When Xu Yuan and Xu Rui saw Chen Xia, they hurried over.
Chen Xia opened his arms and wanted to hug Xu Yuan, which scared the little girl so much that she trembled and ran to the side. Then Chen Xia could only hug Xu Rui tightly.
"Oh, it's hard to put it into words. I almost didn't see you. By the way, what are you doing?"
Xu Rui patted Chen Xia's back and said happily:
"The phone wasn't working either. We thought you were kidnapped. Haha, sorry, but we classmates had nowhere to go this weekend, so we came here because your villa was empty. So, are you satisfied with how we cleaned up your house?"
Chen Xia nodded repeatedly. "You art majors definitely have better taste than me. I'm very satisfied. Feel free to use the villa. I won't be living here for the time being anyway."
In fact, Chen Xia didn't care at all about Xu Rui and Xu Yuan's suggestions. On the contrary, he was a little happy about it, which showed that they didn't treat him as an outsider.
There is no need for so many hypocritical courtesies between true friends. Besides, it is a great favor for them to renovate the villa.
Xu Rui naturally introduced Chen Xia to everyone.
"Come, come, let me introduce you to everyone. This African brother is the owner of this villa, Chen Xia. Don't be fooled by his young age and dark skin. He is a regular cadre at the Fourth Hospital of Yuezhou."
Xu Rui is very smart. Nowadays, there are very few children of ordinary people who can go to art academies. They are either the children of officials or the descendants of capitalists.
He was afraid that his classmates would look down on Chen Xia, so he took the initiative to mention his identity and rank. His official status had a great deal of recognition among these college students.
Xu Rui introduced Chen Xia, "These are all my and Xu Yuan's classmates. They were just praising your villa, saying you had good taste in buying it. Even if it's not used as a residence, it would be a great place for an art salon."
Chen Xia smiled and bowed to everyone:
"Nice to meet you all. You're all future artists. Just in case, I have a request. How about you all paint a few paintings for this villa? I'll hang them on the walls and wait for them to appreciate in value. Maybe in a few decades, you'll all become as famous as Picasso or Van Gogh. Then I'll make a fortune."
Hahaha.
The young people sitting around couldn't stand this kind of commercial flattery and immediately introduced themselves enthusiastically.
Xu Rui and Xu Yuan looked at each other. They were originally worried that Chen Xia would be isolated and unable to adapt to this situation, but they didn't expect that he would still be like a fish in water.
Xu Yuan went to get a chair for Chen Xia to sit down, and then she naturally sat next to him, looking at the Black Bao Gong in front of her with a smile.
The people present were all young people, so they could naturally see that the relationship between the two was "unusual". One of the girls started to make fun of it:
"Xu Yuan, what's your relationship with Comrade Chen Xia? I've never seen you take the initiative to serve a boy."
Chen Xia quickly interjected, "We are like a toad and a swan."
Everyone burst into laughter again, and Xu Yuan also smiled and patted his shoulder gently.
"I think you're not a toad, but more like a chimpanzee."
"Oh, you don't know. I've been traveling in Nanyun Province for the past few months, admiring the beautiful scenery of our motherland. But my luck was terrible. I ran into a big problem while traveling in Ruili. Do you know Ruili? It's on the China-Myanmar border. The people there are all Dai. The architecture, clothing, and food there are very unique ethnic characteristics. The scenery is beautiful and it has preserved its original ecology. It would be great for you art students to go there for photography."
Xu Rui pressed on: "Didn't you just say you were in big trouble? What kind of trouble was it?"
"What else? I was treating ethnic minorities in Ruili, but because of my exceptional medical skills and high moral standards, I was kidnapped by armed Burmese fighters. They told me to treat their superiors instead. If I hadn't escaped because of the war, I'd probably still be imprisoned in the mountains of northern Myanmar."
When the students heard what Chen Xia said, they were all excited. War, kidnapping and border had a fatal attraction to these students. So Chen Xia had to brag for the third time and recount the scenes from the anti-Japanese drama.
When he talked about how he roared and fired at the enemy with a submachine gun in his hand, everyone's heart was in knots.
Especially Xu Yuan, she clenched her hands into fists and looked at Chen Xia's profile, feeling a wave of fear.
How could she know that the boy was bragging? Not to mention touching a gun, he didn't even see a few dead people. It was just a few shells fired near the villa.
Xu Yuan was still worried, while Chen Xia continued to brag:
"So, I don't even know how many enemies I killed. Finally, with the help of a fellow Dai from Ruili, we walked through the rainforest for five days and five nights before finally finding a small city and taking a bus back to China. So you see, I was sleeping in the open air, and the ultraviolet rays tanned me like a chimpanzee."
After Chen Xia finished speaking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The male students present were all eager to try it out, and they wished they could pick up a submachine gun and start shooting.
Xu Rui said with regret, "If I had known it was so exciting, you should have brought me with you when you went to Nanyun for a trip. I only touched a gun during military training. Wow, it was so exciting to see you shooting the enemy with a gun."
Chen Xia also smiled and said, "You won't stand a chance if you use a submachine gun to shoot at the enemy, but it just so happens that I took a lot of photos in Nanyun Province, all of which are landscapes and ethnic minorities. I will develop them and give them to you for reference. Perhaps they will help your creations."
"Okay," everyone answered enthusiastically, and then a group of people surrounded Chen Xia and asked questions, all about the Burmese store.
Even though this was kidnapping, it was still going abroad. At the beginning of the reform and opening up, everyone was full of curiosity about foreign countries.
Xu Yuan looked at Chen Xia who was talking so freely, and had an indescribable feeling in her heart. Anyway, the warm breeze blowing by the West Lake made her want to be with this man forever.
This made her blush and she felt that her thoughts were too impure.
The classmates were still chatting in the garden, while Chen Xia was touring the villa accompanied by Xu Yuan.
The interior of the villa has undergone a major transformation. It has been cleaned spotlessly and with the new curtains, it no longer looks as gloomy and dilapidated as before. It has become sunny and bright, and the musty smell that permeated the room has dissipated.
Chen Xia was very satisfied and kept thanking Xu Yuan.
The two walked up to the second floor, and Xu Yuan blushed and said, "You said you would leave me a room for art, so I converted the east room into my studio. Do you mind? Hehe."
"I don't mind. The scent of a beautiful swan like you is better than any decorations in this house. Haha."
Xu Yuan hit him lightly and laughed happily.
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