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Chapter 675: Your analysis seems to make sense?
Liu Xue shook her head.

"Song Tangtang has a cousin named Li Li, who is also in Xijing. She is like a real sister to Song Tangtang. She comes from an intellectual family and is very beautiful. She used to be a student at Northwest University and likes poetry and literature. Fang Minghua knew her earlier than Song Tangtang. At that time, Fang Minghua and I both took correspondence courses at Xi'an University. We often saw that girl and we got along well."

"Then why aren't they together?" Liu Xue was a little puzzled.

"I'm not sure about the details. Maybe it was a coincidence or maybe it was not our destiny. Not long after the Chinese New Year, Fang Minghua met Song Tangtang through me. In the spring of the following year, he happened to go to southern Xinjiang to write and collect folk songs. At that time, Song Tangtang was still in the Southern Xinjiang Art Troupe. She stayed in the troupe for a few months. The relationship between the two deepened, and later they confirmed a romantic relationship."

"What about Li Li? Where is she now? Is she married?" Liu Xue was like a curious baby.

"She later went abroad to study and now lives in San Francisco, USA. She is married and comes back during the winter and summer vacations, but she always comes back alone. I heard that her relationship with her husband is not very good."

"Oh, Li Li is studying abroad. Did she feel bad when she saw Fang Minghua and her cousin together? So she stayed away from him."

"Really?" Zhao Hongjun glanced at Liu Xue and said, "Li Li had very good grades when she was in school. Nowadays, students with good grades are willing to study abroad. It's not surprising."

"No, there must be this reason. Think about it, if Li Li finds out that she also likes Fang Minghua, but Song Tangtang gets there first, and she's her cousin, what should she do? As you said, Li Li must be a well-educated girl. How could she compete with her dear cousin for a man? In this case, it's better to stay away. It just so happens that going abroad is popular in society, so she followed him."

"Well, I heard from Fang Minghua that Li Li's family was against going abroad. After all, she was her only daughter. But Li Li insisted on going. Later, after she graduated with a doctorate, her whole family wanted her to return to China, but she insisted on staying in the United States," said Zhao Hongjun.

"See? She's hiding from her cousin and Fang Minghua." Liu Xue giggled.

"Also, if Li Li married a good man and lived a good life, it would be a happy ending. But from what you said, she is not happy after marriage. Do you think Fang Minghua can let it go? Also, does Song Tangtang feel a little guilty? According to what you said, if it wasn't for Song Tangtang, Fang Minghua would have married Li Li. Fang Minghua is a good man, and Li Li would have been happy if she married him."

After hearing Li Xue's long speech, Zhao Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "What you said seems to make sense. So, how do you untie this knot?"

"It's simple. Just like what I did, I let Li Li and Fang Minghua settle down in the United States. All problems will be solved. Of course, the premise is that Song Tangtang and Li Li are willing to do so."

What the hell!

Zhao Hongjun didn't expect Liu Xue to come up with this idea.

"Then, why don't you ask Fang Minghua whether he is willing to do this?" Zhao Hongjun asked again.

After hearing this, Liu Xue glanced at Zhao Hongjun and said, "Is Fang Minghua still a man?! Which man can refuse such an arrangement, especially with a pair of beautiful sisters!"

Song Tangtang, of course, didn't know about the conversation between Zhao Hongjun and Liu Xue. She drove back to the hotel, took a shower in the bathroom, and changed into pajamas. She originally wanted to make an international call to Fang Minghua in Italy, but suddenly put the phone down again.

It's ten o'clock in the evening now, so it should be afternoon in Venice, right?
Are they watching a movie?
I heard that there were many good movies from all over the world at the film festival, and they were all art films, which were their favorites.

Then, let's not disturb them, okay?

Still there?
Although she supported her husband and cousin going to Italy together to attend the Strega Literature Prize ceremony and believed in their character, she was still worried that something might happen between them.

But tonight, she suddenly felt.

What if something really happened between the two of them?

Song Tangtang guessed correctly, the two were indeed watching a movie.

However, the two were not watching a romantic art film, nor a so-called Italian neo-realist film, but a very "different" movie. Directed by Jack Director Jerry Minzer, it was jointly shot by Britain, Italy, Russia, France, and the Czech Republic. It is a comedy, love, and war film "The Adventures of Ivan".

It tells the story of Ivan, a soldier who was sent to a small, isolated village but was forgotten after the outbreak of World War II.

He moved into his girlfriend's house, which caused dissatisfaction among the neighbors and led to him being reported as a spy. The secret police intervened and arrested him, which put him in a deep predicament.

The whole film is full of black humor:
Ask random questions, do push-ups, watch over a crash site, get a fat girl, kiss while standing on a stool, and wrap the phone around your neck.
You have two minutes to choose between the pig and me.

There is no p command to automatically gather? What is your name?
Si Dalin! No matter which Si Dalin is beaten, he is not as good as you!
Fang Minghua didn't think much of this, as he had seen various funny and absurd videos on the Internet in his later life, but Li Li couldn't stand it. She kept giggling. In order not to affect the viewing of the people around her, she quickly covered her mouth and felt uncomfortable.

The sense of humor is quite low indeed.

After the movie was over, Li Li walked out of the cinema and couldn't help laughing under a palm tree on the roadside.

"I never expected that a movie like this would be shown at the Venice Film Festival and even be nominated!" Li Li said with a smile.

It's indeed a bit different.

This year's film festival was filled with all kinds of niche themes, including three films on homosexuality alone.

Seeing Li Li laughing without caring about her image, Fang Minghua took out a roll of tissues and handed it to her.

Don't laugh like an idiot, wipe away your tears.

Finally stopping laughing, Li Li looked at her watch and said, "Oh, it's almost seven o'clock. Let's find a place to eat quickly. We still have to watch the award ceremony tonight."

Fang Minghua was not in a hurry:
"Why are you in such a hurry? You've already watched all the movies you need to watch. As for the award ceremony, isn't it just a matter of waiting for the results to come out?"

"That's different. I want to go there in person to see if the three films made by us Chinese can win the awards!"

“I said that no matter which film it is, it will win an award.”

"That's not necessarily true, brother-in-law. You're not a member of the jury. Come on, let's go!" Li Li said as she actually pulled Fang Minghua's hand.

"Okay, okay, I'll go."

The closing ceremony of the 1994 Venice Film Festival will be held at the Film Palace at o'clock, and the various awards of this year will be presented live.

Fang Minghua and Li Li ate something quickly and then hurried to the venue - the closing ceremony of the film festival was open to the public and anyone could enter as long as they bought a ticket.

Just as the two entered the venue, they met Jiang Wen and a few others.

Compared to Fang Minghua's casual outfit of T-shirt and shorts, the five of them were much more formal. The men were all in suits, white shirts and bow ties. The two girls, Ning Jing and Tao Hong, were also in bright evening dresses, looking excited and nervous.

(End of this chapter)