When I set foot on the land of Jiangcheng again, I felt a little strange. The air here is not as warm as Cannes, with a little dryness and anxiety, which is quite Jiangcheng's own style.

It took me a while to get used to it.

Xu Kesen and I booked a suite in the hotel before we came. There are two rooms plus a living room. There is also a small kitchen inside, where we can usually cook some simple meals.

I am well aware of the price of this type of room. Xu Kesen and I will live here for two or three months. Will this cost him too much?
If it wasn't for Xu Kesen's insistence, I would not have asked him to take care of the accommodation issue.

Just as I was about to say something, Xu Kesen spoke directly before me: "Don't worry, I have a part of the shares here, and living in a room like this won't make me bankrupt."

My face flushed: "That's good, save you saying that I exploited you when you go back, and want to slap me vigorously!"

Xu Kesen laughed heartily, "Then I should make myself more pitiful, so that I can continue to scrape it openly."

We checked in at the hotel. This hotel should have just been built in recent years. I remember that the land used to belong to Lan Zhiyuan's family.Now it seems that there are not only hotels built here, but also various leisure and entertainment facilities not far away.

I thought to myself, this can't be Yu Xin's handwriting, can it?Dingyu's business territory has expanded to here?Look at the name of the hotel --- Wen Ting Hotel.

Probably not... Xu Kesen also said just now that there are his shares here.

I relaxed a little, and followed Xu Kesen to the room. After putting down my luggage, I arranged my easel, canvas and a series of tools.

The window of this room is facing the former abandoned park backyard, which has also been re-planned now.From my point of view, there is lush greenery below, and a clear ring river encircles most of the main city of Jiangcheng like a jade belt.

I narrowed my eyes and looked in the direction of the garden, not knowing what happened to my aunt Zeng...

In order to avoid a man, I never took the initiative to contact Aunt Zeng in these years, all the information was delivered by Huo Qingbai for me.

Thinking of Huo Qingbai, I sent him a message: I'm here.

Huo Qingbai was so excited that he called me immediately and made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening.

I specifically warned: "I want to bring a friend, and the place to eat should be as low-key as possible."

Huo Qingbai was quite surprised: "Didn't you come here alone?"

"of course not."

In the evening, I brought Xu Kesen to meet Huo Qingbai, Huo Qingbai was dumbfounded, stared at me for a long time before asking me in a low voice: "Have you got a boyfriend?"

I laughed, and replied with a serious face: "Not yet."

Who is Huo Qingbai? He is a good friend I grew up with and has been in the business circle for many years. Now he also has an engagement partner.After hearing my words, he already understood everything, and he looked cautiously at Xu Kesen.

I understand that Huo Qingbai wants to check for me.

The meal ended between Huo Qingbai and Xu Kesen's questioning and answering. After the meal was over, the two men actually showed some sympathy for each other.

Xu Kesen is not a businessman, he is a veteran in the literary and art circles. Although I don't know much about his status in the circle, I also know that he is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface.

For example, when he answered Huo Qingbai's sentence, he said: "I came from a painting background. I have opened a few studios and galleries. Now I'm doing my best to assist Rong Rong and make some investments along the way."

A very simple sentence, to a layman like Huo Qingbai, it probably sounds like nothing special!But I know very well that a person who can open so many studios and galleries first of all has a lot of banknotes.If Xu Kesen's family background is ordinary, it means that all the money was earned from his paintings.

Besides, investment is even simpler. A painter who is engaged in art can have spare money to invest, and this person is better than ordinary painters.

I have also checked the names of the top 500 modern painters in the world today, but there is no one named Xu Kesen among them.

Is that because I think too much?
Huo Qingbai sent us all the way to the room, and saw with his own eyes that we were resting in two separate rooms, so he left with confidence.

When leaving, Huo Qingbai also told me: "I am now your big brother, if you fall in love again, you must tell me! Don't be as stupid as before!"

I understand that Huo Qingbai is blaming me for not telling him about everything before.

I nodded repeatedly, and after reassuring, I sent Huo Qingbai out of the door.

The following days were much simpler. Most of the time, I stayed in the hotel to paint. Xu Kesen had his own affairs to be busy, but he would use the small kitchen to prepare a breakfast for me before going out in the morning.

Including Huo Qingbai who comes to visit from time to time, my life is both fulfilling and lively.

I vaguely guessed that Xu Kesen came to Jiangcheng for this competition, but I don't know what role he played, a member of the judging panel or an on-site staff?

These questions always pop up in my spare time, and I think about it for a while before sinking with the tide.

On this day, after I finished painting part of it, I got up and poured water. There was a bright sun outside the window, shining warm light in the room.

He had just taken out a cup when the doorbell rang.

I walked over and looked into the cat's eyes. It was a strange young man. I asked, "Is there something wrong?"

The other party said: "Hello, is this Miss Wen? The husband who stayed with you just asked us to send something up. "

"What?" I felt a little strange in my heart.

"We don't know, it's just a box." The young man's tone sounded normal, nothing unusual.

I opened the door carefully, and I got a small flat box, and there was a card with Xu Kesen's name on it.I can recognize the handwriting on the card, there is no doubt that Xu Kesen wrote it himself.

Only now did I feel relieved, wondering if I was a little frightened, why did I become so timid when meeting strangers.

What will be in this box?

When Xu Kesen left, he never said that he would give me a present!

It’s really like an appointment. As soon as the box on my side was opened, Xu Kesen’s call arrived. He asked briskly, “Have you received the item? Do you like it?”

"Received, I haven't opened it yet." I opened the box while talking, and saw a leaf-shaped pearl and diamond brooch lying quietly inside the box.

"I saw this in the window when I came out in the morning, and thought it matched you very well, so I wanted to give it to you." Xu Kesen was still talking slowly.

I suddenly saw a note pressed under the brooch...

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