My mother should still be asleep, but she didn't notice that she went out in the middle of the night and came back.

Zhao Nanxiao passed by her mother's bedroom door and returned to her room. After lying in bed for a while, she suddenly felt a little worried. She opened her eyes and got up. The lights were not turned on. She came to the window again and opened a little curtain and looked down.

Sure enough, this fool was still standing below and not leaving, standing motionless like a pillar in the night wind.

She suddenly felt angry, and was about to send a message with her phone to scold him for not being pitiful like this. She was very annoying and asked him to go home immediately. Seeing him moving suddenly, he looked up at the top, and finally turned around. His figure slowly disappeared into the shadow of the green belt at the end of the brick road.

Zhao Nanxiao watched him leave and breathed a sigh of relief.

The next day, Zhao Nanxiao still asked for leave from the unit.

Chen Xiaoman asked her to accompany her to attend the ceremony of signing a strategic partnership between the museum and an art museum in Europe. On that day, the exhibition hall not only exhibited many latest art works from various schools at home and abroad, but also invited many famous Chinese and foreign artists.

Assistant Xiao Zhou went to his grandfather's place to drive the car back in the morning, and then rushed to the art museum to work. Zhao Nanxiao helped drive. After getting on the road, Chen Xiaoman sighed: "Oh, now I am older and my sleep is getting worse and worse at night. To be honest, I don't want to do anything in the museum in the United States anymore. I'm too tired. Did I dream last night? Why did I hear the movement of you opening the door? I originally wanted to ask, but after drinking, I couldn't wake up, and fell asleep in a daze."

Zhao Nanxiao's heart was beating and looked at her mother. Seeing her talking, she turned over the small mirror above the front of her seat and carefully looked at her face to check her makeup. She looked at her casually asking questions. Then she breathed a sigh of relief and responded as if nothing had happened: "I left the room in the middle of the night last night and went to the kitchen to pour water when I was thirsty."

Chen Xiaoman believed it: "Prepare a thermos in the room before going to bed next time, so as to save yourself from having to climb out of the bed in the middle of the night."

"knew."

After Chen Xiaoman looked in the mirror, he was quite satisfied with his face. He took back the mirror and then received a message from his phone.

She replied to the message and looked up to her daughter and said, "Sheng Sisi sent me, asking me when I will arrive. Her TV station will also come to interview and report today. Xiaonan, you should know Sheng Sisi when you are studying. Just the female host on the TV station is quite famous."

Although Zhao Nanxiao doesn't watch TV at all, he also knows Sheng Sisi's recent situation.

After graduating from college, she joined the TV station and started hosting variety shows. Because she has a beautiful appearance, good eloquence, and can speak fluent English, she soon became the leading actress of the TV station. Unlike ordinary vases, she has now begun to turn to interviews and build intellectually.

"Well, know a little." She responded lightly.

Perhaps it was because of traffic jams and boring on the road, Chen Xiaoman didn't care about her daughter's cold attitude and began to talk about Sheng Sisi.

"I have a good impression of this girl. I met her at an event last year. She is very enthusiastic and can talk..."

She glanced at her daughter who was concentrating on driving, and looked like a "other person's daughter": "The personality is really much better than you don't know!"

Zhao Nanxiao didn't hear it.

My mother continued her topic: "Later, I often contacted me and sent me blessings during the holidays. Once after work, I asked me about Xu Shu and told me something about Xu Shu. I only realized that Xu Shu was so good at playing in college and liked him a lot. No wonder, he was handsome and talented. Which girl didn't like such a boy?"

Zhao Nanxiao didn't speak, staring at the stop-and-go car in front of him.

"Sheng Sisi herself did not say it clearly, but when I heard her mention Xu Shu's tone, she and Xu Shu seemed to be happy before. But last time I remembered that I asked Xu Shu casually, and he said that he had never had a girlfriend."

"Ai Xiaonan, are Xu Shu really fickle in college? It doesn't look like him now."

Zhao Nanxiao suddenly remembered the incident that she heard from the girl in the same bed that year that Xu Shu had heard from Sheng Sisi and then threw her into the face and was smashed into steamed buns in public to scold scum. She said with a cold face: "I don't know! I'm just a nerd! Don't be a goblin, always care about other people's idiots!"

Chen Xiaoman turned her face and looked at her daughter, very dissatisfied: "What did you say? Your mother is a goblin? Do you think I look like you? How do you talk to you?"

"Mom, you are young, beautiful and elegant, plus artistic cultivation! When you go out, people think you are my sister! Are you satisfied? I'm driving, don't always talk to me and distract me? If you hit someone, let's see how you go to the art gallery later!"

Chen Xiaoman looked at the traffic outside the car window and looked down at the watch.

"I know, I know, didn't I just remember to say a few casual words? As for it, my temper is getting worse and worse! Be careful when driving!"

Mom finally stopped disturbing and her ears became clear.

Zhao Nanxiao drove to the gate of the art museum. Xiao Zhou was already waiting and ran over and said, "Director, are you here? Several VIPs have arrived, and Miss Sheng and the others have arrived at the TV station."

Chen Xiaoman asked her daughter to park the car and come, and she and her assistant hurried in first.

Zhao Nanxiao was not very interested in such occasions, but she had come. If she didn't go in, she would definitely make her mother angry again. She sat in the car for a while. At around nine o'clock, she probably was completely busy and didn't care about staring at her, so she got out of the car and walked in.

The event was held in the exhibition hall No. 1. Because the signing ceremony was held, there was a subsequent symposium of Chinese and foreign artists. It was not open to the general public today, but there were still many people inside. In addition to the relevant person in charge of the Double Pavilion, the Art Foundation, the invited Chinese and foreign artists and guests, and officials from the Ministry of Culture also came.

When Zhao Nanxiao went in, he saw his mother smiling and talking to several microphones and video recorders: "...We are both public cultural institutions with very social influence. While inheriting the history of their respective countries and paying tribute to the classics, through this cooperation, it integrates the academic resources of the two museums and actively promotes the exchange and development of international culture."

"Courtess Chen, then in your opinion, what is the mass value of contemporary art?"

A female TV host with long curly hair and wearing a Chanel white short skirt suit held a microphone and asked a question.

Zhao Nanxiao stopped and recognized him.

It's Sheng Sisi.

Chen Xiaoman smiled: "The boundaries of contemporary art are constantly expanding. Kant believes that aesthetics is the pleasure in research and appreciation, and study a kind of pleasure that has no interest and no concept but is still universal and direct. Therefore, beauty produces happiness. Contemporary art, or the popular value of aesthetics, is to allow contemporary people to learn to perceive and explore happiness in their heavy life and work day-to-day life."

The girl said: "You spoke so well! I believe that after watching your episode, more viewers will definitely go to the art gallery to explore the true meaning of beauty..."

Zhao Nanxiao walked over quietly, looked at some of the furnished works in the exhibition hall, and then came to the art coffee shop located beside him, ordered a cup of coffee, and sat in an empty seat next to the floor-to-ceiling window glass.

The glass of the floor-to-ceiling window was spotlessly clean, and the bright sunlight shone in, reflecting the large and fresh spring rain beside us. In the cabinet opposite, there were pleasing macarons with pink and tender colors. The burnt fragrance of hot coffee was being made floating in the air. In the venue next door, laughter and voice vaguely sounds.

Zhao Nanxiao took out his cell phone casually and flipped through it.

No new news.

The girl in a neatly dressed in uniform brought her coffee.

"Ms. Zhao, your coffee."

"Thanks!"

Zhao Nanxiao smiled and nodded at the little girl, put down her cell phone, picked up the coffee and took a sip.

She held the cup in her hand and looked out the window. When she was gradually ecstatic, she suddenly heard a message. She looked at it and found that it was an advertisement from the operator. She deleted it. She simply threw her phone into her bag. She picked up a fashion magazine on the table, leaned on the sofa and flipped it. She turned to a page of a certain brand of lipstick advertisement page, stopped, and was studying the color number. A clattering sound from high heels walking in her ears.

At this time, there was no one in the coffee shop. Apart from her, there was only the little girl standing behind the counter.

Zhao Nanxiao felt that the visitor stopped beside him and looked up.

Sheng Sisi.

She smiled and said, "The Queen's Scepter is quite easy to use. The cream is delicate, like a cream matte, but it is not greasy at all. As long as you don't take the initiative to wipe it, you can maintain it for a whole day without any repair. Even if you don't have to worry about fading and embarrassing when eating, the color is very positive. I like it very much. Now I'm applying it, the color number 001 is also recommended for you."

Zhao Nanxiao glanced at her delicate and bright red lips and smiled: "Thank you for the introduction."

"Don't be kind, can I sit down?"

Sheng Sisi pointed to the opposite side.

"certainly."

Sheng Sisi sat down and asked for a cup of coffee, then smiled and said, "Time is so fast. In a blink of an eye, it has been so many years since I graduated from college! I am probably nostalgic, and I always feel that I am still in the past. Sometimes I dream of things in college. It's better to have the past. Even though I was stupid at that time, I was worth it. Unlike now, I worked hard all day long. I really miss my time in college."

She sighed.

Zhao Nanxiao smiled but didn't respond.

"Zhao Nanxiao, this seems to be the first time we met after graduating from college, right?"

"really."

"I remember you used to have long hair, but now you look good, and this hairstyle is suitable for you. As long as you are beautiful, you will look good in any hairstyle."

Sheng Sisi looked at her with a smile and said.

In fact, when they were in college, Zhao Nanxiao and she were also different from the school. The only time the two had a closest encounter was that Zhao Nanxiao went outside the school to find Xu Shu and wanted to persuade him not to skip classes. But he met him and Sheng Sisi in the bungalow.

After Xu Shu left, Sheng Sisi came out and questioned her relationship with Xu Shu, and her attitude was not very friendly. Later, Zhao Nanxiao never had any contact with her again, and they all heard about Sheng Sisi from others.

Now that she met here, her attitude became so familiar. Although Zhao Nanxiao had no desire to communicate further, based on her feelings, she knew that she had come here to talk to her.

"Thanks."

Zhao Nanxiao smiled and thanked her, waiting for her to speak.

Sure enough, the little girl brought the coffee. She took a sip, put it down, and asked, "Zhao Nanxiao, I heard that you are working in the same place as Xu Shu now?"

Zhao Nanxiao nodded: "Yes."

"I have something to ask him for help. Can I give him a contact information?" She looked at Zhao Nanxiao and asked with a smile.

Zhao Nanxiao also smiled and said, "I do have his contact information, but without his permission, it is not convenient to disclose it. I believe you can understand it."

"Yes, I understand, I took the liberty."

Sheng Sisi nodded: "You should also know that I had a good time with him before, but later he had a breakup. He was ruthless, fickle, and turned his back on others. Last year, he returned to China and went to the west quietly. I accidentally saw the video of the bridge breaking ground on the Internet some time ago and realized that he was there!"

She blamed her mouth, but with a smile on her face, and she spread her hands like a self-mockery.

"It's a coincidence that Taili was planning to make a special film about the bridge. In addition to hosting, I was also one of the interviews. At that time, I thought, isn't this one of the good materials, so I submitted the production plan to Taili, and the Taili approved it, and I asked him for this. It's okay, I'd better contact their project department through the program team, so it's more formal."

Zhao Nanxiao smiled, picked up the cup of coffee that was gradually cooling in front of him, took a sip, put it down, and glanced at the watch.

"Sheng Sisi, why don't you sit for a while? I'll go to the exhibition hall to find my mother's problem..."

"Wait a minute, I will tell you something if I meet it."

Sheng Sisi stopped her: "Ye Zhizhou has also returned to China, you should know?"

Zhao Nanxiao was stunned.

"Why, he hasn't contacted you yet?"

Sheng Sisi looked at her with a look of surprise.

"He has been back for a while. Last week, I also made a show for his firm. If you have time, you can go and have a look. He is very powerful now. He is a bit famous abroad at this age. In a few years, he will definitely be a candidate for the Pritzker Prize."

Zhao Nanxiao paused and said, "Although I didn't contact him anymore, I'll thank you for the news. I'll go first."

She nodded to Sheng Sisi, picked up her bag and went to the exhibition hall.

"I'm back too. The interview task is not over yet. I'm here to find you. I originally wanted to ask Xu Shu for contact information."

Sheng Sisi got up and came back with her. While walking, she said, "Last time after the show, Ye Zhizhou and I had a meal and mentioned a few words to you. I think he still cares about you very much."

Zhao Nanxiao didn't say anything.

She smiled: "We women are the stupidest, they all value face. Like me, in recent years, there have been many people chasing me. I have also talked about a few, and one of them even talked about marriage, but in the end they didn't succeed. Why? I just felt a little bad and didn't want to force myself. I used to love face and couldn't let go, but now I have experienced a lot and gradually became clear. Why are our women living? Isn't it just for a smooth time? Compared to smooth time, the rest is nothing! There is nothing wrong with eating back. You are the same as Ye Zhizhou. I feel that he really loves you very much. I have been alone these years. You used to love each other so much, and if something happened like that, there must be difficulties, let alone hard to calm down. Now it's all over the place, I heard from Aunt Shen that you are still alone. If fate comes again, you can actually consider it again."

The exhibition hall is here.

"I have something to do, let's go first, you can do it."
Chapter completed!