In the early morning, Tang Mei was completely unaffected by jet lag and was still asleep, but Zhao Ruozhi was already very awake. Although it is said to be entering Hollywood, the company's foothold for Zhao Ruozhi is near Times Square in New York.

Zhao Ruozhi sent a message to Tang Mei and went for a walk in Central Park alone.

Fifth Avenue hasn't opened yet, and there are only a few people on the road who are wearing headphones for morning jogging. Breathing in the air without exhaust in the morning, Zhao Ruozhi felt more relaxed than ever.

Walking quietly in the park, she didn't even feel like she was in a completely foreign country. even felt that as long as he turned around, Zhou Yi was still by his side, breathing the morning air with him, sitting on the bench together and watching the narrow street become lively from deserted.

"What a coincidence, we met."

Su Xiaoyu was wearing a black tight-fitting sportswear, and his muscle lines were clearly visible under the thin line. He gasped and stopped beside Zhao Ruozhi, with beads of sweat still hanging on his face.

"What a coincidence." Zhao Ruozhi looked at the beads of sweat on Su Xiaoyu's forehead, and somehow felt that this person's full forehead was a little familiar.

"What's wrong? Is there anything on my face? Su Xiaoyu saw Zhao Ruozhi staring at him, and subconsciously stretched his sleeves and wiped his face.

"Nope." Zhao Ruozhi wasn't sure, "Have we seen each other before?" ”

The man suddenly laughed: "We met on the plane yesterday. "The white teeth are neatly arranged, and you can't take your eyes off it.

"I don't mean yesterday, I mean before yesterday."

"Are you accosting me?"

"Forget it." Zhao Ruozhi gave up, "It may be that you look more like someone I know." ”

"Are you Chinese?" Su Xiaoyu asked.

"Yes. I came to the United States to visit my aunt when I was very young, and I was too young to remember anything. ”

"What is Auntie?"

"It's my mother's sister."

"Maybe we met each other when we were kids."

"Maybe."

Su Xiaoyu saw Zhao Ruo come out alone, so he asked casually, "Why didn't you see your friend?" ”

"She's still sleeping, I can't sleep."

"It's nice not to be affected by jet lag."

"yes, are you also because you can't sleep?"

"I'm used to waking up early." Su Xiaoyu sat down beside Zhao Ruozhi and relaxed his long legs outward. "Listen to Tom Mei, you came to the United States to work."

"Yes. I'm an actor, and now the company sent me to the United States to develop. ”

"That'scool" Su Xiaoyu slapped his thigh, "Can I take a picture with you?" ”

"Yes. But I haven't put on makeup, so it's not very good-looking. ”

"You look good without makeup." Su Xiaoyu praised.

"Thank you."

"Do you have WeChat? We can add a friend. ”

"Okay!"

Su Xiaoyu has a pleasant cell existence in his body, and he laughs heartily from time to time, which can easily infect Zhao Ruozhi. She can't remember the last time she chatted with strangers like this, and since she became popular, she has to be careful every time she goes out, for fear of being discovered by fans.

No one knows her in this place, and she has faded away from the aura of "star", which makes people feel extra comfortable. She could finally laugh loudly in the sun, walk leisurely on the side of the road like an ordinary person, and sit casually on a park bench and chat with strangers.

"I have an older brother who is a half-brother – it was my mom who helped me find a dad from the sperm bank – and he's a weirdo, nerd who only learns. I never participated in club activities, and I didn't have a girlfriend at the age of twenty. ”

"Actually, this is normal in China."

"Really? But he grew up almost in the United States. Su Xiaoyu didn't understand, "Wouldn't that be boring?" ”

"Maybe he thinks learning is the top priority."

"Maybe." Su Xiaoyu put his hands behind his head, "It's natural to like excellent people, and if you like it, you should pursue it." ”

"What if the person you like already has a boyfriend or girlfriend?"

"As long as you're not married, you can grab it." Su Xiaoyu seemed to be talking about the weather with ease.

"Rob?" Zhao Ruozhi's eyes widened, "Yours mean 'fight'?" ”

"Yes, that's what I meant. Use your best to attract him. ”

Zhao Ruozhi lowered his head and thought for a while, his mind was still a mess.

"What's wrong?" Su Xiaoyu found that Zhao Ruozhi seemed to have something on his mind.

"Nothing. Something more troublesome suddenly came to mind. ”

"Feeling bad? Anyway, it's the weekend, if you don't mind, I'll take you to New York. ”

The gray-green eyes flashed with sincerity, which made Zhao Ruozhi's heart move.

"Okay."

"Then you wait for me for ten minutes, and I'll come back and change my clothes."

"See you in fifteen minutes."

In less than fifteen minutes, Zhao Ruozhi began to fall asleep on the bench.

"Hey! I am back. ”

Fifteen minutes later, no less, Su Xiaoyu had already changed into casual clothes, put on sunglasses, and even rearranged his hair. He had two cups of coffee and a piece of cake in his hand.

"Americano with sugar or milk, cakes are low-fat and should be fattening."

"Thank you." Zhao Ruozhi took the coffee, and his fingers accidentally touched Su Xiaoyu's skin, which was a little warm.

The aroma of coffee flowed through his nose and through his lips and teeth, dispelling most of Zhao Ruozhi's sleepiness.

"The coffee is so good, what brand is this?"

"I brewed it myself, and I picked the coffee beans specifically in Indonesia. If you like, I can send you some coffee beans. ”

"Thank you."

Su Xiaoyu didn't continue when he saw that Zhao Ruozhi had only eaten two bites of cake, so he asked, "Don't you like to eat cakes?" ”

"The cake is delicious, I'm full." Zhao Ruozhi was not used to eating sweets in the morning, so he began to feel sick to his stomach after only two bites.

"Let's go, I'll take you to MET."

"The Met?"

"It's a museum, but I don't know if the Chinese name is this."

"I'm sorry I came to the United States in a hurry this time, and I didn't even have time to do my homework."

"With me here, I don't need to do my homework."

When Su Xiaoyu took Zhao Ruozhi to the museum, the museum had just opened. At this time, there was already a long queue to enter the museum.

People come to the Metropolitan Museum from all over the world, and everyone is quietly and orderly lining up to go through security and buy tickets.

The museum's ticket price is only the recommended price, and Zhao Ruozhi noticed that the bulletin board on the wall reads the recommended price: $25 for adults, $17 for people over 65, $12 for students, and members and students under 12 years old do not need to buy tickets.

Zhao Ruozhi saw that Su Xiaoyu paid $100 for the ticket, and felt that this person probably had too much money to spend.

The staff warmly put museum stickers on Zhao Ruozhi and Su Xiaoyu and welcomed them to visit the museum.

Su Xiaoyu said: "I think this museum is completely worthy of the $50 ticket price per person, and it should be regarded as a contribution to culture and art." ”

"Why do you say that?"

"It costs a lot of money to maintain a museum, and if we don't have the money to maintain it, we won't be able to see these things."

Zhao Ruozhi followed Su Xiaoyu from one exhibition hall to another in the museum, completely unable to distinguish the direction.

"How do you get the bearing?"

"It's too much, and it's natural to remember it."

"Do you live in New York?"

"I live in New York for a few months a year, and I come by when I have time."

"That's really convenient."

"Do you like it here? I'll take you to see one of the most powerful! Su Xiaoyu was afraid that Zhao Ruozhi would be separated in the crowd, so he simply grabbed her wrist and led her to a hall.

"There's a temple in Egypt here, and it's been moved in its entirety."

I saw that in the empty hall, there was an entire wall made of glass, and the hall was surrounded by a circle of water. The most striking thing is a square temple on the central platform of the "river", in front of which stands a heavy front gate covered with reliefs.

Opposite the front gate stands a row of statues of gods, guarding the entire temple.

"This is the Temple of Dendur," Su Xiaoyu explained to Zhao Ruozhi, "At that time, the Americans moved these cultural relics here in order to rescue them. ”

"Is it because the local authorities can't protect them?"

"At that time, Egypt was going to build a dam, and they had already rescued a lot of temples, and Egypt had no way to save this temple, so they sent it to the United States. The museum has built a pavilion dedicated to this temple, which shows the importance of this temple. ”

Su Xiaoyu took Zhao Ruozhi into the temple, even if it was a very small temple, it also had a complete structure, and the main hall had several doors, which was very solemn and solemn.

Entering the temple, Zhao Ruozhi didn't dare to breathe loudly, for fear of disturbing the gods in the temple.

The open part of the hall is not large, only for one person to walk, only a few steps away, Zhao Ruozhi was attracted by these lifelike reliefs. In the inner sanctum, she felt the presence of time and space, as if she had returned to Egypt more than 3,500 years ago, watching the locals carve these portraits into the heavy stone with one stroke.

"Let's go, let's go see something else." Su Xiaoyu patted Zhao Ruozhi on the shoulder, and Zhao Ruozhi came back to his senses.

"Okay."

Postscript to this chapter

There is something to say about the Met:

MET is indeed a museum well worth visiting, I visited it myself in 2016, and it's normal to get lost in it......

The Metropolitan Museum of Art sits on Fifth Avenue, a luxury city with Central Park in the background, so you can never visit it all in a day.

It's a lot of fun to visit museums (many of which you can't read), as they bring together artifacts from all over the world and give you the illusion of traveling back in time.

Some people think that it is very immoral for the United States (and many other Western countries) to loot some artifacts during times of war or other special times, but if the Temple of Dendel is an example, if the United States does not move the temple into a museum, then we may never see such a complete temple with such a long history.

Compared with going to Egypt to see the temple, the cost of going to the museum to see it is much smaller, which is conducive to the spread of culture.

The looting of cultural relics is emotionally unacceptable, but the benefits may outweigh the disadvantages in terms of cultural preservation. It is heart-wrenching to think about the cultural relics in our country that have been destroyed because of the changes in history. On the contrary, the looted cultural relics are well preserved, which is of great help to historical research.

Museums in the United States do a better job of popularizing science than in China, they will roughly introduce the role of the exhibits on the glass, instead of just listing a name, and spend traffic to scan the QR code to listen to the audio explanation (cover your face).