The drifting thoughts gradually retracted.
In the sight, the man did not say a word to the girl's straightforward gaze.
Fortunately, if he exposed her at this time, the girl would be too proud to resist.
Ten minutes later, Zhong Huaili appeared in the exhibition hall. He was over fifty years old and still energetic. While talking to Pei Chi, he accidentally saw Gu Yaozhi not far away, and then said something to Pei Chi and walked towards her.
Gu Yaozhi stood up and took a few steps forward, laughing softly: "Teacher."
Gu Yaozhi followed Zhong Huaili to learn painting when she was ten years old. She was his first batch of students. The teacher was also an elder who watched her grow up. The friendship between the teacher and the apprentice was deep.
"When did you come back?"
"Today." Gu Yaozhi handed the gift to the teacher.
Zhong Huaili took it, looked at the girl in front of him with a smile, and finally fixed on her face, saying kindly: "You have grown up, but your appearance has not changed at all, you are still that good girl."
Gu Yaozhi's eyebrows curved: "The teacher has not changed either, he is still so elegant."
Zhong Huaili laughed a few times, remembered something, and said hesitantly: "I have a meeting later..."
While speaking, he looked at the handsome man behind him, turned around and patted Gu Yaozhi on the shoulder, "Come, come with me."
Gu Yaozhi followed the teacher to Pei Chi.
Zhong Huaili: "Mr. Pei, this is my student, not an outsider. If you don't mind, can you let her go to the reception room with you?"
Hearing this, Pei Chi glanced at Gu Yaozhi with a sparse look, paused for only a second and then moved away, nodded and said: "No mind, Mr. Zhong, please feel free."
Go to the reception room, Gu Yaozhi sat opposite the man.
She could understand that the teacher hadn't seen her for a long time and was reluctant to let her leave, but she felt a little uncomfortable staying in the same space with Pei Chi.
What was even more difficult was that Zhong Huaili went out during this period, and there were only two people left in the small room. The ticking sound of the wall clock echoed in her ears, and there was a hint of embarrassment in the quiet atmosphere.
Gu Yaozhi quietly raised her eyes and glanced at the man opposite.
His suit was unbuttoned, his back was leaning against the sofa, his head lowered and he casually browsed his mobile phone. His fine hair covered a little of his eyebrows and eyes, his expression was calm, and his long legs were open and supported on the ground.
Completely different from her state, as leisurely as possible.
In fact, when Zhong Huaili introduced her in the exhibition hall, at that moment, she thought whether Pei Chi would remember her, but seeing his appearance, it seemed that he didn't even remember the previous meeting at the airport.
But after all, it was kind, Gu Yaozhi hesitated, and took the initiative to speak: "Mr. Pei, thank you for your umbrella at the airport."
The man did not raise his eyes, his attention seemed to be attracted by the things in the phone, and his bony fingers slowly swiped across the phone screen.
After a few seconds, he lazily said: "You're welcome."
It turned out that he had not forgotten.
However, from his attitude, Gu Yaozhi could feel that he didn't seem to want to pay attention to him.
Fortunately, Zhong Huaili returned to the room soon, put the tray in his hand on the table, picked up a teapot and poured a cup of jujube tea, handed it to Gu Yaozhi, and turned to explain to Pei Chi.
"My student has been abroad for many years. It's not easy to come back once. I like to drink the tea I brewed by myself. I'm sorry to have kept Mr. Pei waiting for a long time."
"Would Mr. Pei want a cup?" Zhong Huaili asked.
Hearing this, Pei Chi's eyes fell on Gu Yaozhi's hand for a moment, retracted his eyes, and said politely to Zhong Huaili: "No, plain water is fine."
It was the first time that Gu Yaozhi saw Pei Chi respectful to someone. And then she roughly knew the reason after listening to their conversation.
It turned out that Pei's Group was developing an exhibition project and wanted to invite Zhong Huaili to hold a personal exhibition. Commercial exhibitions were a new field for Pei's Group. Being able to invite a famous painter like Zhong Huaili would be very beneficial to the group's future business.
The tea was a little hot. Gu Yaozhi took a sip of the cup. When the two people opposite seemed to have talked about the same thing, Zhong Huaili said in a gentle voice: "Okay, I will think about it carefully."
For some reason, the next topic suddenly turned to her.
"If I remember correctly, Xiaozhi, you and Mr. Pei are alumni of Lingcheng No. 1 Middle School, right? You are about the same age and in the same grade. You should have met in school, right?"
Zhong Huaili's kind face was curious: "Mr. Pei should be a celebrity in your school. Do you still remember him?"
This question was asked unexpectedly and unexpectedly.
Gu Yaozhi was stunned, slightly opened his lips, and didn't know how to answer for a while.
It would be impolite to say that she had no impression of him.
If she told the truth, it would almost directly reveal the mask that she had pretended not to know him.
Her eyelashes trembled. At this moment, she almost dared not look at Pei Chi's reaction. In her peripheral vision, the man's slender fingers gently tapped the wall of the glass, as if waiting for her answer meaningfully.
After a few seconds, a short chuckle came from the other side.
Pei Chi: "It's an alumnus, from the next class."
Gu Yaozhi subconsciously raised his eyes and met those deep eyes.
Zhong Huaili did not notice the atmosphere that was not right at all, and only laughed: "It's really fate!"
At this time, Gu Yaozhi suddenly realized.
So, he recognized her early on, but just didn't want to recognize her.
"..."
Gu Yaozhi thought about the current situation. The teacher was still there, so she had to save face. She pursed her lips, kept her tone in a not-so-familiar but sincere state, and smiled: "Long time no see."
Pei Chi's eyes stopped on her face, motionless, and there was a kind of emotion she couldn't understand in his indifferent eyes, which flashed by, and then a few words came out of his thin lips.
The tone was a bit indifferent: "How are you."
...
Zhong Huaili's meeting was scheduled for eight o'clock. When the time was almost up, she happened to receive a text message from Tang Nan. She said goodbye to the teacher and came out of the reception room.
In the corridor, Gu Yaozhi walked behind.
The man in front was tall and long-legged, and his steps were big. He wanted to get rid of her, so she simply slowed down and kept a distance from him.
When Gu Yaozhi reached the corner of the corridor, she saw her best friend standing at the door of the exhibition hall with a stunned expression. Noticing her figure, Tang Nan's eyes moved away from Pei Chi and he walked towards her.
When passing by the man, Tang Nan greeted him. Pei Chi should have recognized Tang Nan and nodded in response.
Tang Nan quickly approached Gu Yaozhi and whispered, "He, why is he here? You..."
Gu Yaozhi explained in a low voice, "I met him by chance. He came to discuss cooperation with the teacher."
Tang Nan said "oh", and at the same time, her eyes fell on the man again. After being surprised, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Over the years, Tang Nan had seen many outstanding people when she was doing editorial visits, but she still felt that only the man in front of her was a good match for Gu Yaozhi.
Even his back was so handsome!
But this man was unreliable. He would dump her if he got her!
At this time, a staff member went to Pei Chi's side when he left the exhibition hall.
It was the same tour guide as before. She handed over a business card and said cautiously, "Mr. Pei, you haven't finished viewing the paintings in the exhibition hall. Next time, if you don't mind, I will continue to explain to you."
The girl looked gentle and pretty. This behavior of deliberately leaving contact information was obviously not very skillful. When the man took the business card, the little thoughts were almost all written on his face, and he couldn't hide his surprise and shyness.
This scene fell into the eyes of the two people behind. Gu Yaozhi didn't react much and looked away indifferently.
As a best friend, Tang Nan was a little angry. The ex-girlfriend was still there, and this man was too casual to accept the kindness of other women.
After the guide left, Tang Nan passed by Pei Chi and couldn't help but want to make fun of him. After thinking for a while, she smiled and said, "Pei Chi is still as charming as ever. He is still so popular."
As a result, because she was not familiar with Pei Chi, and even as Gu Yaozhi's best friend in high school, she had never said a few words to Pei Chi. In addition, the man had a cold and imposing aura, and the words were not confident enough when they came out, and it became a normal compliment.
Hearing this, Pei Chi curled his lips indifferently.
Tang Nan: "..."
Damn! I didn't mean to compliment you.
Just when they arrived at the door, the cold wind after the rain was biting. Gu Yaozhi took his hand out of his coat pocket to button his collar, and something was accidentally taken out of his pocket.
Tang Nan noticed the thing that fell on the ground, bent down to pick it up, and after seeing it clearly, his eyes suddenly moved.
"Hey, Gu Gu," Tang Nan took her arm and said in an ambiguous tone: "Is this the handsome guy you said you approached at the airport?"
Gu Yaozhi lowered her eyelashes and looked at the business card of the entertainment company agent in her hand, her eyes were inexplicable: "This is..."
Before she finished speaking, Tang Nan spoke again in her ear: "You are so beautiful, the people chasing you should be lined up like a street!"
Seeing that the man next to her looked indifferent and had no reaction, Tang Nan bit her lip and continued: "By the way, did you leave the contact information for that handsome man?"
Gu Yaozhi blinked and asked in a daze: "Which one?"
"It's the one you said," Tang Nan's voice was clear: "The man who gave you an umbrella and was attentive to you at the airport gate!"
After the voice fell, Gu Yaozhi realized her bestie's intention at this moment.
At the same time, her brain was completely occupied by this sentence.
Umbrella...
The man who was attentive at the airport gate!
"..."
Her breath was choked, and her thoughts stopped for a moment, and then she subconsciously looked up at Pei Chi.
Over there, the man's eyes also glanced at her at this moment.
Their eyes collided.
There was an unspeakable awkwardness in the air.
Gu Yaozhi wished she could find a hole to crawl into and bury herself!
She clenched her curled fingers quietly, staring at the pair of dark eyes, calming her emotions in her heart, and trying to maintain a calm voice: "No."
Then, she noticed that Pei Chi's eyebrows raised slightly, which was meaningful and seemed to be a bit absurd.
"..."
She pretended not to see it, quickly retracted her eyes, and forcefully and naturally straightened her coat, tucked her chin into her collar, and walked down the stairs.
"Alas!" Tang Nan sighed regretfully, and glanced at the side quietly, "That's a pity."
The car stopped opposite the door. Tang Nan got in the car. Gu Yaozhi opened the door and the men's umbrella was placed on the passenger seat. Pei Chi passed by her and noticed it.
Although Gu Yaozhi didn't want to face Pei Chi again in this embarrassing atmosphere, she felt it was not good to keep someone else's things. After a second of hesitation, she picked up the umbrella and turned to hand it to him: "Thank you, I'll give it back to you."
Pei Chi was very tall, and Gu Yaozhi was not short among the girls, but standing face to face like this, she was only at his chin.
She didn't raise her eyes, staring at the man's neat shirt collar.
After a while, a deep voice came from above, mixed with a faint smile, and said nonchalantly: "Don't keep it as a topic of conversation for you in the future?"
Gu Yaozhi: "..."
At this point, there was no explanation. Gu Yaozhi just wanted to leave quickly, and her tone showed that she didn't care: "No, this kind of situation is quite common."
"..."
After saying this, she didn't dare to look at the man's reaction, her hand stopped in mid-air, and the man opposite didn't seem to take the action, and for a moment she didn't know what Pei Chi meant.
After a short silence.
The man spoke again: "It's better to keep it, after all..."
He spoke slowly, with a bit of meaning: "There are not many handsome men."
"..."
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