The date was set at a restaurant near Nikkor Street. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info this is not far from Qi Luoling's apartment, and it is also the only area she is familiar with.

Qi Luoling walked out of the apartment and walked for more than ten minutes to the restaurant. The restaurant is located on a secluded trail not far from Nikkor Street. Along the road, the dots of lush trees make the restaurant even more elegant. The restaurant is a brick-red building.

Qi Luoling stepped into the dining room, with antique decoration, red brick walls, red tables and chairs, and tall metal candlesticks. The white candles on the wall stood burning, and the red flames fluttered slightly in the air. There are several colorful paintings hanging on the walls, ornate frames with patterns of flowers and plants, exaggerated and witty human figures, and charming scenery of scenery.

Not long after, Liu Shiran, dressed in a red coat, and a tall strange foreign man appeared at the door of the café. Qi Luoling stood up and beckoned to the two of them. The two of them came to her one after the other.

"Long time no see! I miss you so much! Liu Shiran stepped forward and gave Qi Luoling a warm hug.

"Me too." Qi Luoling responded with a smile.

"Let me introduce you, this is my friend Miss Qi Luoling, and this is my boyfriend Jacques." Liu Shiran winked mischievously at Qi Luoling.

Qi Luoling was stunned, and then quickly came back to her senses. Liu Shiran's love is really an unpredictable thing, it arises instantaneously and disappears instantly, and Qi Luoling even doubts whether Liu Shiran's love has ever really existed.

"Hello, Miss Qi, nice to meet you!" Mr. Jacques took the initiative to politely extend his right hand, and with a gentle shake between them, they sat down.

Qi Luoling glanced at Jacques, he was not more than thirty years old, with long brown and black hair, dark skin, black eyes, except for an artist's atmosphere, his facial features were not special.

At this time, Zhi Ying came over, and the three of them took the menu and ordered grilled lamb chops, roast chicken, beetroot soup, etc. Following the waiter's advice, I ordered a bottle of red wine.

"How long have you known each other?" Qi Luoling asked with a smile.

"It's less than a politeness. The first time I saw him, I always felt like we were reunited after a long absence. Liu Shiran looked at Jacques sweetly. Jacques nodded, hugging her.

Liu Shiran suddenly seemed to remember something, and opened the bag in his hand to rummage for something.

"By the way, I almost forgot, I have a gift for you."

After speaking, Liu Shiran took out a pink gift box and handed it to Qi Luoling.

"Thank you, you're so kind."

Qi Luoling opened the gift box, untied the bow tied to it, and opened the lid, it turned out to be a light purple hairpin, decorated with dark blue agate, shining, very beautiful.

"I wonder if you like it?"

"Thank you, I like it very much, the hairpin is beautiful, and your eye is really good." Qi Luoling said approvingly.

"I don't pick a gift, this gift was chosen by Jacques, after all, he is engaged in art, so his aesthetic vision is very unique."

"Excuse me, what does Monsieur Jacques do about art?" Qi Luoling's heart moved, and then asked.

"Jacques used to study fine arts, but now he prepares for an exhibition at a museum."

"What kind of work?"

"Mainly collect and organize materials on classical history paintings."

Waiting to interrupt their conversation, he handed the roast lamb chops, roast chicken, and beetroot soup to the table in turn, opened the red wine, and poured a wine glass.

During the meal, she inquired in detail about Jacques, about the stylistic classification of paintings, the location of famous museums and private galleries and the collection of major works. Jacques patiently and carefully answered them one by one.

"Miss Qi, do you like painting very much now?" Liu Shiran asked puzzled.

"Well, yes, I'm kind of interested right now." Qi Luoling said.

The three of them had finished eating, and the waiters removed the dishes and served desserts.

"Is Mr. Jacques busy at work?" Qi Luoling asked.

"Now that the preparations for the museum exhibition are nearing completion, there are almost no special important things, and I have only been taking care of some trivial chores lately." Jacques replied.

"Then I want to ask you to help me with something." Qi Luoling thought a lot and said in a calm tone as much as possible.

"What's the matter?" Jacques and Liu Shiran were surprised at the same time, put down the dessert in their hands, and looked at her without turning their eyes.

"I hope that Mr. Jacques will take me to visit private galleries or museums in the city. In other words, I hope that Mr. Jacques will be my tour guide. Of course, I'll pay for it. ”

Mr. Jacques was silent, and then said, "You know so well that you have to pay me to be your guide." Maybe it's not just out of interest or love for painting? ”

"Yes, my real purpose is to find a painting." Qi Luoling thought for a while and said.

"I can help with this, in fact, you don't have to go to a gallery or a museum to find it, as long as you can name the painting and the author, I can find the collector of the painting from the online database of the work. Can you tell me whose painting you are looking for? What's the name of that painting? ”

"I don't know whose work it is, or the name of the painting."

Jacques and Liu Shiran exchanged puzzled looks, and then said, "Since you don't know the name of the painting and the work, how can you be sure that you are looking for a painting?" Isn't that a paradox? Isn't that a paradox? ”