Some time always flies by unknowingly, especially after Huo Qiran was admitted to graduate school. Because the tutor he followed was very strict, Huo Qiran basically lived a 996 life from the beginning of his graduate school. In addition to attending classes, he was always in the office.

The laboratory is doing experiments, building models, reading papers, doing simulations, analyzing data, etc., so busy that there is almost no time to rest, and it seems that the passage of time is not noticed at all.

When he reached the third year of graduate school, everyone at the same level in the laboratory began to prepare to find a job. Huo Qiran was still the one who always stayed in the laboratory to guide his junior students. Because he was preparing to continue studying for a Ph.D., the laboratory became the only place in his life besides home.

The most important place outside.

Although the daily research work is also very hard and busy, Huo Qiran still took time to visit the large-scale painting exhibition carefully prepared by Mu Qian when facing the grand annual exhibition of Huaian Painting Hall.

In order to meet her busy son, Mu Qian postponed the painting exhibition for two hours.

When Huo Qiran arrived, there was actually no one on this street.

Because the daytime opening hours for the art exhibition to be advertised to the public had already passed, there were not many people in the art hall, and most of them were staff.

Huo Qiran entered the door, greeted everyone one by one, and went directly upstairs to find Mu Qian.

Mu Qian was sitting in the office on the phone, seemingly on a long distance. After seeing Huo Qiran, she only made a gesture to him.

Huo Qiran understood, nodded, and turned to look at the exhibition.

Over the past ten years, Huai'an Painting Gallery has become the leading gallery in Tongcheng and even the country. It has also expanded to the building next door on the basis of its original location. The two buildings are connected by an artistic underground corridor. Most of the

The painting exhibition is placed in the exhibition hall next door.

Huo Qiran walked along the corridor, visiting the paintings on display, and walked to the next exhibition hall.

At this time, there were only a few visitors left in the exhibition hall who accidentally wandered in, looking around individually.

Huo Qiran strolled around a few corners and saw a creative area that belonged exclusively to Mu Huaian.

This area is filled with paintings created by Mu Huaian during his lifetime, each of which was carefully selected and arranged for exhibition by Mu Qian. The most central one is the painting of peonies in the flourishing age that captivated the country and the city.

While Huo Qiran was stopping in front of another sketch to appreciate it, he suddenly heard a soft voice coming from behind him. It was a female voice, introducing the painting of flourishing peonies to others in English——

"It is said that the painter's life-long creations were graceful and light, but he only used strong and bold colors when painting peonies, because peonies represent his wife, and that is a symbol of his love for his wife..."

Huo Qiran couldn't help but look back, but at this glance, he couldn't help but freeze.

Two figures, a man and a woman, were standing in front of the picture of flourishing peonies. The man was about forty years old and had blond hair. He was obviously a foreigner. The woman was very young, wearing casual and simple jeans and a white shirt.

, shoulder-length hair is tucked behind the ears, revealing a smooth and smooth side face and a smiling eye, soft and crystal clear.

Huo Qiran only felt that he must have seen it wrong.

He turned around and somehow looked down at the palm of his hand.

Then, he held the promotional pamphlet in his other hand and drew a line on the palm of his hand.

The brochure is very high-quality, and when the corner touches the palm, there is a clear feeling of pain.

It shouldn't be a dream, right?

If it was a dream, I should probably wake up now.

Even if you don't wake up now, you should wake up next moment.

Huo Qiran turned his head again, looked at the two people behind him, and shouted softly: "Jing Li."

On the other side, someone turned around in response.

Underneath the slightly surprised look was a face he was very familiar with.

After seeing him, his familiar smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he greeted him with a smile: "Hi, Huo Qiran."

The pain in his palms continued, and the person in front of him was still smiling at him, as if it was still the same as in his memory, but not exactly the same.

As a few years passed, she seemed to have matured a bit and lost some weight. She looked slender and tall. Only her slightly round apple face and the smile on her face remained the same as before, without any change.

Not a dream.

Huo Qiran was stunned for a moment. At that moment, he didn't even know what the look on his face was, or what reaction he should make.

Until Jing Li took two steps closer to him, stretched out her hand and waved it in front of his eyes, and asked with a smile: "Didn't you call me first? Why do you look like you don't recognize me?"

Now? I haven’t changed that much, right?”

Huo Qiran finally came back to his senses little by little. After lowering his eyes and smiling slightly, he finally said in a low voice: "You haven't changed."

"But you have changed." Jing Li looked at him, "You seem to have lost weight and your skin is paler than before. Are you very busy at work? Don't you have time to exercise?"

Huo Qiran was quiet for a moment, then laughed slowly. He did not answer her question, but just asked: "When did you come back?"

"Arrived two days ago." Jing Li answered with a smile, then she remembered something, turned to look at the man behind her, and introduced to him: "Stewart, my tutor at university, is also a writer. Stewart

, this is my former classmate, Huo Qiran. This gallery is run by his mother, and the painter I just introduced to you is his grandfather. "

Stewart heard this, stretched out his hand to shake Huo Qiran's hand, and praised without hesitation: "I'm honored to visit this art exhibition, it's amazing."

Huo Qiran thanked him for the compliment, and then looked at Jing Li, "Are you planning to go back to Tongcheng to develop your career this time?"

After hearing this, Jing Li chuckled, shook her head, and said, "No, I was just passing by."

"Passing by?"

Jing Li nodded and said: "My mentor Stewart has always longed for China's customs and customs. His ancestors have been in China for a period of time. He really wanted to create a related work, so he planned to come over to collect the customs. Me.

, I was temporarily hired as his tour guide and translator... I happened to pass by here today and found that the art exhibition was still open, so we stopped by to take a look, and we didn't expect to meet you. "

"If we hadn't met by chance, you wouldn't have told me when you returned to Tongcheng?" Huo Qiran said.

Jing Li lowered her eyes slightly and smiled, and said: "We originally only planned to stay in Tongcheng for a few days. He was curious about too many places. He walked around from morning to night every day and had no time to do anything else. So... we didn't
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