Overwhelmed

Chapter 40

A good start is half the battle. This sentence seems to be especially suitable for me and Brother Bai.

He was originally a person who, if he didn't want to, no one could force him to compromise, so Brother Bai agreed to make that bet with me so easily that day, in my opinion, it was clearly a signal that his heart had loosened. I just don't know if he realizes it himself.

Smiling and smearing on the drawing board in front of me, the summer breeze with the fragrance of green grass is blowing over my face. I am in a good mood looking at the painting that I have been working on for a long time. The paintbrush was picked up, and he skillfully began to clean up the scattered paint.

"It's a good painting." The visitor's voice carried a frivolous smile.

I slightly raised my eyebrows, looking at this man who came here often uninvited recently, I felt a bit of a headache, "Young Master Zheng is in a good mood, why are you free to run here again today?"

How many times has this been done?Is the frequency of seeing this person in Diyao a bit too high recently?

Di Yao is so big, once or twice can be said to be a coincidence, and he met seven or eight times within half a month, even a fool can understand that there is something tricky in it, right?

And the amazing thing is that this guy always appeared when I was painting alone, I never saw him when I was around, and I don’t know if he did it on purpose.

"I've always been free." Zheng Jingren's peach blossom eyes turned slightly, and a pair of romantic eyes looked at me with a half-smile. He asked me to take my friends to support him in a lively place, but I don’t know if Mingyuan is free today, so come and have a meal with me?”

By the time he spoke, I had already packed up all the painting tools.

Mingyuan or something, for this familiar person, after I tried it once, I didn't bother to correct it, anyway, it didn't affect me at all.

With the drawing board on my back, I smiled and shook my head slightly to Zheng Jingren, "I'm really sorry, I have something to do later, I'm afraid I have to let Zheng Shaobai take a trip."

After finishing speaking, I slightly nodded to Zheng Jingren, took the paint from his hand, turned and left.

I really don't have a good impression of this prince of the Zheng family.

There are countless men and women who have played this game before, but I didn't expect to hit my head this time.

But fortunately, he seems to have some scruples about my identity as "Lu Mingzhao's cousin", so he didn't want to use both soft and hard methods to treat others, and take it by force.

I was already familiar with the romantic affairs of this man who were widely circulated in City A after he came to Diyao for the first time and appeared in front of me.

Moreover, he is a guy who throws away after playing and treats feelings casually, and I am completely different from me.

Thinking of Jiang Cow, who quietly dropped out of Diyao and quit the crew of "Ups and Downs", and then completely disappeared. Although I feel that the child is completely to blame, I still have a deeper understanding of Zheng Jingren's ruthlessness. .

It's just that I don't know where I fell into the eyes of this romantic young man, tsk.

I didn't pay much attention to Zheng Jingren's invitation, and my reason for rejecting him was not a lie. I invited Brother Bai to see the art exhibition together this afternoon.

Thinking of this, I looked down at the time, and it seemed that I still had time to go back to the apartment to take a shower and change clothes, so my pace was a little faster.

What does it take to pursue someone?I am not very clear about this.But if you like someone, you can't help but want to see him all the time, want him to feel happy all the time, want to get closer to his heart, and understand his thoughts.

According to the novel, Brother Bai seldom goes out except for necessary entertainment and exercise.

Unlike many sons who love to be lively and party nowadays, Big Brother Bai seems to be more quiet. It just so happens that when I go to a place that is too noisy for a long time, my head will hurt, so I simply chose some lighter activities, such as this afternoon's art exhibition.

I went back to the apartment to take a shower and changed into fresh clothes. After I smoothed the hair of Xiaoya who kept circling around me, and made a promise to take him to Big Brother Baijia to play with Little Caesar another day, this Only then went out slowly.

Because the house of the Lu family is a bit far from Diyao, and the eldest brother is not at home, I occasionally live in the apartment in the city for a few days when I have many classes or other things. no problem.

"Brother Bai." Seeing the figure sitting under the tall lilac tree not far away, I trotted over.

When I stood still, the man also got up, and asked me with a smile, "Have you had lunch?"

Only then did I realize that I was just focusing on painting and going home to take a shower, and I completely forgot about eating.

After only a slight pause, the person opposite frowned knowingly, then pulled me into the car, and told the driver the name of the restaurant in a flat tone.

The air conditioner was turned on in the car, and the pores of my body stretched out as soon as I sat in. I felt a little lazy, and I wanted to reach out for the herbal tea on the small table.

A long and slender hand with well-defined bones held down mine, and I raised my head and blinked at Big Brother Bai in puzzlement, and then I heard his voice that couldn't discern his emotions faintly, "You haven't eaten lunch yet, at this time Drink herbal tea, you will feel uncomfortable in the afternoon."

Only then did I laugh out loud, and rubbed against him, looking at him with bright eyes, "Are you not angry anymore?"

Brother Bai raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why am I angry?"

I smiled and held his hand, shaking it happily, "I'm sorry for making you worry, but I just forgot to focus on painting today, and I will definitely eat on time in the future. Don't be like this with one or two of you." Don't worry, my stomach has been much better recently."

Saying that, I puffed out my chest and patted my stomach.

Brother Bai looked at me for a while, then heaved a long sigh and pulled his hand back. I exerted a little force, and he let me go.

"Be more careful in the future."

"Hmm~."

The place where we ate was not far from the art exhibition.

After the meal, Brother Bai and I walked all the way to the private gallery where the art exhibition was held.

When I was walking, I always felt like something was wrong, until some fashionable girls came up and asked to take a photo with me.

I just remembered that because of "Confession Gate" and "Ups and Downs", my face seems to be a little famous now, but because I haven't had contact with those people for some days, I almost completely forgot about these people.

"Lu Yuan, are you Lu Yuan?!"

"We've always liked you!"

"Yes! So can we take a photo together?"

A few girls were chattering, their voices were a bit loud. Fortunately, this is a square, so even if someone looked sideways, not many people paid attention.

I was embarrassed for a while, but I still smiled and agreed to take a photo with those girls. I felt a little subtle in my heart, because when I was recognized just now, the first thought in my mind was that the little novel would be fooled by Tang Yuan. Powder smashed eggs OTL.

To my surprise, Brother Bai took the initiative to take pictures for us.

Looking at Big Brother Bai who was concentrating on fiddling with the camera and saying "three two one" to us in a warm voice, I couldn't help raising the corners of my lips and bending my eyes deeply.

Such a big brother Bai, I don't know why he feels so at home.

After the girls left excitedly, I touched my face and looked at their backs, feeling a little subtle.

Big Brother Bai had a bit of curiosity in his eyes, "What's wrong?"

I thought for a while, "I just suddenly felt that it's a good thing I decided to quit the entertainment industry, otherwise I really couldn't imagine the kind of life where people pay attention to me as soon as I go out, and I'm stopped by strangers anytime, anywhere. There is no freedom at all. Bar."

Big Brother Bai glanced behind us with a smile, and I realized that he was implying that there were bodyguards following behind us without a trace, and he suddenly became ecstatic, because when I found out that the girls were not malicious, I signaled preparation with my eyes The bodyguards who rushed forward retreated.

So Brother Bai wants to say that even if I continue to be an actor, I don't have to worry about being stopped by strangers?

I pursed my lips, that’s not what I wanted to express, hey...

Someone touched the top of my head suddenly, I turned my head slightly, and saw a soft smile on Big Brother Bai's face that seemed to know everything, "I understand what you mean."

The hand that fell beside him was quickly grasped loosely, "Let's go, it's getting late."

I raised the corners of my lips and followed with a smile.

The painter who is currently holding an exhibition is a rising star. It is said that his composition style is eccentric and bold, and the use of color is quite innovative. Some media even called it "Picasso of the 21st century".

Although the media reports always have some elements of show, but since it has been recognized by so many people, and it has been auctioned at astonishing prices for several days, it should be something to watch.

As a student majoring in oil painting, I am naturally willing to go. Of course, it would be more beautiful to have a date together. Anyway, Big Brother Bai almost never refuses my invitation.

There are not many people here, probably because it is the last two days.

Holding Brother Bai's hand all the way in, the staff at the entrance handed us two brochures. Their eyes kept staring at the hands of Brother Bai and me, and they glanced over us vaguely from time to time.

Smiling at the girl, I turned my head and glanced at Big Brother Bai. He didn't seem to notice anything strange about the two of us holding hands all the time, and I was so happy.

After taking a rough look at the brochure, there are more than 30 paintings in total, no more and no less.

It's just that when I saw the first painting, I felt very bad.

Brother Bai didn't seem to have expected to see such a painting.

"...Why do I suddenly feel that I'm in the wrong place?" I muttered to the words that were blinding, and I turned my head to look at Big Brother Bai in a daze.

He was silent for a while, then stretched out his hand and patted my head comfortingly, and said hesitantly, "...Maybe, the later ones will be good."

This tone obviously means that even you don’t believe it yourself!

After we watched it all around, I didn't even have the desire to complain.

I took one last look at the series of blinding 0s under the paintings that had been auctioned, and I was dragged out of the gallery by Brother Bai in a daze.

"It's unscientific... That kind of painting can be sold for so much money =pan=!" Looking at Brother Bai with blood on his face, I finally couldn't help complaining, "That level is obviously the graffiti of elementary school students Right?! Where did the journalists see the style of '21st century Picasso'! How irresponsible!"

Big Brother Bai smiled without saying a word. After a while, seeing that I had calmed down a little, he said, "Ming Yuan doesn't know who the owner of this painting exhibition is?"

I raised my eyebrows slightly, and then I came to my senses, "You mean, this painter named Eric... has some background?" I really don't want to call such a weird painter TvT!

Brother Bai nodded, "He is the grandson of Mr. Zheng's family."

I frowned slightly, "It's the Zheng family again?"

If it was the grandson of the Zheng family, it would be completely understandable.As long as there is a backstage these days, there are countless people rushing to curry favor.

"And...?" Brother Bai looked at me suspiciously.

"Ah... no, it's just that I can often see Zheng Jingren recently, so it's a bit of a conditioned reflex."

Brother Bai paused slightly, "Why do you often meet that person?" His tone was a little subtle.

I rubbed my hair embarrassingly, knowing that this was a normal reaction when the Zheng family was mentioned, and it was because that guy... was too famous!

"I don't know either." I frowned and frowned, thinking of Zheng Jingren's ambiguous gaze that was sure to win, I became a little irritable, "That guy has been wandering around Diyao recently, and I don't know if he is looking for new prey again. .”

This is not to slander Zheng Jingren, it is said that that guy has always regarded Diyao as his back garden, and when he sees a beautiful child who is close to his eyes, he will decisively kill him. .

but……

No, why did they detour to Zheng Jingren's place again!Obviously just talking about the painter.

"If that price can be sold at that price, wouldn't my painting be sold at a sky-high price?" Brother Bai raised his chin, and I couldn't help complaining.

He seemed to be taken aback for a moment, then nodded as if remembering something, and said with a smile, "Whenever you open an art exhibition, I will definitely go to join you."

I chuckled, "The art exhibition is held to slaughter those who have been taken advantage of. Why are you joining in the fun? Why not keep it..."

I swallowed the rest of the words, ahem... This person is not mine yet, I will save it for me to talk about when someone abducts me later.

Brother Bai raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he understood what I had to say.

I turned my head and pretended not to see his joking eyes. After thinking about it, I called Wan Qi and told him to avoid this Eric when buying paintings for collection or investment in the future.

When he was about to hang up the phone, Wan Qi stopped him.

I was curious about what he was going to say, so I heard him stammering, "Master, I just received an invitation letter from Song Meiyu, inviting you to attend her wedding ceremony with Tang Yuan the day after tomorrow..."

After hanging up the phone, I looked at Big Brother Bai blankly, "Song Meiyu invited me to her and Tang Yuan's wedding."

Brother Bai looked at me for a while, "So?"

"I'm not going, it's so baffling, what does their marriage have to do with me?" I couldn't help curling my lips.

"It so happened that the Bai family also received an invitation letter from the Song family." Brother Bai said lightly.

I looked at him uncertainly, listening to what he meant, "Brother Bai, are you planning to go?"

Brother Bai nodded slightly, "Since Song Qidong personally invited me, I'm going to have a look."

He paused, his eyes suddenly fell into mine, and he said without doubt, "You also go together."