Chapter 12: The Truth

One Sunday after life turned flat, Chen Lu went to the "time-honored calligraphy and painting shop" alone, ready to sell her new work, "Sydney Opera House". Because Fei Guang's rest day was adjusted to every Tuesday, he didn't accompany her this time.

Since the last "Leaning Tower of Pisa", she hasn't been on consignment for nearly three months. The income from working in KTV really can't meet the standard of living I am pursuing now, so I can only continue to "expand my side business".

Chen Lu was not a person who liked to be "obedient through the wall", but before entering the door, she couldn't help but "eavesdrop" when she heard the shop owner and the apprentice mention her name in the small talk.

In the calligraphy and painting industry, there is a saying that "if you don't open for half a year, you will eat for half a year", so even on Sundays, it is common for the store to have no customers. The absence of customers certainly does not hinder the "daily chat" between the shopkeeper and the apprentice.

"Our old customer, your friend 'Xiaofeng' boss, hasn't you been here for a while?"

"Without the paintings of the two beauties 'Liuyun' and 'Waning Moon', he would not normally come."

"I only love the paintings of beautiful painters, doesn't he have other pictures?"

"You've got the hang of it, of course he has a plan."

"As the so-called man's own 'color', Xiaofeng Gongzi added an elegant word before the word 'color', and our small store has a new business."

"Doesn't he have a wife?"

"His 'motto' is - wife, lover, confidante, nothing less!"

"The beautiful waning moon hasn't been to the store for more than half a year."

"Wanyue is pregnant, she has been promoted to a lover, she doesn't need to sell paintings anymore, what are you doing?"

"Boss Xiaofeng is really not satisfied, he has such a beautiful wife, such a beautiful waning moon, and he wants to provoke my dream goddess - Liuyun again."

"You know what! For some rich men, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as stealing, and stealing is better than stealing......"

"Alas, the world of the rich is really hard to understand!"

……

After listening to this conversation, Chen Lu didn't enter the door again, turned around and left, she didn't want to see these two "nonsense" people again.

According to them, Zhang Yang is such a morally corrupt person "playboy"?

In the past two years, the paintings she Chen Lu has consigned have been bought by this "playboy", just to "put a long line and catch a big fish"?

It can't be, it can't be!

Thinking of this, she decided to take the "Sydney Opera House" to another store for consignment to verify what she thought was "impossible". As a result, after running all over the "calligraphy and painting street" and hearing the replies of more than a dozen shop owners, she "collapsed in her heart".

"Consignment? We don't have a consignment in our shop, unless you're a famous contemporary artist. ”

"Our store sells imitations of famous calligraphy and paintings, and your self-created style can't be consigned."

"Stream...... Cloud? I've never heard of this name. ”

"Your painting skills are average, and you don't have any artistic conception, you can't sell it here with me!"

"Before liberation, there may be people who don't know how to paint, and they are willing to spend two copper to buy your painting, but now this industry is sluggish, and there are basically no laymen among the customers who come to the store."

"To be honest, you probably don't like to hear it. At this level, the difference is too far, and after another ten or eight years of practice, I may be able to sell the first one. ”

After her heart collapsed, if she hadn't listened to Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" with headphones, and if she hadn't turned up the volume to the maximum, Chen Lu herself couldn't be sure if she would have found her way home.

At that time, she needed this strong shock so much to stimulate her eardrums and stimulate her nervesβ€”

He came into her apartement

He left the bloodstains on the carpet

She ran underneath the table

He could see she was unable

So she ran into the bedroom

She was struck down it was her doom

Annie are you ok

So Annie are you ok

Are you ok Annie

Annie are you ok

So Annie are you ok

Are you ok Annie

Annie are you ok

……

If the above just made Chen Lu "collapse in her heart", then the ugly events created by Zhang Yang later and the impact of the incident must have made her "three views ruined".

"I heard you have a boyfriend?"

"I thought you were a 'lily' and didn't like men!"

One day in June, after disappearing from Chen Lu's world for a few months, when she reappeared, Zhang Yang, with her usual gentlemanly demeanor, made a little joke on her.

"Does it have anything to do with you?" When Chen Lu saw Zhang Yang, she remembered the "Xiaofeng" in the mouth of the owner of the "time-honored brand" shop, so of course she was not angry when she replied.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Chen Lu's angry expression, Zhang Yang's tone turned gentle.

"I don't want to talk to the liar, you can go, don't come to the store to look for me in the future!" Chen Lu stood at the front desk of KTV, waved her hand at Zhang Yang, and retracted her gaze to the computer screen at work, she really didn't want to take another look at "this kind of man".

"When I was still abroad two days ago, I heard the 'time-honored' boss Wang say that you might overhear a few words, but I still don't believe it."

"I thought to myself, our tsundere little fairy Lulu doesn't bother to eavesdrop."

"Now it seems to be true."

When Zhang Yang said these words, his speech speed increased a little, but he still maintained a gentlemanly demeanor.

"Thanks to God's eyes, I heard your despicability in advance!" When Chen Lu replied, her eyelids still did not lift.

"Although I did buy those paintings of yours, things are not what they say, and they are not what you think-" The flamboyant tone was gentle and sincere.

"Yes...... Is it? ”

Hearing this, Chen Lu stretched out her voice, and on the surface, she seemed to reply with two sour words, but the anger in her heart had been reduced.

Over the past three years, Zhang Yang's care, help, and care for himself, as well as the high quality and elegance he has shown, Chen Lu vividly remembers it. She has regarded him as a guide several times, as a confidant, and even as a brother in the end.

So next, when Zhang Yang said more sincere words and acted more sincerely, she Chen Lu would believe it again.

"Give it a chance...... Can you explain? Zhang Yang took a small step forward and leaned close to the front desk, and after getting closer to Chen Lu, he raised the tone of his speech from sincerity to sincerity.

After hearing this, Chen Lu was silent.

"Manager Tian, help me open a box, the old place - room 888!" Seeing that Chen Lu was silent, Zhang Yang took the "diamond VIP card" in her bag to her leader Manager Tian and said.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang!" In this era of "president", "director" and "general manager", Manager Tian has never been stingy with the title of "total" for the "diamond VIP" customers who come to the store to consume.

"I only have more than 8,000 cash on me, which is used to exchange your subordinates for listening to my explanation in the box, okay?" Zhang Yang took out another wad of banknotes from his bag, handed it to Manager Tian and said.

"Don't be kidding, Mr. Zhang, we are a 'mass sales KTV', not that kind of 'club', tips are absolutely unacceptable, crack down!" Manager Tian hurriedly refused.

"Then, fill it into the membership card, give you a performance, and then brush it up this afternoon, brush out the drinks and snacks and distribute them to the friends who work in the store, head office...... "In Zhang Yang's cognition, how can there be a reason to take back the money taken out, so he is so improvised.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, then we thank you, and we will serve you at any time!" Manager Tian accepted the card and money, turned around and prepared to go to the cashier.

"Wait a minute, Manager Tian...... Speaking of service, you can help me coax Chen Lu to the box to listen to an explanation! After Zhang Yang called Manager Tian, he said the rest of the words in a whisper, with a sincere smile in the whisper.

After seeing Zhang Yang's series of sincere actions, and listening to the persuasion of leaders and colleagues, Chen Lu walked into the 888 box he opened, thinking: "Let's listen to the explanation, what can he do in broad daylight and a bright society under the rule of law!" ”

"It's not easy to have this kind of opportunity to be alone with you for the first time in more than three years and not be disturbed!" After Chen Lu entered the box, Zhang Yang said the first sentence in a joking tone.

"Didn't you give an explanation, and nonsense?" Although Zhang Yang blocked the door when he said that, with the intention of preventing himself from opening the door and going out, Chen Lu heard that it was a joke, so he gave a polite dialogue.

"Making money is a mundane thing, and a 'fairy' like you who 'doesn't eat the fireworks of the world' shouldn't be burdened by mundane things-"

"Since you heard about my past, let's just get straight to the point."

"I can give you food and clothing for the rest of your life, be my ......"

Chen Lu heard this more and more outrageous, and shouted loudly "Stop", and did not let Zhang Yang continue to speak.

After shouting, Chen Lu was full of anger, turned around and opened the door, she wanted to escape from this box, she didn't want to say more to this man, but she couldn't succeed for a while. Although the box door was unlocked, there was Zhang Yang blocking it, and she couldn't open it.

In the next few minutes, the "QJ attempt" occurred in the box. Of course, "attempt", Chen Lu can still guarantee the "attempt" when the mobile phone calling for help was dropped and the corners of her mouth were bleeding, because she was fierce enough to die rather than obey.

It's just that during the period after Zhang Yang was taken away by the police, people in Chen Lu's life circle conditionally forgot the word "attempt".

The "acquaintance" who "doesn't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement" passed the incident to Chen Lu's Impression Art School.

The male colleagues and classmates who usually covet her have another "exciting" topic; The female colleagues and classmates who usually envy her finally took a bad breath, and they and they spread the incident bigger, farther, and more publicly.

As a result, Chen Lu was expelled from school and dismissed from the unit, she felt that "people's words are terrible", and her heart was "ruined".

But fortunately, there is also a Fei Guang to accompany her.

In the end, Chen Lu found a new job as a "7-Eleven tally clerk", Fei Guang quit online games, changed into civilian clothes after work every day, and worked in the convenience store to help her, wait for her to get off work, accompany her, and protect her.