President Daddy, let go of my mommy

Chapter 742 Confidante
At the exhibition, Zhan Yan dragged Gu Qiqi around among the guests, chatting with others familiarly. If he met a familiar friend, he would definitely stop and introduce Gu Qiqi to the other party. .

After going back and forth, everyone implicitly acquiesced that Gu Qiqi was Zhan Yan's girlfriend.But Gu Qiqi didn't know all of this at first.

"Have you heard that Zhan Yan specially brought his girlfriend to the art exhibition today?"

"Who is it, could it be the woman standing beside him?"

Just as Gu Qiqi was standing silently beside Zhan Yan, listening to him talking with another person, a whisper of whispers floated into her ears unexpectedly.

"Don't tell me, looking at the woman's attire, she can't be the daughter of a wealthy businessman. It's ridiculous to want to fly on a branch and become a phoenix!"

"Oh, speak in a low voice. If she hears it, she might come over and quarrel with you."

Gu Qiqi secretly took a deep breath, suppressed the anger that was about to burst out of his heart, and clenched his hands on both sides into fists.

Although she is indeed not Zhan Yan's girlfriend, she will inevitably feel uncomfortable when she hears such mocking words.

In order not to let such remarks continue to ferment in the crowd of girls like them, Gu Qiqi decided to go forward and explain to them clearly what kind of relationship he and Zhan Yan had.

But before she got close to those women who liked to gossip, Zhan Yan grabbed her wrist and took her back without hesitation.

Seeing that the figures of those women were about to disappear into the corner, Gu Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief, and the roots of his ears finally became much clearer.

"Everyone, good afternoon. First of all, I am very glad that you can take time out of your busy schedule to participate in this exhibition. Later, we will have relevant staff here to explain. If you need guests, you can come. We will make further inquiries. Finally, I hope that everyone can find the painting that belongs to them. Thank you!"

Accompanied by the warm applause from the audience, the guests who were invited to participate in the exhibition dispersed one after another, sinking into one painting after another.

"Qiqi, you can wander here by yourself for a while first. I still have some private needs to deal with, and I will come to you when I am done." Zhan Yan, who hastily left, hadn't finished speaking, and the tall figure Then disappeared in the vast sea of ​​people.

"What kind of urgency is it that makes that guy run faster than a rabbit?" Gu Qiqi, who was still standing there, scratched her hair with a puzzled face, feeling very puzzled.But soon, she turned her attention to the paintings on the wall with different styles one after another. In a trance, she couldn't help but stop in front of a painting.

"Why does this painting give me a feeling of déjà vu?" Gu Qiqi stared blankly at the painting with warmer colors, and a blurred picture flashed in her mind.

The thriving side of sunflowers always makes people think of the four words vigorous.There is no extra decoration of fragmentary petals, it is simply reflected by the stream, facing the vibrant morning sun, a metaphor for the coming of a new day.This painting, whether it was in her childhood or now, gave Gu Qiqi an inexplicable urge to look forward to the future.

Let her always believe that tomorrow will also be a day full of energy.

"Sure enough, no matter how much time has passed between the fingers, the painting in front of me still shows the resilience of sunflowers spotlessly." She raised her hand, and gently stroked the painting with her fingertips through the transparent glass film In every corner of the painting, I feel the mottled traces left in the painting over the years.

She slowly closed her eyes, as if returning to the scene when she saw this painting for the first time in an exhibition when she was five years old.

"Mom, why is there only sunflowers in this picture?"

Five-year-old Gu Qiqi tilted her head, stretched out her round hands, and barely touched the edge of the picture frame.

"It seems that this lady has a lot of feelings for this painting." A vigorous and hoarse voice interrupted the fragment of her memory, which made her open her confused eyes. Hearing the sound, she turned her head and stood shoulder to shoulder with The old man beside him looked at each other.

"It's nothing. I vaguely remember that I saw this painting at an exhibition when I was five years old. I didn't expect to have this honor to meet again today. It made me feel inexplicably going back to the past."

The old man who stood shoulder to shoulder with Gu Qiqi in front of the painting was leaning on a black crutch with an eagle's beak in his right hand. He was neatly dressed and wore a pair of shiny wine red leather shoes on his feet.

Maybe it's because he treated the years kindly, it didn't leave traces like ravines on his face, instead it just left tiny lines at the corners of his eyes, and when he smiled slightly, his brows and eyes were like star-studded, twinkling eyes.

"Really? If I remember correctly, this painting seems to have been published on a certain day more than ten years ago, but at that time, few people took a fancy to the style of this painting. As time passed, it was completely forgotten by everyone. I didn't expect you to be such a die-hard fan."

The old man smiled cheerfully, as if he and Gu Qiqi had endless topics to talk about.

When the old man said this, Gu Qiqi lowered his eyes, blushed slightly on both sides of his cheeks, and pursed his lips shyly.

"Actually, I'm not a die-hard fan. I was just curious about this painting at first, but I didn't expect that after a long time, I can still vaguely remember everything I saw and heard that day."

"This painting also carries many of my memories." The old man narrowed his cloudy eyes slightly, his eyes becoming more and more blurred, as if he was caught in the past memory.

Unknowingly, Gu Qiqi chatted a lot about the past with this old man who had never met before.

Even though it was the first time they met this time, Gu Qiqi felt in a trance that he had an inexplicable affection for this old man.

"Qiqi, what are you talking about?" Zhan Yan, who saw Gu Qiqi standing here with an old man from a distance, stepped forward a few steps, and raised his hand to wrap around her neck.

Gu Qiqi looked at him helplessly, then kicked the black leather shoes on his feet.Unprepared for Gu Qiqi's sudden movement, he subconsciously let go of her neck, and stood on tiptoe to relieve the sour pain.

"Seeing that the exhibition is about to end, if you don't leave, are you going to be locked up here with these paintings?" Zhan Yan, grinning in pain, forced the words out of his mouth, leaning sideways on the side by the wall.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I was so focused on chatting with you that I forgot the time." Gu Qiqi scratched her head in embarrassment, bit her lip nervously, and stared at the other party's response calmly.

"It's okay, didn't I forget it too? Anyway, I'd like to thank Ms. Gu for being able to stand here chatting with an old man like me." The old man looked at her with a smile, feeling very comfortable with the simple girl in front of him.

You know, most of the people who come to the exhibition today are from the young master of the enterprise. Few people really come to appreciate the paintings here. To find a child who suits his appetite, it seems to be a good one for him. reward.

"Oh, that's right. Since you have such a good chat with me, a bad old man, why don't you give me a business card so that we can get to know each other." The old man said as he took out his business card from his jacket pocket, and said to Gu Qiqi made an exchange.

"Oh my god, Grandpa, I didn't expect you to be that unknown collector!" Gu Qiqi, who learned about this, opened his jaw slightly, with a shocked expression on his face, as if he could stuff an egg into it as he wished. in her mouth.

"You don't have to be polite to me. I'm used to sneaking away from time to time, and no one can chat with me, so taking this opportunity of this exhibition, I have made you my friend." Maybe it was because he laughed too excitedly, the old man was so light Trembling, almost didn't stabilize his heels.

"That is a great honor to me." Gu Qiqi took the initiative to extend his hand to the old man, and the two shook hands, which was regarded as a formal meeting and understanding.

"Do you still remember the painting you've been obsessed with just now?" Gu Qiqi, who didn't expect the other party to change the subject so quickly, was slightly taken aback, then nodded.

"Actually, this painting was created by my best friend." The old man bent his back slightly and leaned on a cane, and took another step towards the painting.

"This painting was his last work, and since then he has changed careers and pursued a career that has nothing to do with it."

Gu Qiqi's eyes froze, her lips moved, but she still didn't blurt out the question in her heart.

After all, such a thing is easy to remind people of bad memories.

"It turns out that all of this is predetermined in the dark." Gu Qiqi smiled slightly, deliberately ignoring Zhan Yan who was standing aside and covering his feet, and his affection for the old man in front of him soared.

"If there is a chance, I think maybe I can ask you to do something for me," the old man hesitated for a moment, with a mysterious smile on his lips.

"What's the matter, do you need my help?" Gu Qiqi stared at him with wide eyes flickering for no reason, trying to know something from his mouth.However, the old man who wanted to show off at this moment did not tell Gu Qiqi what he thought, but limped away from the exhibition on crutches when she was in the most bewildered situation.

"What's the matter, you want to ask me?" Gu Qiqi, who couldn't bear the curiosity, stood there thinking about it without thinking of a reason, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)