Chapter 430 The Secret in the Painting
"Okay, you are tired today, let's go back and rest!" Li Jinxing smiled and patted Nie Yao's shoulder, persuading softly.
Nie Yao nodded, turned off the computer, packed up all the documents and put them back in the drawer, then picked up her cell phone. Before leaving, she glanced at the painting on the wall, then retracted her gaze, closed the study door with Li Jinxing, and returned to the bedroom together.
Lying on the bed in the bedroom, Nie Yao felt that her brain was still active and she couldn't fall asleep for a while. She couldn't help but take out her mobile phone and open the photos she had just taken in the dark.
Seeing that she was still flipping through her phone, Li Jinxing turned his head and held her in his arms, and asked with a smile, "What are you still looking at?"
"Looking at the picture of the painting I just took!" Nie Yao held up her phone so that both of them could see it clearly, and whispered, "Actually, I've seen this method of using fluorescent powder to conceal paintings quite a bit before, and it can also be seen in contemporary Egyptian papyrus paintings..."
"So day and night actually present two different paintings?" Li Jinxing asked with a raised eyebrow.
Nie Yao nodded and whispered, "That's right. If I had only looked at the painting during the day, I wouldn't have guessed that the female pharaoh in the painting was related to the ancient Egyptian artifact you asked me to investigate. But the image presented at night makes it very clear!"
At this point, she concluded with a smile, "If interpreting this painting is a test, then the night scene is a true open-book exam! The three questions the gallery manager asked me during the day, on behalf of the artist, were merely a threshold!"
Li Jinxing also nodded in agreement and smiled, "It does seem to be the case. The painter doesn't want people who don't understand the art to buy it, otherwise they won't be able to experience its value!"
"Yes, now it seems that this painter has put a lot of effort into this painting. If you don't understand his painting, you are not qualified to buy it, let alone know the secret he hides in the painting at night!"
Nie Yao sighed softly and said with a self-deprecating laugh, "I want to take back my earlier complaints about the painter. I thought he was arrogant, but I didn't realize he actually put so much effort into it!"
"It really took a lot of effort. If we hadn't bought it, others would have just thought it was an ordinary painting!" Li Jinxing said jokingly, pulling up the quilt and saying, "Okay, let's go to sleep!"
He placed her cell phone on the bedside table, turned off the bedside lamp, and adjusted his posture so that she could lie comfortably in his arms.
Nie Yao was still not sleepy. She kept her eyes open to adjust to the darkness in the room. After a long silence, she suddenly said, "Li Jinxing, are you asleep?"
"Not yet..." Li Jinxing whispered, his hand slowly sliding to her waist, the hot breath spraying on her ear: "If you still can't sleep, you might as well do some exercises to promote sleep..."
Nie Yao's face flushed, and her body trembled from the stimulation of his big palm. She had no choice but to turn around and face him, saying, "Don't move, I'm going to sleep!"
Li Jinxing chuckled softly and did not continue his action. Instead, he put his hands on her waist and continued to hold her in his arms.
"I'm becoming more and more curious about who this painter is?" Nie Yao suddenly said.
"Because his painting is signed?" Li Jinxing asked in a low voice.
"Both. Before, I was just curious about why he was so weird, but now I'm even more curious about why he would draw such a picture."
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