my doubts: "Sue?" What's going on? ”

The senior said: "It seems that he participated in an art exhibition some time ago, and at that time he clearly signed a contract saying that he agreed to sell the exhibition, but later someone bid and he didn't sell it, and it is estimated that the organizer felt that he could not explain it to the buyer, and he was indeed in breach of contract, so people were angry and wanted to sue him." ”

I didn't think something was right, so I thought for a while and asked, "Do you know what kind of exhibition it is and which organizer it is?" ”

He said: "It should be an exhibition held at the opening of the Xihai Art District some time ago, and I don't know who the organizer is, but I also heard about it by chance when I was chatting with friends." ”

I was a little confused, and then I thought about it all night, and when I got home, I sent a text message to Ji Xingyun and asked him what was going on. He told me lightly that there was nothing wrong with me, and that the painting was not intended to be sold, but when I signed the contract at that time, I signed it without looking at the terms of the contract. I asked him again who had made the claim against him and how much, but this time he didn't reply to me.

I held my hands in the room and thought about the painting for a long time, and remembered that Qin Shuo told me that day that their Qin family was the organizer. I am also sixty or seventy percent sure in my heart, this kind of sue and claim compensation at every turn is almost Qin Yan's style. But I thought again, Qin Yan obviously knew that Ji Xingyun was my friend, although I had an unpleasant relationship with him once or twice, but we hadn't reached the point where we had turned against each other, and he shouldn't do such a desperate thing.

I struggled for a long time and didn't have a result, so I had to call Liao Xiaofei, tell her about the things before and after, and ask her to help me judge and judge, who knew that she only thought about it for a second and then sneered, and said: "Then you still need to think about it, it must be Qin Yan!" ”

I hesitated and said, "But I don't think he's going to be able to, so what's the point?" If you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, I still have a little friendship with him after all, don't I......"

When she heard this, she sneered: "Your family and theirs are now torn apart, what kind of friendship can you two talk about, what face can he give you?" Don't tease me, I think he is deliberately trying to fix your friend, in fact, to target you. ”

I was stunned for two seconds, and said in a bit of confusion: "What kind of tearing face, who tore face with whom?" What are you talking about? ”

Liao Xiaofei was also stunned and said, "Huh? You don't know? ”

I recalled it for a few seconds, but I was still at a loss, and I said, "I didn't tear my face with anyone in their family, even with Qin Yan's mother, I also said that we broke up peacefully." ”

Liao Xiaofei said inexplicably: "Then I guess you didn't know it some time ago, right?" You should ask your dad. At that time, your father told the outside world that the two of you had dissolved the marriage contract, who knew that the people of the Qin family did not agree, and came out to refute the rumors. As a result, your father was also very tough, and he said directly to him that he Qin Yan had abandoned the river and demolished the bridge in a mess, and he would never marry his daughter to him in this life. Later, their stock price fell for more than a month, and it has not rebounded yet. Although it can't shake their family, the loss is quite large, and his reputation Qin Yan is also ruined, what's so strange about him hating you? ”

I froze for half a minute, then looked back at my door and said, "Really? My dad actually got into trouble with them like this? No, he's been friends with Uncle Qin for many years......"

Liao Xiaofei said: "No matter how good a friend is, can you compare to your own daughter, you are not sent with phone bills, of course your father has to stand up for you." In addition, this matter was originally Qin Yan's fault, what can his parents say? ”

I was stunned for a long time, and suddenly I was a little worried, and I lowered my voice and said, "Then do you know that their family is not doing anything to my father, right?" ”

She said, "Then I haven't heard of it, you can ask your dad yourself." ”

I wandered back and forth in the room for a few steps, and after thinking about it, I still found it unbelievable. Liao Xiaofei said again: "Hmm, what's that...... Ah Li, are you already empathetic and don't like Qin Yan now, if you don't like him, I'll tell you something again......"

I said, "Huh? What the? She was hesitant and silent, and I waited for a long time, and said anxiously, "What did you say?" ”

She hesitated and said, "Oh, that's it...... I went shopping with my mother a few days ago, and I happened to run into Qin Yan's mother, and he also brought a girl with his mother. I looked at it with my fiery eyes at the time, and I knew that the woman who had been shrinking her neck like a weak quail must be Qin Yan's ex-girlfriend. Our family is not very familiar with theirs, my mother knew that you were blowing with Qin Yan, so she asked casually, yo, who is such a gentle and beautiful girl, is it your prospective daughter-in-law, but it turned out to be a 'huh', I thought,, Qin Yan is really fast enough, and when I saw that your family was completely useless, I immediately went back to pursue true love. ”

I held the phone for a long time, and then I can't remember how I hung up.

Tossing and turning that night, for some reason, I seem to have been thinking about the night in the Seychelles, Qin Yan said that he still wanted to fulfill our marriage contract. I also dreamed that I was crying, I clutched his clothes tightly in my dream and said that I actually really wanted to promise you, but I didn't want to hurt you, I dreamed that Qin Yan seemed to say a lot of nice words to comfort me, but as soon as the picture turned, all the beautiful scenes disappeared in an instant, replaced by his mocking eyes and expressions in the exhibition hall that day.

I woke up in the darkness and never fell asleep again in the middle of the night.

Early the next morning, I went to the Qin headquarters, and it had been a year since I last stepped here, so the front desk could recognize me, and called me in surprise, "Miss Li?" I was surprised.

But I didn't have any anger, so I asked her, "I'm looking for Qin Yan, where is he, he won't go on a business trip, right?" ”

The front desk hesitated for a moment and said, "Oh, Mr. Xiao Qin...... He didn't travel today, he was in the office. ”

I said, "Okay, thank you." Then he turned his head and walked in the direction of Qin Yan's office in his memory, ignoring her and shouting behind her: "Hey, Miss Li, have you made an appointment, Mr. Xiao Qin may not be very convenient now......

I walked very fast, and before she could finish speaking, I had already turned the corner, and the general manager's office was still in that place. After a slight pause, I raised my hand and knocked on the door a few more times, and after waiting for a few more seconds, I heard Qin Yan's voice say, "Please come in." ”

I took a breath for two seconds, then screwed the door and went in with a fierce twist, and as soon as the door opened, my steps paused slightly. Qin Yan was not the only one in the room, but Secretary Lin and several other people with Wen Jiàn in their hands were also standing next to his desk, looking as if they were listening to his instructions. Qin Yan looked at me from behind his desk, I wasn't sure if his eyebrows moved slightly, and the four or five people also turned their heads to look at me in unison.

It didn't seem to be the right time, but I thought about it, if I said at this time, "I'm sorry that you're busy with me first", there would be no momentum at all, and it didn't look like I was here to settle accounts with him, so I just held my hand and pestle by the door.

After being silent for a few more seconds, Qin Yan turned his head to Secretary Lin and said, "You guys go out first, according to what I just said, you can arrange the work in the future, Xiaolin, and report back to me." ”

Secretary Lin bowed his head and said, "Okay." ”

After saying that, the group walked in the direction of the door, I gave way to the door, Secretary Lin walked last, nodded with me when he went out, and then closed the door.

The space suddenly became closed and silent, I raised my eyes and stared at him from a distance of ten meters, Qin Yan also looked at me from behind the table, and after a few seconds, he seemed to snort and laugh lightly, and said coldly: "What a rare guest." ”