Chapter 64 64 “She doesn’t want me anymore.”
April is the season of spring in Beijing.
The art gallery located in the city center is holding a personal exhibition of a painter. The exhibition is unprecedentedly large in scale and has attracted many tourists to visit the exhibition.
The beautiful paintings hung on the walls, with their bright colors and romantic artistic style, caught the eyes of many people. Some even took up their cameras to take pictures and expressed their approval.
“This painting is really nice…”
“This is such a great use of color.”
"Yeah yeah."
“…”
There is a brief introduction to the painting in the lower left corner of each work, including the content of the painting, the time of painting, and the painter.
Someone came closer to take a look out of curiosity, and when he saw the English name on it, he pulled his companion's arm in surprise.
"Shirley? Is that the Shirley I know?" she said to her companion. "She's actually Chinese, and her Chinese name is Chen Zhan."
At the same time, on the other side, Chen Zan and his good friend Lu Wei, whom he hadn't seen for many years, were standing together and chatting.
She had flown back from the US a month earlier for this exhibition, but it was Lu Wei who had helped ensure its smooth running. They had been a former classmate, and their shared interests had gradually blossomed into a friendship. She had kept in touch with him over the years.
She only told him about her return to China.
"Then will you go back to the United States?" Lu Wei asked her with a smile. He has changed a lot over the years. The straight suit he wears makes him look handsome and mature. His gentle face is gradually becoming more confident, and even the upward curve of his lips seems to be showing his success to outsiders.
Chen Zan didn't have a definite answer to this question.
"You seem a little hesitant?" Lu Wei saw through her thoughts at a glance.
Chen Zan nodded and told him the truth: "Senior Lu, I haven't made up my mind yet."
Regarding returning to China, it seemed to be just a spur of the moment decision, but it also seemed like she had been preparing for it for a long time. Holding this art exhibition was just to fulfill the promise she had made to herself that had been buried in her memory for a long time.
That memory brought up many old events. Chen Zan was in a trance for a moment and suddenly thought of the person she hadn't thought of for a long time.
Fluttering her eyelashes slightly, she suppressed the emotion that suddenly rose up, smiled at Lu Wei, and said ambiguously: "Maybe I will go back."
"Whatever decision you make, I support you."
"Thanks."
More and more visitors came to the exhibition, and the bustling crowd quickly caught Lu Wei's attention. He glanced away and then looked back, smiling and praising Chen Zhan, "Your paintings are quite good. There are a lot more people visiting the exhibition now."
Chen Zan also turned his head to look at the exhibition area and smiled with relief.
She was also very satisfied with this.
Invite Lu Wei, "Do you want to go over and take a look together?"
"Great! It's my honor to be able to appreciate the works of painter Chen."
There were many people standing in front of almost every painting to admire them. Chen Zhan and Lu Wei walked through each painting and heard a lot of praise.
Lu Wei smiled and turned to look at the woman beside him.
After not seeing her for so many years, I realized that she has changed a lot. She has lost her youthfulness and shyness, and her beautiful face is full of confidence and maturity. She looks much more dazzling, and her delicate face is very attractive to the opposite sex, especially her beautiful eyes. Their gentleness and brightness add a touch of a mature woman's flavor, and there is a hint of charm when the corners of her eyes are slightly raised.
He looked away and looked at the paintings.
Chen Zan looked with him, and just when she raised her eyes inadvertently, she seemed to see a familiar figure in the crowd. Her heart was beating like a drum, and she blinked in disbelief. The figure disappeared from her sight again, as if it was an illusion.
He turned his head and looked around again, his eyes sweeping over everyone.
But in the end, they all ended in vain.
"What's wrong?" Lu Wei beside her noticed that something was wrong with her and turned to look at her.
Her heart was still beating fast, and she couldn't tell how she felt when she saw him just now. Chen Zhan pursed her lips and told Lu Wei that it was okay.
"Shall we go then?"
Chen Zan calmed his pounding heart and nodded in agreement.
The exhibition lasted a full day, and as dusk approached, the number of people lingering in the gallery to admire the paintings gradually thinned out. The setting sun's rays filtered through the windows, some of which fell on the paintings, adding a richness of color.
He Jingsui stood in front of a picture for a long time without moving, his figure also immersed in this romantic sunset.
The painting in front of him was not a complex landscape painting, nor was it an impressionistic painting with a profound meaning. It was just a simple picture of flowers and plants, with only a few strokes of ink.
But it can help him dig up some dusty memories.
He remembered that summer, when they would curl up on the sofa together and draw on lazy afternoons, with the sun dancing on their shoulders, laughing, joking and kissing each other.
Tired, she rested in his arms, her paint-stained fingers intertwined and clasped tightly. She looked up at him with sparkling eyes and said, "A Sui, do you believe me? When I have a solo exhibition in the future, I will show this painting to everyone."
That painting of orange blossoms was a painting they completed together.
He asked her, "Why show it to others?"
His beloved girl came out of his arms, knelt on the sofa, turned around, put her arms around his neck, and kissed him quickly when he was not paying attention, saying, "Let others see how much I love you."
But he searched all the exhibition areas today and didn't see the painting.
He Jingsui laughed lightly, a little self-deprecatingly.
His eyes fell on the information about the painting. He looked at the line above that contained the name of the painter, and subconsciously recalled the scene of her chatting and laughing with Lu Wei just now.
She had changed a lot, becoming more beautiful, and no longer loving him.
But when he walked around the entire exhibition looking for the painting, he suddenly realized that he was still hoping.
Hoping she would still love him.
Disappointment filled his eyes. He heard footsteps beside him. The curator of the exhibition came over. She was a woman in a black suit. She smiled friendly and spoke to him, "Hello, sir. I see you've been standing in front of this painting for a long time. Do you like it too?"
His eyes swept across her face and then back to the painting.
Despite being so heartbroken, He Jingsui still couldn't deceive himself, "Yeah, I like it very much."
He sighed softly, as if reminiscing, "I have someone I really like, and he also drew a similar picture for me."
Unexpectedly, this was the reason, so she asked, "Is she your girlfriend?"
"Um."
"Didn't she come with you to the exhibition?"
He Jingsui looked at the two words "Chen Zhan", his eyes were dull, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips, but it was very weak.
He said, “She doesn’t want me anymore.”
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