Chapter 46.
In this bustling city, a much-anticipated art exhibition gradually unveiled its mystery.
This is Tang Li's solo exhibition. She is already famous internationally. She is surprisingly young. She first rose to prominence internationally. At that time, Tang Li was only twenty-three years old. Judging from the works, it is enough to feel Tang Li's level of attentiveness. So once such a talented newcomer gets a chance to stand out, she will completely shine with her brilliance.
Now she is twenty-eight years old. She is no longer the newcomer she was back then. She has become what people call a "ghost".
A woman wearing a bamboo-green cheongsam slowly walked up to a painting. Next to the woman was a man. His ability was not weak, so Tangli left all the major and minor matters of the exhibition to him.
The cheongsam woman smiled lightly and said to him: "Ms. Tang's style is changeable. She can be bold or delicate. Everyone says that she is a talented genius. I agree with their words. Among all the works of Miss Tang, the only woman she panted is the one she loves. Most of the works in this exhibition hall are related to woman. It is said that this is Miss Tang's lover. I wonder if Mr. Zhang can help me solve this confusion."
Mr. Zhang has a personable demeanor and a gentle smile, "Miss You, please don't embarrass me. This is Miss Tang's private matter."
Miss You snorted lazily, glanced at him sideways, and said dissatisfied: "Miss Tang said in more than one interview that that woman brought her a lot of inspiration. Even if she didn't admit it directly, it would not be difficult for me to guess this painting. She is Miss Tang's lover."
Mr. Zhang smiled lightly and said nothing.
Miss You stopped focusing on him, turned to look at the painting, and murmured: "Although Miss Tang did not describe the woman's facial features in detail, all the people and things around the woman are so warm, even if there is only her back view will not be taken away by those things, but it will make her in the painting ridiculously charming, so Miss Tang is really amazing."
After Miss You expressed her feelings, she held her cheek in admiration, tilted her head and said, "Miss Tang is so stingy, she didn't even let us see what her lover looks like."
Mr. Zhang made a fist to block his strange behavior, but Miss You rolled her eyes.
"Will this painting be auctioned?"
"Will do."
Miss You tapped her lips with her fingertips, her eyes sharp, she was determined to make this painting.
Of course, it was impossible for a painting to impress the carefree Miss You, so she continued to browse other works.
Everyone who entered the art exhibition knew that they would not see Tangli today, because these paintings are the protagonists today, and Tangli will not take away the glory of the protagonists.
So, she was driving with Lu Yanwan in search of delicious food.
Sometimes the delicious food is not found in high-end and brilliant star-rated hotels, but at street stalls with a sense of life.
However, those small stalls with high mobility will eventually evolve into stores and become one of the famous delicacies in this area.
Tangli looked at the navigation on her phone and asked uncertainly, "Sister, is it really delicious here?"
Lu Yanwan put her arm on the car window to support her face. She looked at Tangli with a smile. No matter what Tangli looked like in front of outsiders, she would always be so cute when facing hers.
The word cute is not only used to describe appearance. In Lu Yanwan's view, this word is also suitable for expressing love.
Because whatever the other person does is always the cutest, it is impeccable. This is sincere love.
Lu Yanwan said: "Just treat it as a shop visit."
Tangli briefly read the introduction of this delicacy, then raised her head and said, "Then let's get out of the car."
This is a strange place, and it is Tangli's first time here. Although this city is not far away from the city where they live, neither of them thought about visiting here.
They are here for a trip this time. Isn't spring the perfect time to play when the flowers are blooming?
"Sister, how is the response to the new signature dish in the store?"
Lu Yanwan put on her hat to protect her from the sun, and while answering Tang Li's question, she said: "It's not bad, thanks to your help, otherwise there would be no way to restore the dish."
Lu Yanwan was originally the manager. Even though she was the eldest sister in the store, she had a boss above her. After all, she was still a worker.
The owner of this store owns many businesses, and she is Bai Fumei. She never thought that Lu Yanwan would revitalize this store, let alone make the business more prosperous. At first, she listened to Lu Yanwan's advice and spent a lot of money. The chef was hired out of favor, and he later became the shopkeeper. Because the profits of the hotel are not as good as those of her other businesses, she just wants to avoid going bankrupt.
Later, when the boss saw that Lu Yanwan was so motivated, she generously gave her half of the shares. The two of them had a 50-50 split, and she became the second boss.
Lu Yanwan was particularly happy about her change of status and promotion. She couldn't help but get drunk that day because of her excitement. Fortunately, Tang Li was around to take care of her, otherwise she would have suffered.
After Lu Yanwan became the boss, Qiu Qiu resigned two months later.
In Qiu Qiu's original idea, the manager could be replaced, but it would be too difficult to replace the boss, unless the management was poor, but this idea was unlikely to be realized.
Qiu Qiu's departure made the atmosphere among employees better, and the most important reason for her resignation was that Lu Yanwan fired Sister Li. Lu Yanwan couldn't stand Sister Li's mouth. Since she didn't want to do it, she just left. So Qiu Qiu was the only awkward person left in the store. Even if she didn't want to resign, it would be difficult. Most people refused to get too close to her. After all, she even dared to say bad things about Lu Yanwan, so wouldn't their bad words just come out of her mouth?
So Lu Yanwan came to travel and explore food this time because she wanted to rest and relax. She had always wanted to restore a few ancient dishes, but some of the ingredients were difficult to find. For this matter, Lu Yanwan checked the information almost every day, and finally 001 was checking. Later, ig gave Tangli a surprise.
The replica of ancient dishes has quickly made the store famous on the Internet, and even many media have come to interview to see how delicious this dish is.
This busyness lasted until spring and April. It was Tangli who told Lu Yanwan that she wanted to go on a trip, and that was why she had such a relaxing moment today.
Both of them were wearing similar styles of knitted cardigans and ankle-length skirts. They were walking together in the tourist food area. Feeling the bustle of people around them, Lu Yanwan said, "I seem to understand why other people like to travel."
Because traveling means being away from work and tediousness. No matter how much money you spend on expensive things while traveling, it won't make anyone raise an eyebrow. Even if you will roll on the bed and groan about the money overspending, the pleasure before will still be there. It absolutely cannot be bought with money.
Lu Yanwan grabbed Tang Li's hand and said, "Isn't it boring to be with me? This is the first time we have been together for so long."
Indeed, this is not only Lu Yanwan and Tang Li's first trip, but also Lu Yanwan's first trip.
When she was young, she thought other places were like the village, with yellow land and high mountains. When she went out to work at the age of eighteen, she realized that the buildings in the cities outside could be as high as mountains.
People should not be stuck in one place. Only when they go there will they realize that the beauty of this world has many forms.
Tangli thought it was strange that Lu Yanwan asked this question, so she bought a bunch of candied haws on a stick and gave it to Lu Yanwan to take the first bite. Unexpectedly, Lu Yanwan shook her head, which made Tangli even more disgusted. "What's so boring? You stay with me. Do you feel bored when you watch me painting around you?"
Lu Yanwan laughed, moved closer and took a bite of the half-eaten one by Tang Li, and said, "How could that be?"
"How about this? How about we plan to go out once a year or every six months?"
Lu Yanwan raised her eyebrows. Although there was only half a hawthorn ball, it was still so sweet that it made Lu Yanwan smile. She said, "Okay."
Even though Lu Yanwan's career is booming now, Lu Yanwan's deep-rooted savings have always made Lu Yanwan rarely think of these expenses, let alone traveling, and she has no idea of buying a game console, because she has come from hard times.
"Here we are."
Lu Yanwan and Tang Li walked into this store. Four or five o'clock in the afternoon was the peak traffic period. Fortunately, Tang Li had reserved a seat in advance. As soon as she sat down, she said to Lu Yanwan: "The business is so good, the taste should not be bad."
Lu Yanwan, who is well aware of some operations in this industry, pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Just treat it as a shop visit. If it tastes good, we can come back next time. If it doesn't, leave it to me."
Tangli is picky about food and has a tricky mouth, but Lu Yanwan is just the opposite of her. It can be said that there is nothing she doesn't like to eat. Lu Yanwan often jokes that the two of them are a perfect match.
Tangli put her hat aside, revealing her long black hair, "Although it's almost four o'clock, the sunshine is really not weak at all."
"Yes."
The famous painter Tangli, isn't she afraid of being recognized?
In fact, the reason is very simple. People who know her are all people in the art world, but there are so many people in the world, it is impossible for everyone to be in this industry or about to be exposed to this industry, and they are not household names. Of course, Tangli does not need to care too much about being recognized.
But she is delicate and beautiful, and she always attracts the attention of others.
Tang Li was indifferent to this and just watched without disturbing her and Lu Yanwan's meal.
But she forgot that it was precisely because of Tang Li that she would not be forgotten or ignored.
A middle-aged man who was about to enter suddenly his hands shook. He was still holding a piece of paper with a brand name in his hand, but he accidentally dropped it on the ground.
He bent down and used this action to blend into the crowd and get into the store.
He Wen felt like a puppet whose hands and feet were controlled by someone, and his brain had completely lost its function. He didn't know what the waiter was saying, so he just lowered his head and agreed to the waiter and took his seat.
He took off his spectacles and rubbed his red eyes, feeling choked when he thought of the two people he just saw.
He Wen covered his head, looking painful and lost.
After that time at the coffee shop, he and Tangli and Lu Yanwan had never seen each other again. At first, his parents would ask about the outcome of the blind date. As soon as He Wen heard what his parents said, he would feel flushed. This was an emotion composed of incompetence and inferiority. He didn't want to tell his parents the truth, thinking it was a shame. But after being pressed again and again, He Wen exploded.
He got angry at his parents and scolded them with a ferocious face.
When He Wen repeated what Tang Li said, He Wen really wanted to die.
He thought about many reasons why the blind date failed, but he never thought that the failure would be due to gender.
He Wen looked down on Lu Yanwan, but she was recognized by Tang Li for being such a woman.
What about him? What should he do.
He Wen wanted to go crazy and wanted to question Tang Li, but it wasn't until he came outside Tang Li's school that he suddenly realized that he was not qualified to question Tang Li.
The life-saving grace between him and Tang Li had actually ended a long time ago. It must have ended since Tang's father gave him the money that was several times higher than his salary.
So admit it, he is not even as good as a woman. He lost to that foreign woman Lu Yanwan.
The quarrel between He Wen and his parents was like the fuse that lit a bomb. When He Wen once again refused to change his ways and lent money to his friends, his mother finally couldn't help but slap him and pointed at the door to let He Wen get out.
He Wen, who failed to get married successfully and distract his parents, found that the world was collapsing little by little.
He moved out, and because he had no money, he wanted to borrow it from a friend and pay it back when his salary was paid. But He Wen is a bottomless pit. He will never think about his own life. He always feels that he still has his parents to rely on, so he keeps doing the same thing as before.
It wasn't until his parents saw him that He Wen realized that he owed a huge amount of debt. In order to repay the money, he tried every means possible. Being physically and mentally exhausted, he became more and more perfunctory in class. Once, he even got into an emotional quarrel with the director.
Finally, unemployed.
But he sat alone in the rental house and finally understood what Tang Li meant by what she said that day.
He Wen wiped his face and put on his glasses again.
In fact, he is not a good person at all, just a waste who will drag down his own family.
"Hello, this is the dish you ordered. It has been served. Please taste it."
The waiter said the same words, and two different waiters served food to different people.
Tangli smelled the aroma and said, "It feels pretty good!"
She and Lu Yanwan were chatting and laughing, and even after hearing 001's words, Tangli didn't look strange.
[I think I just saw He Wen. ]
"You can see him just by looking. I didn't kill him. He Wen must still be alive."
[Tangtang, I suddenly discovered something. ]
"What?"
[This world is the different world that the minister said. The one with abnormal personality must be He Wen, so the male protagonist in the different world is weaker than the male protagonist in the ordinary world! In the past, Tangtang had to carefully plan how to deal with the male protagonist when doing tasks, but in this world, Tangtang didn't do much. The most lethal thing was what you said when you took Lu Yanwan away. ]
"Since you mentioned another world, I have to talk about another thing."
[What? ]
Tangli ate the food and said to it: "The minister didn't explain at all what to do in another world to consider the mission a success."
[Yes..Yes! ]
[Then...what should we do? ]
Tang Li raised her lips slyly and said, "She didn't say that, so I can only act according to the previous rules. To replace He Wen as the protagonist, this heroine has it all, I am the best among my peers and I also showed my love. So I didn't deal with He Wen because I guessed that without the help of the heroine, his life would be a mess. If his character design was not good, he would destroy himself. It's just so easy."
[This way the task suddenly becomes so easy! ]
"Yes!"
Lu Yanwan caught Tang Li's evil smile and joked: "What are you thinking about? You are so happy."
"No."
Lu Yanwan didn't believe her, but still looked at her with a smile.
At this time, Lu Yanwan raised her glass and said, "Cheers!"
The collision of cups is crisp and sweet.
Time is good, that's it.
*
The road driving from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain is full of twists and turns. A car passed by on the flat road and they were going to a scenic spot halfway up the mountain.
It has to be said that such a road tests one's driving skills, so Lu Yanwan has been cautious not to be distracted, even though she has walked this road countless times.
There is a village at the foot of this mountain. Although the scenery is beautiful, the life is peaceful and poor.
This place is far away from the rich cities, surrounded by mountains, and even the schools are old and in disgrace.
Tangli had never seen the school in person, but relevant personnel sent Tangli the most realistic pictures of the scene. Looking at the shy faces in the photos, Tangli donated the money from the paintings to the school without hesitation.
In fact, when Tangli saw the photo, she also discovered another thing, that is, there were too few girls coming to school.
Tang Li could guess the answer to why this phenomenon happened without asking the locals.
Therefore, it is not only necessary to renovate and build good schools, but more importantly, let more and more girls come to the school to attend classes, instead of raising them and marrying them off early.
In order to allow people in the village to send girls to school, Tangli can only use the money they care about most to lure them. Both boys and girls can get donations. This love fund for this small village will always be provided until they reach adulthood at the age of eighteen.
It takes time to do the best of all these things.
Keeping it a secret, she could tell Lu Yanwan this year they came here.
"Hey, how come the school halfway up the mountain has become so new?"
Tangli lay on the car window and looked at it. Before, she could only see pictures, but now she suddenly saw it in reality. Not to mention, it was really beautiful.
It is the kind of vitality and beauty.
Tang Li pointed to the table tennis and asked, "So you are all so good at playing table tennis. Have you ever played table tennis before?"
Lu Yanwan smiled and sighed: "I don't know these things, but at that time I often stood aside and watched other students playing. Because there were few girls and boys didn't like to play with us, the table tennis was almost exclusively for boys. We could just play a rubber band or other small games."
Tangli turned to look at her and suggested, "Do you want to play now?"
"No, the table tennis is not a regret of my childhood."
"Then what is your regret?"
Lu Yanwan sighed softly: "It's a pity that there are too few female classmates."
Tang Li asked again: "Then there are not many girls nowadays."
Lu Yanwan didn't go to see it up close, but from a high position, she could easily see the scenery halfway up the mountain. Their car was parked on the mountainside slightly higher than the school, and they could have a clear view of the school from the car.
Since only Lu Yanwan's side of the car window could be seen, Tangli lay on her back, and the two of them were intimate.
Lu Yanwan smiled and said, "All the people playing table tennis are girls. I also saw children playing other games. There were many more female classmates than I saw back then."
Tangli kissed her cheek and coaxed her, "Didn't you say before that there is a beautiful scenery around here that you accidentally discovered when you were a child?"
Lu Yanwan blinked quickly to hide her tears. She patted Tang Li's arm and said, "Let's get out of the car first. It's been so long and I'm not sure if I can still find it."
"It might work?"
In fact, Lu Yanwan didn't have much confidence, so she could only try to find the scenes in her teenage memories.
When she was eighteen years old, Lu Yanwan made up her mind to leave her parents and the village. She walked a long way, just to see what was on the other side of the mountain through this towering mountain, but she was too tired. She walked until the sun set and finally chose to stop.
At that time, Lu Yanwan was sitting on the grass, silently in a daze, feeling confused and afraid of the outside world. She even regretted it and didn't want to leave, because no matter how unbearable everything here was, it was still her hometown.
But the moment she looked up, she saw a red sun that looked like duck egg yolk cleverly sandwiched between two tall and straight trees, as if the dazzling sun is no longer high in the sky, it will also encounter "difficulties", such as being caught by a tree today.
This was just a visual coincidence. Lu Yanwan captured this scene just as the sun was setting.
Even the sun can be stopped by difficulties, let alone her?
Lu Yanwan suddenly lost her fear, turned around and ran, running wildly.
In Lu Yanwan's memory, she was like the wind that day, they were both free.
After listening to Lu Yanwan's story, Tangli bent down and sat next to her, then leaned on her shoulder and said softly: "You made a very right choice back then."
"Yes."
Lu Yanwan put her hand on her shoulder, looked at the big tree that was exactly the same as in her memory, and said: "I used to feel like a person living in a life drama. There were countless trivial things. If I didn't pay attention, I might... It makes people upset. In short, my days are very boring, most of them are bitter or sour."
"But, when I met you, it suddenly turned into an idol drama. My girlfriend is a wealthy daughter and a famous painter. I don't even dare to have such a dream."
Tang Li couldn't help laughing and thought her metaphor was very interesting.
She kept holding it in, but when she couldn't hold it in, she laughed and fell on her shoulder.
Lu Yanwan added: "You donated that school, right?"
"Huh!? I still want to give you a surprise."
"I overheard someone say that."
She kissed Tang Li's lips and said softly, "Your appearance is a surprise."
It is the best gift and salvation.