Chapter 154 Deliberately Approaching

After sending the man away, Lao Mao caught Xie Wantang's surprised gaze and explained softly, "My business is not open to the outside world."

"Why?"

"Its purpose is to serve as a base."

"But if you always refuse outside customers, people will find out sooner or later. I think that occasionally accepting outside customers will at least let people around you know that this is indeed a restaurant."

She knew this was the base and could be expected to sink at any time.

However, since they are using a restaurant as a cover, they should at least pretend to be more convincing.

"Well, you're right. I'll discuss it with Lu Chen then."

"Well, old cat, please come over and help me."

"good."

After opening the trunk, Lao Mao saw the two boxes of paintings and said in surprise, "What are these paintings about? They look so scary, like dark, abstract fairy tales from the West."

"Do you understand painting?" Xie Wantang raised his eyebrows.

"No, I know a little bit, not much, but these are all black and gray tones, and they look a bit similar. When I was traveling abroad in the West before, I was curious and went to appreciate an exhibition of this kind of art."

"Dark abstract fairy tales? This kind of scary painting, what kind of people are attracted to it?"

"Who else could it be? Isn't it just you?" Old Cat laughed. Xie Wantang had collected two whole boxes.

This is enough to show that she is interested in this kind of painting.

Moreover, I am very interested.

"You are wrong. This is not something I collected. It was drawn by my little daughter," said Xie Wantang.

Lao Mao had a close relationship with Lu Chen. She was pregnant with Lu Chen's child and gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. She thought that Lao Mao should also know about this, so she did not hide it and said it openly.

"Ah? Isn't your daughter not yet three years old?"

"Yeah, but she can draw."

"Then I want to appreciate it carefully, Miss Xie, can I watch it?"

"Of course, you'd better help me appreciate it."

“…I dare not, I dare not.”

The old cat said modestly.

There were two boxes of paintings. The two of them looked at one box together. Lao Mao understood half of them, but Xie Wantang only understood a few.

Lao Mao followed what Xie Wantang said and told Xie Wantang what he understood.

However, these were all expressions of Xiao Qianqian's confusion and helplessness, so at the beginning, the paintings she drew were messy and disorganized.

Maybe, there is no artistic conception at all.

Lao Mao's appreciation from his perspective is completely that of a spectator.

The analysis also involves lines, colors, etc.

However, what Xie Wantang wanted to know was not lines, colors or anything like that.

After all, how can such a young child understand lines and colors?

She also had a sudden burst of inspiration. Xiao Qianqian said that she felt a crow pecking her forehead, so she drew a crow and herself.

That's why she wanted to find Lu Chen to take a look together.

At that time, why did she think of Lu Chen instead of Chen Ye? She only realized it now. At that time, she subconsciously called Lu Chen.

She didn't know why either.

Just then, Lu Chen arrived.

"He's here, let him help you appreciate it. Maybe, you two can appreciate it together. I'll go cook for you. You can have lunch here at noon."

When Lu Chen came in, the old cat left, and left very consciously.

The moment he passed by Lu Chen, Lao Mao raised his eyebrows at him.

Lu Chen: “…”

What is this for?

Don't you know how to be serious?

Are you taking the mission as a joke?

They are now fighting for dozens of lives against a criminal gang of unknown size.

What's going on?

"What's wrong? Xie Wantang, what's the hurry? Who drew these?" Lu Chen was attracted by the paintings in the box.

"My daughter."

"Our daughter? Xiao Qianqian?" Lu Chen consciously put the word "we".

“…”

This guy is really thick-skinned.

Xie Wantang didn't correct him. "Take a look and see what you can see from these paintings."

To save time, Xie Wantang first took out the crow that Xiao Qianqian had drawn today and her own painting. "This is what Qianqian drew this morning. It's a completely black crow pecking at her forehead. The little girl is herself."

"Then, when we went out today, we ran into Yan Xiu."

“???”

What does it mean?

Lu Chen was looking at a painting, that is, Xie Wantang. If it was anyone else, he would definitely feel annoyed if someone kept nagging in his ear at this time.

After hearing Xie Wantang say that Qianqian drew a crow pecking at her forehead, Xie Wantang was harassed by Yan Xiu.

"You mean to say that Qianqian predicted that you would be unlucky, right?"

"Yes, Team Leader Lu understands it very well."

“…”

Lu Chen was dissatisfied with the name "Team Leader Lu", but did not correct him. "Okay, I understand. Now, let's find the crow. At the beginning, Qianqian may not even be able to draw a crow properly. Xie Wantang, please help. Look at the lines of the crow clearly."

Xie Wantang now understood why she habitually looked for Lu Chen whenever she encountered problems.

Because the inspiration Lu Chen gave her was very precise.

For example, now, he has no doubt about Qianqian's special abilities.

She wouldn't be as noisy as her third brother.

Instead, he calmly gave her hints and asked her to find the painting.

The most special thing about a crow is its mouth, so, turning to the front, just as Lu Chen said, at the beginning, Qianqian didn't know how to draw a crow, so she drew the big mouth as a substitute.

The housekeeper and Xie Ningmeng helped Qianqian organize the paintings. The Qin family has good habits and they even write the time on the back of the paintings.

This unintentional little habit is very good. They can mark these times and then go back to ask if anything special happened during those days.

There are not many paintings that can represent crows. In addition to today's, there are about ten more.

Xie Wantang brought up the day when Xiao Qianqian sensed Lu Chen’s painting. There was a small sun on it. Although it was black, they all regarded the small sun as a happy event.

There are many paintings related to happy events.

"Yan Xiu is a bad guy, and Xiao Qianqian told me that."

"Our daughter still needs to tell you about this matter, Xie Wantang. You have no judgment at all now, right?" Lu Chen raised his eyebrows.

He felt uncomfortable when he thought about how Yan Xiu had stood with her near the kindergarten gate and talked to her for a while.

But this has nothing to do with jealousy.

Yan Xiu is a dangerous person. He is dissatisfied with Xie Wantang for not knowing how to protect himself and being so close to a dangerous person.

"Indeed, you're right. My judgment in this area is really poor. Otherwise, I should have stayed away from you a long time ago, right? I shouldn't have gotten involved in your organization."

Xie Wantang was also angry. Did he know what she wanted to say?

It's really too much to say that to her.

When Lu Chen heard that she wanted to stay away from him, he refused to do so. He deliberately moved closer and pulled Xie Wantang into his arms, "Thank you..."

Before he could say anything, Xie Wantang was about to push him away when Lao Mao pushed the door open, carrying two exquisite lunch boxes.

With a creaking sound, everything stopped in an instant.