"Thank you for recommending me to your classmates. By the way, how did he think of asking you. ”

"He saw the sketch you drew for me last time and knows I know someone who can draw."

"He said that he still listened to you, and only then did he know Zao Wou-ki, you are quite powerful, you know so many painters."

"I used to go to art exhibitions when I was fine, and I wrote down my name."

In terms of vision, Li Xia really can't compare with Lin Qingyuan.

Sanchuan City, where Li Xia lived since childhood, does not even have a decent museum or art gallery, but it is an industrial city with a relatively poor cultural life.

Only during festivals, the city cultural center will hold some exhibitions, and Li Xia went to see them with her classmates in the studio when she was still in high school.

Li Xia dared to stare at Lin Qingyuan's face under the dim street lamp, Lin Qingyuan with eyes was really gentle, and his state was very different from when he was playing. It is simply a true portrayal of being quiet and moving like a rabbit.

The May Day holiday is coming soon, and Li Xia's mood has already begun to take a holiday.

Li Xia plans to paint the decorative paintings first during the holidays, and I don't know how many they will need, so I will finish the painting early.

On the afternoon of April 30, Li Xia received a call from Chu Zhongnan's assistant, Miss Ma, to invite Li Xia to go to their hotel during the May Day holiday.

The next day, Li Xia sat in the car for more than an hour, twisted and turned, and finally arrived. The driver parked the car at the pedestrian street next to the small bridge, and when he got out of the car, Li Xia was about to throw up, it was too far away.

This is an ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River, with newly built houses on the side and old houses on the other side of the river.

After resting for a while, Li Xia called Miss Ma and told her that she had arrived, and now Starbucks next to the small bridge.

Miss Ma went out to pick it up.

The two exchanged a few words, and Li Xia followed behind and walked into the hall.

In broad daylight, it's a little dark inside.

Li Xia sat on the sofa in the rest area, and Miss Ma brought a tea tray, "The barley tea we just purchased in our office tastes very good, you can taste it." ”

Li Xia felt that she was really a bun, and it was the first time she had heard of barley tea, so she took a sip lightly, smelling a fragrance, and it tasted very sweet.

"It's delicious, thank you."

"You take a rest first, and I'll take you around."

"Okay."

Li Xia sat all the way, and was indeed a little thirsty, and after a while, he drank the whole cup of barley tea. Miss Ma borrowed the toilet and then went out with her.

After listening to the introduction, I knew that this is the ancient town of Zhujiao. The bridge where I got off just now is called the Liberation Bridge. Just listen to the name, you know that there is a story in it.

Ms. Ma's company, in this ancient town, wanted to create a new town within a town, named Shangdu, and invited the four most famous Chinese architects in the world, Zhang Yonghe, Ma Yunqing, Liu Yichun and Deng Kunyan, who is good at transforming the old era, to carry out the project transformation.

When Li Xia heard this, she was immediately shocked, how could she know the names of so many architects.

In order not to show his idiocy, Li Xia was full of praise, the house was really beautifully built.

They arrived at the guest room model room, the decoration style inside is very simple, there are not many large rooms, and it is completely okay to paint a half-open size painting, Li Xia estimated it.

"Some of our rooms are already full of guests, it's a holiday and people are better. So, next, there are new hotel projects to open for business. ”

Li Xia kept his head on his head.

After turning around a long time and returning to the hall, Miss Ma took out a stack of documents and showed them to Li Xia, and if there was no objection, she would sign her name first.

Li Xia didn't expect it to be so formal, and after taking a closer look at the content inside, he had no possibility of defaulting on the size, quantity, delivery deadline and so on of the painting, so he signed it directly.

After signing, Li Xia was going crazy with joy.

Li Xia calculated, the first batch of 50 paintings, 500 yuan each, and even the tuition fees were earned at once.

Li Xia sent this good news to you Lin Qingyuan. Received a big thumbs up symbol.

Lin Qingyuan: "Are you at school during the holidays?" ”

Li Xia: "I came to Zhujiao today, and it was Chu Zhongnan's assistant who signed the contract for me. ”

"Are you still over there?"

"Yes, I'm going back to school soon."

"Don't go yet, I'm right here."

"What ???"

"We have a group project in our class, which happens to be done here at the Shangdu Hotel. You can wait for me on the first floor of the hall now. ”

"Okay."

I was really unprepared. Today, I wore a school uniform with a white T on the inside, jeans on the bottom, and Converse sneakers on my feet.

First, go to the McDonald's bathroom next to it and touch up your makeup.

Li Xia carried her bag and came to the hall on the first floor of Shangdu and sent a message saying that she had arrived. While waiting, I felt that my school uniform seemed to be out of place with the surrounding environment, so I simply took it off and held it in my hand.

Lin Qingyuan appeared handsomely in a white polo shirt and blue jeans.

"Are you busy?"

"It's fine. Have you eaten? ”

"No, I'm going to eat it again when I go back to school."

Li Xia originally wanted to eat, but she was afraid that when she took a taxi, she would vomit a car from others. In case the driver gets angry and throws her halfway, it will be miserable.

"Let's go eat first."

Lin Qingyuan's tone seemed to be a little unquestionable.

Li Xia followed to the executive restaurant on the top floor of the hotel.

The two of them found a place to sit by the window. The waiter served two glasses of water and handed over the menu.

"Look at what you want to eat, order whatever you want, Chu Zhongnan is treated."

"Are we going to eat big?"

"Well, let's see what you want to eat."

Li Xia saw that the price was not cheap anyway, so she ordered a black pepper steak set.

Lin Qingyuan asked for a 5-medium rare steak.

In the middle of the meal, Li Xia excused herself to go to the bathroom and wanted to buy the order first, and she was really grateful to Lin Qingyuan for the opportunity. Although he said that Chu Zhongnan was a treat, Chu Zhongnan didn't show up at all, and he didn't even have a phone call, so Li Xia didn't believe him at all.

"Hello, I want to pay."

"What's the number?"

"Just the location of the window next to it, I don't know what number it is, 2 steak sets."

"Miss, this has already been paid."

What the hell, I haven't eaten it yet, and I've already paid for it.

Li Xia returned to her seat, "I didn't even see you move, when did you pay for it?" ”

"It's not for you, it's Chu Zhongnan's treat."

"Well, thank you."

"After eating, you go back to your room to rest first, and then I will call you and tell you to come out."

What kind of arrangement is this, when Li Xia heard it, his head was a little big.

He said firmly, "I'll go back to school in a while." ”

Lin Qingyuan said: "Don't go back to school today, stay here for one night." ”

The more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes.

"Nope."

Lin Qingyuan looked at Li Xia, and his displeasure was written on his face.

"Chu Zhongnan's assistant, didn't he tell you? You are invited to experience the services of the hotel for one night. ”

"What? I don't know. ”

Li Xia took out her phone from her bag, there were 3 missed calls, and a text message.

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Li Xia read the text message, and really wanted to flee the scene quickly.

It turned out to be the accommodation arranged by Miss Ma, but I didn't mention it at all before, where did Li Xia know.

Anyway, I came here, and it was okay to stay for one night, anyway, there were so many people in the hotel, and Lin Qingyuan came with his classmates, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

After lunch, Lin Qingyuan accompanied Li Xia to the service desk on the first floor to get the door card.

"Where do you live?"

"I live on the top floor."

Li Xia took the door and saw that it was on the 8th floor.

Two people got into the elevator side by side.

Li Xia thought, fortunately, there was no one in the elevator, if this was seen, it wouldn't be talked about.

"You can go back and rest, too." Li Xia said.

Lin Qingyuan sent Li Xia to the door of the room, "Call me if you have something." ”

"Hmm."

Li Xia opened the door, hung his coat and bag in the cloakroom at the door, and went to wash his face.

The room was too quiet, Li Xia looked for the remote control, turned on the TV, and watched the news.

The room where Li Xia lived was large and open, and she could see the small bridge, flowing water, and people in the distance.

Beautiful pastoral life, Li Xia was reluctant to close the curtains, lay on the bed, and fell asleep after a while.

Li Xia woke up and it was already dark outside.

Picked up the phone on the bedside table, there was no missed call, one day from Lin Qingyuan's WeChat: "There is something to do, it will be a little later, you can also go downstairs first." ”

Li Xia got up, washed, put on makeup, cleaned up, and was about to go out when she heard a knock on the door.

When I opened the door, it was Lin Qingyuan.

"You didn't go downstairs."

"Just got up."

"Have you slept until now?"

"Hmm."

"That's just right. Let's go eat out. ”

In the ancient town, xiaolongbao is more famous, and everyone goes to those famous shops to eat. Especially on holidays like May Day, there are a lot of people from other places, and there are long queues in front of those storefronts.

Lin Qingyuan knew that there was one, Grandma Xiaolongbao, which tasted very good, and there were not many people.

When Li Xia arrived here, her eyes were dark, and she just listened to the arrangements of others.

Grandma's shop is very small, with a few aunts at the door making xiaolongbao and a middle-aged woman bringing customers in.

There are still empty seats inside, but the tables in the small shop are very close, and Li Xia leans sideways and sits in the innermost.

Because the xiaolongbao are freshly baked, it will be a little slow, and the two of them sat down for a while.

Li Xia looked at his mobile phone and was chatting with Li Xiangtian on WeChat, when a request for video chat suddenly came, Li Xia was startled, and his first reaction was to go out to talk.

Just when Li Xia got up and walked out, she saw that her aunt had already brought the hot and sour soup she ordered.

Li Xiangtian: "Are you outside?" ”

Li Xia: "It's a holiday, so I have to let myself out." ”

"Where did you go to play, did you go with your classmates? Go back to the dorm early, it's not safe to be outside at night. ”

"With my classmates, I'm eating out, and I'll go back after eating."

"Why haven't you eaten so late, it's not good for your stomach."

"Got it, Dad. For the sake of my stomach, I'll go eat first. ”

Li Xia was afraid to continue talking, so he said that he was revealing after a while, and ended the call. Run outside and talk, that's it. Otherwise, the whole room will witness Li Xia's panic moment.

Go back and sit down, the xiaolongbao is already on the table.

"Whose phone number?"

"My dad."

"Is there anything going on at home?"

"Nope. Just ask what you're doing during the holidays. ”

"What did you say?"

"I'll just say I'm going to go out and play."

"Didn't say who you hung out with?"

"Say, and classmates. I said I'd go back to my dorm after dinner. Li Xia smiled, "I'm sorry, I lied." ”

"Hurry up and eat, it's not delicious when it's cold."

Li Xia picked up a crab roe small cage, only to see that he had already placed a vinegar dish in front of him, and gently dipped the small cage in the vinegar dish and put it in his mouth, there was soup and meat and it was very fresh, and it was very satisfying to chew.

"It was delicious. You're good at finding a place. ”

"Then you eat more, there are three fresh foods in a cage here, you can taste it."

Although Li Xia has a bit of an appetite, a basket of 15 xiaolongbao is enough to eat.

Lin Qingyuan probably saw that Li Xia was eating very fragrantly, and said, "Wait a minute, let's go to the old street, there are more snacks, you can eat while watching." ”

Li Xia felt that she was really full of food, so she just walked along the river.

At night, the ancient town has flashing neon lights, and the lights are reflected in the water, like a colorful oil painting. The breeze blowing on the face makes people feel particularly suitable.

"The old house opposite is very smelly, is it going to be demolished?"

"In the renovation, the original style will be retained. You see that the shops on both sides of the pedestrian street are different from the decoration in the urban area, and they are all planned in a unified way, requiring antique decoration. ”

"When I first came in the morning, I almost didn't even recognize Starbucks, no longer a green mermaid, but a brown mermaid."

As he spoke, he walked to the door of a convenience store.

"You're waiting, I'm going to buy some water." Li Xia said.

Lin Qingyuan did not refuse.

When Li Xia came out of the convenience store, he happened to see him, took out a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket, smoked one, lit it, and spit out a cloud roll in his mouth.

I don't know when, Li Xia felt that the man who smoked was particularly attractive, and he may have been influenced by Li Xiangtian.

When I was a child, I didn't understand, when adults played mahjong, they often played while smoking, Li Xia didn't know how much second-hand smoke she smoked, but fortunately she grew up healthy.

"I'm a little tired from walking, let's find a place to sit." Li Xia said.

Just not far ahead, there was a small garden, and two people sat cross-legged.

Li Xia took out a can of beer and handed it to Lin Qingyuan.

Lin Qingyuan opened the can, "Do you want to drink some, I see that you liked to drink it last time." ”

Remembering the last time he drank, he almost got drunk, and Li Xia felt so embarrassed. "I don't dare to drink it, you won't drive today, you can drink, there is still it here."

Lixia drank the juice of her grapes.

"When are you going back?"

"I'm going to go out of town with my classmates tomorrow."

"Okay."

Li Xia originally thought that she could go back to school with him tomorrow, but it wouldn't work.

"I can send you back to school tomorrow."

"No, you're busy. I'll go back myself. ”

In the May season, the temperature has already begun to rise to welcome the arrival of summer. The park has been overflowing with the fragrance of flowers, not only people like to stay inside, mosquitoes are even more

Li Xia scratched his arm without mentioning it, and when he came out at night, he didn't wear a school uniform, which was a real mistake.

"Shall we go back?"

"You're going back to bed so early?"

Li Xia had slept all afternoon, and he was still asleep, "No. There are too many mosquitoes here. ”。

"Let's go back to the hotel and sit at the bar on the top floor."